Groups, birthdays, societies

Bring your lot. We'll hold the tables by the stage.

A group that arrives together gets seated together, in front of the band, without anyone being stopped at a different bar on the way on the way in. Tell us how many and when. That is the whole process.

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Tables full in front of the stage on a busy night

Who this is for

Golf societies. Presentation night after the round, with the band as the backdrop. We can hold a run of tables from a set time.
Birthdays and send-offs. Balloons are allowed (there is a photograph). Speeches are between songs.
Supporters' clubs and expat groups. A standing night, same tables, same faces. Ask about a regular slot.
Stags that want the band. Loud, cold and stage-side, and everyone stays in one place.

How it works

Message the bar on Facebook Messenger with your number of people, the day and the time you will arrive.
We hold the stage-side tables from that time. No deposit, no minimum, no cover charge.
Walk to the stage, look right, say your name. Sit down.

Plans change; just message. For twenty or more, give us a day's notice so the tables are actually free. Tuesday and Monday are the easy nights for a big table; Friday and Saturday need the message by the afternoon.

How a group night runs

Three kinds of group, three different evenings.

From the counter's side. The mechanics are the same for all of them: a message, a time, the tables held, and the band at nine. What differs is what the group wants from the room.

The golf society, back from the round

They arrive together at about seven, sunburnt, with the day's scorecards and a trophy that has seen better decades. We put the trophy on the counter where the whole hall can see it, run the tables as one bill or twelve, whichever the captain says, and the presentation happens between the first set and the second, when the band is on a break and the room can hear a speech. Societies book by messaging with the day and the number; the day is usually the same each week, and the tables along the stage edge become theirs by habit. Golf societies have their own page, because the town has dozens and the bar is always the clubhouse.

The birthday

Balloons are allowed, and there is a photograph on the gallery page of a night that had them. The birthday table is the one by the stage steps if the group is six or fewer and the run along the stage edge if it is more. Tell the band; catch the singer between songs, or tell Min and she will. Speeches go in the break. Cake is fine; Lee's Diner across the road can also do the plates. The one thing we ask is a message the day before, because a Friday birthday party of twelve arriving at eight without one will find the tables gone and the counter friendly but full.

The stag that wants the band, and the supporters' club that wants a home

Stag weeks that have calmed down, meaning the night after the night out, want somewhere loud, cold and stage-side where everyone stays in one place. That is us on a Wednesday or Thursday, when the tables are gettable and the room has energy without a queue. Supporters' clubs and expat groups want the opposite: a standing night, the same tables, the same faces, the match on the screen with the sound off and the band in front. Ask about a regular slot and we will hold it weekly without being asked again.

The practical part

The whole bar seats about forty: the tables between the counter and the stage, and the stools along the counter. A group of twenty is half the bar and needs a day's notice so the tables are actually free. A group of eight needs a message by the afternoon on a Friday or Saturday and can walk in on any other night. There is no deposit, no minimum spend, no cover charge and no room hire, because there is no room; there is the bar, and you are in it with everyone else, which is the point.

One bill or many is the captain's call and Min's job; she has done both for parties of thirty. Plates come from Lee's Diner and Craft Cottage across the soi and arrive with cutlery. Anything else, ask when you message.

What to put in the message

How many, which day, what time you will arrive, and a name for the table. That is it. "Twelve of us, Thursday, half past seven, the Bearsden Golf Society" is a complete booking. We reply the same day, usually within the hour, and the reply is a yes and a reminder that the tables are held until eight unless you say otherwise.

If plans change, message again. Nobody minds a cancellation; everybody minds an empty row of held tables on a Friday.

How to find us

Then this is how everyone finds you.

One way in, one way out. Nine bars stand between the gate and us, and each will invite you in. Keep walking.

Come in from Soi Diana
The big Las Vegas Beer Garden sign, two minutes from LK Metro. Free entry, no ticket, no dress code.
Walk straight up the middle
Past Pocket Kings, Palace, the V Bar, Full House, Viva, Aces High, MGN and Black Jack. The music gets louder with every step.
At the stage, look right
A black disc ringed with bulbs, a gold crown over the K. That's the door. The toilets are just past it, which is why everyone walks by at least once.
Or let your phone do it
KQ has its own pin on Google Maps, separate from the complex. Tap it and the blue dot ends at our bar, not the front gate.
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