The Horseshoe Bar on Drury Street is one of Glasgow's great Victorian pubs, preserved almost intact since it opened in 1884. The central horseshoe-shaped bar — allegedly the longest continuous bar in Britain — is surrounded by etched glass panels, carved mahogany gantries, and a pressed tin ceiling, all original. The pub is busy almost all day every day, serves food (notably substantial Scottish lunches at very low prices), and functions as a social institution for the city centre.
The Horseshoe has no pretension to being a gastro-pub or a craft beer destination; it is a pub that has been doing what it does for 140 years and sees no reason to change. The karaoke upstairs on Sunday evenings is an institution in its own right.