Guidebook for Glasgow

Malcolm
Guidebook for Glasgow

Shopping

The only true skate/surf shop presently open in Glasgow.
Clanskates
45 Hyndland St
The only true skate/surf shop presently open in Glasgow.
Snap a guitar string? This place is near.
CC MUSIC
33 Otago St
Snap a guitar string? This place is near.
Large range of pre-read books.
6 locals recommend
Oxfam
171 Byres Rd
6 locals recommend
Large range of pre-read books.
An independent book-seller and it's next door to a vegan cafe.
Aye-Aye Books
350 Sauchiehall St
An independent book-seller and it's next door to a vegan cafe.
Best guitar store in Glasgow.
14 locals recommend
Merchant City Music
60 London Rd
14 locals recommend
Best guitar store in Glasgow.
Excellent newsagent.
Barrett
Byres Road
Excellent newsagent.
Nice thrift store.
6 locals recommend
Oxfam
171 Byres Rd
6 locals recommend
Nice thrift store.
Get yourself a UK SIM card here.
Phones 4u
276-280 Byres Rd
Get yourself a UK SIM card here.
This is a gift shop, but downstairs in the basement is a cook shop, for kitchen items.
Papyrus
374 Byres Rd
This is a gift shop, but downstairs in the basement is a cook shop, for kitchen items.
Excellent though small bookshop with a coffee bar, too new to be on the map yet - it's right next to Waitrose on Byres Road.
8 locals recommend
Waterstones
153-157 Sauchiehall St
8 locals recommend
Excellent though small bookshop with a coffee bar, too new to be on the map yet - it's right next to Waitrose on Byres Road.
Bijou French-run fondue restaurant - if you love cheese, you'll love it. If you hate cheese, you'll hate it. Booking essential.
Le Chalet Beaumartin
518 Great Western Rd
Bijou French-run fondue restaurant - if you love cheese, you'll love it. If you hate cheese, you'll hate it. Booking essential.

Drinks & Nightlife

Decent all vegan menu, record shop and zine store. Quite often hosts super good bands.
68 locals recommend
Mono
King Street
68 locals recommend
Decent all vegan menu, record shop and zine store. Quite often hosts super good bands.
All vegan kitchen and some nice beer & cider on tap. Relaxed.
27 locals recommend
The 78
10-14 Kelvinhaugh St
27 locals recommend
All vegan kitchen and some nice beer & cider on tap. Relaxed.
Vegan & vegetarian friendly pub menu and they frequently hosts great bands in the basement.
37 locals recommend
The 13th Note
50-60 King St
37 locals recommend
Vegan & vegetarian friendly pub menu and they frequently hosts great bands in the basement.
Good old pub, handy spot.
60 locals recommend
The Belle
617 Great Western Rd
60 locals recommend
Good old pub, handy spot.
It's an away from the main-road alternative for a quiet drink, in a beautiful converted church.
56 locals recommend
Cottiers Theatre
93-95 Hyndland St
56 locals recommend
It's an away from the main-road alternative for a quiet drink, in a beautiful converted church.
Water of Life.
Uisge Beatha
Water of Life.
Worth keeping an eye on live original music and fair prices.
20 locals recommend
BLOC+
117 Bath St
20 locals recommend
Worth keeping an eye on live original music and fair prices.
All vegan bar & night-place with a weekly folk jam.
14 locals recommend
The Flying Duck
142 Renfield St
14 locals recommend
All vegan bar & night-place with a weekly folk jam.
Oldest pub in the area, and closest to home.
10 locals recommend
The Curlers Rest
256-260 Byres Road
10 locals recommend
Oldest pub in the area, and closest to home.

Everything Else

Vegan menu in the Centre for Contemporary Arts building.
19 locals recommend
Saramago Cafe Bar
350 Sauchiehall St
19 locals recommend
Vegan menu in the Centre for Contemporary Arts building.
Good food (all vegan), nice space, nice staff. Right in town, near the central railway station. Hosts some really good events.
48 locals recommend
Stereo Cafe Bar
22 Renfield Ln
48 locals recommend
Good food (all vegan), nice space, nice staff. Right in town, near the central railway station. Hosts some really good events.
It's the fourth oldest university in the English speaking world.
266 locals recommend
University of Glasgow
89 Dumbarton Rd
266 locals recommend
It's the fourth oldest university in the English speaking world.
Relaxed and green and right round the corner.
432 locals recommend
Glasgow Botanic Gardens
730 Great Western Rd
432 locals recommend
Relaxed and green and right round the corner.
Awesome park, between city-centre and West End.
367 locals recommend
Kelvingrove Park
6 Professors' Square
367 locals recommend
Awesome park, between city-centre and West End.
Pretty cool open mic night on Mondays in the basement.
47 locals recommend
Nice N Sleazy
421 Sauchiehall Street
47 locals recommend
Pretty cool open mic night on Mondays in the basement.
Super hospitable staff, they'll make your travel arrangements easy.
Flight Centre Glasgow, Byres Road
305 Byres Rd
Super hospitable staff, they'll make your travel arrangements easy.
They sell robust hiking & camping gear.
Adventure1
38 Dundas St
They sell robust hiking & camping gear.
They'll make you a nice sandwich, if you didn't have time to make one yourself.
IL Cappuccino
491 Great Western Rd
They'll make you a nice sandwich, if you didn't have time to make one yourself.
Need to send post-cards? Look no further.
Hillhead Post Office
Need to send post-cards? Look no further.
If you break something on my bicycle, maybe these guys will fix it! And it's a pleasant space to hang out in.
Siempre Bicycle Cafe
If you break something on my bicycle, maybe these guys will fix it! And it's a pleasant space to hang out in.
It's a hospital.
9 locals recommend
Western Infirmary
Dumbarton Road
9 locals recommend
It's a hospital.
Another nice opportunity store.
British Heart Foundation
217 Byres Rd
Another nice opportunity store.
Good selection of books and audio books, free computers and wifi, plus maps and what's on guides. Also has a children's reading room and activity centre.
7 locals recommend
Hillhead Library
348 Byres Rd
7 locals recommend
Good selection of books and audio books, free computers and wifi, plus maps and what's on guides. Also has a children's reading room and activity centre.
Smaller version of one of Glasgow's most legendary Indian restaurants. Tapas-style menu, heavenly food. They have a cheaper, unlicensed, but just as excellent restaurant next door called The Den.
118 locals recommend
Mother India's Cafe
1355 Argyle St
118 locals recommend
Smaller version of one of Glasgow's most legendary Indian restaurants. Tapas-style menu, heavenly food. They have a cheaper, unlicensed, but just as excellent restaurant next door called The Den.
Fun "fusion" noodle bar with excellent sashimi. Great value.
18 locals recommend
Wudon
535 Great Western Rd
18 locals recommend
Fun "fusion" noodle bar with excellent sashimi. Great value.

