Yeah and we wear kilts and have yet to be plugged into the national grid

NO!

Yeah, cos it really costs them £3 to make a coffee. But hell, if I'd found customers that dumb I'd fleece them too. Having politicians that help you is just the icing on the cake.

But starbucks don't make a profit in the UK, they are only rapidly expanding out of the goodness of their hearts!

Someone need to tell them its 2013 lol

Damn, he's taken horsemeat off the menu...or has he?????

Home made soup. Worrying.

Best place in Glasgow for lunch trust me on that one grub is top notch

Sounds great to me, no fuss just great food, great price, shame its no closer. But when up in Glasgow I'll be giving it a try xx

The ashet pie sounds ...sh...t lol

I've passed this and I was curious but it looks rather rough to be honest.

I work just a long the road from here and have never been myself but a few of the guys say its great deal and good food :-)

Its full of bus drivers as its near the depot,
Ive passed it but never been in

This is expensive by Glaswegian standards.......

Seriously? We're passed that stage in the east of Scotland :wink:

The last time I was there it was £1.00

The Horseshoe Bar uptown was £1.00 as well.

Not a bad little pub on the Southside.

You can then head up the road to Shawlands and get a pint of Peroni for a fiver.

I'm English, would I be safe in this place?

Thanks for your help

.its in eglinton toll not pollokshields

I prefer to eat in places that don't "pay" tax. You don't really think it's them paying the tax do you?

If it bothers you that Starbucks or whoever don't pay a lot of tax in Britain, just send a quid to the treasury every time you buy a coffee (don't worry, they'll take it). That will work out the same as Starbucks charging you more to pay more in tax.

They are right next to each other.

But starbucks don't make a profit in the UK, they are only rapidly expanding out of the goodness of their hearts!

Nothing wrong with the Star Bar. I'm English and I've been in there. It's great. Some pubs like The Laurieston might look rough from the outside, but are actually some of the best pubs you'll ever visit.

http://www.yelp.co.uk/biz/laurieston-bar-glasgow

http://www.qype.co.uk/place/512544-Laurieston-Bar-Glasgow

There's a reason it's only £2.50.... bogging pub inside and out!

Does Ken Manners still play there?

Some characters posting here this morning. Voted hot anyway.........

Ingredients from farmfoods and lidl,,,sounds magic!!

Well maybe we are from a better area than where this place is situated. It's run down and it is a dump.

There's a starbar in edinburgh as well - not sure if it's linked to this one - anyone know if the deal is on there as well?

Glasgow? Probably a StarBar for starter, main and sweet?

the star bar its called and you used to be entertained with live music from the charismatic KEN MANNERS. does anybody know if ken is still alive?

It is an old fashioned pub but quite safe,the 3 course meal is a bargain
for senior citizens or nearby workers on minimum wage budgets.

http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/17/17501/Spirit/Glasgow

What about The Spirit bar at Glasgow Cross? They do a cheapo three course lunch for a similar price. "prepared by chef Frank".

Food in here is utterly minging. Safety is not an issue, it's mostly the grey army they get as their regulars. It's like God's waiting room on a Saturday afternoon.

Either you work for the Glasgow Food tourist Board or you don't travel much do you?

http://food.uk.msn.com/restaurants/uk-best-fish-chips-2013-seafish-chippy-chippies-regional-finalists-winner
http://britishcurryaward.co.uk/index.php/winners/award-winners-2012

Yeah sure! Good maybe but your exaggeration makes it unbelievable.

Good job shaking off that image, Mr Star bar owner.

sorry but I don't understand a word you are saying, but I would like to congratulate Celtic football club for winning the Blue Square northern Conference league, well done what a great achievement.

Actually for your information I have travelled all over the world. I have also got a lot of friends who live abroad who love coming back to Glasgow for a good curry or Fish supper. I have never found a curry as good as you get in Glasgow anywhere I have been in the world and that includes India. Your boring English reviews mean nothing to me or the people of Glasgow as we know that we have the best eating places in the UK. Oh and look at different reviews and they all tell you different places.

