Rabbies Bar

As you're looking at Ayr's statue of Robert Burns, with its scenes from Tam o' Shanter and key moments in the poet's life, you'll have a clear view of Rabbie's Bar just across the road. On the walls inside are quotations from the bard's best drinking verses ('Go fetch to me a pint o' wine') and the pub prides itself on showing customers the kind of hospitality Burns himself would have appreciated. With its leather couches and cosy corners, it's popular with a mixed crowd of regulars, commuters using the nearby train station and some tourists, plus fans of racing, golf, football and big sporting fixtures, thanks to the eight televisions and two Sky boxes.