Pubs in Dumfries & Galloway in general

If you were to set a challenge to have one alcoholic drink in every pub in Dumfries and remain standing, I would bet my lifesavings that you would fail! There are over 40 pubs in the DG1 & DG2 postcodes alone. With so many you can imagine that there are a great variety and something to suit everyone's tastes. People in Dumfries seem to be people of habit and it's often the same faces that are seen in the same pubs. You can like this or loathe it but I find it adds quite a sense of community to the smaller pubs. I obviously can't comment on every pub in the region as I've not been in them all, so I'll give a brief note about those I have ...  Read the complete review

This is subject that you could spend all day writing about. Pubs in Dumfries are like shops, you just can't understand why there are so many compared to the size of population. The most recent attraction to the town is wetherspoons. Having refurbished a historic but rundown building in the centre of town and the fact that it sells cheap beer, this has to be one of the first stop offs when touring the pubs. On the side of character you have to visit the Globe. This bar states that it is the main pub that Rabby Burns the famous Scots poet and womaniser used when he was in town, still keeping an area of the original bar. If you are a youngster ...  Read the complete review