Kelvingrove Café

The Kelvingrove Café is so hipster… from the décor, to the servers, even the menu. …I just don’t get the old school rap and hip hop soundtrack. That doesn’t say hipster to me.
My hubby and I came in on a Friday night and enjoyed the service (well informed waitresses), over priced e trendy drinks (I got a old fashioned) and delicious food. Our favorites were the rabbit pie, Haddie and corn chowder, and chorizo dish (all from small plates menu).
What we didn’t enjoy was the long haired dachshund dog wandering around without a leash, peeing on the front door (without servers or owner noticing/​doing anything) and letting out ear splitting Unilocal all throughout dinner. Now I think it’s nice when a place is dog friendly (and i am an animal lover) but when animals become nuisances to other guests, then it’s time to rethink.

Only a stone’s throw from where we were staying and the food was so good on our first visit that we came back again. They’d be getting five stars if we didn’t have to wait so bloomin’ long for our food!
From the street, its shabby-​ish frontage and original sign certainly leaves your intrigued and want to enter. Inside, it’s been completely redesigned with raised leather booths by the front window, a gorgeous back-​lit bar full of brass and black & white floor tiles. If I had a house that was big enough and I was being ridiculously extravagant, I’d definitely commission a smaller version of KC’s bar!
Being ‘slightly’ too early for drinks, we ordered from their breakfast menu which had enough options to keep everyone happy. My bean quesadilla was not only hearty but probably one of the best vegetarian meals I’ve ever eaten (I’m not a veggie but I dabble every once in a while).
The service was terrific despite the lengthy waiting times — it was never more than half full when we were there but perhaps there were issues in the kitchen. Despite that, it’s a quality brunch spot and should be kept on your radar.

I would describe the Kelvingrove Café as vino-​tatty-​chic as is a lot of the cafes, bars and restaurants in Finnieston. It’s a look I particularly like. With great detail and attention given to some elements like the brassed mirrors or the ornate ceiling and in contrast exposed brick and old alcohol advertisements scattered around the walls.
We never got here for a drink in the evening but the place would transition well between casual breakfasts and cocktail bar in the evening. Not a huge selection of beer is on offer but I did see a local lager, stout and more ordinary fare.
The breakfasts are simple but abundant. I swear the with the eggs and avocado there was not less than a full one and half avocados on the plate.
I especially liked the eggs and corn cakes which were delicious and even more improved by a light splash of tabasco.
The only thing letting down the café for breakfast anyway was the drawn out wait for fairly simple dishes even when not exceedingly busy. Expect to wait about 40 minutes. Which when your post night out ravenous seems like a lifetime.
The staff however are extraordinarily friendly, the kind of friendly which makes you feel like you’ve lived in the area for a few years and come in every second day and become a regular friendly. That kind of atmosphere can never be translated into a chain enterprise.

Kelvingrove Café is one of the reasons why Finnieston is so great these days. It’s a part of a bustling, exciting whole that it perfectly compliments and sooner or later every Finnieston-​fan must find themselves here for a cocktail.
I can’t quite believe that its taken me until now to review the place. When they’re not doing some of the best cocktails in the West End they’re busy with brunches. I mean, lunch is on the menu too but, come on, everywhere does lunch, you can get lunch any time. Shut up and order the French Toast.
To be fair, all the food I’ve tried there has been good, regardless of restrictions placed upon me by the time of day. While it’s not quite the cheapest option around it does seem like you get what you pay for here, and it just happens that everything on the menu is worth buying.
Recently I dropped in for a quick early evening cocktail and chose almost randomly from the menu, settling on the East Coast Triology, a blend of whisky, tea, lemon juice honey and bitters that promised to not be overly sweet. Turns out that they like to burn orange zest over it, so I was treated to an extremely casual and disinterested performance: a match was struck, it was clipped to my glass with a miniature clothes peg and used to set alight the oils squeezed from a slice of orange peel. The waitress seemed a bit bored by it and I managed to keep my cool enough to pretend not to be delighted but, oh that was fun!
No idea if it’s the pyrotechnics that did the job but the cocktail was beautiful. I could drink these all night. I’d fall over, but I’d love to try anyway.