Will I need a visa?

This is a pub I've avoided over the years, purely as it's full of bus drivers. It would be like a room full of wimmen, all experiencing the moons blood at the same time.

I don't think so but I think he is a bit of a knob. LOL

Bit racist, don't you think?

that's cheap. it cost me more to drive to it.

Notice the sign... "3 courses for £2.00".

They must have seen sense and upped it to £2.50... lol

If you are unsure, you can always go across the road to The Saw Centre to get tooled up before entering.

I've been once, approx ten years ago (£1.20 for 3 courses) and it's OK. Soup, macaroni and chips, followed by ice cream if I remember right.

& also incorrect.

the weegies will lap this up

"hawl big man im pure hard"

I have nothing against Scottish people in the slightest, In fact some of my nicest friends come from Carlisle.

Xenophobic might be better as the indigenous English,Scottish, NI & Welsh are all pretty much the same race.
Not voting on this, but for all the grief people get for posting instore Tesco deals I fail to see why a local pub deal is getting 500+ degrees. My local does £1.78 all draught pints on a Monday and is apparently the best pint in South Birmingham at the moment (I don't drink so can't comment). Is that post worthy?, doubt it........

If u take a picture of that photo along, they might do a pricematch and give u yer lunch for 2 quid !!

Wondered why this deal got so hot then noticed the location of the offer :stuck_out_tongue:

Horse please and can I take a swim in their toilet after lunch?


Bus drivers huh, what low life scum...

What a remarkably stupid thing to say, even if in jest (and there's no sign that it is).

Also what happened to the three course lunch for £2?

I personally thought it was blindingly obvious it was said in jest. And I don't see how it's "remarkably stupid"? Unfunny yes, but it's hardly "stupid".

A deal not for the English !!!

Would rather spend £2.50 on actual Star Bars than go to Star Bar and it is probably healthier!

cambourne03 has now deleted his we hate the English comment, so let's just leave it as, just plain stupid, no need for it to be remarkable in any way.

Was hoping for a deal on that nutty chocolate bar. Sigh

i used to eat there many years ago and found the food tasty enough

I love Chasni Hawkes

OMG!! Gony just listen to yersels! Is it safe. Its Boggin. Its full of bus drivers (shockarooney). Horsemeat? Get real will you. You'll be wantin your ar**s wiped next. It's a run of the mill pub in a busy area selling cheap £2.50 lunches. Get over it!

I wouldn't go to a pub that charged £2.50 a pint let alone a meal,utter garbage..10 packets of crisps are probably tastier.

Absolutely! We are all British. :-)

How do you know it's garbage? The OP linked the deal to a newspaper article giving the food a good review for what it is.

Why are you even here?

going up next week, will try. great post. it sounds like a café I like in the barras

i really need to try it 1 day passed it on the bus 1000's of times might try a night oot in there 1 day

cambourne03 has now deleted his we hate the English comment, so let's just leave it as, just plain stupid, no need for it to be remarkable in any way.[/quote

I didn't delete it.

Eat in here every sunday and food is superb. Steak is extra 10 bob but its the best steak in glasgow.
For a starter I always kick off with scallops with pea and mint puree then either the steak or the stuffed sea bass in a sea salt crust. For the finisher I usually just wolf down some ice cream .cant argue for 2.50 or 3 bar depending if you upgrade to the steak

Eat in here every sunday and food is superb. Steak is extra 10 bob but its the best steak in glasgow.
For a starter I always kick off with scallops with pea and mint puree then either the steak or the stuffed sea bass in a sea salt crust. For the finisher I usually just wolf down some ice cream .cant argue for 2.50 or 3 bar depending if you upgrade to the steak

Well If you didn't delete it, that means one of the mod's must have removed it. I don't think you get a UKHD's badge for having a post removed, so my guess would be that people found your remark to be very offensive.

