Fanny Trollopes

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• Average price 2 courses:
   £9.95 (set lunch)
   £17 (evening meal)
• BYOB: £3 corkage

• Hitlisted
• High point: Quality with unfussy surroundings
• Low point: Draughty seats near door
• Food served: Tue-Sat noon-2.30pm; 5-10pm. Closed Sun/Mon.
• Open since: 2004
• Also offers: Childrens portions, Childrens high chairs, Wheelchair access, Pre-theatre menu

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

This review is from the 2007 edition.

Inconspicuously set amid a parade of shop fronts in Finnieston, Fanny Trollopes café bistro is the neighbourhood restaurant that everyone might wish they could stumble across. Solid wooden tables and chairs are intimately pushed together in a rather small space, while soft candle-light provides subtle illumination at night and walls are colourfully cluttered with framed art prints. The rustic seasonal menu goes for robust tastes, exemplified in a starter of red wine poached pear (still nicely crunchy) and tangy blue cheese salad. Main courses arrive with a side of seasonal vegetables. Majoring in rich and earthy flavours, a braised shin of Aberdeen Angus is tender and is given some zing by a grain mustard mash, further accompanied by confit tomatoes and a bordelaise sauce. Skill is evident in the inventiveness of the vegetarian choice: a sweet potato, chilli and goat's cheese soufflé that is soft and creamy (even if the chilli's not terribly apparent). BYOB is made easy by nearby off-licenses. Service is warm and efficient, though, at times, staff do appear a bit stretched.