Hardens Guide to the Best Restaurants in Glasgow
Hardens guides have spent 15 years compiling reviews of the best Glasgow restaurants. On Hardens.com you'll find details and reviews of 243 restaurants in Glasgow and our unique survey based approach to rating and reviewing Glasgow restaurants gives you the best insight into the top restaurants in every area and of every type of cuisine.
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1. Cail Bruich
British, Modern restaurant in Glasgow
725 Great Western Rd - G12
When it comes to “Scottish contemporary cooking at its best!”, some cognoscenti tip brothers Paul & Chris Charalambous’s West End venture as “the best fine-dining currently on offer in Glasgow”. “It’s not on one of the most prepossessing stretches of road (if you weren’t going here, you’d probably hurry past), but at night there’s a subdued warm glow from the dim-lit interior, which has a vaguely French brasserie-cum-bistro feel: a bit old-fashioned, but nice and comfortable, dimly lit and cosy”. The cuisine is “always inventive and majors on fresh local ingredients”, from a variety of set menus, including a tasting option.
2. The Dhabba
Indian restaurant in Glasgow
44 Candleriggs - G1
“Glasgow has many Indian restaurants, but The Dhabba is very different”, offering tastebuds a “real exploration beyond the staple korma or tikka”. The “contemporary interior”, can seem “a little clinical” but most reviewers find it very atmospheric.
3. La Bonne Auberge
French restaurant in Glasgow
161 West Nile St - G1
La Bonne Auberge Glasgow Theatreland takes pride in being one of the few Glasgow restaurants to still be going strong after over forty years.
La Bonne Auberge, Glasgow’s original Mediterranean Brasserie, continues to thrive and innovate under the guidance of our a...
4. Ubiquitous Chip
Scottish restaurant in Glasgow
12 Ashton Ln - G12
“After a few years of stooping from its previous heights the chip is back to its best!” This famous Glaswegian veteran (est. 1971) put in a strong showing in this year’s survey, with general agreement that “it’s still a top eating place” with a superbly “atmospheric” interior, “relaxed and knowledgeable staff” and “expensive but stunningly good”, modern Scottish cuisine; with a particular highlight being the “fantastic wine and amazing malt whisky list”.
5. Two Fat Ladies at The Buttery
Scottish restaurant in Glasgow
652 Argyle St - G3
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.
6. Porter And Rye
Steaks & grills restaurant in Glasgow
1131 Argyle Street - G3
In buzzing Finnieston, a NYC-style two-year-old that “specialises in local farm-bred, air-dried beef steaks” full of “fantastic flavour and texture”, and “accompanied by an interesting menu of locally sourced produce”.
7. Gamba
Fish & seafood restaurant in Glasgow
225a West George St - G2
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”.
8. Crabshakk
Fish & seafood restaurant in Glasgow
1114 Argyle St, Finnieston - G3
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!”
9. Stravaigin
International restaurant in Glasgow
28 Gibson St - G12
Colin Clydesdale’s “unique” venue is a stalwart of the West End, particularly the upstairs bar that’s “always full of a genuine crowd who want to soak up the ambience”, and enjoy “local favourites from neeps and haggis to fish and chips” – all of which can also be taken “more formally” in the downstairs restaurant.
10. Mother India
Indian restaurant in Glasgow
28 Westminster Ter - G3
“It’s always busy so be prepared to queue” at this well-known West End Indian, for many years one of the most popular destinations in town thanks to its “unusual (but thankfully not fancy)” tapas dishes at “excellent value” prices and “helpful” staff.
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