The Argyll is situated under the Central Station Bridge on Argyle St. Glasgow. One Saturday evening heading in to town for a night out, me and a couple of friends got off the train and having had a few shandys on board we headed for the nearest pub to make use of the facilities, so to speak. That pub was The Argyle.
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I headed straight for the toilet which regrettably involved going down a flight of stairs and a long a corridor, not the best for me! When I got back upstairs I was handed a pint by my friend (we could only use the toilets if we were customers, you know the score) and I looked around. I was a touch taken aback by what I saw. We we're a mixed group, I am a Motherwell fan, one friend was a Rangers fan, and the other fan was rather unfortunately a Celtic supporter of all things! The walls we're decked out in Rangers tartan, Ger's memorabilia hung from every available place. Pictures, figures, scarf the lot, and all the while the jukebox was blasting out all forms of Rangers tunes! To top it all off, there was a life sized cardboard cut out of Lorenzo Amoruso (the former Ranger's Captain) standing in the corner wearing nothing but a saltire round his waist. You couldn't make it up! So we decided it probably wasn't best to hang about, the regulars seemed suspicious of the 'new guys' and typically someone felt compelled to strike up a conversation with the only Celtic fan amongst us. The atmosphere was certainly uncomfortable; it is safe to assume that only Ranger's fans would be interested in drinking in The Argyle, and probably not even all of them! The Rangers fan I was with would without doubt agree with what I'm saying!).
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For what it's worth, the pub itself was very small. The toilets, as mentioned above weren't very handy. The beer was reasonably priced, around £2.00 a pint, and tasted ok. The music was terrible unless you happen to enjoy listening to non-stop ranger’s songs, and the regulars weren't exactly hospitable. Evening accounting for the Rangers thing, it's not the greatest of pubs. There are many more round about that I would be much more keen to endorsing.
I don't think I'll be back in a hurry!
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