When I was last in Glasgow, supporting a filmmaker friend of mine from Los Angeles, Will, who was…read morehere for a SQIFF event (Scottish Queer International Film Festival), I decided to live-it-up in full faux-gay style. It just didn't make sense not to, seeing as nearly everyone but me in my crowd was either homosexual, bisexual, transgender, or lesbian. So one night, Will's friend Nat, hooked our entire LA Contingent up with his local Scottish Art-Crowd of Super Gay Partiers - And 'We Were Off to the Races!'. Thus, Nat brought Me, and Will, and everyone else from LA to this place called "Delmonicas", for drinks, for dancing, and that "Very Special Local Experience". And when I look back at it afterwards, it certainly was That!

Really nice club/bar in Glasgow's city center…read more I had just arrived to Scotland and my friend wanted to take me to a club for a show. We ended up getting pizza and drinks, but Jet Lag won out over the desire to see the Drag Show. I had a pepperoni pizza, and it was too large for me to finish. I was not able to take home my remains as that isn't a thing they do here. As an American, it's odd, but I understand.

On our first day in Glasgow, my uncle and I were looking to have a gay ole' time so I happily…read moreaccompanied him on a gay bar crawl. First up, the famous Waterloo. From what I hear it's the oldest gay bar in town and it certainly seemed popular with older gents. The clientele were all obviously regulars, and no one seemed very interested in meeting us new kids. Our visit was mostly uneventful, but before we moved on I treated myself to Toilets: The Ride. Yes, the toilet was not fastened securely to the floor which made for some unexpected excitement. You gotta get your kicks where you can.

The Waterloo makes quite a name for itself at the weekend, where it hosts many LBGT friendly…read morenights, and get the thumbs up from many friends who love a bit of clubbing here. It's got a diverse range of music and nights on the go, including (don't know if this is still a thing) an evening where only hits from The Smiths are played. If I've missed the boat on this one I'll be gutted, sounded great! I've only ever been here on its slightly more low key week nights after work. It's a lovely bar, with friendly staff, friendly clientele and a good atmosphere. It's one of these bars I always love when I pay a visit - good vibes, good music, good people - as I write this I realise I need to go here more! I've heard their club nights are outstanding so I'll be trying one of those soon!

What can I say about Revolver! It's an awesome bar!!!…read more Staff are really friendly, and the customers definately are the most "drama-free" of the gay scene. It's a welcoming bar, with great background music during the day and then even some Karaoke with Audrey on a Tuesday, and loads of DJs all week!!! On a Saturday we've even got a Drag Queen during the day with bingo!! Only fault with Revolver is it's slightly over-priced drink - but I think there is many a concession that can be made for the attitude-free nature!

I walked down the stairs to Revolver and not one single male head turned. Hurt and frankly, shunned…read moreby this, i went to the bar and ordered a double Gin and Tonic to wallow in my ugliness with. I visited the bar with my GAY friend Mark. We were going to popular GAY club Polo Lounge afterwards, on Glasgow's self professed GAY night, a Wednesday. Still, the connotations didn't click, until i was approached by a lovely young lady, who's head i had most certainly turned. I felt a wee bitty daft. As you may have guessed, Revolver is one of Glasgow's many Gay bars, just off the affluent Merchant City area. The bar itself is tastefully decorated and houses a digital jukebox (which is free to use) and a pool table, which we made good use of. The staff are friendly and chatty, and drinks pretty reasonably priced. The bar is also proudly owned and operated by gay managers which perhaps gives them the edge over other, overtly commercialised bars. Definitely worth a trip, a brilliant wee place to start off an evening!

I'll be honest, Polo isn't my first choice for a night out, but it does the job…read more My main gripe with the place is the bouncers. The bar staff are generally great but the bouncers can either be brand new and really lovely or absolute grouchers. Nobody like being on a fun night out and having some grouch of a bouncer pick on someone in the group. Anyway. I found the drink prices ok, music wasn't particularly to my taste on this occasion but it's usually decent enough! Even I manage a boogie in here on occasion :P Overall, Polo is alright but the bouncer issue is always a factor in me deciding whether to follow my pals in here or not!

This bar is below a hotel and they think it's okay to play music so loud that it shakes the floor…read moreof the hotel. They also don't mind that patrons are yelling loud enough to be heard in Edinburgh. A noise complaint has been filed with Glasgow. This place needs to be shut down. A bunch of rude inconsiderate incompetents.