YES. Arriving here at 8am on a Friday morning when my taxi driver said to me «Fair play to ya girl, pub at this time in the morning!», I had my doubts that I was in fact going to get much work done from my laptop here. Turns out, my fears (or. hopes. let’s not get stuck on semantics…) were unfounded. This pub is in fact a very sophisticated and delightful café during the day. I treated myself to French toast with crème fresh, sizzling bacon, carmelised banana and maple syrup. My god. It was unreal. Absolutely MASSIVE.
We ended up staying til just after lunchtime (had to squeeze a lunchtime G&T in for being so good earlier, obvs.)… and then went back at 6pm. I was very morto going back after spending the whole day nearly there, but the staff were as lovely and welcoming as ever. And do they pour a seriously perfect espresso martini, yes they do.
This is a classy establishment with lots of thought put into small details. The staff are brilliant, the soundtrack during the day was spot on, and the food was out of this world. Why would you go anywhere else?!!

I had been meaning to come here for ages, I’d had a pretty challenging morning and really wanted comfort food. I arrived at the door of Kelvingrove Café not quite knowing what to expect but it seemed a little Tardis like inside as there were plenty of seats and comfy booths. I grabbed a booth by the window and perused the menu. As soon as I sat down I was greeted by a friendly guy who took my coffee order and brought over water in an upcycled bottle.
The menu wasn’t as big as I had expected, but macaroni cheese has to be quite a comfort food, so I went with that. I had a macchiato which was the perfect size and strength, and watched the world go by. The décor at the café is a beautiful wooden herringbone floor and dark wood chairs, the bar is spotless and filled with many unusual drinks and fancy glasses.
A deceptively deep bowl arrived with crunchy toasty topped bread bits. On delving into the superbly hot volcano of macaroni I discovered that the perfect mixture of several cheeses had been made, together with as much garlic as we might use at home– which is a lot!
Hints of fresh parsley kept bursting through and it was a decadent bowl which I enjoyed slowly and indulgently, a good treat indeed.
Hone your people watching skills and drink in the Parisian vibe, Kelvingrove Café, I like you a lot.

I can’t believe it took this long for us to give this place a try. While they haven’t labeled gluten free options, the staff are knowledgeable and helpful. I had the pork belly bites and truffle fries, and my partner had a vegetable stew with an egg and pastry on top (it’s so hard to describe but he said it was really good!)
I loved the pork — the outside was crispy and sticky, with tender bites of pork on the inside. I would happily eat this again and again. The fries were good, though I think next time I’d just go plain. We shared the chocolate mousse for dessert. It was well-​made, just not exactly to my taste.
All in all, everything was done well and presented nicely. They also had an extensive cocktail menu that I didn’t try — seems like a great place for a drink if you’re trying to impress someone. We’ll definitely return for another meal!

I’ll be quick
This is an old man looking pub but full of trendy west end types giving a feel of classic rather than grungy
It is spotlessly clean and the team friendly
Food, got their beef chilli bowl, incredibly tasty but it lacked an accompaniment that could soak up the sauce, rice would be perfect… Really you just had a bowl of chilli soup
Little pricey for lunch too at £14 just for the bowl

When someone says the words ‘cocktail bar’ I automatically imagine an up tight, formal venue with people standing awkwardly trying to balance their overspilling drink from their stemmed glass. I just can’t shake the image!
But Kelvingrove Café is not a cocktail bar, it simply couldn’t be?! Visually stunning, bright, laid back, minimalist, it really goes to erase all my preconceptions about Cocktail Bars.
We went here when visiting Glasgow for a day trip and it was easily the nicest place we visited (recommended and accompanied by Briony C of course). We went in and perched next to the gas fire, even though it was mild outside this went to add atmosphere, the bar staff even came over and offered to turn it off for us if it was too hot.
These guys were pros, they gave us the drinks menus on arrival and then promptly returned to the table when it was clear that we were ready to order. They do take a while when making your cocktails but they are well worth the wait. I ordered the most manly cocktail I could find. It was JD, Tangy Lemon and egg whites topped with a wedge of fresh orange served in a crystal tumbler It was truly amazing. Very bitter to the taste but moreish the way a good cocktail should be.
It was such a shame we could only stay for one drink as Kelvingrove Café is the type of place you could spend your whole evening. Although you’d probably rack up a fairly high bill with cocktails between £7 — £9!
If you’re in Glasgow head here!

