279 Café Bistro

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• Average price 2 courses:
   £8 (lunch)
   £12.95 (set dinner) (evening meal)
• House wine: £10 per bottle

• High point: Menu with flair and variety
• Low point: Unmemorable name
• Food served: Wed-Sat 10am-10pm; Sun noon-6pm. Closed Mon/Tue.
• Open since: 2007
• Also offers: Childrens portions, Childrens high chairs, Wheelchair access, Take away

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

This review is from the 2007 edition.

It would be easy to miss 279 Café Bistro among the Partick shops and hairdressers. Inside, the décor is calming and minimalist, with tan leather benches and chunky wooden tables on a Mediterranean stone floor. After café service during the day, from 6pm a set-price menu offers four starters, four mains and a host of desserts that change weekly. To open, chickpeas in a tomato and spinach sauce are perched on crostini with leaves. A roasted aubergine ratatouille with herb couscous is light and full of sweet peppery flavour. Strawberry and melon cheesecake comes in a soufflé dish and has a glorious texture. Hand-made pizzas are a speciality of the daytime café menu, with the emphasis on fresh ingredients and inventive combinations.