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  • Restaurants

Scotland’s biggest city has something to suit every diet and craving. But when Cail Bruich became the first restaurant in Glasgow to land a Michelin star in 18 years in 2021, it highlighted the true level at which contemporary Glaswegian dining was operating. Though Edinburgh is known for its many Michelin-starred institutions, there’s also plenty to get excited about further west. Whether you’re after adventurous international cuisine or locally-sourced delights, our list of the best restaurants in Glasgow will give you all the top tips you need to eat your way around the city. Recommended: The best Airbnbs in GlasgowThe best spots for breakfast in Glasgow

  • Things to do

Glasgow is a perfect blanace of a city. Cracking live music venues and nightclubs. Bars full of character. An ever-growing young creative community keeping the party going. But then it’s stuffed full of Victorian architecture, museums and history.  Here you’ll find fantastic restaurants, great attractions and scenic strolls for days. In fact, you might just find yourself wanting to move here full time (everyone else is doing it). From green space to vintage shops, here are the best things to do in Glasgow right now.  RECOMMENDED:🍔 The best restaurants in Glasgow🍾 The best pubs in Glasgow🏹 The best hotels in GlasgowđŸ© The best Airbnbs in Glasgow This guide was recently updated by Glasgow-based writer Laura MenĂ©ndez. At Time Out, all of our travel guides are written by local writers who know their cities inside out. For more about how we curate, see our editorial guidelines. This guide includes affiliate links, which have no influence on our editorial content. For more information, see our affiliate guidelines. 

  • Restaurants

It's often said that breakfast is the most important meal of the day and though we may hate to admit it, fueling up first thing in the morning can make for a very fruitful rest of the day. But if you fancy something that little bit more unique, why not head to one of the best spots in Glasgow for an early morning feast? From syrup-soaked pancakes with eggs any style to a hearty serving of haggis, the city's best restaurants and coffee shops have it all. So what are you waiting for? Head to one of our top picks for breakfast and brunch in Glasgow to satisfy those cravings. RECOMMENDED: 🍮 The best restaurants in Glasgow👀 The best Airbnbs in GlasgowđŸŒ€ïž The best restaurants in Edinburgh you need to try This article was written by Arusa Qureshi, a writer based in Scotland. At Time Out, all of our travel guides are written by local writers who know their cities inside out. For more about how we curate, see our editorial guidelines.

The Hanoi Bike Shop
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Restaurants

The newest addition to a famous family of Glasgow restaurants that includes the nearby Ubiquitous Chip and Stravaigin inhabits a pretty two-storey house down the quaint Ruthven Lane. Upon opening in 2012, it became Glasgow’s first Vietnamese restaurant, and one with a fresh, casual, canteen-style feel. The square tables are packed in tight and surrounded by wooden benches and funky coloured plastic stools. You’re offered a crash course in how to order upon arrival, the key instruction being that there’s no such thing as mains and starters here – food just arrives when it’s ready, sometimes resulting in food pile-ups if you’re a slow eater. Prawn crackers with moreish peanut butter dip are a must-try to get you started, likewise the summer rolls – cold rice paper parcels packed with prawn, omelette, mint, coriander and noodles, for dunking in a sweet chilli dip. Pho noodle broths in chicken, beef, pork, seafood and tofu varieties make up the majority of the hot options, and are all wonderfully flavoursome. ‘From the pot’ specials can include cari-spiced coconut and coriander curry or black pepper pig’s cheeks with lemongrass pork fritter, seasonal greens and roast peanuts. The imported Vietnamese beers – the hoppy Hue lager in particular – help everything go down, and are strongly recommended for dousing heat if you like to pile on the optional chillies. The cocktails and smoothies aren’t bad either, nor is the strong, sweet Vietnamese coffee served in individually filtered c

  • Bars and pubs

Pubs, glorious pubs. Whether you're after somewhere for a cosy evening with some pals, or a massive celebration with all your nearest and dearest, the Scots certainly know what they're doing as Glasgow's many gorgeous pubs are ideal for any occasion.  There are traditional joints, up-and-coming hotspots, spaces that double as music venues, and places that are all about the scran. Glasgow will definitely cater to your needs, with that charming local patter firmly in tow. Here’s our list of the best pubs in the city right now.  RECOMMENDED:🍾The best bars in Glasgow right now🍔The best restaurants in Glasgow right nowđŸ©The best Airbnbs in Glasgow🚞The best road trips to take in the UK🚮The most beautiful cycle routes in the UK At Time Out, all of our travel guides are written by local writers who know their cities inside out. For more about how we curate, see our editorial guidelines.

Ox and Finch
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • Restaurants

Opened in spring 2014, Ox and Finch didn’t take long to make an impact, scooping a Bib Gourmand commendation for good food at affordable prices in the subsequent edition of the Michelin Guide. You could applaud on similar grounds many a restaurant in Glasgow – affordable quality dining is one of the city’s great hallmarks. But this small plates-centric restaurant is on to something particularly special. Jonathan MacDonald – who was previously head chef for the McLaren F1 team – is the man behind Ox and Finch, which is situated in the corner of a tenement block on Sauchiehall Street neatly placed between Kelvingrove Park and Finnieston’s increasingly crowded main drag on Argyll Street. Behind an olive green frontage, the timelessly hip interior reveals variously stripped-brick and black tiled walls, leather booths, exposed stone pillars and floor-to-ceiling shelves stacked with wine bottles. There’s a Mediterranean-via-Scotland feel to the food, which invites you to dispense with the usual formalities of starters and mains in favour of piling up lots of small plates for the whole table to pick at. The menu packs in everything from harissa mackerel with preserved lemon to raw, cured and cold meats such as carpaccio of rib-eye with peaches and pine nuts, to cooked meats such as confit pork belly and vegetable selections like courgette and feta fritters. Around four plates in all plus a side or two should satisfy a pair of diners, and shouldn’t set you back much more than about £

