Restaurants, Cafés and "Glasgow"
- The Tea Rooms at The Butterfly and the Pig
City centre gem serving Afternoon Tea, High Tea, cakes & delights - Tapa Bakehouse
Tapa serves delicious cakes and coffee making it one of the best cafes in Scotland - 3 Steps 2 Heaven
This cafe offers some of the best ice cream in Glasgow and a range savoury snacks - Stereo
A great vegan themed bar in a Mackintosh-designed building
Eat Deli
16 Busby Rd, Clarkston,
Glasgow,
G76 7BG
The rather prosaic name gives no indication of the high quality of food served and on sale here. Bei & Nannini coffee, Ferrarelle mineral water, Suki fair-trade tea and Stornoway black pudding are just a few of the superior brands. There’s clearly a…
eatiBoutiquie
231 Berkeley Street, Finnieston,
Glasgow,
G3 7HH
Opened in late 2010, Eati Boutiquie has grown out of co-owners Rachel Suttle and Emma Paris’s pop-up vintage shop and wholesale cupcakes and bespoke catering business Made With Love Finnieston. Part deli-café, part retro style and hand-crafted goods…
Entrading
88 West Regent Street,
Glasgow,
G2 2QZ
From the outside, it looks like your average surf and homeware shop, but inside Entrading is stuffed sustainable and ethical household goods: everything from dishwasher tablets to the dishwasher itself (completely recyclable, natch). There's also a…
GSC Café
50 Pacific Quay,
Glasgow,
G51 1EA
Seemingly lifting itself out of the Clyde like a great silver-scaled beast, Glasgow Science Centre is a child's wonderland of levers and buttons and things that whirr and ping. The near-constant clatter and wail of kids learning and having fun can make…
The Hyndland Café
96 Clarence Drive,
Glasgow,
G12 9RN
Hyndland Café is the kind of local café that could entice you to move if you’re not already within its reach. This is the classic all-day-breakfast diner but done with charm, a cosy ambience, and a welcome streak of individuality. It’s hard not to feel…
iFull Coffee
531 Sauchiehall Street,
Glasgow,
G3 7PQ
This rather odd-shaped café at Charing Cross punches well above its square footage thanks to a huge range of quality sandwiches, soups and sweet treats that has the locals - whether working or not - flocking to its bustling counter for a daily dose.
The Little Café
1361 Argyle Street,
Glasgow,
G3 8AF
With its smart interior of attractive polished wood and shiny white tiles, only the neatly stacked packets of pasta and tins of plum tomatoes gives any clue to the fact that the Little Café is actually a little Italian café – and good it is, too. The…
LUV Café
1121 Govan Road,
Glasgow,
G51 4RX
There's plenty to love about LUV Café. Linthouse Urban Village is a regeneration scheme involving local people in various worthy projects, all community-based. What also sets this café apart though is its physical appearance – its angle location on a…
Made With Love at eatiBOUTIQUIE
231 Berkeley Street, Finnieston,
Glasgow,
G3 7HH
A tea and cake shop upfront, and in the back, a tiny store specialising in locally made jewellery and gifts, plus a small selection of vintage bags, shoes and clothes.
Mimi's Kitchen
93–97 St George's Road,
Glasgow,
G3 6JA
Mimi’s Kitchen is a popular Charing Cross spot for breakfast, lunches and takeaways for office workers, students and shoppers alike. Named after Scots-Italian owner Franca Collins’s grandmother – plus her dog and daughter too – it’s spacious, bright and…
Riverside Café
Riverside Museum, 100 Pointhouse Place,
Glasgow,
G3 8RS
Located at the back of the museum, the Riverside café serves polished renditions of popular classics. One wall is given over to glass, with a view of the Tall Ship, while the others are a zingy shade of lime green. Add in the double-height ceiling…
St Louis Cafe Bar
734 Dumbarton Road,
Glasgow,
G11 7RD
This family-run café-bar originally opened as just a café, but as its evening popularity grew so did its modest menu. The venue is as welcoming as a good friend’s living room with Klimt prints, fairy lights wrapped around pillars and an aged wooden…
S'mug
167 Great George Street,
Glasgow,
G12 8AQ
Under new management since this review was written.
S'mug is a ‘New York-style deli and coffee house’ that was opened in 2008 under the name of Pico by Gordon Richardson, founder of Beanscene. Situated just off Byres Road near Ashton Lane, it catches…
Sugar Qube
1082 Argyle Street,
Glasgow,
G3 8LY
With its smart frontage and fresh interior, Sugar Qube is part of the new brigade of trendy establishments transforming the western end of Argyle Street. Since opening in April 2008, the coffee shop has grown into an all-day food stop and deli. The café…
Tapa Bakehouse
21 Whitehill Street, Dennistoun,
Glasgow,
G31 2LH
Tapa is essentially a functioning bakery with a front of shop area for takeaway or sit-in sampling. Practically everything for sale in the cafe is made there. A wide range of organic loaves, savoury brioche, pastries, bagels, foccacia and unctuous…
The Willow Tea Rooms
217 Sauchiehall Street,
Glasgow,
G2 3EX
The Willow Tea Rooms remain an important part of Glasgow's architectural heritage, and an equal mix of locals and tourists choose from the various Mackintosh-designed rooms. At the Sauchiehall Street original (entry via Henderson the Jewellers), the…
