Venues and "Glasgow"
- Tron Theatre
Fantastic food and drink - and a fabulous night out - Stereo
A great vegan themed bar in a Mackintosh-designed building - Maggie Mays
Outstanding contemporary Scottish restaurant, with a bustling bar and all-year entertainment - The Tea Rooms at The Butterfly and the Pig
City centre gem serving Afternoon Tea, High Tea, cakes & delights
Bacchus
80 Glassford Street,
Glasgow,
G1 1UR
Weekends are busy at this Merchant City bar, catering for the post-work and pre-club crowd. The interior is stylish, with comfy low cushioned benches, bar stools and standard tables offering seating options to suit your night. Be careful to arrive…
Brel
39–43 Ashton Lane,
Glasgow,
G12 8SG
Namesake Jacques Brel would definitely recognise this informal wood-filled bar as a distinctly European approach to dining and beer. The former stables at the end of Ashton Lane has the air of a Gallic tavern with its oak-lined walls, wooden floors and…
SECC
Finnieston Quay,
Glasgow,
G3 8YW
The Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre is Glasgow's largest venue for concerts and conferences.
The Tearoom @ The Butterfly and the Pig
153 Bath Street,
Glasgow,
G2 4SQ
The unique interior of welcoming shabby chic makes this a pleasant gem of a place to catch your busy urban breath over a quick wholesome soup and sandwich lunch, or a leisurely afternoon tea. The food is excellent. Here they do justice to the classic…
Arta
The Old Cheesemarket, 62 Albion Street,
Glasgow,
G1 1PA
Arta does well to bracket itself as the ultimate leisure suite for an aspirational generation weaned on Ready Steady Cook and Grand Designs. A cavernous, opulent venue for eating, drinking, disco dancing and live music, its menu accordingly hedges its…
Heavenly
185 Hope Street,
Glasgow,
G2 2UL
Glasgow’s vegetarian and vegan dining options are hardly extensive so a new arrival such as this City Centre café-bar is something of a godsend. Heavenly joins the city's small but established vegan/veggie scene, offering a similar philosophy of…
King Tut's Wah Wah Hut
272a St Vincent Street,
Glasgow,
G2 5RL
Scotland
Read our Eating & Drinking Guide review of King Tut's.
Maggie May's
60 Trongate,
Glasgow,
G1 5EP
Just through a velvet curtain from the busy bar and gig venue is a quiet corner of Maggie May’s given over to dining. Dark wood and candles manage to create a subdued atmosphere despite the hubbub bubbling through from the bar next door. An extensive…
The Clutha Vaults
167-169 Stockwell Street,
Glasgow,
G1 4SP
Scotland
Hosting live music five nights a week, predominantly acoustic and folky, but with a smattering of rock'n'roll, the Clutha Vaults is a dark, low-ceilinged, traditional Clydeside boozer that's relaxing of an afternoon but gets densely packed on weekend…
The Goat & Grill
1287 Argyle Street,
Glasgow,
G3 8TL
Elegant and sophisticated, the Goat & Grill came under new ownership and was subtly rebranded in 2010. Set over two levels, the lower provides a spacious bar furnished with leather sofas and low-lying tables. Overhead, a mezzanine acts as the main…
North Star
108 Queen Margaret Drive,
Glasgow,
G20 8NZ
A friendly little café on Queen Margaret Drive, North Star is well loved beyond its neighbourhood. Long and narrow with the open kitchen at the back, diners sit at high stools in the window or at one of the red-topped formica tables facing deli shelves…
The Universal
57–59 Sauchiehall Lane,
Glasgow,
G2 4AB
Flashier town centre bars may struggle to fill their sofas on an early week evening, but this little bar is buzzing pretty much every night. Hidden away on a side street, it can't attract much walk-up, so what's its secret? On two floors, bare brick…
La Bodega Tapas Bar
Dance with Attitude Studios, 1120 South Street,
Glasgow,
G14 0AP
La Bodega has to be one of the most surprising restaurants in Glasgow. That it exists at all is the inital shock, nestled as it is among the industrial landscape of warehouses, cranes and showrooms next to the Clyde, way out west past Whiteinch. With…
