The PHT
The Pierhead Tavern, or PHT as it is more commonly known, is a welcoming, family-friendly bar and restaurant in Lamlash, Isle of Arran.Wes a traditional warm, welcoming, family-run business in Lamlash, Isle of Arran. Seating up to 80 customers inside and has a roof terrace, with stunning views of Lamlash Bay & Holy Isle. Welcoming all visitors including families and larger groups.
What The Tavern Offers
The PHT can cater for bespoke parties and weddings, which can be complemented with gin and whisky tasting packages plus live music. Offering home-cooked, delicious meals to suit all tastes. A varied menu of pub classics including vegetarian and vegan options. Supplemented by sensational, freshly prepared specials which continually change.
The bar underwent extensive refurbishment in 2015 and received much needed TLC. Formerly two bars, are now merged with the feature beach pebble bar enhanced by an orange back-bar, complementing the growing array of whisky and gin. A wood-burning stove gives a cosy feel to one end of the pub whilst at the other, there is an area which doubles as a stage, equipped for music & performances of all types.
Our History
It is probable that there has been an Inn or Hotel on the site for more than 200 years; it is recorded in 1807 that there were two inns at Lamlash, of ‘tolerable standard’. In 1828, the Lamlash Hotel was advertised to let, described as ‘new, commodious, and well finished’ – this is likely the left-hand part of the present PHT, along with the flats next door. It is believed that the right-hand section, the present bar area, is older.
In 1928, in an effort to temper the consumption of liquor, the Glasgow Public House Trust acquired the hotel, thus it became known locally as ‘the PHT’. It was only in the 1970s that the public bar of the Lamlash Hotel, as it was still officially called, was renamed the Pierhead Tavern.
In the late 1980s, the hotel was split with the part to the left, now known as Beach House, being converted to flats. The PHT continued as a bar and restaurant, eventually being bought by a national pub chain in 2007 after which it declined, leading to it being marketed in a semi-derelict state with permission for conversion to flats. The current owners came across this in the winter of 2014 and transformed it into the welcoming and vibrant PHT of today.
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world.
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world.