The Scotia in Glasgow City

Just popped in for a quick drink ,it was pleasant enough

Great live band and lively characters 👌

Not changed much over the years apart from menu which is mainly pizza

„The Scotia” in Glasgow is a true gem and a must-visit for anyone wanting to experience the authentic charm of a traditional Scottish pub. The atmosphere is cozy and welcoming, with rustic decor that instantly makes you feel right at home. The beer and whisky selection is fantastic, catering to every taste. Whether you’re a fan of classic Scottish ales or looking to explore the diverse whisky range, “The Scotia” has you covered, and the friendly bartenders are always ready with a great recommendation. A standout feature is the live traditional folk music. The musicians bring incredible energy with heartfelt folk tunes and charming ballads that set the perfect mood. The combination of music, a good drink, and friendly company is simply unbeatable. If you get hungry, the “Pizza & Pint” deal is spot-on for a relaxed evening. The pizza is delicious, and a pint alongside makes for a perfect pairing. It’s easy to spend a few hours here soaking up the warm, lively atmosphere. For anyone in Glasgow looking for an authentic, vibrant pub experience, “The Scotia” is a top choice. It’s the perfect place to raise a glass and feel the soul of Scotland!

Great hidden gem of glasgow. Lovely pints

Fantastic pub with lots of character. Very dog friendly and the staff were superb

The oldest pub in Glasgow with so many fine whisky to taste. A great place to spend an afternoon.

Absolutely fantastic bar. A staple of Glasgow. Great service. Amazing atmosphere. Fantastic service and wonderful friendly and welcoming barmaids. Will definitely be back to sample the food!

Didn't have food but believe it now does pizzas?! Great Guinness, great atmosphere. Would definitely recommend

Great real pub and pretty cheap for city centre

Classic pub full of characters. Loved it.

One of the best Guinness around.

We stopped in for a drink, had some delicious bar style pizza, bartender was nice enough to suggest a wonderful whisky I had never heard of before. Great atmosphere. 10/10 would go again if I'm ever back in Glasgow.

Bar madness ♥️♥️♥️ on certain days people fall with their instruments or the bar's guitars play. Ah, the amazing beers, Scotch whiskeys and super friendly barristas

We could not have enjoyed ourselves more than we did at Scotia Bar. The 2 fine folks behind the bar were hilarious and a delight to chat with. The pizza was tasty and just what we needed after a long travel day.

Oh my word, good luck trying to spend any money at this delightful pub. The Tennent's pints were £2 and a splash of the Malt of the Month, Bruichladdich, was £2.99. We visited here three consecutive nights while staying at a hotel that was walking distance away along the River Clyde. Different music every night, some traditional and some rockin'. Mostly the same hustling bar crew. By Friday night, the crowd was so large we sometimes found ourselves standing outside, which is allowed up until 10 p.m. Even with the larger crowd, bar service was never slow and the experience was just as pleasant. I'm sad this pub is 6,000 km from my home!

One of the oldest bar in Glasgow, vibe is amazing. A must visit place 🥂

Amazing pub and the bartender , loved thy vibes , and the whiskey

Used to love the Scotia when I lived in Glasgow. Great place for a pint of Guinness. Lovely atmosphere, friendly bar staff, proper old school traditional pub with loads of character.

The place is very good! The waitress was very friendly, she recommended us a beer from there (T) and it was very well drafted and delicious! The bar is worth a stop for its little bills hanging with clothespins...leave one out of 5 on your visit!! 😉. Furthermore, they did not give a pamphlet with a guide to the pubs with live music of the month and days. We will repeat if we return!

Was told “you’ve had too much to drink, you’re slurring your words”. Despite being nowhere else this evening. Happy to give any other venue my money and looking forward to not coming here again. Presumably this female member of staff with long blond hair is part of the licensing board or presumes she has an important job. If the bar is too busy, just say or have security to enforce that.

Easy the best pub in glasgow with live music and good craic

One of the oldest glasgow bars. Awesome inside great Guinness great service a must visit even only fir a pint.

Friendly pub,great staf, live music

Beautiful historic pub, with excellent beers and low average prices, I spent a wonderful evening, I would recommend this place if you are interested in a place with local people without tourists.

Bartenders are rushed and not very friendly. Not sure where the reviews are coming from that say they are but the locals are great. Made us feel welcome.

