Normal Opening Times: Monday-Saturday, 11am - 1am
The oldest bar in Shetland, a very popular public house situated on Lerwick’s harbour front – keeping customers refreshed since 1895!
A warm, welcoming bar serving very wide range of wines, beers and spirits including fine malts (ask for the menu) as well as freshly ground coffee.
The bar has had a few name changes since a public house was first opened on the site. We understand it was first named the Seaview Vaults before the harbour, as we know it now, was built. It then became the Thule Refreshment Bar, around the 1895 mark.
We know the bar lost its drinks license in 1920 when a Veto Poll in Lerwick returned a result that saw the town of Lerwick become “dry”. Just what were the folk thinking? We think they just sold peanuts and crisps for a few years during that great catastrophe!
Lerwick became a “wet” town again in 1947 and The Thule Bar began to pour beer once more, we’ve been keeping the good citizens of Shetland and our many welcome visitors refreshed ever since. Cheers!
Sectors: Food & Drink, Leisure & Entertainment
Product categories: Drink, Food, Alcohol - consumed on premises, Crisps and Snacks, Soft drinks