Behind The Wall

Being a voucher queen I’ve used the 2 for 1 deal 3 times this month to eat here and never been disappointed yet! … I’ve used the vouchers for 2 dinner visits and one lunch visit with my family — and it’s been a great way to get them away from their usual haunt!!!
I love the variation in behind the wall if you want to sit somewhere different every time … The main bar, conservatory, beer garden, large bistro area and ale house upstairs — including the area for bands and televised sport events … The staff are friendly and the food was always tasty … I’m sure they are approaching their 30^th year birthday as a family run business and over the years has seen this place go from strength to strength … Best pub in falkirk xx

Busy bustling place with good honest food served either in the bar or the restaurant, booking is advised as it gets very busy on the weekend.

Behind The Wall was… just not as good as I remember. I hate writing these kinds of reviews so I’ll keep it as short as possible:
The nachos were OK, the burger was OK. There was nothing wrong, other than the fact that it was just all… OK.
I’ve ate lots of burgers since I wrote my original BTW review and, in hindsight, for £10.95, there’s far, far better, juicier burgers to be had.
It lacked something. — Juicy, succulent, top quality beef, a signature burger sauce, something… It all felt a little pre-​packaged. I left with a serious case of burger regret.

I have been enjoying the chicken quesadilla in BTW for over 20 years and am delighted it has barely changed in all this time!
Great lunch, dinner or snack options, you don’t need to be boring and eat the quesadilla all the time! But I totally recommend it!
Falkirk’s long standing public house institution.

Not a bad place could of been much better staff didnt do check backs to see if my food was ok and didnt seem to care. I had to go to the bar to ask for my mains not good service but atleast the food was hot and fresh. The prices are reasonable great tasting food and the feel of the pub was warm and cozy upstairs.

Falkirk’s social scene has never quite managed to hit that of London or New York, and for many years this cavernous pub was pretty much the central hub of it all. With several rooms, a restaurant, and an admittedly shit nightclub bit through the back at weekends, it did at least cover many bases. Up until recently it was always mobbed, and unusually for a bar in a midsize town, never had any neds.
Since the opening of a huge, naff and generally unpleasant sports bar in 2008 though, the numbers have begun a slow but steady decline, and it’s no longer the town’s social hub in the way it was. That’s not to say it’s quiet or anything, and I’m still sure it’s immensly profitable. It’s just a shame that the locals flocked to a horrible, tacky and rough chain pub the first chance they got.
The pub could be doing a bit more to reclaim it’s crown however. The Mexican style grub isn’t bad, but along with the décor and music selection in the main bar, seems a bit stuck in the late 90s, and it’s more expensive than most bars in the big cities just a few miles East or West.
It still has more atmosphere, and a better level of punter than anwhere else in the town, so I’m sure it could return to it’s glory days with a bit of effort, but they don’t seem in much of a hurry to do anything about it.

Only good when they get a decent band playing staff on the door think they are god

tex mex grub downstairs
real ale and bands upstairs
used to be mobbed at the weekends last timei was in sportsters had opened and had emptied it
was nice to get a seat tho

It’s interesting to hear so many people talk about the rudeness of some of the staff there
I have just been informed that I am not welcome back to BTW because I refused to pay for a dessert at a cost of £4.00! Apparently this is company policy, if you refuse to pay for something because you are dissatisfied, you are not welcome back if you do not pay for it.
Just had a call from the owner to confirm this.
The manager of the evening stated that I was obnoxious, rude and aggressive in my claims, I would disagree. Yet they employ many people (so it seems) with that attitude.
Obviously won’t be going back there again!
The starter was £5.00 and was tiny.
The main was nice — £10ish so fair price I’d say.
The dessert, what I did eat of it, was terrible. Was £4.00, tiny, ice cream was more like ice than ice cream. Only ate half of it — stopped eating it when my friend found a hair in his meal.
Can’t understand why any business would treat their customers this way but each to their own.

Good to see Behind the Wall Busy again. it seemed to have lost a lot of custom to the warehouse that is sportsters and I for 1 am glad because for a while there was no atmosphere in town.
I was in on Saturday there and it was rammed full and it wasnt full of kids. Great music downstairs some old cheesy (in a good way) music through in the back area and the band upstairs were fantastic, there was some kind of festival going on like mardi gras with 2 for 1 on cocktails and beads being handed out.
Best night in ages
Welcome back Behind the Wall.

My fave thing about BTW is Eglesbrech Ale and Whisky Bar upstairs. This is a sports bar with TV’s and a large screen. It can get very busy when popular sporting events are on, my tip is to get there as soon as possible if you want a table.
The tables are refectory style upstairs and can seat a huge gang of mates comfortably.
There are alwyas guest ales on and they are always usually good quality and some are unusual.
BTW has a restaurant at the back, which I don’t use, I’ve been several times and it has a huge echoey noise to it, so if there’s lots of kids in, or just lots of people that sound is deafening and tinny.
When I first went I really enjoyed the Tex Mex menu often with a scottish twist, haggis chimichangas I think. or at least haggis something or other. Now I feel the menu is decidedly stale. The food is awlays good quality, well cooked and presented well, its just its the same food, I wish they would rotate their menu.
At least they have got rid of the old menu layout, it was incredibly confusing, I gave them a star just for that.
At the weekends the young and the restless come here to play, to be seen and heard. It gets busy and the bar can be hard to reach. I havent been in the evening since Sportsters opened but this place has bags of atmosphere that Sportsters doesnt (in my opinion)
There are often live bands on upstairs that are usually good entertainment and I think it has just got a late license to compete with the cold airplane hangar that is Sportsters.

i had not been in here for ages, then i was in her last friday. it used to be a really busy place on a friday night, but not last week. since sportsters opened up round the corner, thay have taken all the regulars from behind the wall. but last week, i came in for a meal and a few drinks. the meal was quite nice. i had dixy chicken and it was a bit too crispy for my. the meal was huge. then we noticed the a sign on the wall that said cocktails were 2 for 1 from 5 till 7pm, so we got 2 big jugs of skittles for 12 pounds, what a great deal, so about 6.50pm we got another couple. they are very tasty. it did get a bit busier later on, but nothing like it used too. they also had a private function on in the conservatory, which is where most of the seating is, so it was a bit limited. i’d definitely go back for a meal and a few drinks. it’s a shame it has lot so much of its atmosphere though.

This is a franchise of pubs. A good atmosphere but rude doormen!

great bar. great music, excellent food (huge portions), excellent night spot, very busy, great atmosphere. one of the best places to be in falkirk at the weekend