Firebird

Firebird was one of the first places I ever visited when I came to Glasgow and its remained a firm favourite.
It’s a cool little bar and always has plenty of good beers on tap and delicious wines avilable to serve by the bottle or the glass. They have TVs and occasionally show sport, although usually not football (they’re far from the only bar in Glasgow to make this choice) aand the TVs don’t get in the way of the generall babble of chatter. There’s a fun pub quiz on Tuesday night and occasionally they run other events too.
They also do good food. It’s not all pizza but it is mostly all about the pizza here. Sure, the rest of the menu is cool as well, but the pizza is what they pride themselve on and rightly so. The bases are perfect and the tomato sauce is great — don’t be afrad to choose something with more adventurous toppings, the chef knows how to make it work.
Keep an eye on the daily specials board for unusual treats too — they’re usually worth snapping up.

Went in looking for a filling lunch, sat down ordered a drink and looked through the menu
Simple food with tasty local ingredients it said … The simple part is the selection… Which really wasn’t much unless you wanted pizza which seems to be their signature dish here
The staff are lovely and seem to genuinely enjoy their jobs here which makes
For a more relaxed atmosphere
The bar itself is nice and I could enjoy a drink with friends however we decided to leave the food, paid for the drink and went to another local restaurant for a better selection of food

Firebird has been on my list for some time, as I’d heard they do gluten free pizza. Well, that’s true, and they do gluten free pasta as well. We popped in for lunch last weekend and shared polenta chips as a starter and a gluten free mushroom pizza.
The polenta chips were nice, but much improved after we requested some parmesan cheese and a side of pizza sauce for dipping. The pizza was thin, but quite tasty for gluten free. The toppings were nicely done but as always, this American thinks they should put twice as much sauce on the pizza.
The service was great and the restaurant’s atmosphere is really nice. I look forward to trying out more of their menu!

Firebird is the perfect neighbourhood bar — it’s warm, welcoming, serves tasty food and has a relaxed vibe to it.
It’s up there with my favourite bars in Glasgow and I visit pretty frequently. I like the layout of the place — there’s a large bar area with booth seating, as well as restaurant section if you’re in for a meal. In summer, you can sit out the front and they can open up the windows so it feels really Mediterranean.
There’s changing drink specials and I recently had the Belsazar (vermouth and tonic) which was a really nice refreshing summer drink (and just £3.95). The food is pretty epic — I normally get the gluten free pizza as it’s super delicious — you’d never know it was GF. I like that they have interesting/​unusual toppings like nduja, pork meatballs, morcilla, kale & almond pesto which makes for a nice change from the standard options. I also tried the polenta fries recently and they are just amazing — nicely topped with Parmesan and rosemary and absolutely heavenly. I noticed they have poutine on the menu so that’s next on my to-​try list.
So yup, it’s safe to say I’m pretty in love with Firebird. Oh — they’re also dog friendly which is a massive win for me as I get to pat lots of cute dogs. Yay!

Firebird ist Pub, Bistro und Restaurant in Einem ohne dabei an Qualität zu verlieren. Schöné, gemütliche Atmosphäre und netter professioneller Service. Es gibt auch noch ein paar Tische draussen, die ich aber leider wegen Mangel an Sonnenschein noch nicht getestet habe. Beim Essensangebot ist für Jeden was dabei, plus wechselnde Tageskarte. Super Holzofen Pizza, sehr zu empfehlen. Die Nachspeisen sind zwar nicht ganz billig, aber lecker! Und wer gar nicht auf deutsch verzichten kann, es gibt WEST! Ein in Glasgow nach deutscher Tradition gebrautes Bier. Prost.