where to eat in Glasgow

[BigGlasses]

I'm meeting up with 2 old flatmates in Glasgow for a weekend in November. We would like to go out for a nice meal together on Saturday night but as none of us live in Glasgow anymore we have no idea of where to book. Any suggestions?

We are staying in the merchant city, we want somewhere nice, ideally no childrens menu , we are 40 year olds so not too loud music, no particular dietary requirements.

There is a seafood place called the finneston that I was at recently that is very nice it's maybe a bit far out though. I had my eldest with me but it really wasn't a kid place

The Dakhin is great if you like Indian.

I'm dying to try 88.
We like The Butcher's block for steaks too.

Qua in merchant city is a fantastic italian,

The bar and grill in princes square is nice . You can sit outside or inside. There’s the Corinthian which is nearer merchant city but might be quite busy. Sartis does great Italian food. Chaophraya Is nice for Thai food , and Koolba for Indian. They are all n easy walking distance .
If you take a taxi the Finnieston is great but mainly fish orientated . The Ubiquitous Chip in the West end is a bit special .

It depends on how much you want to spend I suppose. The Spanish Butcher is great, and The Spiritualist is nearby for good cocktails.

The Spanish Butcher is on my list too, actually for the fish dishes.

The Spanish butcher is nice , but very pricey, esp you have steak.

If you're in the Merchant City, there's always upstairs at Babbity Bowsters.

Sarti's is a good shout but then I'm biased as it's a long-standing favourite.

If you want to push the boat out, there is Brian Maule at the Chardon d'Or. The à la Carte is expensive, but their pre-theatre is reasonable.

The Dhabba in the Merchant City is great if you like Indian food.

The food at the Ubiquitous Chip is amazing!!

The Citizen
The Anchor Line
Butchershop Bar and Grill
The Finnieston
Ox and Finch
Two fat ladies at the buttery
Alston Bar and Grill

Metropolitan in the merchant city has good food and drinks with a more chilled atmosphere

Urban
The Ivy
Cafe Gandolfi
Cafe Rogano

Ubiquitous Chip
The Anchor Line
Ox and Finch

Ardnamurchan is excellent. The food is all Scottish and al delicious.

The Anchor Line
The Spanish Butcher
The Crabshak (5min In taxi)

My three favourites and usually child free after 7.30pm.

What Stroan said, except swap the Butchershop and replace with Hutchesons

Chaophraya
The Spanish butcher
Anchorline
Le Chandon D'or (excellent tasting menu with accompanying wine!)

I love Chaophraya honestly my favourite restaurant but it's Thai food so you'd have to like that. Two fat ladies at the buttery is also excellent but a little more out the way. It really depends how far out you want to go? Six by Nico can be good too and have a taster menu but it's out in Finnieston.

I would steer clear of Ardnamurchan lots of pre prepared low quality ingredients inflated for tourists.

We love Nippon Kitchen if you like Japanese and sushi

I agree with Smartcar- Six by Nico is really good. Particularly good value for what you pay. It fills up very, very fast though so you may struggle getting a table.

not sure it's "nice" enough for what you're looking for but we really like Cafe Cossachok - just down from Merchant Square and does an excellent range of vodka shots as well as "real" food...

The Spanish Butcher is amazing but, like pp have said, it is pricey. The truffle fries are worth it though 🤤