The Box

Box is somewhere I visit quite a lot as my boyfriend often plays there. I think it does it’s thing well: cheap drinks (particularly Sunday — Wednesday), live music and stay’s open late when you’re out and want to keep going but don’t fancy a club. However it’s not somewhere you should go expecting the finest beers, a comfy seat or a classy evening.
There’s some things I love about the place, they’ve got quite a connection to Still Game, with some entertaining cocktail names and the occasional surprise DJ sets from some of the cast. They have White Russians (which is possibly my favourite drink) for about £2.50 which always improves my evening.
Classic films are often playing on the screens and personally I think there’s a cracking selection of music. Old and new there’s always something to dance to as the night goes on.
The toilets, however are awful! They need ripped out and renovated. haha
It’s a little grotty but I have had many a good night at Box so it’s hard to judge it too harshly.

Well it’s been nearly two years since I last wrote the last review, better do an update since then.
well nothing much has changed since the first time that I came here, sticky floors, tables bad stench of domestos bleach.
I had met with a few friends in the Bön accord and we where due to meet here afterwards but as I was first here I was refused entry as I arrived here first not because I had too many but as I arrived here first, they now have a door policy of guys who turn up on their own a no door entry policy. Rude and arrogant door staff who can barely speak English, the door person Daniel who refused me entry said because I turned up in my own I was refused entry.
The box is now on my list of places to avoid in Glasgow.
Still after this time only a 1 star review.

The Box is somewhere I’ve never felt inclined to go. It has the reputation of being somewhere that you go when you can’t get in elsewhere. However, on Friday night a group of us decided to head there after the Unilocal event at Smile Café.
I have a few thoughts on the hour I spent there:
1. It has a good little stage just as you go in, perfect for having local artists to perform. The guy playing whilst we were there was nicely chilled and enjoyable to listen to.
2. I quite liked the layout of the bar — fairly long and quite narrow, but lined down one side with booths.
3. There was an ok selection of beers, but the Punk IPA was off — we got bottles of it though, so that’s a win.
4. The bottle of Punk (usually just shy of a fiver in a lot of bars), was £3. Awesome! Most of the other drinks on offer were pretty darn cheap, too.
5. There was quite a mixed crowd, and a nicely relaxed atmosphere.
6. The door staff were very much of the overly zealous nature — with a side of unnecessary antagonism.
I will probably only go back for a gig, but it’s also not somowhere I’d actively avoid.

This bar is fun! They seem to play ‘still game’ on repeat and play real golden oldies. Real cool and friendly vibe!

I’m generously awarding 2 stars for the nice drinks, relatively fast service and the live music alone. The cocktails were very nice, and the live band that was on the last time I was in was pretty awesome! I should start off by saying that had I not already been inebriated I would never have considered entering this place without a crowd of people. I used to go here for a friend’s gigs, and whenever one of our lady friends were alone, they tended to be cornered like a gazelle strayed from the herd by some sleazy guy or another.
The Box can’t seem to decide if it’s a bar or a club. One of the big let-​downs is that it runs like a club but is ‘policed’ like a pub. That is to say there are no bouncers inside the bar, not unless someone goes to get one from outside. Not ideal when things start to get rowdy, and they frequently do.
The clientele are generally not the sort of crowd you want to be alone with if you are just a couple of ladies on your lonesome, which in this case we were. Perpetually harassed the whole evening by a crowd of loud, sweaty guys on some sort of lad’s night out, neither myself nor my friend were able to get any space of our own. Even when we alerted the bar staff that we were being harassed, we were not helped, even when