  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • Restaurants

Widely-heralded as the crowning fine-dining achievement of the Argyll Street strip in Finnieston’s huge transformation in recent years, from scuzzy going-out no-mans-land to one of the hippest quarter- miles in Glasgow, The Gannet – opened 2013 – is a certified must-visit. It scooped a Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand award for quality dining at moderate prices after less than a year of trading. The Brooklyn-chic interior of this floor-to-ceiling glass-fronted former shop premises situated immediately next door to the Kelvingrove CafĂ© is minimalist and effective: bare stone walls, exposed ventilation pipes and metal staircase winding up to a small mezzanine, wooden tables in close neat rows. The low-lit back room is hung with a changing exhibition of contemporary art. Owner-chefs Peter McKenna and Ivan Stein – who met while working at Michael Caines’ Abode on Bath Street – run the kitchen, giving you a certain extra confidence in the quality of The Gannet’s stylish contemporary Scottish cuisine. A basket of complimentary fresh bread still warm from the oven is the first thing on your table. Starters include pickled herring, capers, dill and horseradish crĂšme fraiche and crisp lamb sweetbreads with potato and caramelised onions. Mains range from slow- cooked borders lamb with barley risotto and mushroom, scorched leeks to fillet of 28-day aged Tweed valley beef with smoked potato, girolles, shallot and a port and red wine sauce. For dessert, don’t miss the chance to try the apple a

  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • Restaurants
  • Burgers

The sister restaurant to the venerable Ubiquitous Chip, and its increasingly popular young sibling the Hanoi Bike Shop, Stravaigin is a reliable West End eatery. Divided between the ground floor/mezzanine cafĂ©-bar (which was expanded extensively into an adjoining unit a few years ago) and the basement restaurant, you always stand a chance of snagging a table here, with only the downstairs restaurant being pre-bookable. You might have to wait a while at peak times, but the bar area is a cool place to linger Opened in 1995, and taking its title from the an old Scottish word meaning ‘to wander aimlessly with intent’, the ambience here is artfully bucolic – think exposed stone walls, open fire, chunky wooden roof beams, an iron staircase tangled with twinkling fairly lights and huge floor-to-ceiling windows that swing fully open in summertime (when there are also tables outside on Gibson Street).Stravaigin’s staple cafĂ©-bar menu sticks to pub grub classics: chunky beef burgers, curries, fish suppers, and haggis, neeps and tatties (available as a starter or main). More involved options from the restaurant menu can include mains of duck fat-poached rainbow trout, west coast mussel chowder and roast pork belly with salt and pepper king prawns. The draught beer selection is a little limited, but check the fridge for a good selection of craft brews. The weekend brunch menu – featuring everything from full Scottish breakfasts to nasi goreng and maple syrup drenched French toast – are a

  • Art

A whole host of fantastic British artists have hailed from Glasgow, thanks to what remains one of the most prestigious art schools in the UK. The number of Turner Prize winners (and nominees) that have emerged from Glasgow School of Art alone is staggering, but the wider city's affordability and emphasis on arts and culture is what makes it a haven for creativity. Whether you're an up-and-coming creative, or just someone who loves to marvel, Glasgow's glorious galleries are full of inspiration. There's famous paintings, cracking exhibitions and teeny tiny studios to explore, so have a browse of our favourite art galleries in Scotland's second city.  RECOMMENDED:🍝The best restaurants in GlasgowđŸčThe best bars in GlasgowđŸ»The best pubs in GlasgowđŸ©The best Airbnbs in Glasgow🍃The best national parks in the UK At Time Out, all of our travel guides are written by local writers who know their cities inside out. For more about how we curate, see our editorial guidelines.

  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • Restaurants
  • Seafood

Founded in 2011 in the former premises of CafĂ© Bayan on Argyll Street, this seafood restaurant and gin cocktail bar was just ahead of a wave of new openings in the area, which have seen it transform into one of the buzziest and busiest places to eat in Glasgow. The Finnieston has done well since then to hold its own against increasingly stiff competition, from the well-established likes of Crabbshakk across the road, and highly rated newcomers such as The Gannet. With its wooden beams, snug booths and weather-beaten feel, the wonky-looking old two-storey building carries the air of an upscale seafront tavern. The same goes for the menu, which places an emphasis on Scottish-sourced, catch-of-the-day freshness, be it West Kilbride oysters, or small plates of blue shell Shetland mussels, or mains of hake, lemon sole, brill and monkfish. Drinks-wise, it’s all about classy, grown-up concoctions here, predominately based around the 60-plus gins behind the bar at any given time. Try the Finnieston Club Cocktail (gin, house-made orange sherbet, lime juice, grenadine and Chartreuse Yellow), or a Rangoon Daisy (gin, maraschino, orgeat syrup, bitters and lime). The smart, fine-dining feel at The Finnieston gradually changes as the night wears on, and the crowd slowly changes from eaters to drinkers, and a nice atmospheric buzz settles in the bar. The little beer garden out the back is a hidden gem on those rare fair Glasgow days.