This is one of my favorite go-to pubs when I visit Dundee! Located conveniently in the city-centre,…read morein a handsome circular building, this pub is a fantastic option on this end of the street. Serves your normal Dundee pub-grub. Attracts a mix of professionals, shoppers, tourists, and workers from the downtown area. Beautiful stained glass windows.

It's a simple pub. Quite nice one actually - if there wasn't the music. This place is the best…read moreexample how bad music attracts the wrong kind of people and thus ruins the entire atmosphere. Cheapest pop music with no sense of taste. Thus the nice interior becomes cheap and crappy. At least the staff is quite friendly.

stayed in dundee for a week from southern cal. Went to the barrelman 3 times, great service, food…read moreand drink. The steak and burgers are high quality and well prepared. Fries are excellent as are the beer, cider and wiskey selection. Can't wait to return on my next trip to scotland

Somewhere between a three and four star on this one. Nice enough interior though not really…read morepub-like. Service pretty sad at least from the young lady we had, seemed to forget us and disappeared at the end altogether (I think) to have her own dinner. As to food, I rather enjoyed the dough balls we had as appetizer and the fish and chips were decent. My wife thought her "katsu" - breaded chicken on a bao bun would have been better if the chicken was not breaded to give more taste. The salted caramel cake we had for dessert was, however, delicious. So a decent meal but - as my school reports used to say - could do better!

Had fish and chips here for dinner and they were pretty good. Not the best I've had, but good. Came…read moreon the first night of NFL football and it was nice to find a bar with games on, although most TVs were set to the same game. Service was ok. Has a pretty good pub atmosphere.

Loads of character!…read more Really busy but got served immediately. A really good selection of drinks, from draft to gins! There is even table service. A good vibe and everyone friendly. Loads of nooks and crannies. Plenty of seating and also standing. Fair priced for drinks. And a really good location.

This is a typical rough and tumble busy bar with stale beer and bouncers standing outside on a…read moreSaturday night but it has a great atmosphere with live music, dancing, a ruckus in the corner and drunk men trying their best lines on the ladies and getting nowhere. I love it and had a great night.

This is one of my go to pubs when I'm in downtown Dundee. The food is better than average pub food,…read moreand the service is very friendly. It's a perfect place for a lunch, if you're downtown shopping.

Went here yesterday after shopping with some friends. A typical pub but it was warm and cozy as…read moreopposed to the cold chill outside. The beer wasn't uber expensive.... £2.50 for a pint of Miller (which usually runs a bit more expensive over in the UK since it is imported) and a pint of Guinness was £2.60 so really not that bad. The place looked a bit like an older pub then a new refurbed bar but I liked it like that... and it was the right place to go to have a beer and a chat with my friends before catching the bus home.

The guy and I were enjoying a "date night away" in Dundee and were walking about to get a feel for…read morethe pubs in the area when we happened upon this gem. The thing that drew us in was the fact that we could hear Harry Belafonte's Banana Boat Song (Day-O) paying and the whole pub singing along- (think the best scene in Beetlejuice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQXVHITd1N4) Noticing it was an older crowd, we kept walking but soon realised that's exactly where we wanted to be, so we circled back and went in. It was kinda like in the movies where you walk in to a bar in a new town and the record skips and everyone looks at you wondering what you're doing in there. Kinda like that, but the silence didn't last forever and the music kept playing and basically we were one of the locals in a few short seconds. This place is great! I loved that there was a crowd around the jukebox and a lot of old songs were being played. Not a single one I didn't know, but not a single one the ones playing the music didn't know either. The bar staff were younger than us, which was quite comical, since almost everyone in this pub were pensioners it seemed. No bother, they were nice and helpful and got everyone's orders out at great speeds. The drinks went down smoothly and we really enjoyed ourselves until a lady walking past our drinks knocked both over, acknowledged she did so and went about her business without even a sorry. That was the end of our night, but didn't put a damper on our mood from being in Pillar's Bar!

Saturday afternoons at 15.30 hours (approx) you can listen to different Blues bands for FREE. Great…read moreatmosphere and good company. This venue caters for live modern music all week for todays youngsters and is keeping the art of live music alive!.

Quirky establishment, doing something a wee bit different from other pubs in Dundee (i.e. selling…read moremore than just 80/- when it comes to darker beers). Interesting & welcoming interior and a good menu of filling & comforting food.

Oh my god. This town? Great. This pub? Fab…read more 6 cask ales ,cheap n cheerful food, friendly, prompt service, within sight of the station (nearly, and blowing my whole theory about easy to find pubs). This is a fantastic place to have a quiet drink, alone or with a friend. Live it. Love it. This is the reality of the soul that chain pubs seek, with their artfully arranged tat. Even down to the schlitz neon between the antlers of the stuffed deer head. This was what I needed, and I am so glad I found it.

Called in here just because it's close to the train station. Thursday seems to be karaoke night…read more Bar staff were affable and the punters seemed friendly enough but there are plenty of pubs in Dundee with just that wee bit more charm.

The guy and I were enjoying a "date night away" as we called it and were doing a little pub crawl…read morein Dundee. We had been to the bigger establishments and wanted to try a few old man pubs, so we thought maybe Bush Bar would be the one. As we walked in, loads of men, and a few women in the back near the karaoke machine. Yep, you read right- it was an odd pub. The inside definitely didn't match the outside, which is totally fine. I popped down to the toilet while my guy ordered drinks. When I came out, he had chosen a table near the bar and had already almost tuned out the surroundings because of the top 40's type music they were playing (Sophie K.- think Lloyds #1). We only stayed for one drink, which was probably one too many for my guy who isn't really a fan of the loud music pubs. There was a random mixture of people- old men, college students, men, women, random. I can see how this pub might be a great quiet spot during the week, plenty of seating and a small well stocked bar. Come the weekends, it's loud music and karaoke, which is great, if that's what you're looking for.

Large Nacho's & Chilli beef, two pints and endless conversation all washed down with fantastic…read moreatmosphere. Cask ales, CAMRA standard ciders & a veritable smorgasbord of spirits for even the most discerning palate. Drouthy's isn't just a pub, its a meeting place for students, tourists & locals alike. As a dog owner, Drouthy's is my go-to pub in Dundee. Dog friendly (water & biscuits served as standard, even before their human counterparts). Excellent pub (close to town) , friendly atmosphere & reasonably priced.

Nice furniture and a large variety of crafted beers, which are always some good starting points,…read morethat fight against a service that is exaggeratedly slow. Food is appreciable, but waiting half an hour for a chicken burger is just too much.