Ashton Lane

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Ashton Lane is a cobbled backstreet in the West End of Glasgow. It is connected to Byres Road by a short linking lane beside Hillhead subway station and is noted for its bars, restaurants and a licensed cinema.OverviewThe Lane was not always the focus of West End cafe society. By the early 1970s, it was a run-down area of small residential and empty commercial properties. Read more However, in 1976, the cost to renew the lease on the cramped property in Ruthven Lane that housed the Ubiquitous Chip restaurant forced the owner to look for new premises. 'The Chip', as it is locally known, moved to its current location in a derelict property that had been the stables for a funeral undertaker. The move was a gamble for the owner, Ronnie Clydesdale, since the Lane was a backwater to the thriving Byres Rd but in 1977 the Glasgow Subway closed for a major refurbishment. This forced several small businesses to relocate from Byres Rd and the then-famous Grosvenor Cafe followed The Chip into Ashton Lane.Other bars and restaurants were opened: the Cul-de-Sac creperie in the former Barr and Stroud factory and Bar Brel in the old coachhouse that had been used latterly as a landscape gardener's yard but was, in 1910, the chauffeur’s house and garage for Dr Marion Gilchrist’s 'prim dark green Wolseley landaulette'. Dr Gilchrist (1864-1952) was, in 1894, the first woman to graduate in medicine in Scotland.The Grosvenor Picture Theatre was built on site of Henderson’s Cab and Funeral Office in Byres Road and Ashton Lane. The cinema opened on 3 May 1921 with 'Helen of the Four Gates' and 'Eastwards Ho' and the performances were accompanied by the theatre’s own orchestra and organist. The building was designed by architects Gardner & Glen and had a distinctive terracotta façade. The original entrance faced Byres Road and the upper level housed a Café and American Soda Fountain and, by 1929, a waiting room. The original cinema seated around 1,350 people, but in the 1970s it underwent considerable reconstruction. The entrance was moved from Byres Rd to Ashton Lane, and the old entrance became Bonham's Wine Bar (the railing in the original foyer is retained in the upstairs bar). After falling into disrepair, the cinema closed 30 June 2002, but was relaunched in October 2003 after a multimillion-pound refurbishment. This created two screens on the ground f Update description

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2016-04-22

Lovely place! Great venue for some catch up / chit chat with friends and even romantic dates with loved ones over food and some wines (or beer,...

2018-01-01

Very disappointed.

2017-12-12

Lovely bar - great choice of drinks and cocktails. Also very welcoming to my dogs.

2017-12-10

Booked the private dining room in Brel...

2017-11-30

Food amazing, staff so pleasant, lovely experience.

2017-11-20

Fantastic food and service. Lovely atmosphere. Really enjoyed our lunch

2017-11-19

Food was lovely beautiful setting shame about the staff! Very unfriendly and just plain rude at times

2017-11-10

Food is undeniably good and the decor is lovely but so dark you can’t see your mussels and service is super slow

2017-11-10

I went here last night and absolutely loved it. What great food and an amazing atmosphere! Can't wait to go back very soon!!

2017-11-01

Fantastic food! Good drinks! Nice Service! Cool location! We loved it

2017-10-28

Nice atmosphere, beautiful garden especially at night. Recommending moules frites mariniére with cream and fondue

2017-10-11

Really nice place to eat.. tried haggis for the 1st time and really enjoyed it thanks 5***

2017-10-08

Food was great and waitress really lovely and helpful

2017-10-03

Absolutely cracking beer garden and covered patio. Annoyingly didn't have any Diet Irn bru & the 2 Male staff on shift could have been a lot more...

2017-10-03

Really good value, excellent food and beer

2017-09-25

Lovely food and pleasant atmosphere staff were very pleasent

2017-09-24

Great day , great friends, great pub , great staff , great atmosphere xx

2017-09-22

Excellent food, great beers and one of the best beer gardens in Glasgow. Brel is brill

2017-09-18

Great food, great service , great attention to detail nothing was too much trouble . Jamie is a natural definitely worth 5 stars .

2017-09-10

Amazing muscles, service was good and serving size was perfect. Will be back!

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