INTRODUCTION
CONTRIBUTORS EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Donald Reid
Welcome to The List Eating & Drinking Guide. For 22 years we have been providing our readers with a comprehensive, well-informed and reliably up-to-date guide to the dining scene in Glasgow and Edinburgh – both in print here and online at food.list.co.uk. Both our major cities are playing an important part in this year’s celebration of Scotland’s renowned produce. Designated the Year of Food & Drink, 2015 sees many events and organisations celebrate the natural larder on our doorstep, and in these pages you will find hundreds of restaurants, bars and cafés that have fully embraced and utilised the best food and drink of the nation. The reviews that make up the listings for the two cities have been freshly researched and written in the first three months of 2015. Our 90-strong team of locally based reviewers have been eating out anonymously at nearly 1000 venues across both cities. They are our discerning eyes, ears and palates about town, helping us keep track of the movers and shakers of the everevolving and constantly improving eating and drinking scene. You’ll find all the notable openings over the last 12 months here, as well as our latest Hitlists, rigorously highlighting the best places to be found in each section. There are Table Talks, too, with personal stories from some of the important and interesting players on the scene. The Tiplists throughout the guide will show you where good things are happening in the world of coffee, beer, bargain lunches, takeaway sandwiches and much more – all carefully chosen by our reviewers and editors who’ve been working hard to bring you all the exciting news about dining and drinking in these ever-changing cities. Enjoy.
CITY EDITORS Claire Ritchie (Edinburgh), Jay Thundercliffe (Glasgow) EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS Kelsey Farrell, Paul McLean, Keith Smith COPY EDITORS Claire Ritchie, Jay Thundercliffe REVIEWERS EDINBURGH Arts Venues & Attractions Poppy Baggott, Julie Morrice Bars & Pubs Barbara Adams, Hannah Jefferson, Emma Louise McGettrick, Jan Paterson, David Pollock, Claire Sawers Bistros & Brasseries Katie Conaglen, Sian Hickson, Theresa Munoz, Colin Renton, James Teideman Chinese & Far East Teddy Craig, Catriona Crawford, Louise Donoghue, Sandy Neil Fish Courtney Hyde Peyton French Yana Thandrayen, Robin Wu Indian Jennifer Alford-Thornton, David Kettle, Chiara Pannozzo, Elaine Reid Italian Tom Bruce-Gardyne, John Cooke, Sylvie Docherty, Nick Dunne Mexican Claire Ritchie North American & Round the World Miranda Heggie, Jo Laidlaw, Caroline Rye, Paul Trainer Scottish Stan Blackley, Ian Hogg, Hilary Lloyd, Tracey Reilly, Justin Tilbury Spanish Keith Smith Thai Barry Cooper, Steve Morton, Susan Smith Extras Kelsey Farrell, Paul McLean GLASGOW Arts Venues & Attractions Miranda Heggie, Donald MacInnes, Jay Thundercliffe Bars & Pubs Gabriella Bennett, Beth Darbyshire, Tiff Griffin, Ruth Marsh, David McPhee, Laura Muetzelfeldt Bistros & Brasseries Sucheta Duff, Carolyn McTaggart, Andrea Mullaney, Kevin Scott Cafés & Wee Places Jennifer Armitage, Kat Borrowdale, David Kirkwood, Ruth Marsh, Ellen Renton Chinese Andrea Pearson, Jay Thundercliffe Far East Martin Cross Fish Malcolm Jack French David Kirkwood Indian Rowan Anderson, Piers Hunt, Rory McGinley Italian Jane Allan, Kirsty Bush, Tara Hepburn, Bronwen Livingstone Mexican Beth Darbyshire North American Fraser Wilson Round the World Malcolm McGonigle Scottish Kirsty Bush, Erica Goodey, Andrea Pearson Spanish Lewis Renton Thai Tiff Griffin PUBLISHERS Robin Hodge, Simon Dessain DIRECTOR, FOOD & DRINK Peter Brown ADMINISTRATION Jade Regulski SALES & SPONSORSHIP Sheri Friers (Partnership Director), Chris Knox (Media Sales Manager), Nicky Carter, Debbie Thomson DIGITAL Simon Dessain (Digital Director), Andy Carmichael, Bruce Combe, Iain McCusker, Brendan Miles ACCOUNTS Sarah Reddie DESIGN Lucy Munro, Jen Devonshire PRODUCTION Simon Armin (Production Manager)
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HOW WE REVIEW
PHOTOGRAPHY Caitlin Cooke, Jannica Honey, Stephen Robinson
The List Eating & Drinking Guide values its editorial independence. Unlike other restaurant guides which only cover venues that have paid to be included and where review visits are prearranged and carefully orchestrated, no entry in the Eating & Drinking Guide pays to be included, none is obliged to advertise and none is given sight of its review before publication. Restaurants covered in the guide are chosen on merit and reviewed incognito – to ensure our experience is that of any other diner. Each restaurant is freshly reviewed each year by a different writer from The List’s team. Our reviewers are experienced and knowledgeable, but they’re not professional food inspectors. They’re chosen to reflect an informed local diner’s viewpoint, and they are encouraged to express an unbiased and even-handed opinion. No special favours are accorded to the companies that choose to buy display advertising space in the guide – they are treated exactly the same when it comes to their review visit, write-up and Hitlist selections.
Thanks
To all the reviewers, researchers, contributors, photographers, editors and members of The List team who have helped put this year’s guide together. A lot of effort goes on behind the scenes with IT, databases, websites, production, advertising sales, administration and accounts, and each part contributes to the success of the guide. Thanks also to our sponsors Birra Moretti, the Scotch Beef Club, Taste Our Best and the many other supporters of the guide.