Feeling fruity? Try the Cafe St Honore Christmas Pudding (Photo: Paul Johnston Copper mango) Christmas is a time for spoiling friends and family. The following restaurants are all lavish, opulent places where the surroundings, the service...
The office Secret Santa tradition is like offering to babysit your neighbour’s golden retriever. A fun idea in theory, considerably more stressful in practice. It can be difficult to buy for the colleagues you don’t really know...
Social and Cocktail mixologists take it back to the Prohibition Era. Being a low down, mean and miserable cynical sort, this 5pm Dining blog scribbler found himself unexpectedly touched by the story of today’s blog. Probably too much...
The French President Charles de Gaulle is said to have remarked ‘How can you govern a country which has 246 cheeses?’ If he found the thought of governing France daunting then what would he have made of Britain – a country which has more...
Authentic Turkish food is the draw at Alla Turca. Christmas doesn’t have to cost a fortune. 5pm’s Christmas gifts page has lots of great ideas for generous presents that won’t break the bank. Here are five gift ideas for under £50. Alla...
This week our roundup focuses on festive dining offers in Glasgow’s West End, a lovely part of the city to plan your seasonal dining. Cail Bruich West Cail Bruich On Great Western Road near the corner with Byres Road sits Cail...
eh2 Tempus restaurant looks opulent. The 5pm Dining blog likes hip, shiny hangouts as much as the next forty something bloke chasing his lost youth. We are all for smoked cocktails, lumbersexual beards that hide our multiple chins and the...
Brian Maule is one of the most highly regarded chefs in Glasgow. With eleven years working for the famous Roux brothers at their London Restaurant Le Gavroche, where Gordon Ramsay also did a stint, it’s fair to say he knows a thing...
There are some places that will make even the fiercest of Grinches smile and start wishing everyone a merry Christmas. We’ve rounded up five Edinburgh restaurants which all, in their own way, evoke that sometimes elusive Christmas...
If the thought of one more turkey dinner makes you want to spit turkey feathers, take a look at our Christmas dining page. We have loads of offers from a range of different cuisines, including Indian, Thai, Spanish tapas and more....
It might still be November, but restaurants in Glasgow and Edinburgh are already rolling out their festive menus. Here at 5pm we’ve been waiting for the first opportunity to tuck into roast turkey and Christmas pudding which is why...
We’ve got a treat filled festive few weeks coming up 5pmers! We’ve teamed up with Capital FM this Christmas for the ‘12 Des of Christmas‘ on the Des and Jennie Breakfast Show. Every breakfast for 12 days,...
The wonderful thing about our 5pm Christmas Gifts Page is we have present to suit everyone. Whether you’re buying for your granny, brother, friend or office Secret Santa, or whether you have £10 or £100 to spend, our Christmas gifts...
In the latest of our series of “a quickfire Christmas”, we spoke to Skeabost Castle’s General Manager Shaun Sim about his perfect Christmas. Located near Portree on Skye, Skeabost is in the beautiful private grounds on...
Brothers and sisters should be easy to choose Christmas presents for. In theory, they are the people most similar to you and, whatever you like, they will probably prefer as well. Obviously, that is not how it works. He has grown out of...
Amarone Glasgow In prime location on the corner of Buchanan Street and Nelson Mandela Square, Amarone Glasgow is a modern stylish Italian restaurant and perfect for a meal after Christmas shopping or before Christmas entertainment in the...
