Not already a member?
Join our community and
- Rate & review pubs
- Upload pictures
- Add events
JOIN for free NOW
Chat about:
Disappointment of the week with Mobyduck
on the Pub Forum
Image posted by Quinno _
Submitted on Sunday, 26th November 2023
With picture contributions to 5000 other pubs
View all this pub's pictures (37 more images)
Detail Pages
Curly Coo Bar, Stirling
Stirling
FK8 1HH
Served areas
CurlyCooStirling
Yaaay. I have a DAFTMILL
Come and try ..... https://t.co/vEEOr8XNJY
4:30 PM Jun 10th from Twitter for iPhone
Reviews of Curly Coo Bar (Average Rating: 7½ of 10) see review guidelines
Quinno _ left this review about Curly Coo Bar
Like the reviewer below, we also ventured in due to the silly name (changed from the somewhat more sedate - but highly British - moniker of Albion Bar around 10 years ago). Unusual pyramid shaped interior done-out in red and white with leather banquettes, old skool carpet and a nice moulded dado. The jutting bar has no gantry which felt slightly peculiar. A wide range of whiskies are showcased in backlit display cases which was a nice touch. An offbeat bohemian vibe, augmented by the 1950s music being gently expelled from the speakers and a sign proclaiming ‘Nae footie here!!’. A single cask in Orkney Dark Island (NBSS 2). Interesting curio that’s worth a look if you have time; sadly it was really quiet on our visit despite a number of other nearby pubs doing a solid trade.
On 29th January 2024
- rating: 6
[User has posted 5086 recommendations about 5069 pubs]
Please Note: This review is over a year old.
Ian Mapp left this review about The Curly Coo
couldn't resist from the name alone.
More of a whisky bar - with loads available. One hand pull and the Inveralmond Lia Fail was in fine conditional.
Central bar with leather topped bench seating all around.
Lovely little boozer. Best in Stirling.
On 4th October 2019
- rating: 9
[User has posted 1338 recommendations about 1324 pubs]
Please Note: This review is over a year old.
Will Larter left this review about The Curly Coo
Having found this pub closed on our previous visit to Stirling, I persuaded my daughter to join me for a post-prandial drink here this time around. Although its appearance is unpromising, this corner bar with central bar counter protruding into the room is instantly welcoming. The licencee proved to be a welcoming, friendly and knowledgeable woman; although the one hand pump was vacant, there were (in addition to the usual suspects) two very good beers which were either exceptionally well managed keg or some Scottish version delivered without the use of hand pumps (I neglected to enquire, but suspect the former). I went for Williams Brothers Joker IPA, which was vastly superior to the couple of times I've had this beer from the keg on previous visits to Scotland; my daughter had the Harviestoun Bitter & Twisted, which the sip I had told me was in equally good nick. When I exclaimed at how different it was from my previous experience of this beer when not real ale (i.e. cold and fizzy and tasteless), the landlady countered that she knew how to look after her beers, which clearly she does.
I don't know much about malt whiskey, and doubtless she will have steered us towards some of the more expensive examples at her disposal. Suffice to say that we spent more money than we had anticipated, but also had a better time than a cursory glance at the exterior of the pub had prepared us for. (It would have been even better if it hadn't been for the landlady's truly dreadful choice of music, but then nobody's perfect.)
Date of visit: 3rd June 2018
On 29th June 2018
- rating: 7
[User has posted 3740 recommendations about 3477 pubs]
View more reviews of Curly Coo Bar (8)
Pubs Galore is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
- Official site of The Curly Coo - curlycoobar.com
- Facebook - Curly Coo Bar
- Twitter - CurlyCooStirling
- CAMRA WhatPub :: Curly Coo Bar - whatpub.com
Pub Details
Pub details supplied by members of this site to the best of their knowledge. Please check with pub directly before making a special trip.
- Accommodation : No last updated 29 January 2024 by Quinno _
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 29 January 2024 by Quinno _
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 29 January 2024 by Quinno _
- Beer Garden : No last updated 29 January 2024 by Quinno _
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 29 January 2024 by Quinno _
- Car Park : No last updated 29 January 2024 by Quinno _
- Child Friendly : No last updated 29 January 2024 by Quinno _
- Darts : No last updated 29 January 2024 by Quinno _
- Function Room : No last updated 29 January 2024 by Quinno _
- Hot Food : No last updated 29 January 2024 by Quinno _
- Jukebox : No last updated 29 January 2024 by Quinno _
- Karaoke : No last updated 29 January 2024 by Quinno _
- Live Music : No last updated 29 January 2024 by Quinno _
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 29 January 2024 by Quinno _
- Micropub : No last updated 29 January 2024 by Quinno _
- Pinball : No last updated 29 January 2024 by Quinno _
- Pool Table : No last updated 29 January 2024 by Quinno _
- Quiz Night : No last updated 29 January 2024 by Quinno _
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 29 January 2024 by Quinno _
- Real Cider : No last updated 29 January 2024 by Quinno _
- Wheelchair Access : No last updated 29 January 2024 by Quinno _
- WiFi : No last updated 29 January 2024 by Quinno _
