Guidebook for Glasgow

Andrew
Guidebook for Glasgow

Food Scene

Excellent coffee and cakes, in a great environment. This is my local coffee shop and I love it!
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Tinderbox
189 Byres Rd
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Excellent coffee and cakes, in a great environment. This is my local coffee shop and I love it!
From hot breakfasts to gourmet dinners, this place will feed you excellently at any time of day. I'd recommend the eggs benedict and steak tartare - although possibly not at the same time!
Central Market
51 Bell St
From hot breakfasts to gourmet dinners, this place will feed you excellently at any time of day. I'd recommend the eggs benedict and steak tartare - although possibly not at the same time!
No visit to Glasgow is complete without a trip to the chippy. This one's a cut above the rest, and offers far more than just the usual choice of "haddock or cod"!
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Gandolfi Fish
64 Albion St
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No visit to Glasgow is complete without a trip to the chippy. This one's a cut above the rest, and offers far more than just the usual choice of "haddock or cod"!
Some of the best food to be had in Glasgow, in an intimate and delightful setting.
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The Sisters Kelvingrove
36 Kelvingrove St
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Some of the best food to be had in Glasgow, in an intimate and delightful setting.
Without a doubt, the best coffee in the city. Friendly staff and superb food make this a must-see. Dogs welcome too!
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Papercup Coffee Company
603 Great Western Rd
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Without a doubt, the best coffee in the city. Friendly staff and superb food make this a must-see. Dogs welcome too!
Friendly, chic, and with great food (and drink), this is a very handy and enjoyable place for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Free wifi!
6 Wilson St
6 Wilson Street
Friendly, chic, and with great food (and drink), this is a very handy and enjoyable place for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Free wifi!
Looks like a garden shed, but is surprisingly big inside. If you're looking for a fab coffee off the beaten track, pop in here. Toastie & coffee only £4!
Eton Lane
Eton Lane
Looks like a garden shed, but is surprisingly big inside. If you're looking for a fab coffee off the beaten track, pop in here. Toastie & coffee only £4!

Essentials

Cheap and cheerful; if you need any basic groceries when you're here, this is the place to go.
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ALDI
140 High St
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Cheap and cheerful; if you need any basic groceries when you're here, this is the place to go.

Drinks & Nightlife

Offering a huge choice of real ales, whiskies and superb pub food, this is a great alternative to the swanky bars across the street in Merchant Square.
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Blackfriars
36 Bell St
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Offering a huge choice of real ales, whiskies and superb pub food, this is a great alternative to the swanky bars across the street in Merchant Square.
For cocktails and more upmarket drinks, Boudoir is the place to go. Elegant, quiet, and with a great cocktail and wine list, it's worth a visit.
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Boudoir Wine Bar
60 Candleriggs
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For cocktails and more upmarket drinks, Boudoir is the place to go. Elegant, quiet, and with a great cocktail and wine list, it's worth a visit.
If you're looking for somewhere to spend an evening chatting away, give this pub a go. Really fab food served until 9pm and no music played, so you can hear yourself think!
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Babbity Bowster
16-18 Blackfriars St
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If you're looking for somewhere to spend an evening chatting away, give this pub a go. Really fab food served until 9pm and no music played, so you can hear yourself think!

Arts & Culture

Home of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, this is a world-class venue. Next door, the Fruitmarket plays host to many exciting acts and events.
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City Halls & Old Fruitmarket
100 Candleriggs
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Home of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, this is a world-class venue. Next door, the Fruitmarket plays host to many exciting acts and events.
With free entry, this place is well worth a look around. Nowhere near the size of the big London galleries - but that means it's easily doable in an hour or two.
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Galeria de Arte Moderna
111 Royal Exchange Square
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With free entry, this place is well worth a look around. Nowhere near the size of the big London galleries - but that means it's easily doable in an hour or two.

Shopping

One of the fanciest shopping centres you'll ever see - it's worth popping in just to look at the building!
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Princes Square
48 Buchanan St
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One of the fanciest shopping centres you'll ever see - it's worth popping in just to look at the building!

Everything Else

A café, bistro and deli all rolled into one - also, a Glasgow institution.
Peckham's
61 Glassford Street
A café, bistro and deli all rolled into one - also, a Glasgow institution.

Sightseeing

A beautifully imposing Edwardian building, overlooking George Square. Tours are free at 10:30 and 14:30.
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Glasgow City Chambers
82 George Square
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A beautifully imposing Edwardian building, overlooking George Square. Tours are free at 10:30 and 14:30.
Open from 10-5 every day, this is a marvellous pre-Reformation cathedral. There are free tours and the neighbouring Necropolis is very enjoyable (if the sun's out!) to walk around.
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Catedral de Glasgow
Castle Street
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Open from 10-5 every day, this is a marvellous pre-Reformation cathedral. There are free tours and the neighbouring Necropolis is very enjoyable (if the sun's out!) to walk around.
A gorgeous building by Gilbert-Scott, offering spectacular views over Glasgow. Also home to the Hunterian Museum and Gallery.
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Universidade de Glasgow
89 Dumbarton Rd
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A gorgeous building by Gilbert-Scott, offering spectacular views over Glasgow. Also home to the Hunterian Museum and Gallery.
Great art installations, and superb views over Glasgow from the top. And it's free!
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The Lighthouse
11 Mitchell Ln
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Great art installations, and superb views over Glasgow from the top. And it's free!
A huge (and slightly bonkers) museum, packed with weird and wonderful things. A great day out, and there's a free organ recital at 1pm every day if you're into that sort of thing!
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The Glasgow Art Club
185 Bath St
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A huge (and slightly bonkers) museum, packed with weird and wonderful things. A great day out, and there's a free organ recital at 1pm every day if you're into that sort of thing!