The Top 10 Restaurants In Glasgow, Scotland

Fanny Trollopes

Fanny Trollopes specialise in providing authentic and seasonal food using locally sourced and well-prepared produce. The menu changes each day depending on what can be found locally, regularly featuring top of the range meats from lamb and game to Highland beef. Other dishes often on the menu include Perthshire venison casserole, Cullen skink, pigeon breast and pork belly from Ramsays of Carluke, who have been providing the finest meats for over a century and a half, served with classic Colcannon potatoes. The restaurant is a compact bistro-style establishment so you will need to think about advanced booking as it fills up quickly.

Fanny Trollopes, 1066 Argyle Street, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, +44 0141 564 6464

The Ox and Finch is a highly-regarded new restaurant in Glasgow that has won excellent reviews in the Scottish press. The food has been praised for quality of its ingredients and the willingness of the staff to let the flavours do the talking, rather than relying on overcomplicated cooking techniques. The quality of the restaurant’s vegetables was particularly noted by one review in The Herald Scotland. Amongst the dishes on offer at the Ox and Finch are scallops with chorizo, mackerel served with lemon, and cod with Thai salad. Meat options include rump of lamb with bulgur wheat and spiced aubergine, and house sausage with smoked ham hock beans. The vegetable side dishes include baked beetroots with goat’s curd, chips with truffle salt and aioli, and Ayrshire new potatoes and toasted oatmeal.

Located in the West End on Glasgow close to Kelvinbridge subway station, Turnip & Enjoyhas been offering contemporary and classic Mediterranean cooking since 2007. Family-run, the restaurant has already earned itself excellent reviews in the Evening Times and the Herald Scotland food sections. There are set and à la carte menu options to choose from – including tempting creations such as seared scallops, pumpkin veloute, and rabbit paella to start. The mains on offer at Turnip & Enjoy include gammon steak with sweet potato cake, and roast salmon with hot smoke fishcake, padron peperonata, and peanuts in a malaysian curry sauce. Courtesy of Enjoy

Tempus is the refined, classy restaurant at the prestigious Grand Hotel that forms part of Glasgow Central Station right in the middle of the city. The architecture is classic late 19th century Queen Anne style and has seen famous residents such as Churchill and Frank Sinatra over the years; in 1927 it saw John Logie Baird transmit the very first television pictures to the hotel. Tempus serves up top-notch, seasonal cuisine. Starters to choose from include crispy haggis bonbons with bashed turnips and leeks, trio of Scottish salmon, and ragout of roasted pork belly, whilst mains on offer at Tempus include Scottish steaks, wild boar bolognese, and blade of beef cooked Provençale style. Courtesy of Tempus