Arts & Culture

There's always a film worth seeing showing here.
104 locals recommend
Glasgow Film Theatre
12 Rose St
104 locals recommend
There's always a film worth seeing showing here.
Very convenient cinema. It's nice and you can have a civilised drink while watching a film.
123 locals recommend
Grosvenor
24 Ashton Ln
123 locals recommend
Very convenient cinema. It's nice and you can have a civilised drink while watching a film.
Great exhibits, relevant to the city.
841 locals recommend
The Glasgow Art Club
185 Bath St
841 locals recommend
Great exhibits, relevant to the city.
For classier evenings of awesome establishment music.
39 locals recommend
The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
2 Sauchiehall St
39 locals recommend
For classier evenings of awesome establishment music.
It's the Centre for Contemporary Arts - the cafe has a good vegan menu and is a really good day-time meeting place.
82 locals recommend
Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA)
350 Sauchiehall St
82 locals recommend
It's the Centre for Contemporary Arts - the cafe has a good vegan menu and is a really good day-time meeting place.
Keep an eye on this place for contemporary theatre events.
47 locals recommend
Tron Theatre
63 Trongate
47 locals recommend
Keep an eye on this place for contemporary theatre events.

Food Scene

One of a kind tea house with vegan menu and insane range of teas, lovingly prepared.
74 locals recommend
Tchai-Ovna House of Tea
33 Otago Ln
74 locals recommend
One of a kind tea house with vegan menu and insane range of teas, lovingly prepared.
If you're serious about having a nice cup of coffee this is nearby and they know what's up.
64 locals recommend
Papercup Coffee Company
603 Great Western Rd
64 locals recommend
If you're serious about having a nice cup of coffee this is nearby and they know what's up.
Set-up by the grand-daughter of a Glasgow anarchist who heeded the call 'Aidez Espana'.
56 locals recommend
Cafezique
66 Hyndland St
56 locals recommend
Set-up by the grand-daughter of a Glasgow anarchist who heeded the call 'Aidez Espana'.
British style vegan breakfast.
8 locals recommend
THE BAYTREE
403 Great Western Rd
8 locals recommend
British style vegan breakfast.
An excellent Vietnamese kitchen with completely reasonable prices and super healthy food.
84 locals recommend
The Hanoi Bike Shop
8 Ruthven Ln
84 locals recommend
An excellent Vietnamese kitchen with completely reasonable prices and super healthy food.
My Dad likes this place. You might too.
37 locals recommend
Bothy Glasgow
11 Ruthven Ln
37 locals recommend
My Dad likes this place. You might too.
Authentic little place.
18 locals recommend
Little Italy Pizzeria
205 Byres Rd
18 locals recommend
Authentic little place.
Excellent coffee and free wifi.
18 locals recommend
Avenue Coffee
18 locals recommend
Excellent coffee and free wifi.
Wonderful Indian restaurant, great value, mainly vegetarian.
Usha's
2 Byres Rd
Wonderful Indian restaurant, great value, mainly vegetarian.

Essentials

Very convenient store with vegan haggis and many other nutritious items.
75 locals recommend
Waitrose & Partners
373 Byres Rd
75 locals recommend
Very convenient store with vegan haggis and many other nutritious items.
If you're missing a choice of German or Czech beer, you might find it here.
6 locals recommend
The Cave
421 Great Western Rd
6 locals recommend
If you're missing a choice of German or Czech beer, you might find it here.
Local fresh fruit & vegetables.
57 locals recommend
Roots Fruits & Flowers
455 Great Western Rd
57 locals recommend
Local fresh fruit & vegetables.
An African grocery store.
Solly's African Village
381-383 Great Western Rd
An African grocery store.

Entertainment & Activities

A nice skate-park.
Kelvingrove Skatepark
Gray Street
A nice skate-park.
There's an olympic pool here.
11 locals recommend
Scotstoun Sports Campus
72 Danes Dr
11 locals recommend
There's an olympic pool here.