Merchant Glasgow in Glasgow City

The Merchant Bar in Glasgow is a solid shout if you're out with friends and looking for a casual place to catch the game. Plenty of screens mean you won’t miss a minute, whether it’s the big match or just background noise to your banter. The atmosphere is laid-back and the staff are friendly enough to make you feel welcome without hovering. Drinks-wise, you’re well covered — decent selection of beers, and the prices don’t make you wince too hard. It’s a good spot to settle in for a few rounds with the lads (or lasses). Now, onto the food. The sharing menu is alright — nothing revolutionary, but it’ll soak up the pints. However, I have beef with the steak. Tougher than a Monday morning and chewier than your mate’s bad opinions. The steak pie, sadly, brought back memories of a Pukka pie while at home watching the football — only this one cost more and inspired fewer cheers. All in all, great place for drinks and sports. Just maybe grab a bite somewhere else if you’ve got high hopes for the food.

Great pub, staff are lovely, great service from Ava, will be coming back!!

Stopped in for something to eat before a concert, staff very friendly food came quickly and was delicious and drinks were awesome

Went in for lunch with work colleagues. Nice choice on the menu (even for a veggie like me) great service and very reasonable prices. There was a special lunchtime deal which was also a good option. Only 4 stars for atmosphere as we were in quite early before tables had filled up. Good waiter service and a great choice of drinks. My furry burger was excellent 👍

Went for a couples drinks the other night, great atmosphere and great service. Thanks to Eva for the help - highly recommend!

Quizmaster Gary taught me to value myself, others and the ancient tradition of responding to enquiries for glory, profit and above all, fear of public humiliation. His teachings are the sole reason I find myself returning to The Merchant, my chapel, weekly, rain or shine, birthday or normal day, I find myself seeking his embrace and loving vibes of the denizens of this house of… repute

Quizmaster Gary is the GOAT. Best quiz of all time

Worth it just to see quizmaster Gary, the light of my life

We love coming here for quiz master Gary’s quizzes - highlight of the week!

What a night! Gary was an amazing quiz master. Wow such joy

Love the quiz nights on Mondays, Gary is a great quizmaster and food and drinks are great!

loved it. loved the quiz. especially as we won #gary

Great place, good vibes. Quizmaster Gary is undoubtedly the highlight. His quizzes every Monday and Thursday are so much fun we have been coming every week for almost 2 years !!

Been coming to the Merchant every Monday for the Speedquizzing with Quizmaster Gary. Great quiz, fun atmosphere, well priced food and drinks. Fun times to be had at the merchant :)

Mondays with Quizmaster Gary are a highlight 👌🏻

Class pub atmosphere with an excellent pub quiz put on by Quizmaster Gary

Great food, great service, 💯 quiz on a Monday with Quizmaster Gary, a must attend event

Staff are lovely and great to talk to while you order and they serve some of the best chips i’ve ever had all while managing to create such a friendly and safe atmosphere, plus if you decide to join the speed quiz on Monday nights then you’ll find that quiz master Gary makes you feel so welcome throughout the whole experience, making sure to include every team and give the whole room a good laugh, he even makes sure that theres a question for everyone in every quiz. I’ve loved coming to the merchant for the last 3-4 years and always recommend it to my friends.

A great place to watch football and have a beer with giant screens and a great atmosphere. I was lucky enough to see Scotland beat Greece in the Europa Nations League!

There was a man properly tonguing his lady of the evening, he could've went at it less aggressively. Still not as bad as Spoons.

Had a lovely time at the Merchant. The food was good, enjoyed the atmosphere and the service was top notch. Aidan stood out in particular, he was very helpful when it came to recommending drinks and provided fast service to our group.

The food was brilliant!!!! We ordered the steak pie, lasagne, fish and chips, and the bacon toastie - all amazing, great quality, and good portions ! Will be coming back just for the food alone

Lovely venue, great for a late night drink with your pals and watching whatever sports you desire, great guy on the bar Aidan was brand new, will be back for sure.

Went to the Merchant on a recent trip to Glasgow, when looking through the menu Aidan was very helpful as I had a few questions relating to allergies. His patients and knowledge of the menus was very reassuring which really made a difference.

Been here a few times and have never been disappointed. Staff friendly and good atmosphere. Food good too

Food cold. Returned to kitchen. Replacement meal not good either. Used my MIXR points. Have had much better meals in other outlets in the same Group. Very disappointing! No great apology from managers in charge. No offer of any recompense or other remedial action. No reflection of the Group who are great in general.

