Guidebook for Glasgow

Lynne
Guidebook for Glasgow

Food Scene

Amazing fresh bread, cakes, coffees and great breakfasts and lunches. www.tapacoffee.com
31 locals recommend
Tapa coffeehouse
721 Pollokshaws Rd
31 locals recommend
Amazing fresh bread, cakes, coffees and great breakfasts and lunches. www.tapacoffee.com
Nice for an evening drink or a Sunday brunch. They allow dogs (like a lot of places in Glasgow), so there's usually an adorable dog to pet. www.thebungo.co.uk
96 locals recommend
The Bungo - Southside
Nithsdale Road
96 locals recommend
Nice for an evening drink or a Sunday brunch. They allow dogs (like a lot of places in Glasgow), so there's usually an adorable dog to pet. www.thebungo.co.uk
Burgers, sit in or take-away. Veggie burger options too.
9 locals recommend
Buddy's BBQ & Burgers
705 Pollokshaws Rd
9 locals recommend
Burgers, sit in or take-away. Veggie burger options too.
Fabulous live music and arts venue, film events, gigs, food, drinks. Their cakes are awesome. They stock local beers and ales. www.thegladcafe.co.uk
109 locals recommend
The Glad Cafe C.I.C
1006A Pollokshaws Road
109 locals recommend
Fabulous live music and arts venue, film events, gigs, food, drinks. Their cakes are awesome. They stock local beers and ales. www.thegladcafe.co.uk
Fresh cakes and coffees. Pretty decor. What more could you want? www.facebook.com/gustoandrelish
31 locals recommend
Gusto & Relish
729-731 Pollokshaws Rd
31 locals recommend
Fresh cakes and coffees. Pretty decor. What more could you want? www.facebook.com/gustoandrelish
Their cakes are to die for. Amazing gateaux. Muffins, ice creams, slices. Delicious!
8 locals recommend
Star Coffee Patisserie
330 Victoria Rd
8 locals recommend
Their cakes are to die for. Amazing gateaux. Muffins, ice creams, slices. Delicious!
Ice-cream. A local institution and busy on a sunny day as park goers stop off for ice-cream.
12 locals recommend
Ginesi’s Artisan Gelato
455 Victoria Road
12 locals recommend
Ice-cream. A local institution and busy on a sunny day as park goers stop off for ice-cream.
American-style burger restaurant. They have some good veggie burger options too.
Ketchup
18 Moss-Side Rd
American-style burger restaurant. They have some good veggie burger options too.
Fabulous vegan bar, restaurant and gig venue. Very close to central station, where it takes just 8 minutes on the train back to the flat.
48 locals recommend
Stereo Cafe Bar
22 Renfield Ln
48 locals recommend
Fabulous vegan bar, restaurant and gig venue. Very close to central station, where it takes just 8 minutes on the train back to the flat.
Fresh vegan food. Excellent wines, beers and ales, home-made lemonade. Gigs, record shop and live music. 10-minute walk from central station, or take the number 5 or 6 bus home. www.monocafebar.com
68 locals recommend
Mono
King Street
68 locals recommend
Fresh vegan food. Excellent wines, beers and ales, home-made lemonade. Gigs, record shop and live music. 10-minute walk from central station, or take the number 5 or 6 bus home. www.monocafebar.com
Excellent Indian restaurant, just a 5-minute walk away. You can get yummy take-aways or sit in. It's BYOB and very affordable food. www.anarkaliglasgow.co.uk
Anarkali Indian Restaurant
531 Victoria Rd
Excellent Indian restaurant, just a 5-minute walk away. You can get yummy take-aways or sit in. It's BYOB and very affordable food. www.anarkaliglasgow.co.uk
Food, breakfasts and lunches. www.facebook.com/nowaybackglasgow
10 locals recommend
No Way Back
38 Nithsdale Rd
10 locals recommend
Food, breakfasts and lunches. www.facebook.com/nowaybackglasgow

