Restaurants, Cafés and "Glasgow"
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- 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 - The Tea Rooms at The Butterfly and the Pig
City centre gem serving Afternoon Tea, High Tea, cakes & delights
Aikman’s Café/Bistro
24 St Andrews Street,
Glasgow,
G1 5PD
Opened in January 2008, Aikman’s is in a quiet street off the Saltmarket. It’s within easy walking distance of Argyle Street, Glasgow Green and the Merchant City but provides a relaxing location due to the lack of traffic, plentiful parking and view of…
Alba
481 Great Western Road,
Glasgow,
G12 8HL
A welcoming little café on Kelvinbridge, Alba has a bright, open interior decorated in cool, neutral colours, a few tables and a wide counter with high stools in the window. Only open for five weeks at the time of writing, Alba shows real ambition. A…
Amalfi Pizzeria
148 West Nile Street,
Glasgow,
G1 2RQ
In the perfect spot for a bite to eat before the flicks or after the shops, Amalfi has transformed over the past few years from an old-fashioned Italian café to an inviting, upmarket diner. One narrow room, the glass frontage and visible kitchen lend…
An Clachan
Off La Belle Place,
Glasgow,
G3 7LH
With its steady stream of regular customers and its friendly and relaxed atmosphere, An Clachan in Kelvingrove Park has the feel of a village café that people would travel to from far and wide. Housed in a former children’s shelter and public…
[Another] Piece
387 Great Western Road,
Glasgow,
G4 9HY
Sandwich virtuosos Tom Lauckner and John Moore now have a second outlet for their justifiably popular gourmet pieces. There are only a couple of chairs in the new place – less if it is raining – but the extra kitchen space is the ideal testbed for more…
Arcaffe
7 North Claremont Street,
Glasgow,
G3 7NR
Frequented by office workers who disdain the trend for a quick bite at one’s desk, Arcaffe’s kitchen serves up hefty portions of proper food, providing somewhat of a challenge to clear the plate. It’s a quiet, comfortable café with fresh, neutral décor…
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…
Artisan Roast
15-17 Gibson Street,
Glasgow,
G12 8NU
At Artisan Roast it is all about the coffee. Rich smells hang in the air. A huge roasting machine sits beside the bar, all brass and gauges, and the sacks of coffee beans stacked in the corners are not just for show. Here they roast their own coffee…
Avenue G
291 Byres Road,
Glasgow,
G12 8TL
Opened in early 2011, Avenue G is the latest café to join the hustle of Byres Road. A huge window means it’s great for seeing and being seen - a common pastime in this part of town. It’s got a crisp and clean ambience thanks to pale colours…
The Balcony Cafe
Upstairs @ The Glasgow Climbing Centre, 534 Paisley Road West,
Glasgow,
G51 1RN
Upstairs at The Glasgow Climbing Centre you will find a gem of a café.The Balcony is run by our fantastic Café Manager, Liam. He has created a menu of freshly made sandwiches and delicious main meals served along with our 'real bean' coffee. Pop in for…
Barras Art & Design Centre
54 Calton Entry,
Glasgow,
G40 2SB
The Barras Art & Design Centre, in the heart of Glasgow's world famous Barras Market, houses several homegrown artists including jewellery makers, retro furniture restorers, photographers, dress, lingerie and t-shirt designers. The centre is also…
The Bay Tree Café
403 Great Western Road,
Glasgow,
G4 9HY
The long-established Bay Tree likes to keep things fairly simple, with its unassuming layout and Middle Eastern knick-knacks around the walls. The same goes for its menu, which comprises a mixture of Arabian, Mediterranean and European dishes at…
Beanscene
110 Battlefield Road, Battlefield, Southside,
Glasgow,
G42 9JT
It may be part of a chain, but Scottish café enterprise Beanscene stands out by selectively adopting hallmarks such as consistency and friendly service and rewriting them in its own style. The deep leather couches, scattered tables and down-lighting…
Beanscene
16 Cresswell Lane Hillhead,
Glasgow,
G12 8AA
Beanscene, recently opened, is another contender for the trendy cafe crown, with its Friends-y vibe, evening tapas menu and weekly live music.
