Duke’s Umbrella

The Duke’s Umbrella is a gastropub on Argyle Street in Anderston, at the western edge of Glasgow city centre. It reads as a proper pub — good beer, long hours and a room that fills easily — but the kitchen has ambition, taking pub classics and giving them a fine-dining hand. Gourmet cocktails and a considered wine list round out the offer, and a regular programme of live events keeps the place busy into the evening. The tone is relaxed and confident rather than formal, the sort of room that suits a casual pint and a plate as readily as a longer sit-down — a distinctive addition to Glasgow’s dining scene.