Guidebook for Glasgow
Food Scene
Fab cafe with great food, & music events, real local hub run as a community business. Next door is Glad Rags a secondhand and vintage clothes shop owned by the same people.
109 locals recommend
The Glad Cafe C.I.C
1006A Pollokshaws RoadFab cafe with great food, & music events, real local hub run as a community business. Next door is Glad Rags a secondhand and vintage clothes shop owned by the same people.
Great coffee, and fabulous bread baked on the premises. Go and buy some to take home, or sit in and have a coffee, a pastry, or a sandwich. People come from miles around to get bread from Tapa!
31 locals recommend
Tapa coffeehouse
721 Pollokshaws RdGreat coffee, and fabulous bread baked on the premises. Go and buy some to take home, or sit in and have a coffee, a pastry, or a sandwich. People come from miles around to get bread from Tapa!
Spill The Beans
19 Skirving StCoffee!
Small independent cafe and coffee. Fun, but tiny. Great sandwiches, & soups.
10 locals recommend
No Way Back
38 Nithsdale RdSmall independent cafe and coffee. Fun, but tiny. Great sandwiches, & soups.
Not the most fabulous coffee in the world, but not bad, and set in the Glasshouses in the delightful Queens Park. You'll find plants, and reptiles, on display here.
15 locals recommend
Queen's Park Glasshouse
520 Langside RdNot the most fabulous coffee in the world, but not bad, and set in the Glasshouses in the delightful Queens Park. You'll find plants, and reptiles, on display here.
Nice little cafe, in a block full of nice little cafes. Take your pick!
31 locals recommend
Gusto & Relish
729-731 Pollokshaws RdNice little cafe, in a block full of nice little cafes. Take your pick!
Drinks & Nightlife
Spacious, airy, good food, local beers, welcoming. What more could you want?
96 locals recommend
The Bungo - Southside
Nithsdale RoadSpacious, airy, good food, local beers, welcoming. What more could you want?
Arts & Culture
Arts venue with cafe. Always worth a look for the exhibitions. You'll also find the delightful Hidden Gardens to the rear.
104 locals recommend
Tramway
25 Albert DrArts venue with cafe. Always worth a look for the exhibitions. You'll also find the delightful Hidden Gardens to the rear.
Everything Else
Lovely contemporary peace gardens to the rear of Tramway International Arts Centre. Popular with locals for sitting around with friends, and beautifully designed and planted for an amble about.
18 locals recommend
The Hidden Gardens
25A Albert DrLovely contemporary peace gardens to the rear of Tramway International Arts Centre. Popular with locals for sitting around with friends, and beautifully designed and planted for an amble about.
Essentials
Stalks & Stems
1045 Pollokshaws RdGreengrocer and florist. Always looks fresh and tasty.
Decent sized grocery store where you can find everything you'll need.
41 locals recommend
The Co-operative Food
447 Alexandra ParadeDecent sized grocery store where you can find everything you'll need.
Sightseeing
Pollok Country Park
2060 Pollokshaws RoadLovely country park, also housing the Burrell Collection.
Fantastic museum housing an eclectic collection of international objects, set within Pollok Country Park. Free entry.
158 locals recommend
The Burrell Collection
Fantastic museum housing an eclectic collection of international objects, set within Pollok Country Park. Free entry.
One of Glasgow's many free entry Museums. Kelvingrove houses paintings, Mackintosh furniture, sculpture, taxidermy, industrial design, egyptology, temporary exhibitions and a restaurant.
841 locals recommend
The Glasgow Art Club
185 Bath StOne of Glasgow's many free entry Museums. Kelvingrove houses paintings, Mackintosh furniture, sculpture, taxidermy, industrial design, egyptology, temporary exhibitions and a restaurant.
Transport Museum in a fabulous Zaha Hadid designed building. Free entry.
344 locals recommend
Riverside Museum
100 Pointhouse RdTransport Museum in a fabulous Zaha Hadid designed building. Free entry.
Glasgow's centrally located Gallery of Modern Art. Regular temporary exhibitions, and permanent collections. Free entry.
226 locals recommend
Gallery of Modern Art
111 Royal Exchange SquareGlasgow's centrally located Gallery of Modern Art. Regular temporary exhibitions, and permanent collections. Free entry.
A fabulous building, and despite the recent fire it is still worth visiting. Guided tours are still available starting from the newly built Reid Building across the road.
100 locals recommend
The Glasgow School of Art
167 Renfrew StA fabulous building, and despite the recent fire it is still worth visiting. Guided tours are still available starting from the newly built Reid Building across the road.
Glasgow's main reference library. Housed in a impressive building, also housing a lending library and cafe. Original local history items & historic maps and house plans can be viewed on request.
38 locals recommend
Mitchell Library
North StreetGlasgow's main reference library. Housed in a impressive building, also housing a lending library and cafe. Original local history items & historic maps and house plans can be viewed on request.
Scotland Street School Museum
225 Scotland StMackintosh designed school, now a museum.
Fantastic local history museum with cafe in the attached Winter Gardens glasshouse.
165 locals recommend
People's Palace and Winter Gardens
The GreenFantastic local history museum with cafe in the attached Winter Gardens glasshouse.