5.0JohnnyHollywood2
Great Family lunch and the food was excellent.
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Before you go
- Chef / owner
- Part of The People's Pub network (Stonegate Pub Company).
- Style
- Traditional community pub serving value pub food, with live sport, quiz nights and a beer garden.
- Setting
- Traditional community pub in Cathcart with big screens for sport, a rear beer garden and private car park.
- Awards
- Moneyboat: ranked the UK's most affordable and cosy pub for winter (index published October 2025; previously 2nd the year before)
- Known for
- Value pub food and meal deals, Cosy community atmosphere, Live sport on big screens, Beer garden
- Good for
- Casual family meals, Watching sport, Quiz night (Mondays), After-work drinks
- Prices
- OpenTable lists £25 and under. Lunch and evening meal deals until 8pm (per venue description).
- Lunch
- Food served daily from 12pm to 9pm; lunch meal deals available.
- Booking
- Reserve online via The People's Pub site or OpenTable, or call 0141 637 3284. Worth booking when eating, especially at busy times.
- Book online
- Open booking page
- Groups
- Hosts fundraisers, games nights and occasions; enquire via the venue.
- Kids
- Children welcome when dining; venue asks for last food orders around 7pm and dining until 8pm so meals are not rushed.
- Dress code
- Casual
- Outdoor seating
- Yes
- Drinks
- Full bar with beer, wine and cocktails; live sport on Sky Sports and TNT Sport (listed as BT Sport on the venue page).
- Payment
- Amex, Mastercard and Visa (OpenTable).
- Noise / pace
- Energetic (OpenTable); can be loud during big matches and when football fans pack the dining area.
- Closed
- Open daily (hours Mon–Thu and Sun 11am–11pm; Fri–Sat 11am–12am).
- Getting there
- Short walk from Cathcart railway station (Daily Record / Glasgow Live).
- Parking
- Private car park to the rear.
- Also by them
- The Bank Cafe Bar (Glasgow); The James Tassie (Glasgow); The Merchant (Glasgow); The Howgait (Glasgow); Hudsons (Glasgow); Three Judges (Glasgow)
- Also
- Wheelchair access; Monday quiz night; Briefly closed after a beer-cellar fire in May 2025, then reopened within days (Glasgow Times / Daily Record)
Glasgow restaurant
The Old Smiddy
4.6(966 reviews)
£Opens in 15 hours
Opening hours
- Monday: 12:00 – 11:00 PM
- Tuesday: 12:00 – 11:00 PM
- Wednesday: 12:00 – 11:00 PM
- Thursday: 12:00 – 11:00 PM
- Friday: 11:00 AM – 12:00 AM
- Saturday: 11:00 AM – 12:00 AM
- Sunday: 11:00 AM – 11:00 PM
Overview
The Old Smiddy is a community pub at 131 Old Castle Road in Cathcart, on Glasgow's south side. It is part of The People's Pub network, operated by Stonegate. By day it is a relaxed place for lunch and meal deals; in the evening it shows live football and rugby on Sky and TNT Sport (formerly BT Sport), with quiz night on Mondays and occasional live music and fundraisers. In October 2025 Moneyboat ranked it the UK's most affordable and cosy pub for winter, using TripAdvisor ratings, value scores and five-star reviews that mentioned 'cosy'. Reviewers praise friendly staff, large portions and good prices. Some diners have left when football fans made the eating area too loud to talk. OpenTable lists it as £25 and under, with an energetic noise level. It is a short walk from Cathcart station. There is a car park at the rear, wheelchair access and a beer garden. Children are welcome when dining (until about 8pm). Food is served from noon to 9pm. The pub opens from 11am, until 11pm Sunday to Thursday and midnight on Friday and Saturday. Book online or call 0141 637 3284.
Reviews
4.0anna howard
Lovely wee meal with family very simple food but delicious. Staff were super efficient and very friendly. Standout for me was the bakewell tart!
Read on Google Maps5.0Marion Orr
Cozy and inviting with very efficient and friendly staff. We were well looked after by Kirsty and Roisin. Fantastic pub we’d highly recommend.
Read on Google Maps5.0Milly
We enjoyed a lovely meal here and thanks so much to wee David for the fantastic service we received! We’ll be coming back just for more of his excellent patter 😉
Read on Google Maps1.0Marie McGuire
There were six of us at tables 9 and 11 today 8/8/25. My husband asked for steak pie. The girl came over and said "The oven has exploded"!!! He then got a chicken burger which he said was horrible (felt rubbery). I asked for Tika Masala but they didn't have that so I ordered Katzu chicken with rice - it was horrible! I've had Katzu before and liked. It. The sauce today was pretty disgusting!! My son has fish and he said it was not fresh. There only seemed to be a young girl and a young guy serving. We waited ages then my brother-in-law went to see what was happening to our food and was told "oh I thought you'd already been served!! A glass of Chardonay was £9!! I won't be going back - terrible experience!
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