12 editor picks in Glasgow.
12 scottish places in Glasgow we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Glasgow | Scottish across every city.
Scottish cooking in Glasgow runs from 1797 to Michelin stardom. Sloans in the Argyll Arcade is the city's oldest bar and restaurant, Two Fat Ladies at The Buttery its oldest restaurant proper in an 1870 panelled room, and Cafe Gandolfi has anchored the Merchant City in hand-carved oak since 1979. The West End holds the modern line: The Ubiquitous Chip has run its cobbled Ashton Lane courtyard since 1971, Stravaigin has cooked 'think global, eat local' since 1994, and Cail Bruich on Great Western Road is where Lorna McNee holds one of the city's two Michelin stars.
Stravaigin has cooked 'think global, eat local' in Glasgow's West End since 1994, a Gibson Street basement pairing homemade haggis with pan-Asian plates.
OrderThe homemade haggis, neeps and tatties, on the menu since the restaurant opened.
TipThe ground-floor cafe-bar takes walk-ins and shares the kitchen; the basement restaurant is the sit-down booking.
Cafe Gandolfi has anchored Glasgow's Merchant City since 1979, a warm room of hand-carved oak serving Scottish classics like Cullen skink and smoked venison.
OrderA bowl of Cullen skink followed by the smoked venison with gooseberry.
TipThe upstairs Bar Gandolfi is a quieter spot for a cocktail before or after your table downstairs.
Cottiers is a bar and restaurant inside a restored 1865 Daniel Cottier church in Glasgow's West End, pairing Scottish plates with a grand stained-glass room.
OrderA Scottish steak or the catch of the day under the church's painted ceilings.
TipThe building is also a theatre and beer garden; check what is on before you book a table.
Cail Bruich holds one of Glasgow's two Michelin stars, a West End room on Great Western Road where Lorna McNee cooks a produce-led Scottish tasting menu.
OrderThe full tasting menu; the langoustine and Perthshire venison courses are the reason to book.
TipBook the earlier weekday sittings, they release before the Friday and Saturday slots that vanish first each month.
Two Fat Ladies at The Buttery is Glasgow's oldest restaurant, an 1870 Argyle Street room panelled in dark wood and built around Scottish seafood and game.
OrderWhatever landed that day from the fish board, plus the pre-theatre menu if you are heading to a show.
TipThe dark Victorian rooms make this a special-occasion booking; ask for a table in the original panelled front room.
Eleven Fifty Five is the Finnieston bistro that replaced The Gannet at 1155 Argyle Street, Glasgow, cooking seasonal Scottish plates with global accents.
OrderThe market-led daily specials board, which follows whatever the kitchen sourced that morning.
TipThis is the reworked Gannet site under a new name, so ignore old Gannet listings and book direct.
The Ubiquitous Chip has anchored Ashton Lane, Glasgow since 1971, a cobbled West End courtyard institution serving modern Scottish cooking and venison haggis.
OrderThe venison haggis with clapshot and whisky sauce, on the menu in some form for decades.
TipThe upstairs Brasserie is cheaper and takes walk-ins; the ground-floor Restaurant is the full-dress experience.
Sloans is Glasgow's oldest bar and restaurant, an 1797 room in the Argyll Arcade off Argyle Street, all mahogany, mirrors and a famous ceilidh upstairs.
TipThe Saturday-night ceilidh in the upstairs ballroom is a proper Glasgow night out; book if you want to dance.
The Butterfly and the Pig is a quirky, vintage-styled bar on Bath Street in Glasgow, mixing cocktails, Scottish comfort food and live music six nights a week.
TipThe tearoom next door at number 151 does an old-fashioned afternoon tea; the bar downstairs is the night-time draw.
Òran Mór is a bar and arts venue in a converted church at the top of Byres Road in Glasgow's West End, famous for its lunchtime plays and painted ceiling.
TipA Play, a Pie and a Pint runs weekday lunchtimes; you get a short play, a pie and a drink for one ticket.
Babbity Bowster is a Merchant City institution on Blackfriars Street in Glasgow, a French-Scottish bar, inn and eatery pouring cask ale since 1985.
TipIt is a rare Merchant City pub with a beer garden and folk sessions; the upstairs eatery does a fuller menu.
TipThe building is also a theatre and beer garden; check what is on before you book a table.
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