Glasgow, Fish & Seafood Restaurant Guide

Ryan James’s dark, tartan-clad Scots seafood operation (part of a small local chain) occupies a historic, wood-panelled site near the SECC, and won acclaim for some “fabulous” meals this year “efficient and friendly” service too.

Celebrating 20 years this year, Derek Marshall’s city-centre basement has earned a very solid reputation over the last couple of decades as one of the city’s top culinary destinations, on account of its unfailingly “excellent” preparation of “high quality” fish dishes and “efficient and pleasant service”.

A tiny Finnieston classic offering the “best seafood in the area” in a stylish if cramped setting; the menu covers pretty much everything under the sea (all “fab”) but it’s the daily specials, chalked up on the board, that are “really special – try them!”

2014 Review: “The seafood is particularly good” at these Glaswegian institutions, both in this “busy and popular” city-centre outpost, and the “delightfully small and relaxed” original, at 88 Dumbarton Road G11, tel 0141 339 1944; see also ‘Two Fat Ladies at the Buttery’.

“Fantastic fresh fish cooked to perfection” is the hallmark of this “small friendly restaurant”; one reporter asks “what not to like?” – the response, if one were to be ungenerous, the slightly unglamorous location opposite Shields Road subway station.

“Such an old-fashioned Glasgow institution” – this city-centre icon is famous for its prime Art Deco interiors by the same craftsmen who fitted out The Queen Mary. Its seafood isn’t inexpensive but generally “served and cooked perfectly”.

Café Gandolfi’s nearby spin-off delivers “lovely and fresh fish” enjoyed against the backdrop of “Art Deco-style decor”.