Drinks & Nightlife

Good place for an evening drink, live music, poetry evenings.
64 locals recommend
The Rum Shack
657-659 Pollokshaws Rd
64 locals recommend
Good place for an evening drink, live music, poetry evenings.
A walk away from the flat. Good food, open mic nights, and nearby several other nice local bars. Just a walk away from the flat. www.thebutterflyandthepig.com/south
25 locals recommend
The butterfly and the pig South
1039-1041 Pollokshaws Road
25 locals recommend
A walk away from the flat. Good food, open mic nights, and nearby several other nice local bars. Just a walk away from the flat. www.thebutterflyandthepig.com/south
Good local pub.
59 locals recommend
The Allison Arms
720 Pollokshaws Rd
59 locals recommend
Good local pub.

Arts & Culture

Events, poetry, music, arts, theatre in this local venue. Lots happening throughout the year. www.govanhillbaths.com
8 locals recommend
Govanhill Baths Community Trust
126 Calder St
8 locals recommend
Events, poetry, music, arts, theatre in this local venue. Lots happening throughout the year. www.govanhillbaths.com
An arts venue, with dance, performance, exhibitions, lovely gardens and a cafe. A favourite spot for reading a book over a coffee. www.tramway.org
104 locals recommend
Tramway
25 Albert Dr
104 locals recommend
An arts venue, with dance, performance, exhibitions, lovely gardens and a cafe. A favourite spot for reading a book over a coffee. www.tramway.org
Theatre in the nearby Gorbals: www.citz.co.uk. It's on the number 5 and 6 bus routes - just 5 to 10 mins on the bus from the flat.
52 locals recommend
Citizens Theatre
119 Gorbals St
52 locals recommend
Theatre in the nearby Gorbals: www.citz.co.uk. It's on the number 5 and 6 bus routes - just 5 to 10 mins on the bus from the flat.

Essentials

Handy little supermarket, just 3 minutes from the flat and open from 7am to 10pm.
80 locals recommend
Sainsbury's Local
88 Woodlands Rd
80 locals recommend
Handy little supermarket, just 3 minutes from the flat and open from 7am to 10pm.
Because it's fun to see what random items they're selling in the middle section. And they have cheap veggies, wine and other foods.
129 locals recommend
Lidl
2 Hopehill Rd
129 locals recommend
Because it's fun to see what random items they're selling in the middle section. And they have cheap veggies, wine and other foods.
If you want a larger supermarket, Morrisons is a longer walk away or short taxi journey away.
130 locals recommend
Morrisons
130 locals recommend
If you want a larger supermarket, Morrisons is a longer walk away or short taxi journey away.
A petrol station, with a small M&S food shop. Great for yummy food treats.
8 locals recommend
Marks & Spencer Pollokshaws Glasgow BP
890 Pollokshaws Rd
8 locals recommend
A petrol station, with a small M&S food shop. Great for yummy food treats.

Everything Else

National football stadium and concert venue
71 locals recommend
Hampden Park
Letherby Drive
71 locals recommend
National football stadium and concert venue
A lovely and friendly yoga studio, you can drop in for classes. www.chiandco.com
Chi & Co
64 Darnley St
A lovely and friendly yoga studio, you can drop in for classes. www.chiandco.com

Shopping

Handy local Superdrug shop for medicines and toiletries.
Superdrug
474 Victoria Rd
Handy local Superdrug shop for medicines and toiletries.
A sustainable and eco-minded shop for natural and local produce, organic soaps, yummy foods. www.glasgowlocavore.org
47 locals recommend
Locavore CIC
349 Victoria Rd
47 locals recommend
A sustainable and eco-minded shop for natural and local produce, organic soaps, yummy foods. www.glasgowlocavore.org
They sell pre-loved children's closed at good prices, or so I've heard. It's a cute wee shop for a rummage. http://merrygoroundglasgow.co.uk
Merry-Go-Round Glasgow
34 Nithsdale Road
They sell pre-loved children's closed at good prices, or so I've heard. It's a cute wee shop for a rummage. http://merrygoroundglasgow.co.uk