Location: Giffnock
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Where to Eat in Giffnock: The Best Restaurants and Bars
Giffnock (/ˈɡɪfnək/; Scots: Giffnock; Scottish Gaelic: Giofnag, Scottish Gaelic pronunciation: [kʲifnak]) is an affluent suburban town in East Renfrewshire set in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. It lies 3.7 miles (6.0 km) east of Barrhead, 5.6 miles (9.0 km) east-southeast of Paisley and 5.3 miles (8.5 km) northwest of East Kilbride, at the southwest of the Greater Glasgow conurbation. Giffnock is mentioned in documents as early as the seventeenth century as a scattered agricultural settlement. In the late eighteenth century, Archibald Montgomerie, the Earl of Eglinton, was forced to partition the land into a number of smaller properties.
1. Turban Tandoori
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 224 reviews
This is the original Turban Tandoori in Glasgow and should not be confused with the New Turban Tandoori which is half a mile away from it and is already listed.
Reviewed By keenwalker44 - Glasgow, United Kingdom
My family and I recently enjoyed a birthday celebration meal in this restaurant. The food was delicious and the service very attentive. We have dined here now on many occasions and have always found the food to be of a high standard and the service great. The restaurant has a nice ambience with good lighting and is situated right in the centre of the Giffnock shopping area right next to the train station.
2. Ian Brown Food and Drink
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 408 reviews
Reviewed By BigMerk - Glasgow, United Kingdom
This was my first visit here, for lunch midweek. It’s located between Clarkston and Giffnock and there is free parking nearby.
The restaurant is small (about 40 seats). The service was attentive, efficient and friendly. The food was very good. We ate from the Christmas menu and I had salmon with prawns to start followed by sea bass. I finished with Christmas pudding. The set menu is under £29 per head which is ok value.
A definite place to revisit.
3. Bella Vita
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 897 reviews
Whether you are celebrating a special occasion, enjoying dinner with friends or planning an intimate meal for two - our welcoming friendly staff provide a warm and cosy atmosphere for you to enjoy authentic Italian wines and cuisine. With an extensive menu on offer and an excellent range of wines to complement your meal, why not call in or contact us to make a reservation, and you could enjoy great tasting food, at reasonable prices, with your friends or loved ones.
Reviewed By EM1Scotland - Glasgow, United Kingdom
Delicious, well cooked food and some of the best staff anywhere!!!
A leisurely Saturday lunch is always excellent at the Bella....friendly, welcoming and never rushed, just what a relaxing family meal should be.
The starters ... stuffed mushrooms in breadcrumbs served with salad and creamy mayo is always a hit with mum, the house pate is delicious served with hot buttered toast, salad and amazing onion jam and the pollo frito picante is so good again, served with salad and mayo dip ( normally served with a sweet chilli dip but the staff are happy to change it to mayo if you ask )
The mains were excellent... Danny is one mean chef - he and his staff serve some fabulous dishes.
On this visit I had the saltimbocca ... beautifully cooked and the wonderful flavour of whole sage leaves permeating the dish just added to the authenticity of the food- and although offered with potatoes, again, the staff happily changed it to rice for me.
The sauce was sweet, delicious and has a wonderful depth of flavour bringing the whole dish together perfectly.. a massive hit.
Husband opted for fish & chips and although not something he would normally order when out for lunch .. it is so good here that it has become a firm favourite with him... a large fillet of beautiful white flaky fish in crispy breadcrumbs, served with fluffy, crunchy chips and salad.. voted excellent.
Mum selected from the specials board.. a fabulous pasta dish that she really enjoyed but couldn't finish..it was massive!!!
Mum as always, insists on dessert and the special was caramel topped apple pie served with ice-cream.... which she devoured with gusto. In her opinion it was cooked to perfection, with light pasty base, sweet apple with a lovely tang and the most devine caramel topping which wasn't too sweet or syrupy.
A couple a great coffees ( a latte and a double strength flat white) were the perfect end to a lovely lunch.
A fab place, owned by the lovely Mimo, with service from some of the best staff you'll find anywhere and the added bonus of delicious, well thought out menus (make sure you check the daily "special" board for something a different that maybe not on the menu) Chef Danny and team .. please take a bow!!!
I would definitely advise booking a table in advance.. especially for larger parties as even early week, early evenings and lunchtimes can be in high demand.