This was a bit of an unexpected visit for us today. We’d made the wee one a packed lunch and we were going to sort ourselves out when we got home but after hubby suggested it I realised I hadn’t eaten this morning. A café lunch sounded just the ticket.
We arrived in the nick of time! It was borderline empty when we arrived and we were seated and served just before an onslaught of people arrived.
KG Café offer a selection of artisan breads if you opt for a sandwich, and a healthy choice of intriguing fillings.
I ordered a Brie and chilli jam ciabatta sandwich, hubby had the pulled pork on ciabatta and tiny had the mac and cheese; my boy is absolutely obsessed with mac and cheese. Dunno where he gets it from ;) We also ordered a plate of chunky chips to share, because why not, eh?
The service was incredibly fast. Among the quickest I have ever been served.
I fed the wee one his mac and cheese before tucking in — whilst hubby described how delicious his sandwich was, how tender and juicy his pork was and how he’d be happy to tuck into the bread with just butter.
I was not disappointed when I got to tend to my own hunger. The chunky chips were crunchy on the outside and fluffy as a cloud on the inside. My sandwich was lovely too. The jam didn’t have the kick I was expecting and I probably could have done with a bit more heat, but the balance of Brie and jam was spot on. They also had a lovely little coleslaw on the side that was so creamy I wished I’d ordered some as a side!
If you’re ever wandering around the museum and feeling peckish definitely pop in. If you don’t try the chunky chips then you’re missing out. They’re seriously impressive. KG Café was a little hidden gem and I’m seriously looking forward to another visit.

Stripped back exteriors seem to be popular at this part of Argyle Street & the Kelvingrove Café is no exception. It’s dimly lit interior goes well with the frontage & is very conducive to just taking your time & letting the day unfold around you, at least if you’re in midweek the morning before Hogmanay it is anyway.
Opting for banana on toast (could have done with a squishier banana) to quell a grumbling gut I passed a pleasant hour or so avoiding the rain & enjoying the staff’s banter in the background. Of an evening it could well be very popular (there’s a large function/​dining area in the basement too) so I can’t comment on how comfortable that is but siting yourself here to work remotely during the day appears a very viable option.

Kind of stumbled into Kelvingrove Café, another place has just closed down and we saw this one was still opened.
I didn’t eat here, just visited the bar, it was well past 1am and the place was still packed, but there was still standing room around the bar.
Was greeted right away, and asked for the drink, I wasn’t ready and just said surprise me what I got some a pretty looking drink, it was orangish/​pink with an orange rind for decoration, and it was great tasting, not too sweet not too sour. Perfectly made for me!
If I had more time I would have liked to come back and grab a bite to eat, but I guess that will have to be next time I’m in town.
s/​n remember when I said kinda stumbled in, well didn’t learn the name of the place until after the Über arrived haha, so I never checked in on Unilocal

As I promised in my last update, I went back to Kelvingrove Café recently for brunch. Brunch might just be one of my most favourite meals, so I was pretty excited to realise I could go in for brunch during the week — simply not enough places offer weekday brunch, so thanks already for being so awesome, KC.
I’d had a bad morning. Virgin Media were f***ing around with our internet again for the third week in a row and I couldn’t handle a day at home waiting for it to get reconnected. So I decided to go to KC for a morning work session with the added bonus of food while I was there. On a Friday morning the place was pretty quiet — there was a business meeting going on and another solo diner/​worker in another booth. I love the booth seats here and am always chuffed to nab one as it’s the perfect place to sit and watch the passing street activity.
I got the full veggie breakfast — eggs, beans (which I forgot to ask to omit but thankfully they were in a separate bowl so didn’t touch any of my food), toast, potato scone, mushroom, tomato and veggie sausage. It was all delicious and just what I needed to fix my rubbish morning. I can’t remember the price but it wasn’t anything out of the ordinary for Glasgow. The highlight was definitely the veggie sausage which was just delicious.
I love the vibe at Kelvingrove Café and like that it suits so many different occasions — brunch, dinner, drinks, getting some work done. It’s a great spot and has awesome wifi too, win win.
Note: they have a check-​in deal for 1 free coffee between 10am-​1pm with any other purchase.

