Malones launches in Glasgow

As we went to press Malones Glasgow was getting set to open. This is the latest bar to have been taken over and refurbished by the independently run Malones Irish Bars which is owned by Irishman Robert Keane. Located on the site of the former Universal Bar on Sauchiehall Street Lane, the new bar is the third in Scotland for the company. Manager of Malones Edinburgh, Simon Keane, who will also operate the new Glasgow bar, said, “The secret to our success is good food, good beer and good music served by a friendly and enthusiastic person. Since the early 2000s, Irish themed bars have been popping up everywhere but it is only in name – they do nothing else to make it feel authentically Irish whereas Malones has the key ingredient in that we are all Irish.”
He continues, “We have tried to make sure our bars feel as close as possible to a traditional Irish pub in that all ages are welcome – our customers range from 18 to 80 and are perfectly relaxed in each other’s company. Glasgow is different than Aberdeen and Edinburgh and we are hoping our bar will appeal to modern, contemporary people as well as its major Irish population.”
Malones Aberdeen opened in 2009 and was followed by Edinburgh, which was a much larger venue, and subsequently a Malones Hostel has also opened in Edinburgh.
Malones Aberdeen Manager, Keith Martin, comments, “We started off with just a small pub in Aberdeen and although we have grown and are now opening our third bar which is also a bigger venue – our bars still feel like a home away from home, everything still centres around the customer, having the banter and giving the time to people – that is the ethos that Simon brought to Edinburgh and that is what will be created in Glasgow.”