Rufus T Firefly

I really enjoy being in Rufus T’s. It’s somewhere fun to have a drink and relax, no matter who you are or what you’re into. Yes it may be a rock bar but everyone is welcome!
Kris and I often visit for the pizza since they run an offer where you can have 2 pizzas for £9, bargain! I chose a Rufus T (BBQ sauce, mozzarella, bacon, chicken and sweetcorn), while Kris chose an Italiano, made with mozzarella, meatballs and jalapenos. The pizzas are made thin and crispy, just the way I like it (can’t stand doughy deep pan pizzas, bleurgh!) and come with a generous amount of toppings. Kris wolfed down his pizza, so it must have been tasty! I enjoyed the sweet BBQ sauce on mine; a nice change instead of Napoli sauce.
Rufus T’s will always be a favourite of mine for their straightforward (but delicious) food and the fact they stock one of our favourite beers: Joker IPA. It’s somewhere I know I will always have a great time and get a decent pizza!

This may not have been the best venue for us but it was two doors up from the restaurant and an old haunt of the friend I was with. It has a great open space, and plenty of tables. It’s a tradition to get after dinner cocktails but we may have been over estimating what Rufus could offer.
We started with Jack Daniels, Cherry Sours and Dr Pepper… it started to become palatable about half way through… I then tried a Ride the Lightening or something to that effect, which had, if I remember right, amaretto, jim beam, grenadine and coke… interesting thats for sure.
For a place to have an after dinner drink and chat, it’s probably not the best place as it’s quite loud, the customers rather than the music, and a bit sticky. But for drinks on a night out, sure ;)

Rufus is my default bar in Glasgow, not least because it’s the more salubrious of the two rock bars on Hope Street.
Busy at weekends and if big gigs are on in town, Rufus is usually pleasantly quiet or at least not too busy through the day or weekday nights (excepting the traditional Monday pub quiz) making it a great shout for lunch while shopping or before going to the pictures.
Big tables and booths make it ideal for group meet ups and birthdays too.
The menu isn’t earth shattering but does exactly war you want it to with it’s selection of burgers, pizzas and spicy bar bites. It’s also reasonably priced and I’ve always enjoyed my dinner or lunch in here.
The bar is well stocked with a few varieties of whisky and rum in addition to the usual suspects and bottles of Williams Bros. beer keep me pretty happy…

I’ve been here 3 times since I returned to Glasgow from Liverpool. I had the cheesy nachos with a bowl of chilli to pour over it.
I also had chips too. I must admit the portion size is a big honest portion. I walked out my way to get here on the 3^rd time. Very today. It is a rock bar, but during the day time you would never know that.
Staff are nice and polite too. They have a pool table too. I’m sure they had an open top area to smoke if I remember rightly from years ago, if you smoke. Worth a try. Food is cheap.

I like rock music but don’t dress like many people that go here however I’ve never found that I’ve looked out of place or not welcomed. I think it’s a good place to catch up with friends over drinks as you can still have a conversation without the music being too loud.

Rufus is a bar I’ve attended since I turned 18. A lot of Rufus’ regulars will consider it to be their local, many live no-​where near however it’s the connotations that the phrase has.
Rufus is a comfortable place that everyone is welcome. There isn’t a stereo-​type as there is always people you wouldn’t expect to see in there.
It’s also a place that people all know each other.
The bar staff have changed over the years but the attitude is always the same.
Rufus isn’t a 5 star bar for it facilities or type of clientele. However it’s as safe as home to a lot of people.

I don’t love Rufus, but I don’t hate it which is how I’ve ended up at the middle of the road 3 stars. It’s a rock bar but the regulars seem pretty friendly so you don’t need to feel out of place if that isn’t your thing.
Drinks are reasonably priced, and what I tried of the curly fries were pretty good (thanks Sheena!). We were visiting for a weeknight drink and the place was relatively busy with folk around us, but it wasn’t too loud with chat or music that we couldn’t get on with our conversation. During the night some promo folk came over offering free samples of Bailey’s (decorated with cream to look like a cake which was a bit odd).
I love that there’s an app to request your own tunes and remembered I wanted to do that last time I visited, and forgot again. Looks like I’ll be heading back to Rufus again soon then!

One of my favourite pubs; good tunes (rock and metal and indie), can get Joker on draft and always feel at home. Awesome for a pint before a gig in Glasgow plus decent food for not a lot of cash.

I’m not a huge rock/​metal person, and so I’ve generally stayed away from places such as Solid Rock and Rufus T Firefly but having been a couple of times in the past few weeks, I think my opinion is changing.
I’ve not eaten in here yet, but the drinks are pretty well priced. I’m a rose wine and lemonade kinda gal (yeah, I know…) and in here it’s pretty nice — even though their wine glasses don’t leave much room for any actual lemonade.
I like how the music is chosen via an app for the guests, the house «wine» is Jaegermeister and they show films up on the big screens (with sound muted) which always results in a fun attempt to guess what’s actually showing.
Pub quiz on a Monday was a nice surprise (and a helpful boost to the bank balance with a wee cash prize!). I can definitely see myself coming here more.

Hadn’t been into RTF for a while and went in last night, the midgies (wee fruit flys?) are back which is just disgusting when you’ve ordered food! I was also disappointed by the change in menu to a very limited one with basically very basic burgers and pizza, we ordered pizza only because we couldn’t be bothered going elsewhere. I love Rufus and used to love a chilli cheese burger but the new menu is lame and the pizza was awful.
We were also thrown off our table as it was supposedly «reserved» when we had ordered food?! Great way to treat regulars!

