The Pipers' Tryst
- Food served: Mon–Fri noon–3pm, 5–8.45pm; Sat noon–3pm, 5–9.45pm. Closed Sun.
- Pre-theatre times: Mon–Sat 5–7pm
- Bar open: Mon–Fri 11am–11pm; Sat 11am–midnight. Closed Sun.
- Number of wines sold by the glass: 11
- Private dining: Y
- No. overnight rooms: 8
- Also offers: Gluten-free options, Children's portions, Children's high chairs, Wheelchair access, Pre-theatre menu, Outdoor tables, Live music
- Music on stereo: celtic folk / pop
- Capacity: 40
- Largest group: 40
- Open since: 1998
- Average price 2 courses:
£17 (lunch)
£17 (evening meal) - Pre-theatre price: £12.95
- House wine: £14.95 per bottle
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Part of the National Piping Centre – a venue, college, museum and boutique hotel carved out of a classical Victorian church – The Pipers' Tryst sits opposite the Theatre Royal in Glasgow's self-styled theatreland. Despite the piped Celtic music and live music at weekends, the rows of malts and the black and white piping portraits, the ambience is contemporary rather than couthy. Floor-length windows, pale ochre walls and simple wooden furniture provide a smart yet comfortable setting. Menus change seasonally but reasonable prices and updates on traditional Scottish dishes fill the dozen tables in pre- and post-show hours. Twenty or so small plates and mains include two daily specials, one of which is always fish. Cullen skink is satisfyingly creamy and well-seasoned; the smoked haddock fish-cake is deep-fried in breadcrumbs. Crisp-skinned sea bream fillets sit on top of crab and pea risotto while pork fillet wrapped in Parma ham is tender, flavoursome and well matched with roast parsnip and a mustard cream sauce. A daily changing blackboard features half a dozen homemade puddings.
- High point: Contemporary Scottish food at reasonable prices
- Low point: Fish can be a little overcooked
Comments for The Pipers' Tryst (30–34 McPhater Street, Glasgow)
- 1. Ella-Ella, Glasgow – 17 April 2010, 6:23pm
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The Piper's Tryst is an absoloutely fabby place for a wee night out in Glasgow. Excellent location. Excellent food. And most importantly - excellent wine! A friend of mine had recommended me the Piper's Tryst as a great place to go for top quality food and a highly enjoyable night - and she was not wrong. Myself and my two sisters enjoyed a meal that consisted of fresh Scottish produce, all cooked and presented to perfection. The restauraunt is quite small - with about 10 tables or so - but this only added to the cosy atmosphere. The staff were all absoloutley fabby - so friendly and helpful. Our waitress recommended us a fantastic bottle of wine which was incredibly reasonable and soon multiplied into several empty bottles of wine!
The perfect place to relax and unwind with top quality produce and top quality service.
- 2. Veggie, Glasgow – 3 May 2010, 10:00pmReport
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Had a bad experience booking here. They changed time of booking on the afternoon before our visit, and then denied they had taken original time for booking in the fist place! Avoid this if you need reliable pre theatre slot.
- 3. carlacarla, Glasgow – 4 September 2010, 8:21pm
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The last time that I ate out was in the Tryst! I was there with a group of 4 girlfriends and we had an amazing night. The waiters were fantastic, very attentive and extremely helpfull.
The food was served quickly and was well presented, it was quite pricey but as it was a special occasion we did not mind at all.
It was such a fab evening, I was brave and tried something new called 'cullen Skink'. The Tryst seems to offer lots of flavoursome healthy Scottish food that's NOT deep fried Mars Bars or haggis! Would happily go again.
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