Cafe Source Too

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This review is taken from the current (2012) edition.

You might expect isotonic drinks and granola bars from the café at Hillhead Sports Club, but with the arrival of Café Source to run the kitchen there’s a rather more indulgent and ambitious offering to tempt you in. As at the original St Andrews in the Square location, the Café Source focus is on fresh, local produce to devise their ‘modern Scottish’ menu. It includes hearty traditional stuff like stovies, scotch pie, rumbledethumps (mashed tatties with cabbage and onion) and haggis in various incarnations, but the theme is applied loosely enough to allow caesar salad, moules marinière, a vegetarian risotto and a good choice of sandwiches and burgers. There’s a decent selection of ales and wines, including draft beer by Glasgow’s own boutique brewery, WEST. À la carte prices are on a par with other West End restaurants and perhaps a little high for what remains a sports club bar, but the food is well prepared and special deals – such as two courses and a glass of wine for £12 on the lunch and pre-theatre menu – represent good value.

• High point: Hearty Scottish favourites on the menu
• Low point: It's inevitably like dining at the gym