Douglas Arms in Shetland Islands

Super Location, on thursday with live music.

Frendly clean bar and lounge. Good selection drinks.

Great pub for good Guinness, excellent service and atmosphere. We even got lucky on Thursday night when they had live local music.

Solid bar (public bar is fit for purpose, lounge bar is comfortable and looks nice, both have the football) and drinks selection (only place I’ve seen locally with J Gow Rum), but -1 score for when the bartender nicked my id card and vanished for several minutes before giving me my drink, causing me to lose a table I was going to grab. Also for none of the staff knowing how to turn off the fire alarm.

Friendly little pub in Lerwick with a good range of beers. Enjoyed it.

As a norwegian, and also with a Quiz the Day we Were there. Very Nice place. Smiling faces.

Nicest pub we found in Lerwick, by a long way. No music on the night we were there, but they do seem to have this on a regular basis.

We visited on a Thursday evening when there is an impromptu musical evening of fiddlers and other folk musicians

They don't serve food, it's a public bar and a lounge bar.

I do like this place and specially the R side ;) There is no food (I think)... as it is not a restaurant

We were visiting by a cruise ship! We stop by here and they weren’t open yet. Someone showed up about 2 minutes to noon, we waited until 10 after and they never opened! Poor service! She should have communicated a timeline to get opened.

Really great prices, good service and a really traditional pub feel. Very atmospheric with loads of local photos of bands and past Up helly aa celebrations..

Visited here 3 times while were in lerwick for UHA. Great atmosphere and friendly locals.

Great pub in lerwick, having been to lerwick twice ive made a visit both times to this pub. They sell a variety of beers, bar staff very friendly and great atmopshere! A place you can relax and unwind.

No food, only drinks! Great pub though!

Great pub Great staff good atmosphere

A great place to relax and unwind after a busy day exploring the Shetlands. Very friendly staff and clean establishment. We made it our watering hole for the week on the islands.

Great pub. They had just opened when we got there so no one in there yet but bar lady was very friendly and made us feel welcome. Very good selection of drinks and some tap cocktails on one side of the bar too. Large space, with two sides to the bar. Reminded me of the Queen Vic from Eastenders inside but only with Shetland Viking decor above the bar. 2 beers was about 8 pounds

Lovely place to spend time, drink good beer and a good range of whisky

It a good place to sit and have a drink you get music at the weekend and a karaoke on Saturday but the problem is trying to get in the door people stand at the door and won't move if asked so some times you leave which is disappointing

Excellent atmosphere, great staff and great music.

Great live music! Wonderful atmosphere.

A reasonably priced local pub with a nice selection of draft beers. As you enter the building, if you go left, you enter the Sports Bar, If you head to the right you will reach the Lounge. The Lounge contains photos and artifacts from the annual Up Helle Aa fire festival.

Really lively atmosphere with a variety of drinks to suit all. Extremely clean with attention to detail including polished brass everyday. Definitely will be going back

Is a nice place for having drinks, good decoration and friendly staff. They don't offer food but is possible to take food there, which is great, music is nice and is very clean.

Very smart place , friendly and efficient staff ... and live music

Go to the lounge for a drink or two. Nice inside, friendly staff. Clean and fresh, in the lounge. They also got one side with bar, didn't go there, the lounge was perfect for a pint.

What a pub! Great atmosphere, super welcoming and the landlady makes you feel like a local

Don't serve food, top atmosphere and service. Lovely place

One of the best pubs in the world. Excellent service, beer and live music

Good atmosphere, friendly staff and good beer 🍺

Typical local pub. They should consider adding some food in menu.

Decent pub, can't fault it, good selection of beers , friendly staff, don't know if they do food

Nice barmaids, clean pint& nice warm environment .. With pool table

Cracking local pub. Live music, great range of drinks and a cosy atmosphere while still trendy. Was the busiest place we visited on the Friday evening

The best pub in the city to watch a game of any kind.

Good local pub. They don’t serve food which is fine, I didn’t try to bring anything from outside but there is a fish and chips place next door.

Local pub, good choice of drinks probably the best and liveliest in Lerwick at the weekends, they usually a have karaoke night, or have a band on, worth a visit

Decent wee pub. Served by a very cheery young lady who handled the sudden rush from a Cruise Ship with great Customer service. Overall, a good experience.

Amazing pints, amazing vibes, the best people you could ever meet. What a pub

Nice selection of local and international beers. Cozy atmosphere and friendly service. Good advice. Unfortunately no food except chips and nuts.

Lively pub, good atmosphere and selection of drinks

Very kind and with warm welcome! A great choise of beers!

Advertised as child friendly but not unless child is toddler age. Bar staff a bit miserable and pint was 3/5 also tv signal was poor, cutting out and in. Nonintention of returning

Great local pub, standard selection of drinks available. Pool table in the bar side, avoid being roped into killer pool though.

Great atmosphere and the staff & owner are just lovely. If you ever go to Lerwick, Marlex is the prefect watering hole.

