LICENSED venues from across Scotland are in the running for this year’s Best Bar None Awards to recognise the leaders in community safety across the trade.
Bars and pubs will go head to head in eleven categories including Best Pub/Bar, Heart of the Community and the Platinum Award, which celebrates “continued excellence and commitment” to Best Bar None Scotland, at the awards ceremony on March 19 at Dunblane Hydro.
Robert Hogg, Best Bar None Scotland’s national coordinator, said: “The standard of applicants for the National Awards has been extremely high this year. Venues throughout Scotland have been working very hard to improve standards and this really shines through in the applications we have received.
“I’d like to congratulate all the venues which have been shortlisted. The Nationals is always a great night, where licensed venues from across the country come together to champion safety and best practice and also enjoy a good (and safe) night out.”
The venues shortlisted for awards are:
Best Pub/Bar:
- Carrick Stone, Cumbernauld
- Brewhemia, Edinburgh
- McNabbs, Glasgow
- The Auctioneers, Inverness
- Molly Malones, Stirling
Individual Pub/Bar:
- Plough Hotel, Borders
- The Townhead Hotel, Dumfries
- Scotch and Rye, Inverness
- Driftwood Bar, Glasgow
- Brass and Granite, East Ayrshire
Late Night Pub/Bar
- Sportsters, Falkirk
- Bag o Nails, Glasgow
- Johnny Foxes and the Den, Inverness
Hotel Bar
- Dunmuir Hotel, East Lothian
- Grand Central Hotel, Glasgow
- The Chieftan, Inverness
- The Fairburn Hotel, East Ayrshire
- Queenshead Hotel, Borders
Nightclub
- 30s Sugar, Coatbridge
- City Nightclub, Falkirk
- The Garage, Glasgow
- Aces Night Club, East Ayrshire
- Fubar, Stirling
Specialist Entertainment Venue
- Easterbrook Hall/Bistro, Dumfries
- Queen Margaret Union, East Lothian
- The Edinburgh Corn Exchange, Edinburgh
- University of Strathclyde Union, Glasgow
- University of Stirling Union, Stirling
Heart of the Community
- The Lochy, Fort William
- Kelburn Bar, East Renfrewshire
- Plough Hotel, Borders
- Black Rose Tavern, Edinburgh
- Hemmingways, Lanarkshire
Newcomer
- Platinum Nightclub, Coatbridge
- The Central Bar, Borders
- Torrance Hotel, East Kilbride
- Mariott Hotel, Edinburgh
- Angels Share, Inverness
Social Responsibility
- The Black Rose Tavern, Edinburgh
- Gorgie Suite, Edinburgh
- Johnny Foxes and the Den, Inverness
- Aces Night Club, East Ayrshire
- Stirling University Union, Stirling
