Arisaig

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• Average price 2 courses:
   £9.95 (set lunch)
   £28 (evening meal)
• House wine: £12.95 per bottle

• Hitlisted
• High point: Portions to satisfy any Glasgow glutton
• Low point: Bit of a wait for menus
• Food served: Mon-Sun noon-3pm, 5-10pm
• Bar open: Mon-Sun noon-midnight
• Private dining: Up to 16 covers
• Open since: 2002
• Also offers: Vegetarian options (at least 25% of menu), Wheelchair access, Pre-theatre menu

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

This review is from the 2007 edition.

Arisaig's co-owners, Stephen Bonomi and Naveed Rashid, have an admirable commitment to 'local food for local people', as it were, putting well-sourced produce into contemporary new forms for an understated take on Scotland with style. Elegant surroundings, with plenty of space, feature a bar and lounge with leather armchairs and prints of coastal landscapes. A starter of haggis oatmeal fritters - lightly spiced and surrounded by a luxurious Drambuie whisky sauce - could win over even sceptics of oor national dish. They're rather filling, though not stodgy, while fish-cakes are light and crisp, with a sharp seaweed accompaniment. A main course of roast chicken fillet with lavish haggis herb crust is a knockout, swimming in a rich cheese and malt whisky sauce. It comes with plenty of al dente vegetables - or you can add a bowl of huge salty chip-wedges. For vegetarians, the roast pepper and red onion sausages are not only very satisfying, but also taste positively wholesome. To finish, there's always one of the 106 single malts available at the bar.