Beanscene
1365 Argyle Street, West End,
Glasgow,
G3 8AF
It may be part of a chain, but Scottish café enterprise Beanscene stands out by selectively adopting hallmarks such as consistency and friendly service and rewriting them in its own style. The deep leather couches, scattered tables and down-lighting…
Beanscene
19 Skirving Street Shawlands, Southside,
Glasgow,
G41 3AB
It may be part of a chain, but Scottish café enterprise Beanscene stands out by selectively adopting hallmarks such as consistency and friendly service and rewriting them in its own style. The deep leather couches, scattered tables and down-lighting…
Beanscene
1-3 Helena Place, Busby Road, Clarkston, Southside,
Glasgow,
G76 7RB
It may be part of a chain, but Scottish café enterprise Beanscene stands out by selectively adopting hallmarks such as consistency and friendly service and rewriting them in its own style. The deep leather couches, scattered tables and down-lighting…
Beanscene
40-42 Woodlands Road, West End,
Glasgow,
G3 6UR
It may be part of a chain, but Scottish café enterprise Beanscene stands out by selectively adopting hallmarks such as consistency and friendly service and rewriting them in its own style. The deep leather couches, scattered tables and down-lighting…
Bella Napoli
85 Kilmarnock Road,
Glasgow,
G41 3YR
From the street Bella Napoli looks like a run-of-the-mill Italian deli, but discerning food lovers know that through the back, past the racks of wine and tins of olives, is a reliable restaurant of some worth. While the front cafe offers casual…
Berits & Brown
6 Wilson Street,
Glasgow,
G1 1SS
Merchant City deli-café and wine merchant Berits & Brown – part of a UK franchise but independently managed – could give a few small bistros a run for their money with its range, scale and quality of food and beverages. Space is very limited with…
Big Mouth Coffee Bar and Café
167 Dumbarton Road,
Glasgow,
G11 6AA
Occupying a bright, modern space, with a huge sunny window and regular displays of local artists’ work on the walls, Big Mouth Café is a popular spot for young families, relaxing shoppers and students. The menu is simple café fare, but prepared with…
Boaters Café
Rouken Glen Park,
Glasgow,
G46 7UG
Boaters Café is well known to the residents of Giffnock and Newton Mearns but less so to those outside Glasgow's southern suburbs. Situated by the boating pond at the edge of the rolling green expanses of Rouken Glen Park, it's an especially popular…
Bocadillo
569 Sauchiehall Street,
Glasgow,
G3 7PQ
With the opening of a Sauchiehall Street café, Bocadillo's latest branch lets city slickers enjoy the quality soups, sandwiches and snacks that have sustained Hillington’s workers and a range of catering clients for a few years. The new café is a slick…
Booly Mardy's
28 Vinicombe Street,
Glasgow,
G12 8BE
What appears to be simply a discreet cocktail bar for West End suits is much more. Booly Mardy’s is bigger and smarter than the plain brick façade suggests, revealing neat dark wood tables topped with flickering candles and fresh flowers, a scattering…
Bread and Butter
74 Buchanan Street,
Glasgow,
G1 3AJ
Ducking down the fairylight-festooned alley off Buchanan Street that leads to Bread and Butter makes you feel like a real in-the-know local. By night, it's a chill-out zone for the nightclub downstairs, but by day it's the place to hit for a nourishing…
Brooklyn Café
21 Minard Road,
Glasgow,
G41 2HR
The trusty Southside family-run corner café is celebrating its 80th birthday this year. Their affordably priced family-friendly Italian-based menu remains a one-stop crowd pleaser with young and old alike. A visit is instantly set up to end with a…
Buongiorno
1012 Pollokshaws Road,
Glasgow,
G41 2HG
A daytime café, takeaway and night time restaurant, Buongiorno has been an established part of the Southside eating-out scene for over a decade. It has the feel of a café you come across in Italy, complete with a picture of the Italian national…
Café Antipasti
337 Byres Road,
Glasgow,
G12 8UQ
Between the fairy lights and rustic pine tables and fittings, you might be surprised on first impressions to learn that Café Antipasti on Byres Road (not to be confused with the branch on Sauchiehall Street, which has different owners) is an Italian…
Café Cherubini
360 Great Western Road,
Glasgow,
G4 9HT
Perfectly placed for people-watching, Café Cherubini is a cosy spot for nursing a good Italian coffee or a cheeky Peroni. Decorated in warm yellow with quirky artwork on the walls, ivy hanging from the mezzanine, and service so laid-back it might…
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 Gandolfi
64 Albion Street,
Glasgow,
G1 1NY
Few can claim to be Glasgow foodies without having sampled the wares of Cafe Gandolfi – for over 30 years this bohemian restaurant has been at the front of Glasgow's culinary revolution. Inside is dark and rustic – deep mahogany-coloured tables and a…
Café Hula
321 Hope Street,
Glasgow,
G2 3PT
Across the road from Theatre Royal and within spitting distance of both the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and Glasgow School of Art, Café Hula attracts a young, creative crowd. With its appealing, unpolished interior, friendly, laid-back…
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…
Café La Padella
124 Woodlands Road,
Glasgow,
G3 6HB
A bright turquoise exterior is the first clue that Café La Padella is definitely not another corporate café. Idiosyncratic is the word that best describes this Mediterranean/Middle Eastern eatery, exemplifying, as it does, an 'original mix of…
Café Osa
213 Hope Street,
Glasgow,
G2 2UW
This semi-subterranean family-run café is proving a worthwhile destination for nearby workers and shoppers coming in for a variety of sandwiches, paninis, soups and fajita wraps, plus more hearty offerings of burgers, several classic pasta dishes and…
Café Pop
657 Great Western Road,
Glasgow,
G12 8RE
New owner Scott Johnston isn’t out to change Café Pop, he just wants to build on what they do well. The mirror-glass face of Twiggy still gazes out from behind the counter and pop art murals adorn the walls while electro-funk bubbles in the background.
Café Red
291 Byres Road,
Glasgow,
G12 8TL
Café Red is the new venture from the Southside curry house Shimla Pink’s. Slap-bang in the middle of Byres Road, Café Red is a cosy little space – red-patterned wallpaper, high stools and low leather couches, with a mezzanine for extra seating that…
Café Sejuiced
77 Hanson Street,
Glasgow,
G31 2HF
Hidden as it is behind an old tobacco factory a short walk east from the City Centre, Café Sejuiced has had to rely upon word of mouth to gain its strong reputation for excellent soups, sandwiches and fresh fruit juices, and a welcoming and pleasantly…
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…
Café Wander
110a West George Street,
Glasgow,
G2 1QJ
In 2005 two friends decided to open a café together and, given their shared passion for travelling, the café's nomadic theme was a given. The result of their collaboration was Café Wander and their success led them to open a second, smaller branch on…
