Restaurants, "glasgow"

Thai Orchid with its deep purple lighting, the gently orchestral music and large photographs of Thailand, provides a welcome escape from Argyle Street. The clientele are largely out-of-towners on expenses, possibly from the business hotels nearby. There…

You’ve got to trust the food will speak over and above any impressions a style-free, humble interior may give. And trust you do, as seating and feeding hungry customers is a priority from a diner that began as and still is a takeaway. Having grown in…

A smart, light, bright dining room with a stylish champagne bar attached, the place has an open kitchen where the chefs can be seen preparing dishes from the large menu. Deep-fried calamari are tasty and tender as are the prawns in the same…

Italian tapas is the order of the day in this large airy restaurant. Given it’s part of a chain, it doesn’t feel like the cooking is terribly bespoke. It’s a busy place, though, with many in for a drink and just a couple of dishes rather than a full…

Attracting a wide variety of customers from families to romantic meals for two, Malmaison Brasserie provides an informal dining experience with great food and friendly service. Even business travellers feel more than comfortable when dining alone, as…

This ‘Kurdish and Middle Eastern’ restaurant on an unassuming stretch of Cathcart Road is a spartan, café-type affair (no alcohol), but the warmth that exudes from the staff when you speak to them heats the place up. As is so often the case with cooking…

Set in the sleek, award-winning environs of the Radisson SAS Hotel in Glasgow, Collage is a smart yet relaxed restaurant with an approach to its menu as artistic as the works on its walls. The eclectic collection of flavours from across the…

Serving irresistible Italian cuisine in casual, friendly surroundings, Prezzo uses only the finest seasonal ingredients to create their award-winning pizzas, as well as other dishes prepared with produce sourced directly from Italy, all at prices that…

Operetta is a smart, large restaurant and café, which by day bustles with office workers grabbing soups, sandwiches or a quick pasta. In the evening the restaurant suffers a little atmospherically from its daytime existence – the large self-service…

Verona is very much the new boy in town finding his feet having opened in January 2012. Set aside the gaudy neon lighting outside and an interior which is about as authentically Italian as a fake Gucci handbag and there is a not bad menu on offer. With…

Pulcinella radiates tradition – checked table cloths, walls crammed with souvenirs – which you’ll either find charming or a bit tired, but the friendly staff chattering away in Italian certainly add to the ambience. The menu offers a range of familiar…

When a yard of ale becomes a metre of pizza, times are changing. This stylishly different two-floor bar offers just such a dining dimension, among a nicely varied menu. Antipasti boards and colourful salads provide alternatives for lighter palates, but…

After two decades of serving loyal Scotstoun locals, Neelim must be doing something right. Couples and families flock here, whether it be for a sit-down dinner or some takeaway dishes to enjoy at home, and it can fill up even on week nights. The menu…