Taste of Glasgow

This is not in Glasgow, but if you fancy a wee jaunt to our neighbouring city of Edinburgh then Ondine is well worth a visit.  Situated on George IV Bridge in the heart of the city centre, just off the Royal Mile, Ondine is a  luxurious, modern, swanky pants type Seafood restaurant which delivers on [...]

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Recently I met friends for a mid-week dinner in the city centre and as always we were looking for a little bit of a bargain.  After a wee bit of searching online we discovered that Hummingbird on Bath Street was doing 2 for 1 burgers during the week, so we’d thought we’d give a try. [...]

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I almost didn’t step foot in Opium because I was intimidated by the décor. The sleekness of it – dark wooden tables, minimalist flower centerpieces, simple hanging light fixtures – made it look…well, expensive. Opium actually is a bit pricier than some other Asian restaurants in town. But it’s still very welcoming place, with friendly [...]

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Ice-cream is one of my guilty pleasures. All too often I sit down in front of the TV with a tub of Ben & Jerry’s and before long it is pretty much nearly all gone. So you can imagine my thoughts when my girlfriend introduced me to 3 Steps to Heaven. 3 Steps to Heaven [...]

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  “You’re green,” I said to my dining partner. “Now you’re blue. Now yellow. Back to green again.” I was hopelessly distracted from my food at Nanakusa by the ever-changing neon lighting and irritatingly upbeat Japanese pop music. Which is a shame, because the food was actually quite good. Nanakusa offers a varied Japanese menu [...]

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  When I reviewed Lupe Pintos last year, I wrote that there wasn’t a single good Mexican restaurant in Glasgow. I’m happy to have since been proven wrong, first by the opening of Taco Mazama (which is more of a takeaway than a restaurant, but who cares – they make a mean burrito) and now [...]

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