The Sisters

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• Average price 2 courses:
   £14.95 (set lunch)
   £23 (evening meal)
• House wine: £13.95 per bottle

• Food served: Tue-Thu noon-2.30pm, 5.30-9pm; Fri/Sat noon-2.30pm, 5-9.30pm; Sun noon-8pm. Closed Mon.
• Open since: 2002
• Also offers: 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.

Jacqueline and Pauline O'Donnell started out as cooks for hire before opening Deirfiuracha (AKA the Sisters) on Ashton Lane. Following a fruitful move to larger premises on Crow Road, this enterprising family outfit opened the Sisters Kelvingrove in 2005. With an arguably more chic and modern interior than its warm and romantic Jordanhill sibling, it attracts a young and more fashionable clientele in search of treats from Scotland's larder. The menu is the same in both places, featuring carefully-sourced ingredients such as seafood rushed in from Ullapool, game from Ardnamurchan and organic veg from Arran. Wobbling scallops sit proudly on pedestals of black pudding, while a home-made crumpet is draped in smoked salmon, drizzled in a creamy chive sauce and crowned with a soft poached egg. A hunk of venison loin could perhaps benefit from being served a little rarer, but a thick, yet tender, slice of limerick ham is accompanied in a traditional manner with 'Kailkenny tatties' and generously buttered cabbage. The rhubarb pudding offers a ramekin of soft sponge that reveals a tart pool of jewel-bright pink fruit. Those wanting to recreate the experience for themselves can enrol in a cookery class with Jacqueline.