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    Wheatsheaf Inn - Seating area

    Wheatsheaf Inn

    4.8(4 reviews)
    0.2 mi
    ££

    Up there with The Bon Accord and Aberdeen's Prince of Wales, this is a traditional boozer that…read moreticks all of the boxes! It's quite a small pub and it can get pretty busy on Friday and Saturday evenings, but the clientele are really friendly and warm, as are the staff, so it's not an issue. I've been drinking in here for well over ten years with a crowd of friends and it's become the traditional venue for our Christmas Eve pintage. The place was bought over several years ago by a well-known local publican who had a good reputation for fixing pubs up, getting them running well and moving on. He's never moved on from The Sheaf - which must tell you something! On draft there's always a really good selection of guest ales as well as the standards. There's been a real focus on ale in here and you're always assured something interesting to try. The staff are top-class, I'm always greeted with a warm smile. For me The Sheaf comes into it's own on a cold winter's night - it's small, cosy, there's an open fire, auld men with dogs, great malts, tasty ales and a warm welcome.

    this pub is kind of hidden away, at the back of the high street. it is in the town centre though…read moreand the prices reflect this. it's not a very expensive pub, but it is more expensive than the ones out of town. it is very nice and cosy inside, with lots of friendly regulars and the staff are really nice too. they dont do food, the closest you get is a bag of crisps. they also have a beer garden at the back, which is nice in the summer, not that we really had one this year. a good place to start a night out before heading to a club, it's not too noisy so you can have a ctch up.

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    Woodside Inn

    Woodside Inn

    4.5(2 reviews)
    0.5 mi

    I remember the days when an evening at the Woodside Inn resulted in the subsequent day being spent…read moreon the toilet experiencing the contents of your stomach becoming acquainted with the porcelain at 50mph, via what was by then, your red raw and irreparably damaged arsehole. How things have changed, the pipes have been cleaned and the light snacks and nibbles on sale are in date. There has even been the addition of a female bar maid or two in recent times, which for the Woody, is an event of similar significance to the fall of the Berlin Wall. I can't complain much at all about this boozer, the clientele is of a slightly more mature nature, but there is never any trouble and the beer is good. If anything the seats need to be widened to accommodate for my appalling posture, but it is otherwise an establishment of the highest caliber. Best buy is a pint of Belhaven Best, and if you're feeling classy, why not use it to wash down a pack of Scampi fries. Welcome to the world of Falkirk's elite.

    Having been a regular at the Woody for many years, I've experienced the infamous Woodside Inn full…read morerectal prolapse on a number of occasions after a night on the pints. Nowadays you only have a splitting headache to contend with in the morning rather than hallucinations due to the loss of fluid, but it's still just as enjoyable as ever. The walls are yellow from years of nicotine stains, Sweetheart Stout is on sale, and while it might look and feel like an "old man" pub, at weekends especially the punters come from a wide age range. It's my favourite pub of all, and nothing beats a sit down here with a Best and a bag of chilli nuts. It's been going well over 150 years and assuming Kim Jong-il doesn't push the red button, I expect it will last a few more centuries yet.

    Wetherspoons

    Wetherspoons

    3.3(12 reviews)
    0.1 mi
    ££

    The Carron Works is a typical Wetherspoons of medium size. It's about what you'd expect from a…read moreWetherspoons, focussing on inexpensive drinks, lots of table space and standard, mostly microwaved, pub grub. That said, I did notice that they had signs up on the bar advertising their own pie recipe, so maybe there's a few more interesting food options that would be worth a try. The WiFi is free and they have seats outside if you're lucky enough to visit when the sun is shining. As with any pub of this kind it can get pretty busy, especially on Friday evenings. However the staff can handle it and even seem to be unusually cheerful for Wetherspoons staff. I'm not sure I'd visit here first of the pubs available in Falkirk, but it's not bad, and it's always nice to know that there's a place available with cheap beer and plenty of seats.

    Pretty good branch of Wetherspoon with the same great menu as the others, plus a nice variety of…read morereal ale and wines. My husband really enjoyed a pint or two of 'Glencoe Wild Oats' which he said was excellent! The staff were very pleasant and helpful. One of them (I don't know his name) was a bit of a local historian and he told us about the history of the building and showed me some of the old pictures on the wall. It was named after the famous Carron Ironworks here, established in 1759, which became Scotland's largest industrial complex and dominated the area for 200 years. Perhaps a little dark inside or maybe it just seemed that way because we called in for a meal on a bright sunny day. Despite the history and pictures I felt this pub lacked some of the character and more attractive surroundings of some of the others we've come to know.

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