The Clarence
168 Hyndland Road
The Cail Bruich team tap into the trend for ‘restaurantified’ pubs, where comfy seats and pints are encouraged alongside significant things getting grilled (lamb chop, tuna loin) and classics like chicken kyiv and steak pie are upwardly reimagined.

Eighty Eight
88 Dumbarton Road
Impressive cooking and great value to be had at this daily-changing small/smallish plates spot. Handmade pasta dishes are the big draw, but delicate plates like coley with spiced confit chickpea are to be had as well.

Ga Ga
566 Dumbarton Road
Trendy Malaysian affair that’s equally comfortable slamming out spritzes to the outdoor tables as it is doing modern twists on South-east Asian food. Everything has a light touch, from the lime-leaf butter drizzled over oyster mushrooms to the pickled beets in an ox-cheek rendang.

No 16
16 Byres Road
Refined cooking using Scottish ingredients in a cozy, split-level spot overlooking Byres Road. Expect Gressingham duck, venison haggis, hen of the woods, and cod with romanesco. Great lunch deal as well.

Partick Duck Club
27 Hyndland Street
The Duck Club leans into its hushed demeanour and curtained, speakeasy tendencies. They do all-day breakfast and brunch, and the poshest sausage roll imaginable, surrounded by the glossiest of gravies, with flaky wellington-esque pastry and coarse crumbles of meat spiked with mustard seed. 

Also try... Massawa on Byres Road: Glasgow’s appetite for Ethiopian and Eritrean food is increasing and this place is largely responsible. Folk travel from all over town for The Skillet’s Sunday roast, and at the junction of Dumbarton Road and Hyndland Street, Celino’s does Italian with a broad appeal and top-drawer ingredients.

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