After hearing such good things about this place I was excited to try it.
I went for brunch and the menu pretty much had the perfect brunch options — I couldn’t pick between about 4 things, but eventually I went for the classic eggs benedict. The toasted muffins the eggs lay on were super crispy which tasted really good but was super hard to cut, but because the taste was great that didn’t really matter. The eggs were perfectly cooked for me, just the right amount of softness and the bacon was slightly crispy but not too much. I’m not a hollandaise expert but it added to the rest of the dish and tasted very nice.
The staff were friendly and took our order fairly sharpish but the wait between our coffees and food was quite a long time for a quiet Sunday at 11am, hence the 4 instead of 5 stars. I wasn’t in a rush but some of us were, so it maybe felt longer than it was. That wasn’t enough to put me off, but it’s worth a mention in case you do need to be out quickly. But hey, maybe it was a one off!
The décor was super cool and the whole place had a nice ‘vibe’ for a Sunday early afternoon. There was window seats that I’d happily sit in all afternoon with coffee/​cakes and people watch on Argle Street, however I’d also see myself coming in the evening and having a few cocktails at the bar.
I’d definitely go back, next time to try the evening menu I think!

The never ending wait for our food continues. Terrible service, and poor value. I wouldn’t bother!

Really chilled out vibe but definitely styled sharply with great variety of drinks and cocktails, all executed well. I was a few shades from sobriety when I went with a large group of friends but everything from the décor to the staff were welcoming, and memorable in a unique, ‘Anchorman’, leatherbound books and rich mahogany, sort of way. I think I asked about hosting events there, and the waitress was very informative, and enthusiasti… I think?
I’m sure she was.
Yeah, double thumbs up.

Yes 5 stars.
I thought I’d start my Unilocal reviews with a cracker.
Before I start I will say that I haven’t eaten there. Just cocktails. All the cocktails.
I moved to Glasgow in the middle of April from Brighton and I hadn’t been out anywhere. I’d done masses of research on Glasgow before moving and Finnieston was the place I wanted to try first… and have continued to ever since.
I had my birthday at the end of April, even though I knew no one in Glasgow I still wanted to go out, so, I decided to hit Finnieston. First stop Kelvingrove Café.
I like short drinks. I like good spirits. I like a smart glass and a huge rock of ice. I like people who keep bar to be inventive and passionate about what they do. I want them to care about what they are doing as it comes through in the drinks.
This is what you get at Kelvingrove Café.
I sat at the bar and was looked after by Jamie. What a star. We chatted about drinks, what I liked and he added some recommendations.
I worked my way through a great Negroni with a sweeter vermouth than I’m used to — perfect recommendation (and huge rock of ice). The Cuba Libre with aged Havanna was sweet, bitey and strong with not only a great balance of lime, with a great smell too. The Old Fashioned was perfect and the Tom Collins took me back to Collins Ave in South Beach a few years ago.
I haven’t had better cocktails made with interesting subtle twists and with such care in Glasgow. Anywhere.
…and the service. Well, what bar would the barman leave to pop over the road and swing me a table at Crabshakk? (review to come). Brilliant.
That’s how you do cocktails and that’s how you look after people.

I needed a coffee yesterday: I needed to be productive, but had finished work, and already started to unwind with a cheeky cocktail. A stop at another café on the way into town had sapped my energy rather than replenished it, so I thought I’d try the mysterious Kelvingrove Café to push me away from indolence.
I’ve been trying to go in for ages, but random circumstances have always got in the way when I’m in the area. Anyway. I walked in the door and two MAGNIFICENT looking cocktails are sitting on the bar. I explained that I was just in for a quick cup of coffee, the waitress was friendly, showed me to a table, and brought over water straight away (which I really like!).
I saw more magistically beautiful cocktails being made and felt my resolve to have a coffee and be productive slowly ebbing away, so I asked for the drinks menu.
What an inspiring list! I took a photo of the first page to give you, dear reader, an idea so that you too can go and try them! They all sounded so good, I could’nt decide, so came to my senses and realised — I need to do stuff. I’ll be back, and I’ll have earned the deliciousness, and I won’t feel guilty.
I’ll also bring someone to share in the deliciousness with me.
So, four stars because the coffee itself was not perfect, though very unoffensive, a lot like the espresso they serve in French café/​bars, so still kind of nice.
The atmosphere and décor are amazing (and night and day vs the café that I had come from), and the service great THOUGH a bit less friendly when they realised that I really was only staying for a coffee as said when I first stepped over the threshold. I’m totally a fan, and it can only go up from here when I stay for longer and try the cocktails (which I think will be more of their speciality).
UPDATE TIME!
Those cocktails are perfection in sexy glasses.
Aaand, they came so fast!
Aaaaaand, we ordered a little bit of food, and the olives were actually the best I’ve ever had. Ever.
Go and treat yourselves people. So worth it.