Traditional pub...highly recommended

Great atmosphere to meet up with family and relax. A little too bright however, maybe dull the lights or turn a few off perhaps as it's very intense when you walk in 😅

Locals pub in Lerwick, very welcoming. Decent selection of beers !

A nice popular pub. Only gripe was I found the music too loud, couldn't have a conversation

Nice place happy staff and good food

This is a nice pub but strangely had no background music so the atmosphere felt a little weird. A TV on or some BGM would have made it so much better.

Lovely pub and nice friendly bar staff

Nice friendly cosy place, good pints.

Nice place, has 2 bars, good beers and spirits, and friendly staff

The bar has two rooms. I prefer the R 'wing' - it looks like old fashion pub with a 'heavy', warm brown colours... Very cosy.

Nice pub, good drinks at reasonable prices. Very friendly waitresses. Gladly again.

The Douglas Arms, Lerwick. Great place for a night out, when in Lerwick. Very friendly and welcoming staff with a good selection of drinks at reasonable prices. I would recommend you check it out if near by.

Nice bar, only drinks. No food. Staff was nice. Definitely a place I would go again.

Cozy old style pub with live music.

Super place for me and my crew (Shetland Race 2022

It's a proper pub. Bit of spontaneous live music when you're not expecting it. Beer well kept.

Was OK.. states its a dog friendly pub! But only in the bar area, which was so noisy! I couldn't have a conversation with my family, would of been nice to of been allowed to sit in the lounge ( which looked really nice)had one drink and left! Disappointed that a dog friendly place only allows you to sit in the most rowdy part of the pub! Definitely not for me!

Awesome pub. Still my favourite in Shetland

Friendly staff, and nice big screen for watching sports

Lovely place very friendly toilets beautiful kept

Friendly little local, well worth a visit. A public bar and very traditional gorgeous lounge bar. Excellent Covid protocol enforcement.

Nice calming environment during the day. Wee pool table. And nice bar staff.

Great night, karaoke was excellent ,

Great pub with ales, beer and plenty of spirits. Friendly staff.

Live music, good atmosphere, fresh beer 🍺

Been going there for many years, only come to lerwick once a year and always stop in, sometimes to much, the owner is a legend

Probably the last proper pub left in Lerwick, sadly. Reasonable prices, live music in the lounge bar on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Could do with a better draught beer selection

Good local pub. Seems to be the place to go in lerwick.

Great raditionl pub, friendly staff and good beer

Great atmosphere and super service (obviously only table service due to Covid). Good selection of beers and spirits. Would come here again!

Great variety of whisky and lively staff

A decent pub in Lerwick with a pool table and television.

Doug’s was a cracking, traditional pub and an absolute must see if you’re in Lerwick and fancy a pint or a dram!Lovely landlady and a friendly atmosphere was exactly what we wanted after a 15 mile hike around one of the island’s many beauty spots.Has all the old features that are unfortunately becoming rarer these days and the great local pub feel with a buzz that you want when travelling.Perfect pub really!

Service good food and drink reasonable prices

Busy but comfortable even with restrictions

Quaint snug bar. Lovely staff. No real ale due to the location, but nice range of Draught beers and lager.

Think this is now the best pub in Lerwick Nice atmosphere, friendly bunch

Just outside the centre of town, going towards the ferry on left. Easily missed. Nice friendly staff and kept clean and spaced well for covid.

Very friendly and safe service, highly recommend

Fantastic atmosphere, great service and always a great night.

The only pub in Lerwick worth a visit in my opinion .Comfy seats, warm fire,like sitting in your own living room. Nice bar staff and the best land lady known to man who keeps her eye on the ball at all times , can sort out rowdies without even raising her voice and knows who's next to be served even when the place is hoaching on her famous Karaoke nights , well done Anna and staff

Simply the best pub in town***** great staff, great music, and good atmosphere.

Brilliant, lovely place to have a drink!!

Nice,clean and quiet. Very good service,and a wide range of drinks. Overall I was impressed. I will certainly go again soon!

Had great nights in there on my trip up

Great pub friendly staff large screens to watch TV

It was a nice place for an end of the day beer. Good selection. Reasonably priced.

Friendly bartenders, great atmosphere.

My Mum and Dad drank there, then myself when I was of age. There are two bars as you walk in the main door- to your left, the public bar; to your right, The Lounge bar. They have live music and Karaoke in the Lounge and Pool, Darts and a Jukebox in the Public Bar. The owner and staff are lovely folk. Great place.

The only decent old style pub left in Lerwick.

It's our traditional stop off before the ferry home. Would be great if they allowed your own food or even did food themselves

Great local pub with a great selection.

We were able to bring in food, watch a women's World Cup final AND enjoy musicians playing for pleasure. Marvelous hospitality.

Fantastic bucket list tick. 13 wonderful musicians doing their thing in the lovely Douglas Arms, but the evening was spoilt by a table of pissheads who were determined to ruin my experience- why go there if not wanting to listen to these amazing musicians?- so disrespectful. There must be loads of other bars in Lerwick where their shekles would be welcomed and they could slather and blabber at will like the debauched inebriates that they were!.