Good place to go for a good pint

*****AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID***** Arrived on Saturday with a group of friends and noticed a reserved table and no one had arrived within the 15 mins grace period. We sat down and confirmed with staff that the group had lost their reservation and we were welcome to keep the table. Unfortunately, The Merchant decided to breach their own T & C and tried to throw us off our table, some 90mins to 2hrs after the group failed to arrive. Absolutely appalling behaviour however, the table next to us were refused service because they wouldn't vacate the table for the same group reservation!!! I would not recommend anyone to reserve or visit this establishment as their treatment of customers was downright disgusting!!! Between the 2 tables, they lost out on 20+ customers and our associated expenditure for the remainder of the evening!!!!

Went for the quiz on Thursday. Although we didn't win ,we had a great time. Would definitely recommend the quiz.

The food and drink were value for money. However, our visit was marred by the bar manager, not upholding the reserved table policy and refusing to serve our table because the people who had reserved the table turned up 90 minutes LATE!!! This also happened to an adjacent table of 10 people who were treated in the same manner!

A decent city centre pub, with a bit of character and plenty of beers and big screens for sports.

Been here for a few family meals brilliant food and quick service definitely will be back here

Arriving at the pub i noticed it was clean and had a great atmosphere. Best pub in city centre for live sports and great variety of drinks and food. I downloaded the Mixr app and got a welcome drink. The staff are really friendly and approachable. We ordered food and it came quick and piping hot. Burger was my fave. Will be back soon.

We had such an amazing time when we were in the merchant over Christmas! Eilidh who served us was so helpful & recommended the macaroni burger which was amazing! Will definitely be back!

Disappointed with our visit yesterday. Used the table service for drinks. Most of our orders took about 10/15 minutes except the last which took 40 minutes to receive a pornstar martini and a pint. The place wasn't that busy so there was really no excuse and we were offered little to no apology. If you are not able to deliver on table service then simply do not offer it. A positive is there are many screens that are a great size. I would visit to watch a game but wouldn't stay long past this.

An okay pub could be better you could smell the toilets which isn't nice. Food was cold but didn't complain as who knows what they would do the food. Drinks okay. Busy at times. Staff polite

A cut above spoons! But so are the prices, nice place well attended, would go back..

Great place for food & drinks. Customer service was great. Visited for a works night out.

Visited on a very busy Saturday evening but staff were friendly and attentive.

Came a few days ago when it was super busy and we'd booked a table. Thought we'd have to wait for ages but Jake from the bar staff immediately went to clear our table, was very charming + funny with my parents and made sure we had everything we need! Good food, buzzing atmosphere and all the team seemed super friendly + on it!

Great service, very warm and welcoming!

Great place to go with a few mates to take in live sport! Wide selection of beers on tap and good pub food at great prices for the city centre. Excellent service from Sammy

Fast service, great atmosphere 👌

Been in a few times it's a good atmosphere food is ok as well.

Disappointing food ....three pieces of chicken in curry dish served with pitiful amount of bland rice and extremely hard naan bread. Lasagne was tasteless and cold served with stale garlic bread. Pub itself was uncomfortably warm and service at the bar was extremely slow. First visit in around a year but unfortunately our last.

The bar was lovely and very atmospheric. Staff were incredibly accommodating especially one of the guys - Gregor. Thanks Gregor for your terrific service!

Super place for the fitba with lots of screens over 2 floors & a decent choice of drinks.

Staff was very friendly, served by Sammy who was very helpful. Great gin selection

My new go to place for sports in the city centre of Glasgow. I’m glad I don’t live here anymore otherwise I would be here daily! lol 😂 Bar girls and lads are so so sweet and lovely. They even put the sound on the Villa match (we lost) 😞 Love this place. Heaps.

Friendly staff, good prices for city centre. Really nice clean toilets-gents. Would go back. 👍

Great atmosphere! Fast food service and fun and friendly staff! Lots of sports to watch and can ask staff what games they’ll be showing!

Very very very poor quality food, portions for price are disgraceful, imo very low quality produce both under cooked & overcooked, when complaining was met with an attitude and look as if we should be happy to eat it. Atmosphere was great but that's it

Pretty sure the staff were racist/ prejudice(to English people) . Got asked for ID buying tap water - no joke - when I disputed this bar tender was confrontational and said I wasn’t old enough to be in a pub (I’m 23). She was disappointed when I proved this and then served me the most disgusting nachos that didn’t have any cheese or beef on (they were supposed to) and were stone cold. Wasn’t given cutlery.

Very nice and Beautiful place to have drinks. But it’s not the best if you want to eat. We ask rump steak and they didn’t put salt and pepper on the meat so it was a total waste of food. The system to order the meal have no sense.

I ordered a burger with blue cheese and caramelised onions. Blue cheese wasn't melted and the red onions looked as though they had been shown the pan. Not even soft.

Good all-around place for a wide range of ages 👌

Great service, atmosphere was electric (local football club playing in Champions League game), prices reasonable and food was wonderful.

