Restaurants and Cafés
- Spoon
Spoon brilliantly fills the gap between the casualness of a cafe and the formality of a restaurant - Cucina LC
Come be part of our cucina, and enjoy home cooking at it's best - 3 Steps 2 Heaven
This cafe offers some of the best ice cream in Glasgow and a range savoury snacks - Urban Angel
Urban Angel use local, organic and fairly traded produce in a cool environment
Heart Buchanan
380 Byres Road,
Glasgow,
G12 8AR
The small and perfectly formed Heart Buchanan offers some of the poshest takeaway food around. Dishes are made fresh each day with local produce, and the menu changes just as regularly. For a light snack there is soup and focaccia, salads and pastas…
Jute Café Bar
Dundee Contemporary Arts, 152 Nethergate,
Dundee,
DD1 4DY
Jute offers a bit of everything for those interested in checking out Dundee Contemporary Arts, or indeed anyone just passing. A reasonably priced snack menu is available alongside a full dinner menu. Fish and Vegetarian options are a big feature on the…
Kitchen Garden
17 York Road, Kings Heath,
Birmingham,
West Midlands,
B14 7SA
The Kitchen Garden Café is a tranquil oasis in the heart of Kings Heath’s busy shopping centre, combining a garden shop, café, deli and meeting room surrounding an old blue brick courtyard.
At the licensed Café you’ll find a variety of delicious and…
Loudon's Café & Bakery
Lochrin Square, 94b Fountainbridge,
Edinburgh,
EH3 9QA
Since opening in early 2011, Loudon’s has proved a welcome fillip for an area more au fait with coffee-house chains and run-of-the-mill sandwich shops. Consequently, it attracts a wide range of customers, from businessmen to yummy mummies looking for a…
Made in France
5 Lochrin Place,
Edinburgh,
EH3 9QX
The clue’s in the name, as Parisian-style prints and artefacts, cute lamp-lit tables and a counter hung with garlic and saucisson instantly transport you across the Channel. The owners import meats, cheeses, even butter and paper-wrapped sugar cubes…
Mediterranean Gate
48 George IV Bridge, Old Town,
Edinburgh,
EH1 1EJ
Although the Earl of Sandwich has done much for meal-times, variety is the spice of life. Mediterranean Gate has spice, it certainly has variety, and it provides a host of options that might be the best thing since sliced bread. It can be easily…
Milton Haugh Farm Shop / The Corn Kist Coffee House
Milton Haugh Farm, Carmyllie,
By Arbroath,
Angus,
DD11 2QS
Milton Haugh is a well-stocked farm shop near Arbroath, selling big sacks of farm-grown potatoes and other seasonal vegetables alongwith jams and jellies made by the company under the brandname of Nicoll's of Strathmore. It sells its own reared…
New Town Deli
23 Henderson Row,
Edinburgh,
EH3 5DH
A central communal table and low cube seating lend a convivial atmosphere to the New Town Deli's bright corner site on Henderson Row, while tall stools at the windows provide functional perches to watch the world go by. The deli counter’s the focus of…
North Point
24 North Street,
St Andrews,
Fife,
KY16 9AQ
The North Point rests at a quiet end of Market Street, just a few short steps from St Andrews
picturesque cathedral ruins, and shouldered on either side by centuries-old stone houses. The menu
offers a litany of diverse morning and midday options…
Oink
34 Victoria Street,
Edinburgh,
EH1 2JW
The concept is simple: soft white or brown roll, haggis or sage and onion stuffing, chilli or apple sauce. A great pile of sweet, succulent roast pork straight from the pig in the window is mandatory as are plenty of napkins. Pork comes from Reston Farm…
Papa Gill's
337 Dumbarton Road,
Glasgow,
G11 6AL
Papa Gill’s is a modest Indian catering to the Dumbarton Road locals and late night drinkers of Partick. Set on two floor the small restaurant is functional rather than traditional and is popular with an older crowd especially during the day when the…
The Pastures
24 Marchmont Crescent,
Edinburgh,
EH9 1HG
Sequestered among the tenements of Marchmont, this new small-scale venture is a local gem, serving homely comfort food in a bright and cheery setting at a tariff well suited to threadbare student pockets. They don’t back off on quality, though: poached…
Rocket Café
41 Morningside Road,
Edinburgh,
EH10 4DR
True to its name, this neighbourhood café is both fresh and lively and energetically going places. Not the largest of venues, it nevertheless manages to cram in an awful lot of roles – breakfast pit stop, takeaway lunch local, afternoon tea…
Ronde Bicycle Outfitters
66–68 Hamilton Place,
Edinburgh,
EH3 5AZ
Taking inspiration from similar outlets in Scandinavian countries, Ronde is a high-end cycling shop and a pleasant daytime café, often combining the two when the city’s cycling enthusiasts converge to watch the Tour de France and other races on the…
Roots and Fruits
455–457 Great Western Road,
Glasgow,
G12 8HH
If you want to ensure that what you’re eating has been prepared from the freshest and highest quality fruit and veg available, then you’ll be hard pushed to beat Roots & Fruits. The iconic Glasgow deli and greengrocer already supplies produce to…
S Luca of Musselburgh
16 Morningside Road,
Edinburgh,
EH10 4DB
It may be hard, but try not to be waylaid by the sweetie emporium that greets you on first entering S Luca. This is kiddie heaven and it's hard to imagine anyone, even the adults, getting past the selection of chocolates, ice-cream, sorbets and other…
St Giles' Café Bar
8 St Giles' Street,
Edinburgh,
EH1 1PT
This comfortable café bar has you sinking back into your chair and disappearing into a little piece of Provence. A magnificent stone building, St Giles' Café stands proudly just off the High Street and offers a little taste of France on a plate. The…
St Giles' Cathedral Café
St Giles' Cathedral, High Street,
Edinburgh,
EH1 1RE
If you think St Giles’ Cathedral is just for tourists and a Sunday service, think again. Tucked round the back is a long, narrow, functional-looking canteen serving exemplary cooking from locally sourced, seasonal ingredients – and a dazzling array of…
St Andrews Farmhouse Cheese Company
Falside Farm,
Anstruther,
Fife,
KY10 2RT
Jane Stewart’s highly regarded artisan cheese can be bought directly from the farm, along with a small selection of deli items, at the counter of the Butterpat Coffee Shop. The cheese-making can be seen from a viewing gallery adjoining the shop on…
Stewart's Victorian Tea Rooms
89 Glassford Street,
Glasgow,
G1 1UH
Drinking tea and all the rituals that go with it may be back in fashion but that’s where Stewart’s association with what’s 'current' ends. Everything, from the classical music on loop to the cake-stands and the royal portraits on the walls harks back to…
The Storytelling Café
Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43 High Street,
Edinburgh,
EH1 1SR
Nestled inside the Scottish Storytelling Centre, halfway along the Royal Mile, the Storytelling Café is a light and spacious, child-friendly venue offering breakfast, lunch, coffee, and cake. Their home-style cooking caters for a mixed clientele of…
Thai Teak
Muirhead of Pitcullo Farm, Dairsie,
by Cupar,
Fife,
KY15 4SF
One of Fife’s more unusual farm diversification enterprises, Thai Teak comprises a converted farm building full of chunky, carved wood furniture and other artefacts imported from Thailand, with a separate, raised wooden cabin housing a daytime café. The…
