Bar Petite

I think i must have missed the bus on this one. indeed, methinks that the folks who run/​own/​frequent this tiny wee place, must have got off the bus at the wrong stop as this joint is very much in the wrong place.
Know don’t get me wrong, for £2 a drink then you can’t grumble too much, or indeed expect too much, however it’s certainly not somewhere i’d seek out to go for a drink, let alone bring someone to.
A-​OK just about covers it. Aye it feels very intimate… however, it very much depends on who else is in the bar if the intimacy can be judged as being a good thang eh?
I’d imagine if you fancied taking over a bar one night, then this place would make it possible. You would, however, need to watch oot for the locals…
’ Yur sittin in ma seat pal
I’m standing
You callin me a liar
Ah…‘
For you maybe, but not for me when there are so many great bars in the area.

I ended up at Bar Petite due to the birthday of a good friend of the mister – otherwise it’s not exactly my sort of place, being quite a bit of a trek down Bath Street from the city centre.
Somewhere along the line I have become Old and Not Fun, I think.
It’s a bar and it’s small, and it’s got an okay atmosphere, if not anything unusual. The music was loud, but I’ve been places with louder – if you want a conversation, probably not the best plan, and you likely won’t find anywhere to sit of a Saturday night, because it’s…well, small.
I will agree that the £2 drinks are a plus. The bar staff didn’t water them down, and the vodka in my drink was Smirnoff, not shop’s own potato peelings. Unfortunately, my companions thought the place smelled a bit of chlorine as the end result of someone overindulging in said cost… I didn’t pick it up, but that could be because I’ve still got the tail end of the flu.
Anyway, probably a lot more fun on a weekday, to be honest.

This is my new favourite bar. I kind of don’t want to tell you about it incase you go and then there is no room for me. Think large living room and that’s about the size of it. Literally.
I didn’t even know it existed but since I discovered it I know that it was once called Mini Bar before renaming, and funking up just a little bit. The interior is nice and understated, chocolate browns and leather, and the bar area is the smallest I have seen. Two large plasma TV’s beam out sport and music videos while the beats in the evening are a cool selection of old and new mixed house, really great to warm up for a night of dancing!
By far the best feature of Bar Petite is the £2 drinks policy. Every drink is £2. That’s EVERY DRINK, ALL OF THE TIME, EVERY DAY.
A pint of Tennants? Two pounds.
A vodka mix? Two quid please madam.
Jagerbomb? That’s £2 to you! Amazing.
Technically, you could get quite squiffy on a tenner in here, and in Glasgow, on one of it’s most popular and vibrant streets, that is bloody marvellous. God, I love a bargain.
I will most certainly be back, even though the toilets left a lot to be desired and after all of those £2 drinks, I frequented it quite a bit. The mini hand-​drier is a talking point though.

Just because many people remember this bar when it was plain old Mini Bar doesn’t mean it’s gone all LA on us.
Bar Petite (it’s French for small bar, you know) is still a vibrant, friendly little venue which represents a good alternative to the more generic bars that frequent the Sauchiehall Street/​Bath Street social scene.
Good tunes and reasonable pub food, it keeps things simple, and sometimes that’s all you need. Tres bon!