They take you back to a time, before the smoking ban, when the haze of cigarette fumes hung thick in the air.
This retro photo gallery celebrates all that is best about Scotland’s many fine drinking establishments, from their rich history to the colourful characters running and frequenting them.
The bars pictured include one which starred in a popular TV advert, another which appeared in the classic novel Trainspotting and two which were crowned pub of the year.
How many of these pubs and bars do you recognise, and do these photos bring back any happy memories of drinking there in the 90s?
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5. Three Sisters
Inside the Three Sisters bar on the Cowgate, Edinburgh, in April 1999 | TSPL Photo: TSPL
6. Stirling Castle
Stuart Ross, managing director of Belhaven Brewery, at Stirling Castle Bar, Glasgow, in November 1996 | TSPL Photo: TSPL
7. Pub of the year
Manager Iain Fisher (centre) with bar staff Nadine Dowd and Nigel Calvert outside Fibber Magee's, Edinburgh, in 1997, when it was crowned the Evening News Pub Of The Year | EVENING NEWS Photo: Evening News
8. Lawrie Reilly's
Former Hibs player Lawrie Reilly, one of the Famous Five, pictured outside his bar in 1990 | TSPL Photo: TSPL