Great atmosphere and regular live music, a must visit

Great atmosphere, really busy, and very friendly. Despite feeling very much like a locals pub it also had an incredibly welcoming vibe to tourists like us.

If you are looking for the best Scottish pub experience go no farther. Friendly staff, lots of music and welcoming clientele. Best night at a pub we have had in ages. Go early for the best seat!

Met up with the lads for a few games of pool. Superb!!

The oldest and best pub in the city. Great live music, good beer and a excellent company

Great quaint pub with live music. Absolutely recommended

Cozy pub, unfortunately only pizza from the neighboring shop

We visited on Tuesday August 7th. We could only have a quick drink we really had a great time. The lady bartender was fun & helpful. I would definitely visit again

First time in Glasgow and the pub is next door to my hotel. Stopped in for a pint and ended up getting a pie. BBQ chicken pizza was great. People were amazing as well as the staff. Live music really set the atmosphere.

The most authentic Glasgow pub - staff are the most welcoming, chilled out people ever. 10/10 could not recommend enough.

My night was ruined by coming here as a rude bar tender was hostile towards me. I’m not sure if maybe she has just come out of prison (neck tattoo and looks the type ) but please train your staff properly, there is no excuse , you are a business at the end of the day and there is a standard of service you should be adhering to. Avoid .

A blonde bar tender with a tattoo on her neck made me feel very unwelcome. Me and my friends all entered meeting a very hostile welcome, we were all ask for ID which we gave happily, I ordered one pint of beer. After over an hour of nursing my beer i decided to go back to the beer to get another. I was told that i, personally, was “too drunk” and wasn’t to be served anymore. I took this on the chin as not to ruin any of my friends nights. Not minutes later she came to our table to tell us we all had to leave because of myself personally. This is obviously a personal attack and she had a vendetta against me. I had one singular beer the whole night and she made my whole friend group leave the bar. Looking back as soon as we walked in this woman didn’t like us as she made her colleague serve us and she clearly didn’t like me, maybe because I had tattoos and a funny hair colour, assuming I was a student. I was made to feel very unwelcome and was victimised by this witch of a bartender. I hope in future this bar hires workers that are far more welcoming. This stings even more as I recommended all my friends to this bar for a nice time to be met with such a hostile member of staff. She truly picked on me for no reason. I’ve lived here for six years but would certainly not recommend to any visiting tourist. This is the first time I’ve ever felt necessary to make a review that’s how strongly i feel about the way I’ve been treated.

If you're a live music person this is the place to go and if you're not go anyway. I visited from Florida and absolutely adored this old gem. Can't wait to come back!

A brilliant wee pub with a lot of character and a fine selection of beers and whisky!

A truly evocative place: the oldest pub in Glasgow! And the pumped scottish ale has a taste to try and not forget

Wonderful pub, staff are so nice and competent. Thinking of this pub being my regular, excellent

great wee pub. welcoming staff very nice pint including a variety of real ales and whiskies a very easy five stars

Good pub. Lots of history and character. Pretty good pint of real ale. It can get busy of an evening.

Great pub! Full of friendly people and good vibes! They do a good Guinness and the decor is so cool inside.

Really good pub. Nice bartender.

Lovely place, bartender really nice and chatty. Pure vibes

Vibrate and the staff is very welcoming

We were met by a very racist women blonde bartender. We are group of 5 friends, she insisted to show our id before we even taken a seat, never said hello or welcome, with very rude attitude. We are international students, over 30s, one of our friends happened to not bring her Id and wasn’t planning to have alcoholic drink anyway. And the women insisted that we all leave the place if not every one has their Ids. It was really frustrating, we just wanted to have some together in a cosy looking pub, her attitude was very aggressive and rude, not Scottish like at all. Very sad experience for all of us cause we used to come here before, and stuff was very friendly at that time…

Great place for those of us who want to take a dip into nostalgia. Music was amazing, the beer twice so - the only problem was that they only had chips and pizza as food option and we wanted the whole pub experience, but that didn't take away too much from it.

My son had to stay outside 😏 He is too young 😂

Look no further for a traditional pub. Plenty of drinks to choose from and great surroundings with a feeling of history.

loved it in here very busy with folk music playing full of locals who were very friendly didn't have food though

5 different awesome cask ales to try and a super friendly staff/owner!

