The Piper

The piper has a lovely atmosphere — seated by the fire. Staff are friendly and welcoming. Prices very reasonable for the city centre. We haven’t decided whether to eat here as yet but looking around the portion sizes of the diners look a fair size.

Not long in from a FANTASTIC day in Pipers.
Food, music (Drew Robertson), and atmosphere amazing. Had a wonderful day.
Such a friendly place as expected from Glasgow
Saturday afternoon a must!
Just one thing annoyed me and it was a female taking over the floor who though she was THE most amazing dancer and wasn’t.
If you read this and recognise yourself do everyone a favour and sit on your a**!

Four stars for the staff and the entertainment, two (or less) for the food.
When travelling with bagpipers, it is inevitable (and a cliché) that one ends up in a pub called The Piper not once but twice during a week-​long visit to Glasgow.
During our first visit, we had decent fried tidbits (fish, chips and haggisy things). Service was as good as could be expected for a big group arriving unannounced. Best of all was the two-​piece band that was playing. The singer found out that we were Canadian and trotted out every Neil Young and Gordon Lightfoot tune he’d ever heard. We had a singer in our group who loves the microphone, so the house band graciously gave our guy the mike for a set (Great Big Sea and Stan Rogers, since you’re wondering.)
Next visit was Sunday Roast night. Roasts du jour were beef, lamb or chicken. Lamb? Scotland? Why not? In a word, it was ba-​a-​a-​d. This fella been a pack animal in life and overcooked in the afterlife. The three of us who ordered lamb found it inedible. However, the waiter agreed that it was terrible, took the meal off the bill and comped us with a very fine malt of the month (Singleton, since you asked.)
I left hungry but happy… at least until the morning after.

Ok so me and my mum popped into the Piper for a quick bite to eat before she caught her train back home. We have been before and had a good experience. This time it wasn’t so great. The menu has been greatly reduced from what it used to be. There is a lot of stodge on the menu and no sandwiches, the salads choice wasnt amazing either, unfortunatley our drinks order was taken before we saw the menu and we were also tight for time.
The waitress took our drink order, mum went for bottled water and I went for a pint of lime and soda (rock n roll… I know i know…), when my drink arrived it was a small glass for a start… I asked about the steak and wine offer and she was clueless… I pointed to the poster right behind her head and she said that yes she thought it was available on a Sunday.
In the end we went for burgers, I went for a cheese burger and mum went for chicken. I added the cheese which Took my burger to over £8 which I feel to be expensive for a cheeseburger in Glasgow (I have had AMAZING burgers for less) alas the burgers were mediocre and although mine was advertised as home made it didn’t look very home made. Mums was good and both of our sides of chips were good. The food was wells presented but was let down by the lack of flavour.
The couple behind us were offered a choice of a tapas menu or a roast dinner menu on top of the regular menu, neither of which we were offered. I thought it may have been a time thing so waited until our table was being cleared to ask our waiter if the Sunday dinner and tapas menu were only available at a certain time to which he cut me off half way through my question and really arse-​illy said ‘aye on a Sunday ‘… I managed eventually to ascertain that it was an all day offer and advised we were not offered either to which he shrugged and advised he would kick the waitresses butt… I feel it was a training issue more than anything regards our waitress but because of the attitude of the waiter and the mediocre burger we won’t go there again

Went here for the first time against my better judgement after being denied entry some time ago for no apparent reason. Seemingly large groups of gents aren’t wanted in here, even if you haven’t had your first pint of the night.
Maybe folk spill in here after cheap drinks in The Counting House?
Quite overly Scottish in a purposeful way, but not to any degree that makes it unbearable.
Far from being busy, I had a nice enough meal in here with a well mixed fresh orange and lemonade before venturing elsewhere.
Polite and friendly barstaff in a bar that’s nicer than alot places in the area but by no means the nicest.
Worth a look.

While the Piper (known until fairly recently as the Edge) is a charming and relaxing place, it always seems to be pretty dead at night.
On my last visit, on a Saturday, when you would expect it to be quite busy, there was hardly anyone else inside — though the bouncer was one of them, seeing as he had nothing to do at the door. Not only was there still a bouncer but there was still a DJ playing and quite loud at that. Unsurprisingly it closed not long after 9pm — seems ridiculously early but there was no-​one there to stay open for.
It is quite pricey for drinks — two quid for two bottled beers is a bit steep. The Piper is still a very nice place — but its lack of patronage — hence lack of atmosphere — makes it very dissapointing.

I’ve only ever been in here once, and I had a really nice lunch. My friends and I had been at the winter festival on George Square and decided to duck in for some lunch — tradtional scottish fare was what we needed!
Yes, it’s tourist-​tastic, but it felt nice and cosy — it wasn’t full of stuffed Nessies, or See-​you-​Jimmy Hats or anything, but you can tell. The food was tasty, and the banter was flowing. A lovely place to spend the afternoon!
And for the more daring? They advertise pole dancing and burlesque lessons. Wheeeee!

I have been here for lunch a couple of times, as it’s near uni, and although more expensive than some other places in the area, the food is very nice.
I rarely see other students in here, as it seems overlooked. There are often tourists though — being so close to George Squaer, and with a name like The Piper, it’s bound to be popular!
Both the décor and the food are quite traditional. Service is fast enough to make it a lunchtime contender, and the staff really can’t do enough. If you want comfort food of a higher quality than Wetherspoonsy kind of places, then this is where to go!