Great food, although the portion size of chips is grim These cocktails are great, but feel for the price should have more alcohol less ice

We visited on a midweek evening and discovered that the pub had quite a good range of locally produced real ales. The cost of a pint is fine too for a city centre location. It was also nice that they had a couple of live football matches on TV.

What a great pub , cheap quality drinks and food , will always visit this pub when in Glasgow, lovely pint of stella ...staff great

We managed to get a booth to have a few chill drinks. A pub showing the current sport. TV in the booths which is pretty cool. We ended up playing a board game together and was complimented by a member of the team for it.

My partner and I went in for food last night before going to the Glee Club. It was amazing! In-expensive and the cocktails were really good. We even ordered dessert!

Great service, tasty food, and very good prices.

Nice pint nice food.good price and friendly staff. Can't go wrong.

Absolutely fantastic time at The Merchant!! Big shout out to Grant, Megan and Niamh for serving some lovely drinks!! 💖

Lunch visit, food was decent for price and relatively quiet for food so quick service too. 👍

Very nice staff and great all day breakfast and burgers

Brilliant pub this. Has 2 floors and plenty of seating. Not expensive either considering its location. Great selection of beers. I had a chicken burger and it was great. Hot and tasty. Loads of screens for sports aswell. Wherever you are seated you can see a screen.

Liked this pub. Nice atmosphere and good seating.

The Thai Coconut Vegetable Curry was delicious, and a pint of Stella was welcome after the day at The British Open. Warm atmosphere!

Nice food nice atmosphere nice prices 😍

Don't go. You'll get drunk and fall over. A lot. I did.

The Merchant is a fab venue for a night out!! The staff are so friendly, particularly Grant who went above and beyond to ensure that our booking was all sorted and gave excellent recommendations for their new cocktails. Will definitely be back soon!!

Wonderful establishment, good selection of beers and some great service particularly from Eilidh

Did not have food but the barstaff were brilliant and friendly

Great decor and seating style, vibrant and friendly .

Staff were lovely, a bartender called Aiden was very helpful and recommended an excellent cocktail 👍

I had the best time at the merchant on Saturday night! We booked for a birthday night out, our table was close to the bar and the dj was great! We were served by lily, ruthven and molly who were all great and super helpful! Can’t wait to come back again!

Beautiful pub! Cozy atmosphere with nice seating areas. Price/performance top!

The food was decent for the price.

Great beer, good music, just unable to hear yourself think....could do with winding it down just a couple of notches

Watched Scotland's heartbreaking last kick defeat to Hungary here. The hazy IPA was great.

A superb pub dedicated to sport with giant screens everywhere, slot machines, very good catering with fast and efficient service. A Champions League semi-final evening, a great atmosphere. And a year later still great 👍

Food was pretty good. The cocktails are so good! One bartender made a drink wrong and instead of remaking it, dumped it in a bigger cup and added more ginger ale which unbalanced the drink. He may have been in training though and was nice when I asked if he could add a little more Jameson.

We were able to go in at a quarter to eleven, but didn't order until eleven o'clock. Enjoyed a great Scottish breakfast.

Brilliant place to have a beer or two to Watch football matches

My serve Megan was really nice, very polite always had a smile. On her face, Thank you x

Overall the food and service setup was poor, would not recommend - go to any other bar in the vicinity! - food was not good, seemed to be frozen and reheated and very skimpy portions for meat (chicken tikka masala, steak pie) - you must order via app (very finicky / buggy. The drink menu wouldn’t even load) or at the bar - they advertise a MIXR app download to get a free drink which does not actually work The staff were nice when you interacted with them but overall just a very bizarre experience.

Food was amazing and Nadia was very helpful with recommendations

Hi there was in merchant yesterday prior to the take that concert. 4 of us served by mason who was the perfect bar person very friendly and an absolute credit to the company also spoke to Iona today 5/5/24 who was absolutely fantastic Will certainly be back as soon as possible give them a pay rise as they go above and beyond which employers should take note of but in this day and age they don’t it’s as ll about profits

Good if you want to watch a football match.

Very friendly and helpful staff would definitely recommend a visit

Had a great time for the football and some lunch!

Went out to have a few drinks with friends at the weekend. Big Jamie behind the bar was great at keeping us topped up on drinks. Got small sharer plates for around a tenner. Couldn’t complain. It’s was perfect for grazing while having pints.

stunning place with lovely staff, highly recommend

Quick lunch stop before train back south. Burger lovely.

Very good place to socialize ad have good time

Avoid Spoons across the road at all costs. This is the place where its at.

Very decent bar/food option in cc Glasgow,service and food/bar options varied and generally well served. First time here and will return❤️🙏

What a fabulous bar. Staff were great, fun, helpful, hard working. The atmosphere was buzzing!!! Will definitely be back. We enjoyed the staff member walking around with shots. 😁