I don't know why as it is only telling the truth. And you did ask the question after all.

Sitting in the Star Bar as I type, I decided to ask the landlord if they served English people.

He replied they had been forced to serve them, as too many locals were bringing in their own to eat.

Star Bar has been doing this deal for many years, it is extremely popular and all the food is of the highest quality, It is also a Glasgow Landmark and is well worth a visit.....and for goodness sake its lunchtime, the neds will still be in their beds.
Well worth a visit.

What a toff! Get off off this site!

The English are too many!

The thing I remember about the Starbar is that it opens at 8am for breakfast and "You may enjoy an alcoholic beveridge with your meal". At least thats what the chalkboard used to say albeit 10 years or so ago

vote aye!

Nah!

I went here last weekend.

4 people 3 course meal for £11.

This is old school glasgow food, stuff your mothers or grandmothers would cook.

Not healthy but so tasty.

This is the pub in rab c nesbitt isnt it? It was called two ways in that though.

I googled it and the two ways pub is in finniston near to pc world, it looks very like the star bar

I've been in the Two Ways too, it was on an accute corner between Argyle St, & Kent Rd, shaped like the Star Bar, but not quite as angular or nicely curved The Star has a rather spartan bar, but quite a nice lounge, but the Two Ways only had a bar that only lacked sawdust floors when I was there in the 90s. When I passed last it had been renovated & renamed "The Brass Monkey", had seats outside & looked like it had been reintroduced to the current century again.

The Star Bar is purportedly named so, as its at the junction of five streets (although both the centre section at the cross roads, & the end of Maxwell Rd. are now blocked off).

SOME GLASGOW QUESTIONS...

Glasgow also had a "Five Ways" bar, where was it?

Where might you find the Mitre Bar in Glasgow?

Which Glasgow bar has the longest bar in the world (using one of the many criteria) & which band/singers with an association to the bar become famous?

The Two Ways was on Argyle Street, the same one running through the centre of the city's shopping area. How many parts is the original Argyle Street now split into (all retain the original/similar numbering)?

Glasgow has a fairly large art deco cafe contained within another shop (well upstairs) - what does the larger shop sell?

The star bar reminds me of the Flat Iron building in new york

"Never judge a book by its cover" It wont harm you to look in at noon, a.k.a. lunch-time, or have you been watching too many cowboy films like "High Noon"? If there was chicken on the menu would it be a relation of yours?

Snob or precarious?

1)There were two one was in Buchanan St. near the top & there's still one on the Gallowgate near Parkhead. 2) It's in Brunswick St.. 3) The Horseshoe Bar & the band's Travis. 4) You'll need to tell me that one but I think it's three?

The two ways in buchanan st, i think that is now a starbucks

Sorry you're wrong, if you read it correctly it was called The Five Ways not the "Two". Although I know what you meant.

Oh look - an account opened just to make this comment. Hang on, you've got star in your name. Thats the same as the pub. Funny that and I'm sure it's purely a coincidence

tbh I'd give it a go for lunch no problem at all providing I had enough time to make alternative arrangements for lunch if it was crap. The person that commented on us 'all hating the English' was stupid. No-one however has pulled up the person that asked if the English would be safe. That's as 'racist' as the answer purportedly was.

The deal is a good one if you want a cheap lunch, end of story.

Ubiquitous Chip still going?

I'm Scottish, would I be safe in this place?

I had my first meal there when it was £1.60 for 3 courses and that must have been about 10 years ago. To have only increased by 90 pence in all that time is amazing and well below the rate of inflation! Maybe the the Star Bar management should take over the country's finances for a bit :wink:

Dirty place glasgow id rather starve then visit there again.

Although it's only 90p, that represents a rise of approximately 57% over a decade.

That is actually well above the rate of inflation - online inflation calculators show £1.60 in 2003 to be equivalent to £2.14 now.

that's a bit rich coming from you muck spreader !

