Any operating Saunas in Glasgow?

[AlanWilkes35]

Hi there, I was wondering if there are any saunas operating in Glasgow anymore? Venus Sauna Club etc?

[Glesgaboy]

Funny you should ask this after just 5 years.
How time flies. 
There is one opening , possibly soon….it’s scheduled for the day exactly 5 years after your first review.

[myothernameis]

Hi there, I was wondering if there are any saunas operating in Glasgow anymore?

Pipeworks is still going strong 

[Glesgaboy]

Pipeworks is still going strong 

I stand corrected 

[Iloveoral]

Hi there, I was wondering if there are any saunas operating in Glasgow anymore? Venus Sauna Club etc?

I can see you only log in a couple of times a month tops, is there any reason you haven’t contributed in the last 5 years to the site.
I assume by your questions your still active ?

[Keema]

Daft thing is google Venus Sauna and the internet still thinks its operating - further down the screen and news articles show how a Chinese owner of numerous saunas fled to Hong Kong and Bubbles was demolished after a vice squad bust.

[Max121]

Aquarius
Tropical Palms
Blythswood
Venus
Park Grove
Bubbles
Can’t think of any more
All Active 🤦🏻‍♂️

[oddson1970]

Aquarius
Tropical Palms
Blythswood
Venus
Park Grove
Bubbles
Can’t think of any more
All Active 🤦🏻‍♂️

st enoch club
carlton club
hydepark sauna

[zag69]

I had my fun in some of those mentioned, ah great days.

Fucking council closed them all down. Cunts!

[oddson1970]

I had my fun in some of those mentioned, ah great days.

Fucking council closed them all down. Cunts!

l think the commonwealth games closed most of them down and cleaned up the street scene

[auldie63]

Mr House closed all the hetro saunas but left the gay ones alone, never could figure out why. 

[nike]

Mr House closed all the hetro saunas but left the gay ones alone, never could figure out why. 

Perhaps he is that way inclined, himself and just looking after the old "gay" boys club.

[myothernameis]

Aquarius
Tropical Palms
Blythswood
Venus
Park Grove
Bubbles
st enoch club
carlton club
hydepark sauna

Can’t think of any more

Oasis, corner of bath street
Highborough, at Jordanhill train station
There was another one in Holm Street, dont know its name

[Squire Haggard]

I've got some good memories of Bubbles, Sauna Royale near the Mitchell Library,  and the one in Otago St in the West End, but cant remember its name. (was it Oasis?)

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[digman]

Those were the days.been in them all.

[randydandy2013]

Highborough, at Jordanhill train station

I remember going there many years ago when I was young and naive. Didn’t know really what to expect and when I went in there was no one at the desk. I waited a minute or two then left again.

[Jock D]

I remember going there many years ago when I was young and naive. Didn’t know really what to expect and when I went in there was no one at the desk. I waited a minute or two then left again.

You didn't miss much.

Only went once, but that was enough. Plenty of better options available at the time...most if which have been mentioned already.

[scutty brown]

I can't be the only one confused by the conflicting statements in this thread. So which ones are actually active?
And does anyone have weblinks for them?

[Nauticus]

l think the commonwealth games closed most of them down and cleaned up the street scene

As far as the street scene is concerned, I'm not sure why it hasn't popped up again somewhere else. (Apologies if it has. I don't live in the city, so might not be up to date). I walked through the old Anderston Bus area just a few weeks ago and there's so much activity there in the evening than there used to be, so I can see how it wouldn't be possible to engage in the sort of activity that it was renowned for 20 years ago, but that's just urban evolution I guess. I'd have expected supply and demand would just move the trade to somewhere more appropriate.

It's not as if the internet has changed the market either. If you're just looking for a sour of the moment hand job for a tenner and don't really give a fuck what she looks like (ok, 20 allowing for inflation) I don't think that's catered for by the online trade! The Commonwealth Games theory doesn't really seem to cut it as a plausible explanation for that.

[Nauticus]

I can't be the only one confused by the conflicting statements in this thread. So which ones are actually active?
And does anyone have weblinks for them?

Absolutely none are active.

Sadly.

[Squire Haggard]

I can't be the only one confused by the conflicting statements in this thread. So which ones are actually active?
And does anyone have weblinks for them?

Scutty, its just some locals having fun and sharing memories of the now long gone years when Glasgow had several saunas. The only one now is the aforementioned Pipeworks, a gay sauna.

