The Society Room (Lloyds No 1), Glasgow

The Society Room is a large open plan Lloyds No. 1 with a long bar counter down the right-hand wall facing high tables down the centre and standard furniture down the left. In amongst the standard and premium keg I counted two banks of three hand pubs. Greenjack Brewery’s Gone Fishing ESB, Fire Island’s Buffalo, Ringwood’s 49er, Belhaven’s 80 Shilling, Sharps Doom Bar and GK Abbot Ale were the cask options. The Spoons food menu is in operation. It was very quiet in here, so the atmosphere came from the background music, although the staff were polite and efficient.

It didn't take too long to gather this was a Lloyds, judging by the music playing through the various speakers around the main lounge. I have to say the music was a very good choice. A couple of main features in here was the illuminated strip along the front of the bar and some cask iron vertical drinking columns, six in all, over by the front windows. Beerwise, two types of Abbott, Doombar, Deuchars, Black Sheep Dead Parrott and Wadworth Sweet Molly.