Tantrum Doughnuts
7 Old Dumbarton Road, 28 Gordon Street & 20 Minard Road
Cult dish: Crème brûlée doughnut
They’re doing alchemy here with their crème brûlée offering. Available since day one, its silky Madagascan vanilla bean custard snuggled in brioche with a torched sugary top has wowed the crowds, making it their bestseller.

Kimchi Cult 
14 Chancellor Street
Cult dish: Korean fried chicken
Towering over Kimchi Cult’s menu is their addictive fried chicken, with a crunchy coating around spicy buttermilk-marinaded juicy thighs. Core sauces are gochujang (the bestseller), soy garlic, honey butter and, for heat-heads, hot numbing.

Crabshakk 
1114 Argyll Street & 18 Vinicombe Street
Cult dish: Scallops with anchovy butter & sage
Finnieston has changed a lot since Crabshakk opened in 2009, but their menu hasn’t, with the headlining scallops served since opening (in both restaurants). Expertly seared scallops come sizzling alongside delicious anchovy butter with sage.

Mother India
Various venues
Cult dish: Spiced haddock
Mother India’s exquisite spiced haddock has been served for nearly 30 years. It’s a delicate and defined dish: succulent oven-roasted whole fillet coated in spiced yogurt, served, depending on venue, with roasted tomatoes, ginger green peas or lemony puy lentils.

El Perro Negro
152 Woodlands Road
Cult dish: Top dog burger
The burger specialist’s signature stack is the rock on which their success has been built. Grass-fed, dry-aged beef is the meaty core, then rich bone marrow and tangy Roquefort butter, crispy bacon, caramelised onions and black truffle mayo. Voted best in the UK in 2019 and 2021.