Café Wander

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• Average price 2 courses: £5 (lunch)
• House wine: £11.95 per bottle

• High point: Cheerful staff
• Low point: Pretty unimaginative sandwich fillings
• Food served: Mon–Fri 7.30am–3pm. Closed Sat/Sun
• Delivery: Free within close proximity
• Open since: 2005
• Also offers: Vegetarian options (at least 25% of main courses), Children's portions, Children's high chairs, Takeaway

This review appears in the The List's Eating & Drinking Guide 2008
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In 2005 two friends decided to open a café together and, given their shared passion for travelling, the café's nomadic theme was a given. The result of their collaboration was Café Wander and their success led them to open a second, smaller branch on Sauchiehall Street in 2007. In the bright and cheerful West George Street basement, the owners' wanderlust is evident: there's a pillar plastered with postcards, and walls are covered with striking photographs of exotic locations. The menu offers typical café fare, such as a choice of sandwiches, wraps, panini, baked potatoes and two home-made soups. Café Wander on Sauchiehall Street has only two tables inside. But here, if you fancy doing so and the weather allows, sit outside. A large juicing machine rumbles busily in the background and Café Wander serves a mean smoothie. The 'deluxe' version is a tangy mixture of apples, oranges and ginger to give it an extra zingy kick.