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Eating and Drinking in Paisley, Renfrewshire*

Paisley, Renfrewshire Pubs, Cafes, Coffee Shops and Restaurants

Food

• the kebab shop on old sneddon street "rajas" i think its called, cheese and donner meat pizza or a veggie pakora on your way home after the pub, yum!
• Wee spanish restaraunt in Lawn Street is pretty good ,best chips in the town have got to be from Castlevechi,at the top of New St.Traditional Italian chippy and the thought of them is making me hungry.!!Newly revamped pub at the top of Storie St,do a lot of reasonable stuff.
• Cafe India and Braeburn are both on New Street
• chippy in county square
• The Antiqua, Silk Street. Fabby Italian and Spanish food, with reasonable prices.
• For Take-away food go to the Phoenix Retail Park - Harry Ramsdens, Burger King, McDonalds, KFC, Pizza Hut etc................................................
• Best Indian must be the KOH-I-NOOR in the back Sneddon. Can't be beat for value, taste and variety. Also an excellent delivery service.

Pubs

• There are alot of drunks in Paisley so, it definately caters for them!
• my fave pub is "tell mamas" very friendly, very familiar, to me its paisleys version of "cheers" or "central perk" located on old sneddon street, on the corner near the entrance to "carnegies", across the road from "hamishes hoose" and near "icon" it has kareoke on mondays and thursday nights, and what id like to know is what happened to my fave kareoke presenter ricky, hes gone and theres a new guy now, oh well, its a place ill always love anyway bar staff are friendly you get to know them by name when you go in a few times, im there every thursday night (look for the hot little brunette with the fab voice for singing, hehehe)
• Paddy Malarkeys ,next to the Bull Inn! Both excellent.
• The Bull Inn the oldest and best pub in Paisley
• A word about The Wee Barrell, a legendary boozer and the only one on Love Street, also the home of St Mirren Football Club, Paisley's First Division side. It is possible to reach the Wee Barrell from the ground and have your pint on the bar within four minutes ! A warm welcome comes as standard in the Wee Barrell.
• Danger Doyle's on Old Sneddon Street is fast turninmg into one of the most popular pubs in the toon. At £1.00 a pint or short, it's difficult to argue. The bar staff are efficient, friendly and good company too. Get yerself doon there! Cheers.
• Go to the area known locally as 'little soho' in Shuttle street for pubs and clubs.
• Kennedy's Bar is actually on Causeyside Street and not Causewayside Street
• The Bull Inn, New Street. Oldest pub in town, 103 years old. Still has all the original features in it. Designed by William MacClennan, inspired by Macintosh. Good place for a quiet pint and a chat. Local hillwalking club meets there on Tuesdays. Around 1993, Gerry Rafferty (Stuck in the Middle...) was in one night wearing a lurid red jacket, boozing with one of his buddies. He ended up paralytic and had to be carried outside. I should know, I worked there at the time...!
• My Mom and Dad used to have a pub called "Ronnies Steak Bar" which they sold 14 years ago. They were the the first pub to introduce meals in a bar and they turned the pub into one of Paisley's most popular and well known restaurants. It was even mentioned in the local newspapers some five years after it closed due to my parents retirement. Many famous people ate there and one of the most famous was Telly (Kojack) Savalas with his family. Albert Rossi Zürich, Switzerland
• Vodka Wodka High street .... you name or taste the vodka or eastern european beer and they've got it
• There's a cracking pub on the high street called 'The Wee Howff'. It's run by a guy called Danny McGovern and it's the best watering hole in the town. I should know I spent four years at the University there. He's won awards for the quality of the beer he sells from Camra. You can still get a cracking pint of Burtons ale on draught.

Cafes and Coffee Shops

• Nice Coffeeshop opposite Paisley Museum,relaxed feel about it,can read the papers,sip a nice cappuccino and watch the world go by.Also Delifrance on the main drag of Paisley High Street do a mean Baguette.and Olivers, do basic reasonable stuff.

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Last updated: 2007-07-19