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The Doublet, Hillhead, Glasgow
Glasgow
G4 9JF
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 8 of 10) see review guidelines
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Bucking Fastard left this review about The Doublet
Street corner boozer with a traditional mock tudor exterior ,and some interesting features inside.It's an open plan single room with the bar to the right and lots of traditional furniture and banquettes at the rear.A bit dark but that adds to the boozer vive ,there was a friendly welcome from behind the bar.There is an upstairs lounge where the quiz and live music/comedy will be held.
The three handpumps were offering Broughton Glasgow Cross and Hopo together with Orkney Island Life (NBSS 4). Some interesting kegs from which I also chose Loch Lomond Parumpumplum,a plum porter which went down well too.
Worth including on any real ale tour of the West End ,it's in the 2023 GBG.
On 25th March 2023
- rating: 7
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Pub SignMan left this review about The Doublet
In an area awash with modern craft beer bars, The Doublet is a reassuring proper old-school pub with a reasonable selection of ales from the Greene King brewery – it being a former Belhaven pub. You enter into a bare boarded main bar area with dark wood beams crossing the walls and ceiling. Hard banquette seating runs under the front windows and along the left hand wall with a few standard chairs in support, but much of the space remains empty, allowing ample room for vertical drinkers at peak times. A dark wood bar counter runs along the right hand side of the room with a multiple mirrored bar back and a massive selection of whiskies. The room has been decorated with a nice ‘Ales’ tiled plaque, a relief carving of a train, a few bits of contemporary art, whisky mirrors and many framed posters for the pub’s Hogmanay and May Day festivities. Elsewhere, I noticed a collection of ceramics, an old bedpan and a TV screen which remained off whilst some indeterminate instrumental music played in the background. A corridor to the rear is lined with interesting old black and white photographs and leads through to a larger rear lounge which was surprisingly busy compared to the tranquil front bar, meaning I didn’t get a chance to properly explore. There is plenty of additional seating in this room as well as a second bar counter with its own set of handpulls.
Three hand pumps were in operation in the front bar, dispensing Greene King IPA and St Edmund and Morland Old Speckled Hen. My pint of the St Edmund was in pretty good shape, especially when compared to the poor quality stuff I’d encountered in some of the nearby craft beer joints, and the staff were friendly and helpful.
I liked the feel of this place and thought it was a good alternative to the modern bars that seem to dominate the area. The pub has a long association with serving good quality ale and this visit affirmed that this isn’t a position they’ve relinquished.
On 30th May 2018
- rating: 7
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Colin Walker left this review about The Doublet
The 2 reviews below still apply to this gem of a pub, which sits about 100 metres from the Kelvinbridge SPT Subway Station. This was one of the first pubs to have real ale in Glasgow so they should have plenty of practice in proper storing of the ales. I tried a few of the ales and each one was excellent. There is very limited, street parking mostly, pay at machine types and at the station for £5.00 per day.
On 9th April 2015
- rating: 10
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David Ross left this review about Doublet Bar
This is one of Glasgow’s longest established real ale outlets and its mock Tudor décor still looks much the same as it did when I first drank here almost 35 years ago. The traditional style bar is on ground level and there is also a lounge up a half staircase at the back. The real ale taps are confined to the bar, while the lounge has Belhaven Best, Belhaven Black stout, Guinness, Blackthorn cider and Carling, Budweiser, Stella Artois and Cruzcampo lagers all on draught. With Belhaven Black at £3.35 a pint, there are cheaper places around, but not all are as pleasant as this. The clientele tends to be a mixture of students from the nearby University and more mature locals.
On 26th November 2012
- rating: 9
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E TA left this review about Doublet Bar
A lively town pub, currently a GK house with two rooms, near the university. There's a small ale bar to the front and a larger lounge bar to the rear. The decor is mock tudor,with wooden floors. The staff were very friendly and the mixed clientele rather civilised. In addition to the excellent choice of whiskies (I lost count at around 80)and a fair selection of RIAB there were 4 ales on draft - my pint of Tantallon Sunset was in perfect condition and really hit the spot. There was also a list of beers waiting in the cellar to come up when a spot became available. This is an excellent pub, dedicated to beer rather than profit, which was previously a GBG entry (why isn't it still?) which was well worth the effort to find and should most definitly form part of a crawl in this area along with the Three Judges and Tennants.
On 13th January 2012
- rating: 8
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