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Best Dining Bets in Glasgow

  • Best Fish Restaurant: One of the most consistently excellent restaurants in the entire city, Gamba, 225a W. George St. (tel. 0141/572-0899), specializes in superb seafood, showing off some of Scotland's best natural produce.
  • Best Indian Restaurant: The competition is stiff, but for this edition the nod goes to the always outstanding Mother India, 28 Westminster Terrace (tel. 0141/221-1663).
  • Best Bistro: More of a bistro despite its name, Café Gandolfi, 64 Albion St. (tel. 0141/552-6813), offers straightforward and delicious dishes, whether a bowl of Cullen skink (smoked haddock chowder) or a sirloin steak sandwich.
  • Best Cool Cafe: Where the Monkey Sleeps, 182 W. Regent St. (tel. 0141/226-3406), makes sandwiches that are as delicious as their names are ridiculous.
  • Best on a Budget: A brief stroll from the shopping precincts of Sauchiehall Street, the Wee Curry Shop, 7 Buccleuch St. off Cambridge St. (tel. 0141/353-0777), is a tiny gem of a restaurant, serving freshly prepared Indian cuisine at bargain prices.