The Stag in Aberdeen City

I like the Stag. Quick service, nice staff, good atmosphere. No food available. Recommended 👍

This is a really nice pub. We hadn’t been in there before as we are not really pub types. We were queuing for an evening event at the nearby Music Hall and decided to look for a pub instead of waiting in the cold. There was a Scotland v Croatia soccer match so the crowd was raucous but friendly even though Scotland lost a few minutes after we arrived. A young chap offered us their table which was very sweet. The bar staff were friendly and the prices excellent. There are lots of well placed TV screens so it’s a great place to watch sports. Darts was on after the soccer. We liked it so much we went back after the concert to wait for our bus. It was even busier and the bar wait a bit longer as you’d expect. This will be our go to pub in Aberdeen as we are there a couple of times a week for theatre and shopping.

Classic scottish pub, live football, interesting beer selection, no food

El camarero nos cobró 1 pound más de lo que cobran POR 2 PINTAS , me di cuenta por que cuando tomamos la segunda pinta la camarera nos pidió 1 pound menos y el SINVERGÜENZA DE CAMARERO intervino para que nos cobrará más para no dejarlo en evidencia, REPUGNANTE ACTITUD DEL CAMARERO

A bar for an older crowd. Not a bad thing. Regular beers and spirits, with not a great deal of trendy craft beers. There's cash beer, which can be a bit hit or miss. Not that many folks seem to drink it. Sports are on, not too loudly. Owned by a company who value their customers, the best thing about the place is the staff. They are excellent, friendly and recognise the regulars for a chat. It has a very local feeling.

Staff was not welcoming or friendly. Atmosphere was somber. Not a fun experience for travellers. We moved on quickly. Give this a miss.

Very good food👍👌😀.No they have closed the kitchen

A very nice room, which, however, smells bad and the floor is sticky.

Walked in with a group of 6 travelling from Canada. A little unwelcoming to say the least. No food and got upset that we tried to push the table next to the table of 4 to accommodate the group after no staff approached us when we walked in. Left there after .

Great pub, friendly and very attentive bar staff.

Corner pub high ceiling L shap bar engraved glass beer / staff/ good.

Went in for a quick beer, the guy that served us was really friendly and helpful.

I really liked this pub. It has a lovely mix of the traditional Scottish city centre pub and modern atmosphere with up to date music and a few sports TV screens showing without over doing it. Staff were all very friendly and so we're the other customers. I didn't see any evidence of food being done here despite TA and their own website saying food available. So, definitely a Pub, not a restaurant or a Bar. Enjoyed this pub a lot. Will come back.

Highly Recommended, Nice and Tidy Place , Very Friendly Atmosphere 😀

Great room, great Taylor's Landlord.

Came to watch sport. Great selection and nice atmosphere. Good selection of beers.

Great place for a casual drink. Lots of historic features. A proper pub with real Ales.

This place used to do pretty decent food but the kitchen is closed now. Bar staff are pretty good some maybe a little on the sad looking side being bar staff myself understand the drag of slow shifts however no need for no smile at least... smile goes a long way for tips especially. I hope to see this place rise... amd to be honest I would recommend them for a decent priced pint it's not super expensive it's an average price for location.

Great service from lovely staff.

Never pleasant when the bar staff do not thank you when you pay for your pint. Nice pint made up for it slightly. Pleasant enough pub.

Traditional style pub with always warm welcome & good pub food. My only criticism is lack of disabled toilet as stairs to lower level very steep for me & unfortunately this deters me from making the Stag a more regular place for me.

Saw The Stag was serving Timothy Taylor Landlord, so we called in. Unfortunately it had just gone off, so we made do with Tennents. The place seems to have a good atmosphere

Nice pub in the center of Aberdeen Possibility of sports on TV.

Really nice pub but it smells like feet

the stag is the best. they gave me a drink

Great, friendly place for a pint

Great pub, good selection of beers and plenty tvs for sport

Always go for a round in here when out, always great atmosphere mixed ages , usually get a seat/table . Show sports when on. Staff always on point with service, collecting glasses keeping on top of customer sevice:)

Brilliant place always loved the star 🌟 And staff

A great pub with a good atmosphere

Post National Whisky Festival drinks Excellent location

Nice bar in Aberdeen city centre, good range of beers, with friendly attentive staff, worth a visit

Great atmosphere and friendly staff

Brilliant place, great atmosphere

A great town pub, good beer and whiskies and very friendly and attentive staff. Great for sports lovers for the Tv's. It does though due to this very busy at times but enjoy going there when we can.

Absolutely brilliant pub. In fact most of the pubs owned by this local al group are excellent, except for soul.

