Glasgow, British, Modern Restaurant Guide

This four-year-old modern bistro “on Finneston’s eating strip” has won renown as one of the city’s better dining destinations. All reports are full of the highest praise for “small dishes bursting with flavour” and food that “genuinely melts in the mouth”.

Peter McKenna & Ivan Stein’s stripped-back Finnieston venture has made waves since opening six years back; “the cooking (modern British) is perhaps more serious here than the bare-brick walls décor suggests” (being “full of interesting small dishes, but not too ‘out there’”). In fact, more than one reporter notes “it deserves a Michelin star” such is the quality of the food but – perhaps as prices are not supercheap – stops short of awarding it full marks for value.

“Raising the standard for breakfast in Glasgow” – this “fantastic indie café” in Garnethill doesn’t just serve “excellent coffee” and “great food” with “everything fresh and clearly made on the premises”. It also provides “very right-on ethical packaging for take-way with everything biodegradable”. There’s also a branch in Merchant City at 15 St John Street.

Occupying a 19th Century East End townhouse, this Dennistoun establishment has been restored by chef-patron Nick Reitz.

British gastropub classics - and Sunday Roasts, of course - from prolific chef Nico Simeone.

Opened in summer 2019 after the survey’s conclusion, Glasgow’s outpost of the ever-growing brasserie chain (in the works since 2017), is housed in a former Nationwide bank and features over 220 covers, plus two bars, a private dining space and ‘Parisian-style outdoor seating’.

Due to open in February 2021, on the former site of Sisters restaurant, chef Graeme Cheevers (previously head chef at Isle of Eriska) is opening his first solo restaurant, hoping to impress the tyre men.

Sister to Locker 1012, a new brunch spot for the West End, which opened following an £80,000 investment and four-month refurbishment.