Visit La Garrigue, arguably the most authentic French restaurant in town and be transported into the Languedoc region of France. Enjoy the food, sample the 'Terroir wines' and the warm service. Winner 'Les Routiers Guide; Scottish restaurant of the year'.

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• Average price 2 courses:
   £8.50 (set lunch)
   £15 (evening meal)
• House wine: £10.95 per bottle

• High point: Relaxed and friendly service
• Low point: Charging £1.95 for a basket of bread
• Food served: Mon-Sun noon-11pm
• Bar open: Mon-Sun noon-midnight
• Open since: 1992
• Also offers: Vegetarian options (at least 25% of menu), Childrens portions, Childrens high chairs, Pre-theatre menu

The List's Eating & Drinking Guide 2008 is now in the shops.

This review is from the 2007 edition.

Ashton Lane - with its Irish pub, Polish vodka bar and Belgian brasserie - is arguably Glasgow's most cosmopolitan corner. Here, Cul de Sac flies the flag for France. The Toulouse-Lautrec prints, checker-board floor and red leatherette booths suggest a cross between a bistro and an American diner, and while they've binned the burgers in favour of baguettes, you'll still find Anglo-Saxon-friendly dishes such as traditional fish'n'chips alongside various interpretations of French staples. The niçoise salad is such a variation on a theme - a chunky fillet of fresh salmon instead of tuna - and with sun-dried tomatoes, boiled egg and haricots vertes, there are plenty of contrasting flavours to keep the senses amused. Likewise, the venison bourguignon is a departure from the classic beef dish: the stew itself is rich and tomatoey, if rather clumsily presented with a dollop of bland mash and a crop of salad leaves. The desserts are more artful. Whether the choux swan is a nod to the impressionists or the surrealists isn't clear, but this bizarre creation is exactly what the menu describes: a swan constructed in light choux pastry, swimming on a lake of dark chocolate.