Kember & Jones Fine Food Emporium
- Food served: Mon–-Fri 8am–-10pm; Sat 9am–10pm; Sun 9am–-6pm
- Number of wines sold by the glass: 8
- Delivery: Extensive outside catering menu and price list. [West End delivery usually free - though for catering rather than takeaway deliveries]
- Also offers: Vegetarian options (at least ¼ main courses), Children's portions, Children's high chairs, Wheelchair access, Outdoor tables
- Music on stereo: Indie/pop/folk mix
- Capacity: 35
- Largest group: Contact for details
- Open since: 2004
Tell us more about this place.
- Average price:
£13 (lunch)
£15 (evening meal) - House wine: £13.95 per bottle
The 2012 edition of The List's Eating & Drinking Guide is out now – only £5.95 (+p&p).
This review is taken from the current (2012) edition.
Situated in the heart of foodie West End on Byres Road, Kember & Jones is an upmarket café-deli with a good line in kitchenware and books too, with an interior that manages that elusive blend of elegant and cosy. The menu mixes the contemporary with the traditional, offering a range of top-end breakfasts, snacks and light meals, plus a decent wine and continental beer list. Bread and cakes are baked freshly on the premises, and even the pesto that accompanies the groaning platters of fabulous cured meats and continental cheeses has been prepared in the kitchen – all of it clearly by deft hands with a picky attention to detail. That artisan touch extends to their coffee, with their own blend of Arabica beans being roasted weekly for customers looking for either an immediate caffeine hit or to buy and take away. It's not just the coffee that can be enjoyed beyond the emporium, they also offer an outside catering service.
- High point: Freshly home-baked bread…
- Low point: Jealous celiac dining partner
Listed in The Larder – in the shops now or buy online.
Established in 2004, Kember & Jones is something of a gourmet superstore. Everything about it speaks of quality: cabinets laden with fine continental delicacies, huge terracotta bowls of olives beside organic artisan bread (it stocks the delicious Poilâne) and a table of hip cookbooks that invite browsing as you wait. Choose from authentic pastas and sauces, chutneys and jams, Rococo and Prestat chocolates, luxury mueslis and cheeses, charcuterie, home-made pâtés and salads from the deli counter. Always busy, expect to queue.
Reviews of Kember & Jones Fine Food Emporium (134 Byres Road, Glasgow)
- 2. M – 22 January 2011, 6:41pm
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On the face of it this looks like a great place; if only the staff were halfway interested then we might have found out if it was.
Unfortunately we were not acknowledged by at least three members of staff today whilst waiting at the "please wait here to be seated" sign.
This is just failing on the basics... busy or not, acknowledge the customer and tell them you'll be with them shortly. There's no excuse for the heads down avoidance tactics we encountered.
- 1. Ma, Glasgow – 10 December 2009, 10:48pm
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The best cakes and tarts in town. Some of them are quite adventurous like a sweet tart with courgettes or with rosemary and olive oil. The chocolate cakes are absolutely divine.
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