Live Sports — Pubs in Perth

King James VI Golf Club

Moncrieffe Island, Perth PH2 8NR

Welcome Inn

221 Rannoch Road, Perth PH1 2DP

Letham's only watering hole. Substantially refurbished 2019.

Abbotsford

11-13 Abbot Street, Perth PH2 0EB

Formerly one handpull serving a variety of beers from local brewer Inveralmond. Regular haunt for domino enthusiasts. Friendly welcome assured.

Cherrybank Inn

210 Glasgow Road, Perth PH2 0NA

This 250-year-old former drovers' inn is a popular watering hole for locals. Ales from Inveralmond and other Scottish independents are available from the public bar or in the larger L-shaped lounge with views up to a woodland walk. Large sunny elevated wooden decking to rear. Hand pulls in bar, lounge and lower beer garden. Good bar lunches and evening meals are served. The inn has seven well-appointed en-suite rooms, and golf can be arranged for residents. The local No.7 bus is handy. Breakfasts also served 9:00 to 11:30. Family owned. Multi roomed bar converted to one room March 2020.

Dickens

189 South Street, Perth PH2 8NY

Conveniently located at historic South Street Port, a high-ceilinged, single-room establishment with dark wood panelling and a fine staircase up to the closed first floor. There are a number of alcoved seating areas, making for privacy if desired. Real ale reintroduced summer 2019. Bar snacks available.

Foundry Bar

3 Murray Street, Perth PH1 5PJ

A former foundry which has been architecturally restored with appropriate industrial features. This Belhaven pub is a deceptively large public house. You enter the bar via a courtyard that doubles as an outside eatery and drinks area. When you get inside the décor includes foundry castings, timber, stone and brick together with a large bar housing 4 handpulls and a huge mirror at the back. A sliding ladder slides behind the bar staff. presumably used to clean the mirror and obtain those items in difficult-to-reach places. Belhaven 1719 anniversary ale available during 2019.

Greyfriars

15 South Street, Perth PH2 8PG

Small city-centre lounge bar serving up to four ales, often including an Inveralmond beer. As well as the bar there is a small upstairs seating area. The pub takes its name from the former Greyfriars monastery, which was gutted by followers of John Knox in 1559 and subsequently demolished. Nearby attractions include a Victorian theatre, art gallery, museum and concert hall. This may well be the smallest lounge bar in the Fair City but it has an enviable reputation among locals and visitors as one of the friendliest pubs. Closed for 18 months during pandemic.

Old Ship Inn

31 High Street (Skinnergate), Perth PH1 5TJ

Said to be the oldest pub in Perth dating back to 1665, with no name change. Walls are timber-lined with white painted beamed ceiling and frieze lightening up the bar. A large oil painting of a sailing ship is of particular interest. Lounge area to left of bar with a selection of books for reading. Was an oasis in Perth for real ale in the 1980s, now with one regular real ale and two changing real ales. Upstairs lounge reopened as 'Speakeasy' in December 2018 after 20 year closure .

Sandeman

Sandeman Building, 14-16 Kinnoull, Perth PH1 5EN

Three handpulls supply real ales, having arrived in 2010 in this Stonegate chain establishment. The stylish building was at one time the Perth library.