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All-day Punjabi canteen in Strathbungo on Glasgow's Southside, offering authentic home cooking from Ranjit Kaur and her family. Tipped by Times restaurant critic Chitra Ramaswamy as possibly the best Indian vegetarian spot in Scotland – and extremely good value.

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Have you eaten at Ranjits Kitchen?

607 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow, G41 2QG

Restaurant details

No dress code

What the Newspaper Critics are saying

The Times

Chitra Ramaswamy made a long overdue visit to this Punjabi café on Glasgow’s “ever more hip Southside”, run by Ranjit Kaur, her sons, and a “tiny, fiercely loyal team” who call her “Auntie”. “Many say it’s the best vegetarian Indian restaurant in Glasgow. I’m sorry but I disagree. It’s also better than any vegetarian Indian restaurant I’ve been to in Edinburgh.”

She made sure she visited on a Thursday – “saag day” – to have her “lunch of dreams”. “Ranjit’s is the real deal. None of that restaurant-finish swirl of cream. This is spicy, silky, garlicky, thick like the thickest soup, with a mild chlorophyll tang that translates simply as the taste of dark green.”

The café is “a hymn to multiculturalism”, welcoming “anyone with the good sense to come for the daal of the day. Which is £6. And huge. And includes two rotis. If I had to define social cohesion in action, Ranjit’s Kitchen would be it.”

Chitra Ramaswamy - 2024-04-29

Prices

Main Pudding
£16.20 £0.00
Drinks  
Filter Coffee £2.00
Extras  
Bread £1.25
Service 10.00%
607 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow, G41 2QG
Opening hours
MondayCLOSED
Tuesday12 pm‑8:30 pm
Wednesday12 pm‑8:30 pm
Thursday12 pm‑8:30 pm
Friday12 pm‑8:30 pm
Saturday12 pm‑8:30 pm
Sunday12 pm‑8:30 pm

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