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Restaurants, Budget and "Glasgow"
- Stravaigin
Stravaigin cooks fresh local produce to international styles & recipies in a laid back informal setting. - Bar Gambrino
Good Friends. Great Food. Great Beer - Maggie Mays
Outstanding contemporary Scottish restaurant, with a bustling bar and all-year entertainment - Bo'Vine Meats and Wines
A delightful restaurant serving fine food and wine
Boudoir Wine Bar
Merchant Square, Candleriggs,
Glasgow,
G1 1LE
It might be easy for a Glaswegian to look at Boudoir and think 'Nah, not for me'. With its purple, flouncy, feminine appearance it looks perhaps out of place and might be better suited to Paris than the Merchant City. But it would be a mistake to pass…
Brel
39–43 Ashton Lane,
Glasgow,
G12 8SG
Brel's become a West End fixture not just for its European-influenced food and drink but for a certain relaxed continental vibe giving it a rare sophistication so close to the university. The back beer-garden fills up on sunny days and also offers a…
Café Antipasti
305 Sauchiehall Street,
Glasgow,
G2 3HQ
There is a standard of service and meal in Café Antipasti that is reassuringly consistent if hardly exciting, although this reflects its location at the busy and less-than-intimate end of Sauchiehall Street. The waiting staff are invariably polite…
Café Cherubini
360 Great Western Road,
Glasgow,
G4 9HT
Café Cherubini hovers pleasantly between between the feel of a café and a trattoria, offering Italian-inspired snacks and meals. The usual café items such as all-day breakfasts, bacon rolls, and hearty baked potatoes with various tasty fillings are on…
Café Gandolfi
64 Albion Street,
Glasgow,
G1 1NY
If one restaurant can take credit for Stornoway black pudding becoming ubiquitous on the menus of contemporary Scotland this is the one. Back when the dish was deemed little more than offal Gandolfi was serving it on drop scones with mushrooms, inspired…
Café JJ
180 Dumbarton Road,
Glasgow,
G11 6XE
Modest and homely, Café JJ has been a familiar little haven on Partick Cross for more than 25 years. Inside is dark wood and cream, worn pine tables, blackboards with the specials along one wall and fairy lights framing the plate glass windows. During…
Cail Bruich
725 Great Western Road,
Glasgow,
G12 8QX
The menu at Cail Bruich reads like a rather upmarket shopping list. Ox, duck and halibut star in mains, while starters feature chestnut and scallop, and a pudding is simply chocolate. Brevity on the page reflects a serious commitment to fine materials…
Cathedral House Hotel
28–32 Cathedral Square,
Glasgow,
G4 0XA
Taking up the ground floor of an ancient-looking building across from the Necropolis and Cathedral, and close to Strathclyde University, it's no surprise that this bright and spacious bar is popular with tourists and students. A mezzanine provides a…
Church on the Hill
16 Algie Street,
Glasgow,
G41 3DJ
For someone who’s never seen it before, the Church on the Hill is pretty stunning – a refurbished church that looks like the Parthenon in Greece, facing on to Queen’s Park. It really is a lovely venue, and very popular with a cross-section of…
Clark & Sons
14 Busby Road, Clarkston Toll,
Glasgow,
G76 7XL
Located in the deep south of Clarkston, Clarke & Sons is a spacious, relaxed venue with a sort of ‘executive airport lounge’ feel, that garners a heavy following both as a bar and eaterie. It’s not cheap, but dishes have a touch of extravagance, and…
Clockwork Beer Co
1153-1155 Cathcart Road,
Glasgow,
G42 9HB
The Clockwork’s food is thoroughly of the pub grub variety, and perfectly agreeable at that. A steak and mushroom pie has decent, thick gravy and a healthy spread of meat underneath crisp puff pastry. Fajitas, cheaper than a lot of places, come on a…
Coffee, Chocolate and Tea
944 Argyle Street,
Glasgow,
G3 8YJ
There’s a lot happening here and it’s all good. Owned by the MacCallum brothers of Troon fish fame, it was inspired by a visit to Paris where John was besotted by a café that had a working coffee roaster in the window. Thirty years later he acquired the…
Coia's Café
473–477 Duke Street,
Glasgow,
G31 1RD
An institution in the heart of the East End since 1928, Coia's Café is run by third generation Scots-Italian Alfredo Coia, easily identifiable by his smart braces. Coia's is one of only three licensed eateries on the Duke Street strip – and rarely…
Criterion
568 Dumbarton Road,
Glasgow,
G11 6RH
Half old traditional Partick café, half hipster hangout, The Criterion is slightly more bar-oriented than its next door neighbour and sister establishment Velvet Elvis. But it's just as eccentric in terms of fixtures and fittings, with its shelves…
Elià
24 George Square,
Glasgow,
G2 1EG
Before being known for being nearly bankrupt, the Greeks were known as great philosophers. It makes sense then that the Grecian brain behind Elia has a good philosophy behind his food. You wouldn’t realise it at first glance of the menu – humus, olives…
La Fiorentina
2 Paisley Road West,
Glasgow,
G51 1LE
Either wonderfully kitsch or reassuring old-fashioned, depending on your point of view, La Fiorentina presides over the junction of Govan Road and Paisley Road West like an eminent institution, particularly to its many regulars. Starters are presented…
Four Seasons
87 Cambridge Street,
Glasgow,
G3 6RU
With its narrow entrance, the Four Seasons takes on an inconspicuous position opposing the towering Thistle Hotel on Cambridge Street. Inside, wallpaper that depicts the opulence, glitz and glamour of Hong Kong contrasts with an understated and very…
The Green Room
Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street,
Glasgow,
G2 3NY
Eating at the Green Room is a rare treat – quite literally as it is only open on performance days. Attached to the Royal Concert Hall (with direct access to the auditorium for concert-goers), the restaurant’s limited and unpredictable opening hours mean…
India Quay
181 Finnieston Street,
Glasgow,
G3 8HE
With impressive views of the Clyde Arc, aka squinty bridge, the north Punjabi-influenced cuisine at India Quay is well worth the trip to Finneston’s outskirts, while its seven-day pre-theatre menu makes it a perfect starting point for anyone attending a…
Khublai Khan Mongolian Barbecue Restaurant
26 Candleriggs,
Glasgow,
G1 1LD
Kublai Khan takes culinary inspiration from the way 13th century Mongolian warriors said to have cooked their food over a campfire, on upturned. Diners can choose their starters – which range from vegetable wontons served with a sweet and sour dipping…
Lamora
1166–1170 Argyle Street,
Glasgow,
G3 8TE
Run by a father and son team Lamora's ethos is all about serving great food at a price that won't break the bank. The restaurant is a nice, large open space with very little clutter; however, postcards from regulars dotted about a couple of walls give a…
Limelight Bar and Grill
75 Waterloo Street,
Glasgow,
G2 7DA
Situated in the Hotel Indigo, Limelight is a smart, bright venue, well appointed with spacious booths and an upmarket feel. Service is good, if a little impersonal, probably due to the fact that the hotel, although styled like an independent boutique…
Massimo
57 Elmbank Street,
Glasgow,
G2 4PQ
Massimo's popularity seems as much to do with its location, opposite King's Theatre, as the typically Italian fare served up in this basement venue. Modern stylings such as wooden floors and glass partitions give the space a surprisingly light and airy…
Mediterraneo
159 Ingram Street,
Glasgow,
G1 1DW
Mediterraneo was the final venture for famous Glasgow restaurateur Mario Romano who sadly passed away in 2011. Having been behind so many of the city’s best known Italian venues, this place certainly looks the part – large, bright and in a great…
