Glasgow - Stag Night

gent9662

What is a good area of Glasgow to go for a stag? City centre I take it?

Also any good clubs? Lap dancing ones or ordinary!

stevo86

Glasgow? u plannin on gettin knifed or somethin? its ones of the most violent cities in europe, why not amsterdam or prague?

Sangre

or even edinburgh? class city.

gent9662

Yeah thats an idea, we thought that Glasgow being voted city of culture last year, that it would have relatively cheap hotels and and some good pubs.

Saint_Mel

Its been a few years since I was boozing in Glasgow but the 3 pubs that
stuck in my mind, probably have them mixed up but:

The Revolution : a vodka bar
The Republic : a world beer bar
Buddah Bar

Dakeyras

I was there about a month ago with a group of lads. had great craic and there was no hassle at any stage of the weekend and we were falling down drunk almost the entire time. No knife attacks or any trouble.

We stayed in the quality hotel (its not that quality but it is cheap) which is basically in the train station, tis cheap and does the business as all you need is a place to lay the head. and of course the residents bar. Right across from it is Buffalo bills where the scantily clad bar maids dance on the bar a-la coyote ugly.

The only other street i remember is Sauchiehall Street which has plenty of good pubs (none of which i can remember the name of, of course), didnt go lapdancing but i'd recommend buffalo bills for a bit of fun then Sauchiehall Street and i'm sure you wont be too long finding somewhere to go from there.

Lemming

Glasgow is good for a weekend away. Yes it has a problem with gangs as well, but then again, would you walk into jobstown or sheriff st. in Dublin at 12am on a Saturday night? No?

If you like rock music at all, there're two places that spring to mind as being fun. There's the hard-rock cafe (I think it's the 'hard-rock') just behind Queen st. and there's the Cat-House club on Queen St. - three floors of music. Good fun.

I've not been out in Glasgow for a while, so I'd need to go ask members of my family who are over there.

Lemming

Dakeyras wrote:

We stayed in the quality hotel (its not that quality but it is cheap) which is basically in the train station, tis cheap and does the business as all you need is a place to lay the head. and of course the residents bar. Right across from it is Buffalo bills where the scantily clad bar maids dance on the bar a-la coyote ugly.

The train station is Queen St. Station. Sits handily enough beside the main streets of the city - Argyle st, Sauchiehall st, and Buchanhan st.

gent9662

Recommend any good hotels?

Lemming

I have family & relatives in and around Glasgow, so I've never really had to look for hotel accommodation. That said, I went over with a few mates for a long weekend a while back and we stayed in a hostel. Was fairly decent. I'll need to find the name of the place though. Basically a tower block kind of set-up down by the Clyde river near enough to Argyle St.

Mossy Monk

Jury's Inn

Gordon

Is Clatty Pats not still a good stag night bar/club? "Cleopatras" is its name.

cujimmy

Some interesting comments from people who probably never set foot in the "Dear Green Place".

I live and work in Glasgow, great city, great people, great pubs/ clubs.

Are there problems? yes but no more than any other major town or city.

Where to go? Try this site for reviews etc. http://www.myglasgow.org/glasgow/bars&Music.htm

Where to stay? I would recommend the campanile hotel because I use their conference facilities alot and put up visitors there, £50 a night. The Euro Hostel Hotel as another poster suggested is in Clyde Street in the city centre, about £30 a night if you like sleeping in bunk beds. Myglasgow.org have a list of hotels. As for the quality hotel as suggested by Dakeyras, its a bit yuk and its in Gordon Street beside Central Station not as Lemming said Queen Street.

Do come over, have a great time, and dont look for trouble

MonkeyWrench

I've been living in Glasgow for nearly 2 years now. Its a great place to go out in. It is no different to Dublin in terms of trouble, if you go to dogdy areas you will bump in to dodgy people, simple as that really. In terms of pubs and a night out I would recommend just hopping in a taxi and getting a lift to either Ashton lane in the westend or Merchant city. Not certain about hostels or hotels cause I haven't needed to look around here for either but they are plentful and relatively cheap in comparison with Edinburgh.

randylonghorn

dclane wrote:

Recommend any good hotels?

Whatever you do, don't decide to sleep in the car!

/ducks

Lemming

cujimmy wrote:

The Euro Hostel Hotel as another poster suggested is in Clyde Street in the city centre, about £30 a night if you like sleeping in bunk beds.

That's the place I was thinking of. The common room can be fun, but depends on the other people staying there.

As for the quality hotel as suggested by Dakeyras, its a bit yuk and its in Gordon Street beside Central Station not as Lemming said Queen Street.

Woops, my bad! I stand corrected

I'm getting my street names messed up!

cujimmy

Lemming wrote:

I'm getting my street names messed up!

No you were getting your train stations mixed up

podge018

im going there this weekend, is there anything in particular on this Saturday night, like a gig or something?