Oldest pub in Glasgow. Oldschool 😎

Not a lot of seating or standing space for customers, pub is taken over with an absolutely massive bar, stayed for one drink, not relaxing at all.

Great wee pub Lovely atmosphere and very friendly Staff are great Did not go in for food just popped.in with family from America on holiday to let them see the place

Great little pub the oldest in Glasgow, full of local freindly people ,highly recommend. The only food is pizza but it's good pizza 👍👍👍

We only had drinks, but a really authentic place and recommended for a passing drink in Glasgow.

If you want the real deal, this is the place to go. Not big on food though, but they stock quite a variety of whisky, beers and other beverages.

We went here before the Scotland game as it's my nephew's local when he's at the local college. Very friendly, cheap drink! Will definitely return, a proper pub! We went to the upstairs part. Bar staff excellent!

Nice place, and we were able to book a table for 6. Nice atmosphere and beer selection.

Fantastic and lively bar with great ales and history

Very cool pub down near the river the house whisky was really good and inexpensive as well.

Super time. Staff were great, crowd was social. Perfect pub night.

Magical night spent at the Scotia. Amazing patrons, incredible staff, non-stop musical fun. If you're in Glasgow, this is the place to go. Wish we could have stayed longer.

Great legendary pub. Not to be missed

Great music and good beers and atmosphere

Staff were so nice and friendly really liked inside brings nice memories

One of my favourite pubs with lovely friendly staff only disappointment no pizza today will try again on my next visit

A fun place to spend time in the evening. Fair prices and great music.

Great. Was there for the brave shave. Brilliant atmosphere. Fantastic staff. Brilliant amount raised by Craig Mackie for Macmillan cancer.

Incredible climate ! Friendly and helpful service!

This place is worth checking out. Even for just a quick drink. Beer was cold, live music was great, and the local gentleman we met was fantastic. This is a must see while in town.

Friendly cosy Glaswegian bar. Love it!

Brilliant not changed a bit in years great drinks and music.live most days

I totally loved the place and the stuff is so friendly

Stopped over in Glasgow heading up to Fort William to start the Great Glen Way. Popped in for a quick drink so we thought. The place was rammed at 4pm on the Saturday and only ended up leaving at 6pm because we'd made a dinner reservation for later. We were made very welcome by everyone and the place had a great vibe and great selection of beers.

Excellent traditional pub.Good bears and lovely atmosphere.

Great bar for a weekend reunion.

We shared a pizza 🍕, hubby had a beer 🍺& I had a wine🍷. The atmosphere was moody with dark wood furnishings, quirky and nostalgic, being the oldest pub in Glasgow.

Really nice Pub, a lot of friendliy people. Live music and good service. The drinks were really good!

Very good place and very friendly waiter

One of my favourite pubs in Glasgow. Fantastic atmosphere, great staff, brilliant music and a fun array of diverse punters. Also one of the best pints of Guinness in town. Recommend.

Great little pub with great musicians, friendly staff and good craic

We got stuck with a right moan who was trying to hit on our friend. Uncomfortable!! Music was good and wine was nice.

Oldest bar in Glasgow! Good beer great service and great comfortable clothing! Support this bar at all costs!

Amazing collection of currency notes. Good folks and nice friendly service.

A cracking quirky bar with plenty live music. Hidden diamond with friendly staff.

Cosy spot with a nice atmosphere! Definitely would recommend 👌

The oldest pub in Glasgow, worth a visit and service with a smile.

Great traditional Glasgiw pub. Good local real ale. Fabulous live band last night.

Great pub lots of history Great meeting place for small group

Best pub I've ever been to!! The oldest in Scotland and has a really good vibe!

Rustic and old, a time capsule! Love it! ❤️🥃🍺

This is one of the most prestigious pubs in Glasgow, Scotland's largest city.

Take a trip back in time, if these walls could talk. You can't visit Glasgow without visiting this famous establishment 🍻.

Fantastic traditional pub, friendly, cosy, and sensible prices. So much more comfortable than the trendy, overpriced "gastro pubs" that are predominant in the city center.

Great pint of Tennents and atmosphere

Great whisky bar down by the river in Glasgow. The oldest in the city?