Stumps Bar

a great wee pub. cricket and glasgow theme is good. small but friendly and nice staff

Having been in a few times now, I’ve found that its usually fairly busy. Cricket themed, but nothing too «in your face» about it, it has a few photos/​paintings of people playing cricket. Serves a nice pint, however it can seem a little crowded due to the size of the place.

Before going into Stumps for the very first time, I pretty much knew what to expect, what with the monotony of all the other bars in Partick. Yet again I was going to be a young man going into an old man’s pubin, where you always get the feeling that you are something of an interloper. Especially so on this occasion, when I went through the doorway and an elderly man having a smoke outside muttered something under his breath at me, much like a big dog guarding its territory.
But you should never judge a book by its cover. Stumps does have the usual kind of crowd and traditional look to it, but I was taken by surprise to hear Metallica blasting from the jukebox as soon as I walked in the door. As they are one of my favourite bands I took an instant shine to this place. The jukebox was actually very much the same kind you see in a Scream pub, with a massive choice of songs — very unusual for a pub like this but certainly very welcome.
It felt great to be able to buy a pint, put on the Who on the jukebox and then kick back and relax. It felt quite warm inside too, even though it was a bitterly cold day in January. If only all pubs felt as warm inside — you get the feeling a lot of them just don’t bother with the heating in order to save money.
There was two televisions on in the pub which were showing different channels — one was Sky Sports 1 and the other Sky Sports News. There is also some very interesting paintings on the wall, some of Glasgow-​related subjects like the subway and some cricket-​related. It is a cricket-​themed place as attested to by its name and its proximity to the local cricket club.
Despite being one of the smallest local pubs, Stumps is definitely not as run of the mill as I expected it to be. The pints are quite cheap too, so I would definitely recommend it above most of the other pubs in the area.

Definitely one for the older crowd, Stumps is the sort of place that you might never notice, let alone enter.
Midweek pints of Tennent’s for only £2.19 make it a little more alluring, but this really is a tiny bar, and with so many others to choose from, it does well enough to rely on devoted regulars.

when i first saw the name of this pub, i guiltily hoped that it would be something to do with amputees — alas, it was not to be. this is a cricket themed pub (there’s a cricket ground a hundred yards up the road!), that specialises in draught beers and live sport. one for the older crowd, methinks.