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Author	Bamba1977
Comment	I've recently moved from Queens Park to Battlefield and although it's a much nicer flat I'm slightly missing all the excellent bars/cafes/restaurants I used to have on my doorstep. Specifically I'm talking about this little section of Pollokshaws Road which has become utterly stuffed with really nice places over the last ten years or so: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.836062,-4.2700124,18.5z Not that it's all that far away of course but it's different not having it right there. So, yeah, if you can get a nice flat in that area I'd recommended it. You can do an entire pub crawl of really nice bars without going more than a few blocks, I fucking love it. I would say to be careful though because there's an amount of overspill in flats in that area from Govanhill so you can get some really awful neighbours that could ruin your living experience entirely (which is exactly why I moved). You've basically got: - The east side of Victoria Road (i.e. Govanhill) which shouldn't be touched with a bargepole. - Next you've got the area between Victoria and Pollokshaw roads which is generally okay but very variable and you'd want to check the state of the street and even the specific close. - Then you've got the area west of Pollokshaws Road which is generally really nice. Battlefield is also really nice as long as you don't mind a wee bit of a walk for the best selection of eating/drinking. There's an argument to be made that it's actually good because you're equidistant from Shawlands and the Pollokshaw Road bit I mentioned earlier, but I'd still prefer to have stuff actually on my doorstep. I'm also going to go against the grain a bit here and recommend against Denistoun. My girlfriend lives there and although it's fine in general--and certainly there's a few decent food places around--the pubs are fuck-awful. The Palais' passable and Redmonds is nice but pretty small so you'll often find you can get a seat. Aside from those it's all awful old-man/football bars everywhere and places like West or Drygate are far enough away that I really woudn't consider them local (depending on exactly where you live of course). I'm always surprised when people say Dennistoun's good for that sort of thing because it seems to obviously untrue to me.
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Created	Tue 12th May 2020 1:45pm
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I've recently moved from Queens Park to Battlefield and although it's a much nicer flat I'm slightly missing all the excellent bars/cafes/restaurants I used to have on my doorstep. Specifically I'm talking about this little section of Pollokshaws Road which has become utterly stuffed with really nice places over the last ten years or so:

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.836062,-4.2700124,18.5z

Not that it's all that far away of course but it's different not having it *right there*. So, yeah, if you can get a nice flat in that area I'd recommended it. You can do an entire pub crawl of really nice bars without going more than a few blocks, I fucking love it.

I would say to be careful though because there's an amount of overspill in flats in that area from Govanhill so you can get some really awful neighbours that could ruin your living experience entirely (which is exactly why I moved).

You've basically got:

- The east side of Victoria Road (i.e. Govanhill) which shouldn't be touched with a bargepole.
- Next you've got the area between Victoria and Pollokshaw roads which is generally okay but very variable and you'd want to check the state of the street and even the specific close.
- Then you've got the area west of Pollokshaws Road which is generally really nice.

Battlefield is also really nice as long as you don't mind a wee bit of a walk for the best selection of eating/drinking. There's an argument to be made that it's actually good because you're equidistant from Shawlands and the Pollokshaw Road bit I mentioned earlier, but I'd still prefer to have stuff actually on my doorstep.

I'm also going to go against the grain a bit here and recommend against Denistoun. My girlfriend lives there and although it's fine in general--and certainly there's a few decent food places around--the pubs are fuck-awful. The Palais' passable and Redmonds is nice but pretty small so you'll often find you can get a seat. Aside from those it's all awful old-man/football bars everywhere and places like West or Drygate are far enough away that I really woudn't consider them local (depending on exactly where you live of course). I'm always surprised when people say Dennistoun's good for that sort of thing because it seems to obviously untrue to me.