CAMPAIGN FOR REAL ALE

ABERDEEN AND GRAMPIAN - Aberdeen, Grill

National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors Part One

213 Union Street, Aberdeen, AB11 6BA

Tel: 01224 573530

Draught Beer & Cider: Real Ale

Public Transport: Railway Station: Aberdeen

Pub Food: Snacks all day

Listed Status: Grade B

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Occupying the ground floor of a typical grey granite three-storey terrace property of the early 1830s, this was a restaurant and dining rooms from the 1870s. It retained the name of The Grill when remodelled by architects Jenkins & Marr, and turned into a pub in 1926. The mainly stand-up bar retains its fittings of that date, including a fine mahogany gantry with three glazed cabinets. The pub has two ceiling sections with moulded plasterwork - the front, oval in shape; the rear, circular. The long bar counter has a number of badged sections on the front each with a letter 'G' and a brass match-striker all along it. The walls are covered in mahogany veneer and the tables with cast-iron bases are inscribed 'The Grill'.

As this was a strictly men-only bar until the Sex Discrimination Act came into force on 1 January 1976, there was no ladies' toilet until 1998 when new gents' facilities were added downstairs and the former gents' WC revamped into the ladies'. (The nearby Bridge Bar, another 'men-only' bar, still has no ladies' toilet and there is a sign on the door to warn customers of this fact!). The Grill carries over 300 single malt Scottish whiskies on sale - ask for the informative menu.