Amber Regent is a cantonese restaurant in City Centre, Glasgow.
Amber Regent is a white-tablecloth Cantonese restaurant on West Regent Street, Glasgow, open since 1988 and known for Scottish seafood cooked Hong Kong style.
Editorially verified July 1, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Signature dishes: Cantonese seafood, Aromatic crispy duck
Must order: Steamed seafood from the day's market list, cooked in the classic Cantonese style.
Tip: This is old-school linen-and-service dining; the pre-theatre menu is the smart-value order before a show.
Address: 50 West Regent Street, Glasgow G2 2QZ
The Left Bank is an all-day Gibson Street room in Glasgow's West End, mixing global brunch, Scottish dinners and vinyl in a relaxed, plant-filled space.
Signature: All-day brunch, Seasonal small plates
Order: The weekend brunch, or a spread of seasonal small plates in the evening.
Tip: It runs from morning coffee through to late cocktails, so it works whatever time you turn up.
Ox and Finch put Finnieston on Glasgow's food map, a buzzy Sauchiehall Street room of ever-changing small plates built for sharing across the table.
Signature: Pressed lamb shoulder, Twice-baked cheese souffle
Order: Order five or six plates between two; the pressed lamb shoulder is the long-running favourite.
Tip: Walk-in seats at the open kitchen counter turn over faster than the booked tables on a busy night.
Crabshakk is the tiny Finnieston seafood bar that sparked Glasgow's Argyle Street boom, a marble counter of langoustine, oysters and fried haddock.
Signature: Langoustine, Fried haddock and chips
Order: A plate of langoustine with garlic butter and a glass of the house white.
Tip: The upstairs mezzanine and the counter both take walk-ins, so try your luck if the booking diary looks full.
Gloriosa is Rosie Healey's bright Argyle Street room in Glasgow, cooking wood-fired, vegetable-led Mediterranean plates and one of the city's best wine lists.
Signature: Wood-fired flatbreads, Whole roast fish
Order: Whatever is coming off the wood fire, plus a glass from the low-intervention wine list.
Tip: Healey founded the much-missed Alchemilla, and this is where her cooking now lives; book the counter for the fire view.
Mother India has served home-style Indian cooking in Glasgow's West End since 1990, a warren of small rooms famous for its sharing plates and slow-cooked dal.
Signature: Sharing thali, Lamb karahi
Order: Build a table of small dishes to share; the aubergine and the karahi lamb are long-time regulars' picks.
Tip: The tapas-style spin-off, Mother India's Cafe on Argyle Street, is the cheaper way to eat the same kitchen's cooking.
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.
Signature: Homemade haggis, neeps and tatties, Buttermilk fried chicken
Order: The homemade haggis, neeps and tatties, on the menu since the restaurant opened.
Tip: The ground-floor cafe-bar takes walk-ins and shares the kitchen; the basement restaurant is the sit-down booking.
