Eating and Drinking in Glasgow
The conference catering includes lunches and tea breaks; the formal conference dinner on the Wednesday can be booked as an optional extra.
For other meals, the list of suggestions below (compiled by Cleo O’Callaghan Yeoman) should get you started. This is by no means exhaustive – Glasgow has many brilliant options.
Restaurants (all in the West End unless specified otherwise)
- Eighty Eight (seasonal small plates)
- Gloriosa (mediterranean sharing plates; lunch and dinner)
- Sylvan (all vegetarian/vegan; sharing plates)
- The Ubiquitous Chip (bistro)
- Hanoi Bike Shop (Vietnamese)
- Hooligan (wine bar and small plates)
- Five March (seasonal small plates)
- Mother India (Indian)
- Ox and Finch (mediterranean; Bib Gourmand)
- Stravaigin (bistro)
- The Left Bank (particularly good for brunch)
- Ka Pao (South East Asian; Bib Gourmand)
- Crabshakk (seafood)
- Number 16 (Scottish)
- Te Seba (pasta and prosecco)
- Shucks (seafood)
- Brett (seafood and grill)
- The Hug and Pint (vegan)
- Paesano (pizza; West End and City Centre)
- Sugo (pasta version of Paesano; City Centre)
- Celentanos (Italian sharing plates; Bib Gourmand; City Centre, near the cathedral)
- La Masa (tacos; City Centre)
- Lobo (mediterranean; Southside)
- Big Counter (small menu, sharing plates; Southside)
- Seven21 (small plates; same team as Hooligan and 88; Southside)
Cafes (all in the West End unless specified otherwise)
- Cottonrake (NB there are two, both on Great Western Road; the one closest to the Botanics is the largest and has seating; the smaller one is the bakery and has very limited seating)
- 1841
- Kember and Jones
- Perch and Rest
- Alchemy Experiment
- Kothel
- Offshore Cafe
- Papercup
- Hinba Coffee Roasters (also becomes 86, a cocktail bar next to 88, at night)
- Outlier (City Centre)
- two.eight.seven (Southside; excellent bakery)
- Tantrum Doughnuts (West End; City Centre; Southside)
- Short Long Black (Southside)
- For gelato:
- Loop & Scoop
- Nowita
- La Gelatessa (Southside)
Bars/Pubs (all in the West End unless specified otherwise)
- Curler’s Rest
- The Belle
- Stravaigin
- Òran Mór
- Cottiers
- Inn Deep (excellent beers; riverside seating)
- The Kelvingrove Cafe (excellent cocktails)
- Secession
- Hillhead Book Club
- The Citizen (City Centre)
- Bar Vini (Southside)