The only trace of the Bubbles Portakabin is the sign on Streetview from 2008
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The only trace of Sauna/Club Royale is the sign on the wall on Streetview from 2008
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[scutty brown]

thanks for the explanations

[zag69]

Club Royale, loved that place.

[Squire Haggard]

Club Royale, loved that place.

The only girl that I can remember from there is Chloe, who I saw a few times.

[Interestingchat]

Was there not one on Maryhill Road just before/after where the canal goes over the road?

[globewindsailor]

The only girl that I can remember from there is Chloe, who I saw a few times.

Ok I remember a Russian(maybe) girl called Eva who took a dislike to me for some reason I never knew about so she refused to see me after that. Shame as she was hot. Also from there someone called Evangelina/Evangeline

Funny to imagine people live in these places now. Venus was turned into a house a wee small house. You wonder if they know.

[oddson1970]

As far as the street scene is concerned, I'm not sure why it hasn't popped up again somewhere else. (Apologies if it has. I don't live in the city, so might not be up to date). I walked through the old Anderston Bus area just a few weeks ago and there's so much activity there in the evening than there used to be, so I can see how it wouldn't be possible to engage in the sort of activity that it was renowned for 20 years ago, but that's just urban evolution I guess. I'd have expected supply and demand would just move the trade to somewhere more appropriate.

It's not as if the internet has changed the market either. If you're just looking for a sour of the moment hand job for a tenner and don't really give a fuck what she looks like (ok, 20 allowing for inflation) I don't think that's catered for by the online trade! The Commonwealth Games theory doesn't really seem to cut it as a plausible explanation for that.

The street scene was cleaned up prior to the games taking place and never resurfaced due to zero tolerance.Maybe the market for 20 quid handjobs in alleyways isn't as big as you think.

[KatieEdinburgh]

If you're just looking for a sour of the moment hand job for a tenner and don't really give a fuck what she looks like (ok, 20 allowing for inflation) I don't think that's catered for by the online trade!

I don’t think there’s much demand for it, and even less “supply” that’s willing to do it anymore

Too little money for how unsafe it is means its not worth it for the women

Anybody desperate enough for drug money to agree to street stuff is probably going to take the cash and run or not be good service which would put clients off after that

[FBman78]

Parkgrove, Royale and Park Circus or something off Woodlands road.

[myothernameis]

I remember there was also a sauna place in Maule drive, Partick, and the entrance was of a yellow colours, and opened up in the mid 90's

[Squire Haggard]

Going back a bit, both on Glasgow South Side, one of these rows of shops had a Lady Godiva sauna from 1984ish. Maybe shut around 1988? Several shut around then because of licensing, according to an SP I was with.

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Another short lived one from the same era was the Muirend sauna. It was in this row of shops.

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[Max121]

I remember many years ago there also used to be one on Victoria Rd
Across from the Queens cafe ice cream place - anyone remember the name … that was the very first
One I ever ventured into 🤣🤣

[timmy1]

Ive only been up in Glasgow for the last 7 years, what year were the last ones closed down?

[danns]

The one on vickey road was called femmies

[danns]

Spent a kings ransom in the Carlton club now you have to day trip too Edinburgh new town is probably the closet you will get too the old Glasgow seen

[daviemac]

The one on vickey road was called femmies

Any reason you haven't posted any reviews in your 8 years of membership.   

[Keema]

The one on Vicky Road had a couple of names - it was also the 5:20 Club for a while.

[Max121]

The one on Vicky Road had a couple of names - it was also the 5:20 Club for a while.

That’s how I remember it - you could literally just poke your head through the door and see who was working 🤣🤣👀

[myothernameis]

The one on Vicky Road had a couple of names - it was also the 5:20 Club for a while.

One of the First sauna I visited, was either in Pollockshaw road, or more likely on Clarkston Road, just before or after the railway bridge.

In the mid 80's there was a news story, about a sauna/massage doing extras, so I went to see what the fuzz was about, my first experience with sex.

I also remember another suana, located near the Kelvin hall, in one of the side streets

[Nauticus]

Ive only been up in Glasgow for the last 7 years, what year were the last ones closed down?

I think St Enoch sauna was the last to go. Would either have been late 2013 or early 2014.

[Tom1976]

What I miss about them is you could just turn up and not have to make an appointment.

Nowadays you have to book at least an hour in advance….