
Kitty O'Shea's
“Modern music venue often with hard rock groups, serving modern mains and dozens of bottled beers.”
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About Kitty O'Shea's
On Waterloo St in Glasgow, Kitty O'Shea's is an Irish pub that doubles as a music venue, with live acts on both floors on weekends. The menu runs to modern mains, and the bar stocks dozens of bottled beers alongside a draught selection that includes Guinness. Multiple screens show football for anyone dropping in outside the music nights. It operates on a walk-in basis, with no reservations needed. Door staff check entry, and the pub sits close to central station with parking nearby, making it straightforward to reach before heading in for a pint or a set upstairs.
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Reviews
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention live music, football on screens, draught beers and Guinness and bouncers denying entry.
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention live music, football on screens, draught beers and Guinness and bouncers denying entry.
Featured reviews
- Google user
“Absolutely loved the live music here!! Great place to have a drink and sing along.”
- Google user
“Absolute joke of a place. Me and my sister have went well tried 3 weekends in a row as me and my friends went a month prior and enjoyed the atmosphere. Me and my sister are both of age and have been denied entry twice now but the same older bald bouncer who has a really nasty attitude and denying us entry for absolutely no reason. Wouldn’t recommend one in Glasgow, west end much better much.”
- Google user
“Door men denied my entry because I was a solo female. I was informed that it is “unsafe” that I enter alone, I was sober and have never been denied entry from a venue previously because of being solo. Surely it is a hospitable Irish pub inside? if you are allowed in to find out. Door men far from hospitable.”
- Google user
“Went here on Sunday night for a few , bloody blown away.. absolutely fantastic place service is brilliant the atmosphere was unreal.. and the live music was brilliant 🤘 everyone was just so friendly what more could u ask for brilliant! Definitely recommend”
- Google user
“Live music was the reason we went there on Sunday evening, unfortunately at some point football was more important. We had two gins, they mixed both with Schweppes tonic and random fruit. Still tasted okay. 7 bucks per drink were alright”
Hours
- Monday
- Tuesday
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- Saturday
- Sunday
Customer Review Summary
Live music is the main draw, with reviewers describing bands at the weekends on both floors, some of the music as outstanding, and a crowd that sings along. Close behind are decent Guinness and a good choice of draught beers, served by staff several call friendly and attentive. Football on the plentiful screens also gets a mention. One reviewer who came for a Sunday gig felt the match took over from the band, and found two gins mixed with Schweppes tonic and random fruit, which still tasted okay. The door is the recurring complaint in the negative reviews. Several reviewers describe bouncers refusing entry for no reason they could see, including two couples who had only had dinner and two drinks and two women of age turned away on repeated weekends. They call the door staff on a power trip and not hospitable. One sober solo woman says she was told it was unsafe to enter alone.
Location
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| Place | Rating | Distance | Mentioned in reviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kitty O'Shea's | 4.41,317 | — | live music, football on screens, draught beers and Guinness |
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| The Old Hairdresser'sWheelchair accessible | 4.3517 | 0.1 mi | upstairs gig space, draft and fridge beers, live music venue |
| 142B Lounge NightclubReservations · Wi-Fi | 4.3144 | 0.1 mi | amapiano and afrobeats music, dj sets, overpriced bottle drinks |
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