Don't trust the bartenders here. One said my friend gave abuse for not having her card accepted and…read morewe were all denied. Turns out the bartender knew my friend and she is highly unprofessional refusing us all service. Nothing actually happened and the manager threatened us. Not ok behaviour.

I'm new in glasgow and went around to some of the suggested gay bars. A pretty drunk gay guy had…read morestated following me around. So I headed to Katie 's and he followed and got refused for being too drunk. So he pulled me across to another bar. I waited till he went to the toilets before trying to get back to katies. Knowing they wouldn't let him in and I'd be safe. They refused me entry be because of this creep who had been following me had been turned down. I said I was trying to get away from him and they told me I'd have to get away from him else where. This is ridiculous. New to the town and scared of this older man I ended up getting a train home because I didn't know where else to go. Thanks katies for refusing entry to get away from a creepy drunk guy. I won't try getting back in again

AXM were extremely welcoming and helpful to a group of friends and myself after we got turned away…read moreat polo for no apparent reason. they gave us a stamp so we could get discounted entry and the colleagues were all very warm and inclusive. the atmosphere was great. only thing i have to complain about is the price of the drinks, but still cheaper than a lot of other places in glasgow (polo included).

My review of AXM is all about Menergy--the amazing drag night at the club. I attended the #AAAGirls…read moretour on the Sunday "matinee" show where doors opened at 6pm. The opening acts came on by 7:30 which was great as it meant there wasn't a lot of waiting around. The local Glasgow girls were amazingly talented with more than one singing live rather than your traditional lip-sync. Then the main attractions came out: Willam, Courtney Act & Alaska each performed solo (again each singing live) before performing as a trio. I was stood right at the front by the pole so was up-close and personal although I did have to lean and strain from time to time due to super tall people standing at the very front of the stage. After the show, since I had VIP tickets, I joined the queue for the meet and greet. This was by far the worst part as we queued in a narrow hallway that led to the toilets that had no ventilation or air conditioning. It was hot, cramped and people kept squeezing in and out to use the toilets. The long wait in the hot, small space was less than ideal. However then I got to have my photo taken with all three girls--Willam (shockingly) was the nicest and actually talked to me. Courtney and Alaska didn't say a word but what can you do. I got a super cute photo and had an amazing night and was home before 10pm. Normally shows are on a Saturday night and the main act doesn't come on until 1-2am so this was PERFECT for me. I'm always amazed by the level of international talent Lady Munter gets to perform at Menergy--all the top RuPaul's Drag Race girls have made an appearance but I was pleasantly surprised at the level of home-grown talent, too! I can't wait for my next Menergy night.

Been here twice now. Female bar staff are so rude, stare at you, glare and don't speak. They really…read moreshouldn't be working in a bar when they want to be rude and clearly hate people. Menu was practically snatched out of my hand and put somewhere. Watched me whilst I struggled with the two cocktails. Just awful.

Door staff is a weird security force that won't let you in based on your looks with no explanation…read more Can't believe how sorely they treat a patron trying to give them money?? Sad

My review of Trophy Room as a haiku:…read more Late night beers, we want. Music: loud. Energy: Fun. We sang, drank, and danced. Buuut... It's a monthly night in the function room of Speakeasy. Great fun, lots of cheesy music and dance moves.

Cute little bar that we stopped off for a pint. Walked by and noticed a lot of people sitting…read moreoutside so we popped in. The whole bar area isn't that big. You have the bar counter, a couple of hi top table along the window and there's also another seating are in the back towards restrooms. Good vibe and music. Friendly staff and everyone seems to all have a good time. Majority of the people were outside enjoying the sun until it started to rain. Overall, cool bar.

I pass by The Gallery most days and have never felt remotely inclined to stop in - it just always…read moreseems really quiet (and was this time, too). But this week, as final stop for date night, I ended up in here with the Mr. Inside, is actually quite a nice bar - monochrome by design, and pretty well laid out. Apart from the weird step I tripped over on the way to the toilet - which I also quite liked the design of (and was spotless!). The beer was cheap but uninspired - £3 for a pint of Tennents. But the music was great but a bit on the older side - every other song one of us was saying we hadn't heard that in years. All in, enjoyed our evening here - but that was down to company, the place has no soul. It's low on the last of places to return to, but I will at some point.