Popped in while my friend was at helm in the kitchen. His daily facebook updates on the days offering meant our little 5pm booking got kicked to the kerb and we dined here in style.
The stand out for me were Eggs Kelvingrove: toasted muffins, poached eggs and venison sausage. Oh yes!
The décor is very of the moment for the newly elevated status of Fin-​Aye-​Ston, and this place is a welcome beacon in the colder weather.
If you’re looking for seasonal, well excecuted plates with friendly, efficient service, then pop in!

The Kelvingrove Café was one of the first in a seemingly never ending string of upmarket/​down with the cool kids type bars that are cropping up in Finnieston lately, and I think it pulls off the twinkly lighting, exposed brick wall thing surprisingly well, especially considering every other bar on Argyle street has tried the same approach and KGC still manage to look a bit more interesting/​inviting.
I had the Hendricks smoked salmon with toast and cucumber ribbons which was nothing short of heavenly, and the salmon was a gorgeous shade of fuchsia! I’m not the biggest fan of the slates that the food is served on (call me old fashioned!) but they do tie in nicely with the food and atmosphere.
When we went in it was pretty quiet (a Wednesday afternoon) and the music was really chilled out (a lot of the soundtrack from Searching for Sugarman) which I loved. At night it’s always pretty busy and I’ve heard they do nice cocktails.
I’ll definitely be back for lunch or dinner and a drink or three sometime soon!

Ever since I heard that this place had pulled tofu and almond cheese on their mezze platter I have been desperate to visit. I’d tried to go on a Saturday afternoon and it was completely full, so I recommend booking for evenings and weekend. The server was very friendly and helpful on arrival — we were told the soup of the day was sweet potato and coconut and she checked with the chef if it was vegan or not (it was) and also informed me that (as well as the mezze) the potato and chickpea stew was also vegan. The stew was a special and if not for the mezze I would definitely have ordered that, and if I’d been in for dinner possibly the soup, too. However, I was heading out later for dinner and I really wanted to try the mezze so hubbie & I just settled on sharing that.
Whilst waiting for our food I decided to head to the toilets which are downstairs. What looks like a decent sized café actually revealed a whole other area downstairs which looks like on an evening would be very popular for drinks meetings. There were lovely sweet smells (vanilla?) inside the bathroom and it was nicely decorated with pictures and smelling sticks (I don’t know the word for them… I want to say incense but I don’t normally like the smell of incense). Handdrier — excellent! Though the toilet pan needed a couple of flushes to get rid of the toilet paper (I didn’t use that much, honestly!).
I regretted my bathroom visit when I arrived back at our table and my husband had already started eating the hummus before I’d had the chance to take the photo (he is most definitely not a Unilocaler), and he failed to tell me there was more focaccia coming until it was brought to our table. Le sigh. Anyway, I dug straight into the almond cheese. Oh, it was GOOD! But hang on… I recognise that taste… is it??? I asked the server what brand it was and after checking with the chef I was proven right. Oh yeah! I know my dairyfree cheeses. I don’t want to ruin the mystique, but I’ll tell you if you PM me and want to buy it. ;) It is available from a shop in Glasgow. If you’re there with someone tempted to try non-​coo cheese but hasn’t yet, I recommend ordering this platter as it’s one of the best dairyfree cheeses out there — and one of the most expensive to buy!
The pulled tofu looks like the beancurd I occasionally buy from a Chinese supermarket; I possibly wouldn’t recommend it for someone who has decided they don’t like tofu without having ever eaten it as it maybe doesn’t have the nicest appearance compared to what you’d see in something like a tofu stir fry. It was really tasty and unusual to be eating this in a non-​Asian themed restaurant, or in any restaurant at all really. We also had four large chunks of focaccia which was delicious and very doughy and soft to the bite.
The mezze platter is priced at £17.50, which for one dish is really expensive to me, but for the area, the creativity of the menu (vegan options and other dishes), and the offering of dairyfree/​vegan food items which are quite unique, then I didn’t mind paying that this one time. I doubt I would order that again just because I’ve had it now, but I’m confident that if I went in for lunch or dinner again there’d be something vegan-​friendly and tasty sounding on the menu I could have as an alternative (I think their veggie burger may be suitable for vegans, too). Drinks we had were £1.70 for a soda and lime and £2.20 for an Americano which I think is quite standard, and I really liked that we were given a jug of water and two glasses on arrival.

