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Recently refurbished, the Inn offers up to two hand-pulled ales in summer, but there may be no ale during winter months. Formerly known as the Deeside Inn.
Smart public bar, situated on a corner opposite the village square. Large plasma screens show sports and news while the adjacent pool room also has two large screens. Two hand pumps but sometimes only one in use. A rare sighting - there may be beer from Braemar brewery.
Family run country hotel , function rooms with lounge and public bar.
This is a club, which means that the bar may be only open to members.
Upmarket hotel, restaurant, bar and terrace.
Set overlooking the green, beyond the beach and Moray Firth, The Bandstand Bar in the Braeval Hotel has five handpumps offering a great selection of local and regional Scottish ales, with the occasional English one.
Hotel, restaurant, cocktails and whisky.
The closest family owned bar to the brand new TECA/ P&J Live less than a 10 minute walk away. With a bus stop outside our front door which runs the 17, 17A &172 from Aberdeen Centre. Same owners as Woodend Bar nearby.
The Barony Hotel is a family run hotel which stands on the shores of the Boardhouse Loch in Birsay. It may be closed in the winter; open in the summer for residents only (usually fishermen) when Scapa Special is available.
Family friendly pub and restaurant owned by the Reid family since 1991.
Sports bar and boozer with pool and darts.
This Pub is temporarily closed, may re-open late in 2023.
Hotel and restaurant with beer garden in Kemnay, near Inverurie - change of management Feb 2021
This old staging inn is now a family-run small hotel and friendly local pub with a separate pool room. The pub has no less than three pool teams, five darts teams (three mens and two womens), hence the later hours on darts night, which is Tuesday. Post pandemic, real ale is no longer available.
Down to earth locals bar, Tennents and fitba'.
Time has virtually stood still in the public bar here, where not a lot has changed since the 60s! This bar was usually staffed single-handedly by the late owner, Sandy Brown; his grandson Lewis has taken over the reins and the pub has now re-opened.
A small family-run hotel with two bars packed with memorabilia and, outside, a decked patio for viewing the abundant wildlife - including red squirrels. Two handpumps dispense a constantly changing range of ales.
Close to Inverurie but well off the beaten track, this former pub's main claim to fame is as the first ever winner of the CAMRA national pub of the year competition in 1988. The publican then moved to the Redgarth in Oldmeldrum.
Popular riverside inn with a food oriented lounge. Junior diners (and adults!) may request to see the model train, complete with sound effects, traverse the entire pub at picture-rail height upon completion of their meal.
The Bognie Arms is a Country Inn located just outside Huntly in Forgue, Aberdeenshire. They are primarily a country pub with a few rooms available for overnight stays, and have additional facilities including a function hall, café and home cooked food.
Ideally located at the Albert Hotel in the centre of town, the Bothy is handy for shops, buses and ferries to the outer isles. Busy in the early evening after work, it is also a lively part of the night scene at weekends.
A recently modernised hotel painted in a light grey throughout
Victorian shooting lodge with log cabins and bunk room, on-site restaurant and bar.
An exceptional dining pub with a tree growing inside the upmarket wine bar.
Smart hotel and restaurant, lounge and public bar with a good whisky range.
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