Langoustine, the sweet west-coast shellfish landed from Loch Fyne, is Glasgow's finest seafood, grilled or boiled and served simply with garlic butter and lemon at the Finnieston counters.
Langoustine, also called the Dublin Bay prawn or scampi, is landed all along Scotland's west coast, much of it historically exported to Spain and France. As Glasgow's food scene grew, chefs kept more of the catch at home. Crabshakk helped lead that shift when it opened on Argyle Street in 2009, serving the shellfish barely cooked, and Finnieston became the place in the city to eat it.
3 editor picks for Langoustine in Glasgow, ranked by editorial score. All Glasgow signature dishes · Langoustine across every city.
Crabshakk ★ 4.6
finnieston · 1114 Argyle Street, Finnieston, Glasgow G3 8TD
Crabshakk is the tiny Finnieston seafood bar that sparked Glasgow's Argyle Street boom, a marble counter of langoustine, oysters and fried haddock.
Gamba ★ 4.4
city-centre · 225a West George Street, Glasgow G2 2ND
Gamba is Glasgow's long-running seafood basement on West George Street, where a fish-first kitchen has drawn diners across Scotland for over two decades.
The Finnieston ★ 4.2
finnieston · 1125 Argyle Street, Glasgow G3 8ND
The Finnieston is a snug former drovers' tavern on Argyle Street, Glasgow, pairing sustainable Scottish seafood with more than 60 gins in a candlelit room.