Popped in for a quick bite to eat before a gig at the Armadillo last Sunday. Like many who’ve reviewed, I’ve been a few times but first time with new menu. It has a really lovely laid back atmosphere with friendly service.
We didn’t have a reservation and as luck would have it, we got a booth by the window. We were lucky as lots of people were turned away just after us as it was full.
We’d had a fairly heavy weekend up to that point so decided to be a little bit healthy and ordered the fish sharing platter. It was delicious — smoked mackerel pâté and prawns were beautiful — and loved the fact it came with bread, olives, hummus and various other bits and bobs. It was definitely enough for 2. Washed down with a couple of glasses of unoaked chardonnay, yum yum yum.
Will stay for longer next time. Fancied the steak…

My first visit back since they changed their menu, and I was keen to see what all the fuss was about.
Two words. Venison Salami. I’ll come back to that later.
Clare and I managed to get a booth at the window, handy as we were both needing to do some work so had laptops in hand.
Coffee ordered and on the recommendation of my partner we both ordered Eggs Kelvingrove mostly because we were in a brunch mood but had missed the brunch menu (who said brunch stops at 1pm! When I’m ruler of the world… etc etc).
We were both pretty hungry so also ordered some honey glazed chipolatas and chips. Because chips.
The food arrived promptly and OH MY GOODNESS Venison Salami!
The Eggs Kelvingrove was delicious, two nicely poached eggs, and lovely Hollandaise, served on a lightly toasted muffin, and between egg and muffin were thick slices of Venison Salami which was wonderful! Tender, full of flavour and a great alternative to bacon.
I am now realising I didn’t ask where I could get some of the Venison Salami myself. OH NO, I’ll need to go back!
So, I’m a fan of the Venison Salami, but I wasn’t a fan of the sausages which were lacking in honey, and whilst the flakes of chilli were a nice addition the ghastly overpowering aniseed flowery bleuchness of fennel ruined them.
If it had said they had fennel on them I wouldn’t have ordered them. Shame really, because the couple I tried were tasty until that aftertaste kicked in. BOOO TO FENNEL!
But HURRAH for Venison Salami!
More coffee was ordered as we both settled down to write, and because I’m easy led, and Clare pointed them out, a Portuguese Custard Tart soon followed (plus half of the one Clare ordered, win!).
Price wise it was bang on the mark for me, not the cheapest place but I happily pay for good quality food, served with a smile by friendly staff. Definite bonus getting the window booth too!
Overall this was a much better meal than my previous experience, and I’ll definitely be back to try some other things from the menu, not something I would’ve thought after my first visit here so kudos to them for the changes to the menu (I see they still have those tiny round tables though, boo!).
Now, does ANYONE know where I can get some of that Venison Salami?!

I was fortunate enough to come along here to try out the launch of their new menu, and I loved every morsel I tried, so when Gordon M suggested we come here to try out the new brunch menu on this bank holiday Monday, I jumped at the chance.
After being a bit too slow out the door, we realised on entry that we’d actually missed the brunch menu as we arrived after 1pm… but luckily they have a few eggs dishes on the main menu so we stayed to try those out.
I loved the venison salami last time I was here, so I was glad of the chance to have the Eggs Kelvingrove (eggs benedict but with venison salami rather than bacon). Being hungry we decided to go for the honey glazed chipolatas, and a side of chips. Because chips.
After a relatively short wait, we were greeted with a generous serving of our eggs, a healthy bowl full of sausages and some lovely chips. The Eggs Kelvingrove was perfect — light fluffy muffin, venison salami to die for and eggs which were just perfectly poached. I wasn’t a massive fan of the sausages (too much fennel for my taste) but that was the only thing that would mark it down for me.
As we were both there for a while, and catching up on some writing, we each had a portugese custard tart too. I’m not much of a one for sweet things, so didn’t finish mine but what I did have was lovely.
The food here was absolutely beautiful, it comes so highly recommended and I’ll definitely be back soon. Try the salami!