Variedad de cervezas muy buena atención y lugar agradable 👌

Went with a friend for lunch but no food service. Menu is still live on the website but it does say welcome back in March 2020 so it seems the owner has clearly taken their eye off the ball. Used to be a great place for daytime food but like many places in Aberdeen it just seems to have list it's shine.

Excellent service, with very reasonable prices

Was disappointed as they have stopped serving food

Nice bar! Great staff. Note that the kitchen is now closed (June 2023)

Sadly no food for foreseeable future Still The beer and atmosphere was nice if you can put up with hunting trophies

The inside was really interesting architrave and moulding staff well presented.

Sporo miejsca aby usiąść i wypić piwko.

Friendly staff, good atmosphere. Served quicky.

Oh the stag, what a smashing place. If you don't like taxidermy, best keep both eyes on the road, but if you're a student of stuffing (so to speak) then cast your eyes to the heavens and be delighted. All sorts of creatures lovingly poached from their natural environments and displayed for your pleasure. I'm sure there was once a yeti up there but Tony claims it was just Chris Mackay with a stinking hangover. Nae meals but.

Central location and starting joint for weekends.

First time id ever been in the place was cool had a good vibe, very good selection of Beers & IPA. Worth a stop

Went massively downhill in alot of peoples list of place's to go to since they stopped doing food.. A massive shame. Will not be revisiting nor will I go out my way to McGinty's

Came here for the first time for a weekday lunch. The bar was pretty empty and food was slow but good. Staff were friendly enough but the atmosphere was cold and quiet.

Went in last night for some food and a drink, place was filthy, I got the last table, it had been cleared but had not been cleaned, I sat for awhile before going up to the bar and asking for a food menu, a drinks menu and if the table could be cleaned. I got the food menu I was then told she could not find the drinks menu, she did however come over and clean the table, I ordered my food and as I was waiting I was just look around the place, the bases of the tables were covered in dust as was behind the bar hatch and the metal lights hanging from the ceiling were all covered in dust. I think it is terrible for an establishment that is serving food and drinks that is not clean. The food was ok, nothing amazing, have had better food elsewhere, quite pricey for what you get. I certainly will not be going back anytime soon.

We booked a table for 6.30pm on Saturday night for a meal for 4 of us on an itison voucher when we arrived there was no table reserved for us the place was full barman had a look to see if he could get a table for us but all tables full with people sitting having drinks it was really loud to be honest not the kind of place we would have liked to sit and have a meal looks nothing like it did on the website we decided just to leave and go else where we will never go back

Good local pub. Nice atmosphere.

Relax not to you can talk and enjoy 😉

Upon arrival the bar staff could not have been more helpful when my friend and I popped in for a bite to eat. Although it was busy for Monday night, a table was found for us and we were given some excellent advice on the menu. The burgers did not disappoint - fantastic classic pub food! We even had our own salt and pepper each 🤠

Such pubs are historical. Big but warm, crowded but comfortable. All great, staff, customers and drinks. Big TV on when it is Six Nations time.

Went here on a Friday with my family at 23:30 as it said it closed 01:00. At 00.00 last drinks were called where we got a round, at 00:05 the bouncer walked around and told people to finish up drinking. Confused some people drank up and left we didn’t stress as it was meant to close at 1. At 00:15 the bouncer told us we had to leave very rudely. Would never go back.

Nice wee place with amazing food 😋

Nice traditional pub. Good beers and food, happy staff. Perfect.

Wed 18th Jan 23 paid £11.40 for 1 pint of Tennant's and a pink gin and soda to expensive for me

This is traditionally a great pub but it is being ruined by the ridiculous attitude of the door "bouncers". We really used to enjoy coming here for a beer however the looming aggressive unnecessary doormen will be keeping us away. We witnessed a lovely party of young people enter the pub bringing a vibrate energy to the place. They were well very behaved and just enjoying themselves. The burly "bouncer" immediately intervening unnecessarily and asks them to drink up and leave. They did so quietly without fuss. What was the point? I asked the "bouncer" on the way out and immediately received an appualling self asteem attitude from the guy. Needless to say, he was only interested in himself. Shocking treatment of paying customers at the hands of needless attention seeking doorstaff. We won't be back for a long time!

Friendly staff and punters.. Good selection of beers and spirits

Had to watch a bar staff pick his nose play with his face not wash his hands and serve people behind the bar completely unprofessional and un hygiene it with the covid going around as well did not like it put me off will not be bake again 🤔

Cracking pub plenty of screens for the Football

We always visit the Stag for a drink when we come to Aberdeen. Nice place.

