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Disappointment of the week with Tris39
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The Horse Shoe, Glasgow
Glasgow
G2 5AE
Reviews of The Horse Shoe (Average Rating: 7½ of 10) see review guidelines
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Steve C left this review about The Horse Shoe
The Horse Shoe has a large stool lined horseshoe shaped island bar that is surrounded by seating and ornate fixtures and fittings. There are beer shelves with stools in the front of the pub and banquettes run down the left and right sides. The beer shelf on the rear wall is lined with some comfy leather backed stools that are overlooked by a large clock that is mounted onto the mirrored rear wall. Televisions are located throughout for showing football, but these were muted whilst some background music played.
Available from the bar was a standard and premium keg range alongside hand pumps drawing TT Landlord, Wychwood’s Hobgoblin, St Austell’s Proper Job and Stewart’s Jack Back. This place is worth a look, if only to say you’ve been.
On 27th November 2022
- rating: 7
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Real Ale Ray left this review about The Horse Shoe
A Camra listed pub of Historic Interiors, which had an impressive looking central bar area. The pub was finished in dark timberwork, plus the original carved timber fireplaces were horseshoe shaped. Another feature I noticed was the stained glass rooflight at the rear of the lounge area, along with the original push buttons situated along the timber panelling. Beer wise nothing outstanding on our visit, London Pride, Doombar and Stewarts 80/-.
On 3rd November 2021
- rating: 7
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Blackthorn _ left this review about The Horse Shoe
A traditional pub located in a small side street, but nonetheless just a very short stroll from several main thoroughfares, it has some quite ornate touches internally, but is clearly in need of a little TLC with sections of ceiling showing evidence of water ingress, and one section being covered up with hardboard where it has presumably collapsed completely.
Décor wise it’s quite traditional, with a mixture of quarry and Victorian style tiling on the floor. It’s a single open plan room with a high ceiling and a large central bar counter taking up much of the pub, to the extent that in some places the remaining space was little more than a passageway. Plenty of stools were provided so punters could sit here. Elsewhere was some padded bench seating. Quite ornately carved and dark wooden panelling covered the lower part of the walls, with pale painted wallpaper above. A number of tall supporting pillars had some quite elaborate cornice work around the top, and there was also some stained glass panelling in the roof. It must have been quite something in it’s heyday. A number of TV’s were dotted around, and although the volume was on low this was rather overshadowed by the music. Large mirrors covered much of the back wall, and there were a few old black and white photographs around.
Beers on tap were Deuchars IPA, London Pride and Doom Bar, whilst the ciders were just Strongbow and Strongbow Dark Fruit, unfortunately. A pretty decent pub overall, although with a bit of investment to bring it up to scratch and a better choice of cider it could really be top notch.
On 2nd March 2020
- rating: 7
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- Official site of The Horse Shoe - www.thehorseshoebarglasgow.co.uk
- Facebook - The Horse Shoe Bar
- CAMRA WhatPub :: The Horse Shoe - whatpub.com
- Historic Pub Interiors - pubheritage.camra.org.uk
Glasgow Queen Street, 0.32 miles, 6 min walk (show)
Argyle Street, 0.49 miles, 9 min walk (show)
Pub Details
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- Accommodation : No last updated 27 November 2022 by Tris C
- Car Park : No last updated 01 September 2015 by Colin Walker
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 09 August 2013 by hondo .
- Karaoke : Yes last updated 27 June 2015 by Dave McNally
- Live TV Sports : Yes last updated 27 November 2022 by Tris C
- Micropub : No last updated 27 November 2022 by Tris C
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 29 July 2013 by Dave McNally
