Scottish Restaurants in Glasgow
1. Cail Bruich
British, Modern restaurant in Glasgow
725 Great Western Rd - G12
Lorna McGee, a protégée of the late, great Andrew Fairlie, helped secure a Michelin star – Glasgow’s first for 18 years – within months of her appointment as head chef last year, taking over from co-owner Chris Charalambous. The recognition was “truly deserved” (and already two years overdue): “the food is superb” and “you’re treated like royalty” at this understated West End outfit – “I always liked Cail Bruich food-wise, but it’s genuinely even better under its new head chef”. “Shared the Chef’s Table and Lorna inspected every plate that left the kitchen personally, to make sure everything was just perfect”. “Fish and seafood figure prominently in the dishes, reflecting our Scottish waters”.
2. Battlefield Rest
Scottish restaurant in Glasgow
55 Battlefield Road - G42
“A family-type Italian restaurant” on the Southside with “good food and nice atmosphere”. It’s easy to spot, as it inhabits a striking-looking 1914 building, once described as Scotland’s most glamorous tram stop.
3. La Bonne Auberge
French restaurant in Glasgow
161 West Nile St - G1
2019 Review: Part of the Holiday Inn, this long-established brasserie has origins dating back over 40 years and is quite well-known to locals as a city-centre standby. Limited feedback regarding its 1970s-style French bistro/brasserie staples (soupe à l’oignon, boeuf bourguignon, Pêche Melba) but it’s tipped before a show at one of the nearby theatres.
4. Two Fat Ladies at The Buttery
Scottish restaurant in Glasgow
652 Argyle St - G3
“A piece of old Glasgow in a traditional setting” – the Buttery is a city institution, run since 2007 by Ryan James as part of his Two Fat Ladies group. Worth a visit for the Victoriain interior alone, its “reasonably priced menu and good cooking” ensures that a meal is no let-down.
5. Ubiquitous Chip
Scottish restaurant in Glasgow
12 Ashton Ln - G12
Colin Clydesdale’s “well-established” feature of forty years standing (founded by his father Ronnie in 1971) continues to draw fans to its large West End premises, with its very appealing and “romantic” decor, plus what fans acclaim as flavoursome modern Scottish cooking, backed up by a huge wine list and vast malt whisky selection. There is the odd critic who says “I used to love the ‘Chip’, but nowadays it’s living on borrowed time”… then again, people have been saying that for the last twenty years!
6. Beat 6
Scottish restaurant in Glasgow
10 Whitehill Street - G31
New from the Six by Nico group, a restaurant with a similar concept - six-course menus that change regularly - but a new angle, in which 100% of profits are donated to the Beatson Cancer Charity.
7. Shucks
Fish & seafood restaurant in Glasgow
168 Hyndland Road - G12
The team behind Cail Bruich opened a seafood restaurant in Hyndland in March 2022 - their fourth site overall - serving up fresh Scottish produce with Champagne and cocktails.
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