4. The Fish People Cafe
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 581 reviews
Reviewed By ccindxb - Aberdeen, United Kingdom
We dined on a Saturday evening, having made a reservation a few days earlier. This is a small and popular restaurant.
We were warmly greeted by the restaurant manager we assumed and given a choice of where to sit.
Jackets were taken and we were quickly seated and given menus.
Bottled beers arrived quickly and then the difficult task of ordering started. What to choose from so many tempting dishes?
I eventually opted for the Handpicked Portland Crab with a Warm Crab Fritter followed by the Monkfish Satay with Thai Spiced Shrimp and Peanut Slaw and my partner went for the Seared Yellow Fin Tuna with Sesame Seeds, Pickled Ginger and Si Racha Mayonnaise followed by
Whole Tandoori Sea Bass with Curry Oil and Spiced Basmati Rice.
We thoroughly enjoyed each dish and returned empty plates.
The staff are friendly and efficient and we would happily return.
2 starters, 2 mains and 4 bottled beers came in at £74.10.
5. Rawlings - love to eat
Overall Ratings
5 based on 181 reviews
"Rawlings Love to Eat" is a family run bistro and coffee house. We make, source and stock the highest quality food. We offer a warm and welcoming atmosphere where you can relax and be served by friendly waiting staff. My mother-in-law and I, along with the rest of the team, strive to produce amazing breakfasts, lunch specials and afternoon teas. At "Rawlings Love to Eat" the quality and simplicity of the ingredients is key.
Reviewed By davglafferty
Have been in love to eat a few times now. Never disappoints. The staff are super friendly. Lovely place to sit and have breakfast or lunch and get a good chat. The food is always outstanding and the cakes are amazing. Seen the set up for the afternoon tea looks great. Highly recommend eating here.
6. Michaelangelo's
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 260 reviews
Michaelangelo's brings together the art of la cucina italiana and the best tradition in friendly Italian family dining. If you remember Roma Mia as a shrine to the culinary art, Michaelangelo's will take it to a new stage - a gallery of masterpieces from Italy's treasury of food and wine.
Reviewed By jameslesleyc - Scotland, United Kingdom
Just enjoyed a delicious lunch at Michaelangelo's we chose from the "Lunch Market Menu" which had a good selection, something for all tastes(they will cater for Gluten Free diets). We all ordered different things and all were delicious, beautifully presented and very good portion size. The staff are very friendly and extremely helpful, a great place for lunch and will definitely be back, for lunch or dinner
7. Mount Cafe
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5 based on 49 reviews
8. Cafe Strange Brew
Overall Ratings
5 based on 197 reviews
Laid back dining in cosy and charming surroundings. Everything cooked fresh on the premise, using local and organic produce.
Reviewed By Ghriogair - Dunoon, United Kingdom
Looking through the windows of the Strange Brew Café, I can see a small room crammed with 30 something aspiring middle class types, beard, brogue and checked shirt brigade, who flock to this Café and will even sit politely, in a neatly ordered line, awaiting their chance to swallow the much vaunted cuisine.
As we know, the millennial generation will crawl over broken glass or fire at the merest whiff of a homemade brioche bun, dishes with fancy sauces, squirted on in little patterns, mixed with ephemeral dustings of fine spices or sugars? Specially flavoured foam or some light foraging for little heard of herbs send them into paroxysms of appreciation and Trip Advisor reviews? They also appear to get up a lot earlier than I do to launch themselves at any decent eating establishment in their dozens.
That's the third time I have arrived at the Café Strange Brew to find that all I get is a view of what might have been from the outside, a tiny glimpse of the anticipated culinary luxury within. Smugly seated diners taking their time. People queuing, necks craned forward like hungry Cormorants, poised to swoop on the next empty table.....
When did getting a meal become so competative? All I want is my breakfast on a Saturday morning? Can everyone stay away until after 11am please, go to Ikea or something until I have had my grub? Thanks.
9. Babbo Glasgow
Overall Ratings
4 based on 164 reviews
Babbo Glasgow offers delicious seasonal Italian food on the Southside of Glasgow. Our menus change 4 times a year in keeping with the seasons.
Reviewed By anjip_3 - Glasgow, United Kingdom
Quick Sunday lunch, food was good, service not really much to it, order taken, food delivered, plates cleared not chat no interaction whatsoever. Toilets were very dirty although some staff member had signed saying they were checked just United before we used them, odd! Shame decor in restaurant is great
