Battlefield Rest
55 Battlefield Road
This restored tram shelter has a history dating back to 1914. Since 1993, its petite confines have housed a quaint Italian with bistro-ish plates and dishes inspired by Scotland’s larder, alongside crowd-pleasing pizzas and pastas. Lunchtime and set menus offer good value for this level of cooking.

Celino’s Partick
235 Dumbarton Road
A second venue for the Celinos who’ve helped imbue Glasgow with a love of Italian food since 1982. This West End spot, following the original East End restaurant, delivers on the family motto ‘tutto per tutti’ (everything for everyone) with extensive all-day sit-in options and a cornucopia of Italian deli takeaways.

Eusebi Deli
152 Park Road
Originally a deli-takeaway in Glasgow’s East End, the founder’s daughter, Giovanna Eusebi, took over the reins and opened on an attractive West End corner opposite Kelvingrove Park. There’s clear passion in the dishes including brunch, homemade pasta, Roman sourdough pinsa, frittura, cannelloni and various deli items to go.

La Lanterna West End
447 Great Western Road
This Kelvinbridge sister to the venerated city-centre Italian restaurant (est. 1970) took more than 40 years to appear. It’s lighter and more contemporary compared to the original, while the cooking shows a similarly deft touch with great Italian ingredients and well-executed dishes that mix classic and contemporary.

Santa Lucia Merchant City
68 Ingram Street
Popular local group Santa Lucia run this spacious and elegant two-tier restaurant in the Merchant City, where the kitchen confidently picks classics from all over Italy and executes them with confidence. There are extensive gluten-free and vegan menus, while set lunch and celebration menus offer great value.

Sugo Pasta
70 Mitchell Street
After setting the bar really high with sister Paesano Pizza, there’s a similar treatment at Sugo when it comes to fresh handmade pasta dishes, served up in the Charles Rennie Mackintosh-designed Lighthouse building. Food and wine menus scoot around Italy for regional inspirations and flavours.

Also try… Southside favourites Oro, Cibo and Vini, and the long-standing Piccolo Mondo in the city centre (also check out our Pizza TipList).

This TipList is taken from Eat & Drink 365 Glasgow, our sister mag recommending the best in restaurants, bars, cafés and more. Want a copy? It’s available online or across all good stockists in Glasgow.