I’ve always been a fan of KGC since my first visit, but there has been some changes recently with more focus on the food menu, so it is worthy of an update and a reaffirmation of how great the place is.
Yesterday morning we went along for a spot of brunch and then added in some dessert as well. (Well we did finish brunch after 12 noon) I had the breakfast brioche for the brunch part. It was really lovely. Rammed with black pudding, egg, bacon and tomato. The roll was toasted to perfection and the whole thing was seasoned really well. All in a great breakfast roll.
For dessert I had my first ever try of Baked Alaska. I love sweet desserts. I love meringue. I love ice cream! This means it turns out I bloody love baked Alaska! If your looking for an indulgent treat you need to try this. You won’t be disappointed.
Great food and exceptionally friendly & attentive service. Perfect place for a spot of brunch, with a top grade dessert thrown in if you have room.

BARGAIN ALERT… Two main courses and a bottle of house wine for £30!!! This offer seems to run Mon to Wed. In keeping with its neighbours this place has oodles of ramshackle charm, not to mention a friendly welcome. It might look a bit scruffy, it might look a little worn, but that’s seemingly intentional and creates a cool cozy atmosphere. We had two mains from the specials menu (beef bourguignon with dumplings and a beetroot walnut goats cheese salad), both beautifully prepared using local, in season produce. Lots of folk came in just to use the bar, it’s well stocked, perfect for pints or cocktails. I’m planning to try lots of other places on this strip, but I’m sure I’ll be back here for more soon.

I’ve been meaning to try KC ever since I moved to Glasgow and studied at Skypark (it was probably one of the places that got me curious along Finnieston). Finally, my body gravitated towards it yesterday, and I was very happy with my choice!
I love how down-​to-​earth the restaurant/​bar is. With welcoming staff members and a warm atmosphere. We were served by a lovely and stylish blonde waitress who seated my partner and I by the window. She gave us menus and immediately served us water (this is always a plus).
After much indecisiveness, we both went with their beef burger (as we were craving some juicy meat!) We were also curious about the cocktails so my partner chose the Violet no. 2
The burgers and chips took a bit of time to arrive but I assume they were cooking them fresh as we were eating lunch at an odd hour (like 4pm or something haha) but once the food came, the excitement overwhelmed me and I immediately bit into the (huge juicy meaty) burger. They say it’s cooked pink (medium rare) unless you request something diff, but I was unbelievably happy with the pinky-​ness! So mouthwatering! The chips were delightful too. Really satisfied my craving for something heavy and fulfilling.
Also, my partner has a skill for choosing delicious cocktails and I think he managed to choose one of my favourite ones thus far. Violet no. 2 was so good and sweet! I’m so curious to try their other cocktails after having that deliciousness!
Staff were amazing. Atmosphere and space was warm. Food? Ten thumbs up! will definitely go back to try more of their delicious food and cocktails!

Thanks to Unilocal I got the chance to sample the new menu which was introduced this month at KG Café. I enjoyed the food a lot and decided to make a return visit as a paying customer a week later.
The new menu consists of small plates, sharing platters and a small selection of main courses which change weekly. Me and my dining compaion had the Aperetivo platter to start with because the venison salami and baked cheese were still calling my name a week after I tasted them! The flavours of the platter were delecious but the foccacia was a little dry and doughy this time unfortunately
I had a main course of seared scallops and pancetta with a slice of black pudding buried beneath. The scallops were succulent and fresh and the crispy pancetta was very tasty too. I wasn’t sure if all the flavours combined well but each component tasted great anyway.
The look of this place is French bistro meets high end New York cocktail joint. There’s a big emphasis on the contents of the extremely well stocked bar and if you’re a cocktail fan I can’t imagine you’d be dissapointed. KG Café seems to be quiet during the day and packed out in the evening and at weekends. However you can get breakfast or brunch here and they encourage use of the free wifi so it’s quite a versatile place.
Sidenote: a trip downstairs is essential to check out the artwork on display! There’s some Peter Howson pieces and at least one Alasdair Gray as well as some great photographs and lots of other things to look at.

Lazy Saturday afternoon, the first of the new year, saw us ambling along to Kelvingrove Café for lunch. Took a booth by the window and surveyed the shabby chic interior. Looked warm and welcoming with mulled wine on offer as well as a selection of American draught beers. The brunch menu, served until 4pm, is short mainly featuring variations on Eggs Benedict which I chose. Two perfectly poached eggs sat on a split muffin surrounded by the classic sauce. I shared a portion of ‘rich’ chips which came dressed in truffle oil and parmesan — heavenly!
Traditional fish and chips looked tasty with a light crispy batter, while another of our party declared the Reuban sandwich, replete with pastrami, cheese and pickles, among the best he’d tasted.