Restaurants and Arts venues
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Fantastic food and drink - and a fabulous night out - Dean Gallery Café
Where food and art lovers indulge in the art of legendary food. - Gallery Café
Simple, fresh food and al fresco dining in contemporary surroundings - Filmhouse Café Bar
fresh affordable food - breakfast, lunch & dinner, cakes & snacks, vegetarian selection. Open 7 days 10am–late.
The Arches Café Bar & Restaurant
253 Argyle Street,
Glasgow,
G2 8DL
This venue seems to offer something for everyone – renowned clubbing for late-night revellers, theatre productions for the culture vultures and a small accomplished restaurant for the foodies. Located downstairs from the main entrance, a funky bar with…
Art Lover's Café
House for an Art Lover, Bellahouston Park, 10 Dumbreck Road,
Glasgow,
G41 5BW
Situated in Bellahouston Park’s House for an Art Lover, which was built to a Charles Rennie Mackintosh design in the 1990s, the Art Lover’s Café matches the fine setting by serving high-quality food. It is a pleasant stroll through the house’s gardens…
The Brasserie at Òran Mór
731–735 Great Western Road,
Glasgow,
G12 8QX
The Brasserie at Òran Mór is certainly Scottish in decor, with large feminine Glasgow style prints on the walls, a multitude of malts behind the bar and three enormous in-demand green booths. Tucked down a short flight of stairs from the main bar, the…
Buchanans Bistro
Woodend Barn, Burn o' Bennie,
Banchory,
Aberdeenshire,
AB31 5QA
Set in a bright, large and pleasantly laid out extension to Royal Deeside's primary arts space, this new café-bistro is run by highly respected local cooks and caterers Val and Calum Buchanan. Dishes are at once informal and expertly constructed…
The Burrell Collection
Pollok Country Park, 2060 Pollokshaws Rd,
Glasgow,
G43 1AT
The Burrell, home to quite possibly the best private art and artefact collections ever to be donated to a city in Europe, has a scaled-back catering operation (in contrast to what Glasgow council has done at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery). Still, the…
Café Cosmo
Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street,
Glasgow,
G3 6RB
Glasgow’s arthouse cinema, the GFT, has been keeping the city’s cinephiles happy since the 1970s. The appealing art deco building has a dedicated café named after the original Cosmo Cinema that opened on the site in 1939. The café is a long way from…
Café Cossachok
Trongate 103, 10 King Street,
Glasgow,
G1 5QP
Everyone knows by now that there’s more to Russian cuisine than boiled cabbage but Café Cossachok still manages to surprise with the breadth of its post-Soviet-bloc flavours. From Georgian casserole of chicken, walnuts, saffron and coriander to the…
Cafe Hub
Castlehill, Royal Mile,
Edinburgh,
EH1 2NE
Home of the Edinburgh International Festival, this lofty and imposing former church at the top of the Royal Mile is almost the last stop before Edinburgh Castle. It houses a box office, a rather splendid main hall (which hosts weddings, business events…
Café Lucia
Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 13/29 Nicolson Street,
Edinburgh,
EH8 9FT
The Festival Theatre’s spacious ground-floor bar has long been a place to gather for a pre-concert drink, catch-up with friends or spot of people watching through the giant windows. It might not be the first place in the area that springs to mind for a…
Café Modern One
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One, 75 Belford Road,
Edinburgh,
EH4 3DR
A stalwart in Edinburgh’s arts-venue dining scene, the gallery café has become synonymous with quality food. A recent refurb has brought a more modern, streamlined feel to the operation, although the overall approach remains the same. Operating a…
Café Modern Two
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two, 73 Belford Road,
Edinburgh,
EH4 3DS
Housed within the former orphanage that is the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two (formerly the Dean Gallery), this is the smarter cousin of the counter-service café at Modern One across the road. The café has recently expanded into two rooms…
Café North
North Edinburgh Arts Centre, 15a Pennywell Court, Muirhouse,
Edinburgh,
EH4 4TZ
If Café North was in the centre of Edinburgh, you would be fighting to get a table. So perfect is it for family lunches, every toddler in town would treat it like a second home. In reality, North Edinburgh Arts Centre (NEAC) is a little off the beaten…
Café at the Palace
Palace of Holyroodhouse,
Edinburgh,
EH8 8DX
Situated next door to Holyrood Palace, this café is the obvious place to grab a sandwich or hearty bowl of soup after visiting the Queen’s Gallery and Palace, or after an invigorating trek round Arthur’s Seat or tour of the Scottish Parliament. With…
Café Royal
Theatre Royal, 282 Hope Street, City Centre,
Glasgow,
G2 3QA
Glasgow's Theatre Royal dates to 1867, although the current building and wonderful interiors date to 1895. The small street-level brasserie, Café Royal, has a small raised area for pre-theatre dining, while the bar is the place to see a few of the…
Café Source
1 St Andrew's Square,
Glasgow,
G1 5PP
Occupying the basement of the impressive St Andrews in the Square Church, Café Source (the name hinting at its commitment to the provenance of their ingredients) provides a haven for relaxed dining. Though a large space, low lighting, candles and…
City Art Centre Café
City Art Centre, 1 Market Street,
Edinburgh,
EH1 1DE
The recent revamp of the City Art Centre has prompted a rethink of the gallery’s café, a popular spot for Old Town workers and train travellers to grab breakfast, lunch or a coffee on the fly. Edinburgh foodies Cater, whose pedigree includes running…
Creelers
Home Farm,
Brodick,
KA27 8DD
Sister restaurant to Tim and Fran James’ Creelers in Edinburgh, serving fish from the adjoining smokehouse and shellfish from the surrounding waters.
Drill Hall Arts Café
34 Dalmeny Street,
Edinburgh,
EH6 8RG
Amid the global pizza and fried-chicken corporations gathered towards the foot of Leith Walk, Out of the Blue Drill Hall represents a little slice of the alternative – an atmosphere of collectivism where people congregate for all kinds of reasons.
Filmhouse Café Bar
88 Lothian Road,
Edinburgh,
EH3 9BZ
The Filmhouse has been Edinburgh’s home of independent and arthouse cinema for many years, and its café-bar has long been a place to meet fellow cinephiles and chew over the plot with a pint. Just as the cinema itself is like an old friend to many, so…
The Fruitmarket Gallery Café
Fruitmarket Gallery, 45 Market Street,
Edinburgh,
EH1 1DF
The Fruitmarket Gallery café continues to impress with carefully thought-out menus and attention to detail. The excellent art gallery and book shop entice a broad spectrum of people through the doors with dynamic, sometimes challenging exhibitions…
The Gateway Restaurant
John Hope Gateway Centre, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Arboretum Place,
Edinburgh,
EH3 5LR
If there were prizes for location, there’s little doubt that the Gateway Restaurant would win hands down. Set in the beautiful Botanic Gardens, surrounded by a natural canvas of flower and fauna, this has many of the makings of a truly delightful…
The Green Room
Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street,
Glasgow,
G2 3NY
Standing proudly at the top of Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall is an impressive and vast building. Very little marketing surrounds their first floor restaurant, which affords some of the best views in the city from their full length…
The Grosvenor Café
The Grosvenor Theatre, Ashton Lane,
Glasgow,
G12 8SJ
With its filmic décor and location above the cinema, the recently rebranded Grosvenor Café offers a great opportunity for a movie and a meal night-out. The striking and cavernous venue, lit by spotlights adorning the walls, has silent movie clips…