Totally agree horrible place and horrible people imho

total quality and aw that man !
pure gallus

weeji weeji weeji!

Take it you haven't enjoyed the Merchant City

You just had your eyes shut

point proven

On behalf of the people of Glasgow, we all hope you choose the starvation option.

I think that's a bit misleading, or perhaps not telling the full story, because if it goes up 90p every ten years (or 9 pence per year), then in 100 years from now, the 3 course meal will only cost £11.50 - that seems incredibly cheap!

A lot of racist comments on here a lot of anti Scottish sentiment and probably most of you havent even visited Scotland never mind Glasgow.

What city are you from ? go on tell us

I've eaten at some fancy places before and I've never been to a place as cheap as this but with all the ignorance and snobbery in here, I'm tempted to go in just so I can write a review and show you all that well prepared food is just that.

If you're too rich to want to know about offers that can benefit others less well off as you, perhaps you can try not to rub everyone else's faces in it. Some people live on a whole £45 a week. This meal is still expensive at over one 1/20th of that budget.

Was tempted to go in when I read this the first time round and I still am! Pass by it going to work. For £2.50, it's gotta be worth a try. If I enjoy it, great! If not, well at least I've given it a go and it's no big loss.

If you say you're from Blackpool, YES!

Why would you want your funeral there if you think it's dirty??

Interesting to see the assumption that cheap prices equal poor food - it's about the margin for the business owner and not always the price paid - I guarantee that if some of you scoffing at this saw actual breakdowns of what goes into more expensive takeaway food like Dominos etc then you'd be horrified, I've never been hear but took time to read the review linked to by OP, and they're doing it by using basic ingredients.

Been to Scotland a fair few times, and Glasgow, and I've never experienced any problems, in stark contrsast many of the people living in London seem to assume they are some higher species just because they live in London......

Ah, the obviousness shows here today! There's an England v. Scotland friendly on tomorrow & a minority of people from England are trying to get a rise out of us Scots via a food referral deal, hence the upsurge in numpty comments. Sad but true & very daft. :smiley:

I was wondering why this had reappeared!

Glad to see this is still going, hope it is bringing them some extra trade. Brave thing to do, fair play to them.

I've been and had there three courses its lovely clean welcoming and friendly and the food can't be faulted for all saying it looks rough blah blah you should get down off your high horse n come mix with normal working class people once in a while, you might actually enjoy it.

I could guarantee you'd enjoy it if you like decent traditional homemade food

This place is amazing. I go all the time and never had a bad thing to say about it. It may look rough but once you walk in you soon realise that looks csn be deceiving. Fantastic down to earth food. Staff that are very friendly and so efficient it is scary. It is the only pub I take my wheelchair bound mother for her lunch simply because that is the only place I can convince her to come out to.

I'd rather pay extra to avoid dining with the working class

[quote=LongPockets]I prefer to eat in places that don't "pay" tax. You don't really think it's them paying the tax do you?

How come costa charge the same then and they do pay tax? They used a loophole to avoid tax. - that helps to pay for services!

No fried Mars bars?

Holy resurrected thread, Batman!

Is it true the staff are Romanian and for the £3 more you get your windscreen washed

Went in here for a meal with work colleagues for a try. They were out of macaroni cheese so my veggie colleague was offered fish :-)

On receiving my pie and chips I was wished good luck as the pie was a bit tough.

Apart from that it was good fun and no dodgy stomachs the next day always a good sign

Great deal heat added

Is Ken Manners still playing?

Just the place to take your loved one for a belated Valentine's lunch over the weekend to let them know to you need to put so much more effort into your relationship! (Although the food is brilliant.)

This is still going strong, as I was in there at the start of the week.

There yesterday, and its still on.

Still running, & given some complementary extras as they had too much food for a wedding!

Thanks for keeping us updated. How's the food been?

Was there twice last week & its still excellent.

good deal, bit far though

Could really do with this, thanks

Still running & still going there, although not as often as I'm not in Glasgow as much as I would like.