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Restaurants in Glasgow

Glasgow is one of the UK's leading restaurant cities, serving up everything from Scottish favourites to fine curries and authentic Italian dishes.

The restaurants below have been divided into three categories:
Expensive (over £20)
Moderate (£10 to £19)
Cheap (up to £10)

The price categories quoted below are for an average three-course meal for one person. Prices include VAT. It is customary for patrons to leave a tip (around 10%) if the meal and service have been good.

Expensive

Stravaigin

Cuisine: Scottish, Global

The name, meaning 'to wander', sums up this Glasgow stalwart's 'Think Global, Eat Local' ethos, using good Scottish ingredients and serving them in imaginative ways. Alongside their famous haggis, fish suppers, and Scotch burger, dinners may find venison with wild mushrooms and whiskey sauce or bacon crumbed mussels.

Address: Kelvinside, 28 Gibson Street, Glasgow, G12 8NX
Telephone: +44 141 334 2665
Website: http://www.stravaigin.co.uk

Two Fat Ladies

Cuisine: Seafood

This excellent seafood restaurant, one of four across Glasgow, resembles an old-fashioned brasserie, with wooden floors, banquettes and local art. With daily changing fish platters, it does classic dishes very well - whole lemon sole, sea bream, halibut, plaice fillets with brown shrimp, caper and parsley butter - without fuss but with panache. Its desserts, from sticky toffee pudding to crème brûlée, are also worth making room for.

Address: , 118A Blythswood Street, Glasgow, G2 4EG
Telephone: +44 141 847 0088
Website: http://twofatladiesrestaurant.com

Moderate

Cafe Gandolfi

Cuisine: Modern European

Occupying the offices of Glasgow's old cheese market, Cafe Gandolfi was the first cafe to open in the revived Merchant City where tobacco and sugar merchants once had their warehouses. With sculpture-like furniture, stained glass and high ceilings, it's a Glasgow institution serving excellent coffee, breakfasts, and bistro meals. The upstairs bar hosts local artists and acoustic musicians on the walls, while next door is the seafood restaurant Gandolfi Fish & Fish to Go.

Address: , 64 Albion Street, Glasgow, G1 1NY
Telephone: +44 141 552 9475.
Website: http://www.cafegandolfi.com/

Old Salty’s

Cuisine: Seafood

In the lively neighbourhood of Finnieston, the so-called 'new West End' between the West End and the centre, this fish shop-cafe serves up abundant portions in a shabby-chic setting of old paintings and writers' names on the walls. Serving hearty breakfasts, classic fish-and-chips, macaroni pie, old-school puddings, and a choice of either house red, house white or Peroni beer, this is old-fashioned dining with a dollop of Glasgow flair.

Address: , 1126 Argyle Street, Glasgow, G12 8UQ
Telephone: +44 141 334 3334

The Butterfly and the Pig

Cuisine: Modern European

With its whimsical mismatched furniture and shabby-chic feel, this bar and restaurant is a winner for quirky cocktails and simple hearty food including their signature 'open' fishcake dish served in a Le Creuset pan with potatoes, salmon, and a creamy egg oozing through. Next-door are The Butterfly and the Pig Tearooms where afternoon tea, homemade cakes, all-day breakfast, and lunch are on the menu.

Address: , 153 Bath Street, Glasgow, G2 4SQ
Telephone: +44 141 221 7711
Website: http://www.thebutterflyandthepig.com

Cheap

Little Italy

Cuisine: Italian

Typical of many of Glasgow's Italian cafes with its stylish interior of colourful tiles and walls lined with olive oil bottles and packets of fancy pasta, this always-busy Byers Road institution specialises in delicious, extra-generous portions of pizzas, pasta, salads, and focaccia sandwiches in an informal Italian cafe-bar-pizzeria setting. Its coffee and hot chocolate come highly recommended as does the classic Italian San Pellegrino fizzy orange/lemon drink.

Address: , 205 Byres Road, Glasgow, G12 8TN
Telephone: +44 141 339 6287
Website: http://www.littleitalyglasgow.com

Mother India's Cafe

Cuisine: Indian

Glasgow is famous for its Indian restaurants but this award-winning tapas-style place, opposite Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, offers a fresh take on Asian cuisine. Dinners order a wide selection of small dishes to share, such as spiced haddock, aubergine fritters, chicken pakora, and chilli fish cakes. There's also an extensive wine list. There are four restaurants located around the country, while not all of their diners accept bookings, its well worth queuing for.

Address: , 1355 Argyle Street, Glasgow, G3 8AD
Telephone: +44 141 339 9145
Website: http://www.motherindia.co.uk/
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The Brunswick

This small, designer hotel occupies a prime spot in the Merchant City. It's fashionable but reasonably priced and has a cool basement bar and excellent restaurant. The 18 individually furnished rooms are all simple, modern and comfortable. It's a great choice if you want to sample some Scottish style without spending a fortune.

Merchant City Inn

Merchant City Inn is a comfortable 3-star lodge only minutes away from cosmopolitan Merchant City, the city centre and the West End. The B&B has 40 rooms all equipped with standard facilities. Choice of rooms includes single, twin, double, triple, quad and family sized. Guests can enjoy a continental breakfast (included or upgrade to full Scottish breakfast for £3 per person per night). A good, reliable find for budget travellers.

McLays Guesthouse

McLays guesthouse is located in central Glasgow, providing guests with comfortable rooms in a simply-furnished layout. There are two lounges and two dining rooms, offering guests free Wi-Fi and vouchers for on-street parking are available.

Premier Inn (Glasgow City Centre - George Square)

This budget hotel chain is located conveniently in the city centre, close to Buchanan Street for shopping and Merchant City for nightlife. Rooms are comfortable, and generously sized.

Glasgow Marriott

Just off the M8, this 300-room hotel is popular with business travellers. Style is corporate and comfortable, with a plasma TV in all the rooms and Wi-Fi access in the public areas and some rooms. The leisure club has a pool, spa, and gym with a cardio theatre and fitness studio. The hotel has 13 meeting rooms, the largest seating 800. There is a Mediterranean restaurant as well as a cafe/bar.

Radisson Blu

The Radisson Blu hotel is recognised as a leading hotel by the Scotland's leading Business Hotel Awards. This hotel opened in 2002 and has 250 bright, modern rooms. It is conveniently close to the smartest shops in the heart of Glasgow and has three types of rooms: City, Modern, and Nordic, all with different décor. All rooms have free Internet access and many offer stunning views across the city. The fitness centre is well equipped with a pool, exercise bikes, and techno gym.