Some of the staff were cool, the music is just screamo thrash metal nonsense. Yet they have picture of The Rolling Stones and The Who and a bust of John Lennon and never play any of their songs.
I used to be a regular but after they refused to serve my friend even though he is over 18 (21 in fact!) Really annoyed me. It’s a rock bar and as soon we walked in with our guitar cases we got dirty looks. Barman even took a huff as I asked for my money back.
All in all just another drinking den for Glasgow’s clique of a rock scene.

Somewhere good to kill an hour or two reading a book in the afternoon, or to meet friends. The food is reasonable, and the volume is not too loud until the evening. There’s also a pool table if that’s your thang. I recommend the curly fries, yummy! It can get quite busy and loud on weekend evenings, but if you’re young and fit and don’t need to sit down then it’s fine! :D

Rufus T Firefly is just a standard pub that caters t the «alternative» music lover. Despite there emphasis on rock music I like that they haven’t were for the all out dark and dirty typical rock pub and instead keep the place spic and span.
They offer a pretty good selection reasonably priced food and drink and the staff are pleasant enough.

This place is nothing special, and that’s exactly what I love about it!
It’s a dark, dingy, rock music-​playing bar in which you can feel totally relaxed. The folk behind the bar are friendly. The drinks are pretty cheap and the food is just bog standard pub grub for a good price (and sometimes that’s exactly what you need of a night!).
It doesn’t try too hard to be something it isn’t all the while providing all the staples of a good night out in the pub.
You always feel welcome there!

Rufus has always been there. Just… there. It was never a place that I thought «I must drop in» — that was until recently.
Not sure if anything has happened behind the scenes, but they seem to have upped their game. Their social media presence has increased, and there just seems to be a buzz around the place. I approve!
The beers are cheap and plentiful, the bar itself if nice and clean and comfortable, and a pool table as well.
The crowning glory for me is the Rufus app. Request music from your phone, without even having to get out of your seat!
If they could maybe adapt it to bring you a pint as well, then they can have the fifth star, and I would possibly never leave,

I feel the service in here has gone down hill dramatically in recent years. The usual rocky crowd have moved on and a more pop based group have moved in. The choice of food and drinks isn’t much to shout about.
I miss the old Rufus’s/.

My husband and I visited this restaurant/​bar on a trip to Glasgow five years ago because he loves Groucho Marx. We enjoyed it so much, we had to return all these years later. The food was tasty and the prices were very reasonable. Even better was the «Clock In» special. If you order between 3 p.m.-5 p.m., your entrée is the cost of the time. I.e. each of our entrees was £3.45 because we ordered at 3:45. Good food at a great price … Have to love it.

As far as bars go, I didn’t really rate Rufus when it first opened. At the time, it seemed to me like a pale imitation of the Solid Rock Café, a bar that I’d sort of bonded with upon reaching legal drinking age, much like a newly hatched duckling — it was even run by the same people! I didn’t think it had a personality of its own to make it any more interesting.
Now, several years later, dragged in for the second stage of a birthday night out, I have to say that Rufus has come into its own as a pub for the rockishly inclined. There’s a nice vibe about the place, a pool table, and a second bar up the stairs where there are various cosy nooks for ensconcing. I believe that there’s also a rooftop beer garden thingamiebob for those who are inclined towards the burning of tobacco.
The upstairs bar, known as Otis B. Driftwood, doesn’t serve the pitchers of cocktail that we were all craving after our previous destination (fishbowl envy and all that), so we had to traipse back down the stairs to get one. Not a biggy, though. Drinks were still yummy! I couldn’t possibly comment on the selection of beers and ales, as when there be cocktails about I don’t notice these things — pretty colours and big flavours and GIANT JUGS (no, not those you scandalous rogue).
I reckon it’s worth a few more visits from me. On ye go, have a magical cocktail pitcher of doom!

Rufus ahhh lovely rufus how i love thee so! As many other people will say its this or solid down the road, in my opinion solid doesnt get a look in. During the day both bars are pretty similar, tasty food, decently priced and quieter than during the nightime ruckus that goes on in glasgow :).
The times that it differs are your busy periods, nighttime, Friday and Saturday are the best! The things that set rufus apart are the look, the staff and the atmosphere.
The staff first of all are easier to talk to, generally more fun and enjoyable to be with, the area is slightly more open and much more comfortable. The seats are comfier, bigger tables and easier travelling between bar table and toilet. And lastly its the atmosphere, its really laid back and, to me, doesnt feel as serious rock as the solid. Its a nice atmosphere, relaxed, fun but ask anyone around and most will know their music!
So to sum up i absoloutely love this place and reccommend it to anyone, try it and see how it is :)

Rufus is often being compared to Solid rock café, but the thing is they are two very different places I like both pubs yet I will always find myself in Rufus more and the reason is simple I’m 23, the solid will always appeal to an older clientele than Rufus don’t get me wrong I’m not saying it’s only younger people that go to Rufus and older to solid it’s just the majority of how it is.
During the day In Rufus you can expect some cheapish food and some good banter with the staff — most of the time anyway. The food can be both awesome and pretty rank I think it depends on how the chef is feeling.
Most people that like rock music will fit in here, if your an ****hole more and likely the staff will make you aware of that, they are very nice people but they don’t like horrible people just trying to ruin it for everyone else, which I personally think is a great quality for a pub to have.
It also has a really awesome smoking area, its a balcony with a canvas — retractable — roof and even heaters, they really do know how to care for all the smokers out there.
I don’t find Rufus so much fun at the weekend as it does get packed and unless you are in really early then you will not get a seat, I understand that people do like this sort of atmosphere personally I don’t.
But all in all great rock bar as long as you remember more aimed at younger rock fans — so will not find AC/​DC played on a loop, but if that’s your sort of thing you will love Solid Rock Café — and they really do have some of the nicest most helpful staff.