Crabshakk
1114 Argyle Street
One of the first places to put Finnieston on the radar still has a pretty much unrivalled combination of stylish seafood in a vibey space. A fair few of their dishes (scallops in anchovy butter, lemon sole in brown shrimp butter, or even the clam linguine) are nailed-on hall-of-famers.

Mother India’s Café
1355 Argyle Street
It introduced Indian tapas to Glasgow and it gave us tandoori salmon. It looks onto the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and, in a city where the curry standard is pretty damned high, their execution of the classics like karahi, bhoona and chasni is higher still, reminding us just how good these dishes can be.

Nippon Kitchen
91 West George Street
This quiet and classy all-rounder is one of the city’s more formal Japanese restaurants. All the favourites are very well-rendered: precise sushi, ultra-crisp tempura as well as teppan grilled dishes, elegant ramen and punchy sauces.

Ox And Finch
920 Sauchiehall Street
The kitchen’s swaggering ability to jump around the Mediterranean and Middle East with its flavours and combinations, while also bringing an informal precision to fine-dining service, has influenced many ‘small plates’ venues in town. But no one’s ever bettered the original. 

Ranjit’s Kitchen
607 Pollokshaws Road
This Punjabi eatery is a masterclass in meatless cookery and has had Southsiders gushing with pride for nearly a decade now. Chef-owner Ranjit Kaur practices magic in the kitchen, where dhals are comfortingly rich, breads and pakoras strikingly fluffy, and everything is exactly as vibrant as it needs to be.

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