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The Duke’s Umbrella

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We went in here because it’s opposite the restaurant we ate in that night.

Inside is nicely traditionalish, exposed brick vaulting, leather seating, and the place is best described as “gastropub”, in that it is a pub, just, and describes itself as such, but there’s a heavy food bias (which looks good, TBH, even with the cardinal sin of writing “£4.50” as “£4.5”, the pretentious fuckers).

As it was, it was nice. Staff were pleasant, the beer and wind was fine. They even lit the candles on request (for some reason one colleague wanted this).

Revisit: The Grove

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Back in Glasgow, back to The Grove, having also repeated Mother India nearby. One old colleague (but not the one that bailed), one new one, and my better half meant we went in.

I’m not sure if that visit back in 2011 means I’ve changed, the pub has changed, it was quieter, or a bit of all three, but I suspect it is me that has changed; the pub was lovely. Busy, but not rammed. Good staff, good seating, music at a sane volume, nice atmosphere. Very traditional inside.

The Grove

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This looks like it might be a bit rough from outside: enough to cause a colleague to comment. However, Stymistress and my good self are of sterner stuff. We went in.

It was actually quite pleasant. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a Glasgow drinker’s pub, not a trendy bar or family-friendly carbon-copy pub, but it’s really quite nice. No cask, but Belhaven keg was OK and the staff were friendly (unless you were fool enough to be rude to them, as one local was), as were the people at the bar, even though I couldn’t understand a word (heavy Glaswegian accent, plus a bit pissed).