Stewart Brewing are heading for Ryan’s Cellar Restaurant for a beer and food matching dinner A couple of weeks back, we blogged about Gregg Wallace enthusiastically noshing a dessert at Ryan’s Cellar Bar and Restaurant during a trip...
Nigel Simon’s marketing may need a rethink. Pic from [The Poke][1] Apparently this restaurant signage was spotted in the Philippines. Not the glowing tribute which the owner thinks it is, one suspects. ...
The lunch will help fund the Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice in Glasgow Forget MasterChef and Food Glorious Food, the real food stars of the future are already working in a kitchen in Glasgow. At least that’s the idea behind the...
Rita Gilligan MBE: she’s served more rock stars than most of us have had hot dinners The Hard Rock Cafe in Edinburgh celebrated its fifteenth birthday party last week. The George Street venue threw an almighty bash which featured the...
Just a quickie to point out a fun story in today’s Telegraph. The Regency Cafe is an old school greasy spoon in Westminster. According to Yelp rankings, it’s the fifth best restaurant in London. The brilliantly named Harry...
Voting closes at midnight on Sunday. Voting for the Scottish Restaurant Awards closes at midnight on Sunday 24th March. If you have a favourite Italian; a knock-out local Indian restaurant or a brilliant takeaway that everyone should know...
Snakebite: it’s back The blog is a little shabby around the edges this morning after a brilliant bash at Edinburgh’s Hard Rock Cafe last night. The George Street restaurant was celebrating its 15th birthday and it marked the...
Tacos, burritos and quesadillas will be on the menu at the new branch of Pinto on Glasgow’s Gordon Street Fans of Glasgow’s Pinto restaurant are getting fizzy as the opening of a second branch on Gordon Street draws...
Hardeep Singh Kohli will be cooking up the comedy Cafe India in Glasgow’s Merchant City is firing on all cylinders at the moment. Not only are they running a tasty looking Big Deal on lunches today but they are also hosting an evening of...
Every time a new government is elected, there is always one bloke (it’s usually a bloke) who complains that the wrong party has got in. However, ask him if he voted and he’ll inevitably say, ‘What’s the point,...
Ashoka Restaurants have opened a branch in Edinburgh The Ashoka family of Indian restaurants has long been prominent in Glasgow’s restaurant scene. In fact, I don’t know if this still holds true but, for a while, Ashoka was...
Last week, the 5pm Restaurant blog mentioned that Iron Maiden were producing their own beer called The Trooper. We knew that there would be great headlines to be found using Maiden song titles but the best we came up with was the rather...
Thanks @graemevirtue for pointing out this fantastic article on the economics of food trucks. It comes from the priceonomics blog. I realise that it’s unlikely to knock Fifty Shades off the best seller lists but it’s...
Both French and Caribbean cooking are on offer at River Life in Edinburgh It’s a hearty ‘Bonjour’ from the 5pm blog to Edinburgh River Life, a French and Caribbean restaurant which has just joined the ranks of 5pm Restaurants. The venture...
Chefs Dominic Jack and Tom Kitchin are behind The Scran and Scallie, opening in Stockbridge in April A few weeks back, the 5pm Restaurant blog related the news that Tom Kitchin and Dominic Jack, of The Kitchin and Castle Terrace...
The bar at Twelve Picardy Place The 5pm Restaurant blog was at the launch of Twelve Picardy Place last night and, some fifteen hours later, we still can’t quite believe how big the bathrooms are in the new hotel’s...