Lively pub , great choice of beers and good food

I was refused entry last night, Friday the 18th of November, due to having my assistance dog with me, even though I had him in his bag and the relevant paperwork to confirm that he's a working dog. According to the doorman, if he let me in, everyone would take their dog in. I didn't pursue the issue, even though they don't have the right to bar assistance dogs. This is illegal, and they need to review this policy before someone sues them for discrimination.

I was refused entry last night, Friday the 18th of November, due to having my assistance dog with me, even though I had him in his bag and the relevant paperwork to confirm that he's a working dog. According to the doorman, if he let me in, everyone would take their dog in. I didn't pursue the issue, even though they don't have the right to bar assistance dogs. This is illegal, and they need to review this policy before someone sues them for discrimination.

Good lager and good food. Service 1klass.

Schönes, altes Pub mit einer wunderbaren Holzdecke und toller Einrichtung. Gute Auswahl an Getränken und freundöiches Personal.

We arrived at the Stag on the 08/10/22 with a lovely atmosphere, and sat down for food and drink. We were however all unable to finish our food due to the horrific smell of the English waitress. We had to call over the manager and were appalled to see she was not spoken to nor sent home. Her clumsy service and poor hygiene are the only reasons we will not be returning. Aside from this our evening was pleasant enough, with very quick table service as our other waitress was extremely attentive and chatty, but the above issues must be resolved for all customers to enjoy their experience, as we cannot return.

Review ✓ minimum 5 star review only to reach maximum audience. Myself with a group of friends planned our visit to the Stag on one of our reunions. The smell from the girl serving food and drinks was horrid. None of us could finish the food as we all felt physically sick. We did speak to a lovely barmaid who got the manager to speak to us promptly! However after speaking to the Manager, NOTHING was done to reduce the smell or even send the girl home. After speaking to a customer who said he's a regular this has been a issue for over a year now. How can any hospitality establishment run like this? Another staff member looked so hungover and was bragging that she hadn't had much sleep due to having a night out. We all thought that Mcgintys group had a reputation for delivering a high quality service! This isn't the case at all. None of us will return to any establishment of this group.

Buen pub para ver partido y tomar cerveza acompañando de comida’

Nice food, decent beer, great staff

Decor : Spot On Interior : Inviting Staff : Friendly Beer : Cold Steak and Ale Pie : Delectable Absolutely cracking experience, my two amigos and I had a fantastic time. Truly the standard for a steak and ale pie has been set, 10/10.

Got to be one of the nicest traditional pubs in Aberdeen. Nice food, great real ales, fantastic staff who look after you and look out for you. Pure class in a glass.

Good service. Plenty of elbow room

Friendly relaxed atmosphere with good range of drinks and pub food. Plays football/sport on TV’s

Decent place for a pint cool decor too and friendly staff

Just a proper pub, doesn't pretend to be anything it's not. What it is is a friendly old school pub who serve good pints in a good atmosphere

Food is great loved the soup I had definitely will go again.

Called in for a drink and stayed for tea. Great decor in an old pub in the centre of the city. Friendly staff and anice meal. Traditional pie was fantastic.

Stopped off for an end of night drink. Reasonably priced nice bar

Very friendly pub. Good beer, friendly staff and locals. Went in to watch the Celtic v Aberdeen game and had good banter with the Dons supporters.

Leuk en mooi café, meaty sharing plater was super lekker.

Great pub, a bit rustic, reasonably

Decent busy pub just off Union Street, went along on Saturday night. Good pint, support your local boozer.

Neither horrible nor outstanding. Service staff very friendly, food was good tasting, and prices were fair. I did love the abundance of solid wood in the interior and the various taxidermied small game scattered above behind the bar.

Gloomy place from outside and just the same inside , staff nice and friendly, service prompt and efficient but this old bar is not a fun place for an evening out

£3 per shot. A fiver the pint. In the city centre. What else??

It had a few people in needs some crowd control !!!

2nd time in the stag as not local. bra boozer

Very friendly attentive staff. Also friendly customers. Very relaxing enjoyable afternoon.

Nice we bar but my Pont was a bit flat....could have been the glass

Beer was warm and tinney. Mcewans export.

This place is a real gem. Catherine looked after us really well, could chat with her all day. Food is exceptional and excellent value for money. Chilli recommend, only have the haddock and chips if you have big appetite. The only place to eat in Aberdeen. Go there!

Nice old pub. Good for a drinks

Good food, pleasant staff, clean and friendly place to visit

We were served by Sam, who was amazing, nothing was too much issue for her, a fantastic member of staff whom The Stag should be greatly proud of. A further mention should go to her female colleague (sorry I have no name) who also worked the 26th as she, like Sam was amazing and very helpful.

Great location, clean interior. Staff attentive and beer great.