Nice'n'Sleazy

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• Average price 2 courses:
   £7 (lunch)
   £7 (evening meal)
• House wine: £9 per bottle

• High point: Unique character
• Low point: Sticky table
• Food served: Mon-Sat 11.30am-9pm; Sun 12.30-9pm
• Bar open: Mon-Sat 11.30am-midnight; Sun 12.30pm-midnight
• Open since: 1990
• Also offers: Vegetarian options (at least 25% of menu)

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

This review is from the 2007 edition.

With a pool table in one corner, a nationally famous jukebox by the door and Vladimir ('The Chinese Girl') Tretchikoff paintings on the wall, Nice'n'Sleazy has been providing Glasgow's alternative art and music crowd with a cool, creative space for nearly two decades. Downstairs houses a well-loved indie band platform, while, at ground level, much of the bar's trade comprises students from the nearby Glasgow School of Art. However, you are just as likely to see an office worker's laptop glowing in the muted light as you are a pre-gig band taking advantage of the reasonably priced menu. Composed primarily of standards such as burgers, baked potatoes and chilli, the menu offers simple food bolstered by quality ingredients. Bread smothered in a home-made pesto tastes rich with fresh basil and a slight crunch of pine-nuts. The chicken burrito is rather light and spicy, set off by a tangy coriander and lime salsa. A weekend brunch menu (Saturday 11.30am-6pm and Sunday 12.30-6pm) has recently been introduced, with dishes such as patatas bravas and huevos rancheros providing a Spanish flourish.