Presentation is key at The Lantern Room in Edinburgh. Pic: [restaurant Facebook][1]. What do we want? Edinburgh food news! When do we want it? Now! The people have spoken. The 5pm Dining blog obeys. Here is your Edinburgh food news: The...
Mamafubu serves a wide variety of pan-Asian dishes. Pic: [restaurant Facebook][1]. Hungry for Glasgow food news? Tuck in. A few days back, we mentioned Mamafubu, a new pan-Asian restaurant which was taking shape on Glassford Street. It...
Tacos are on the menu at The Duchess of Argyle, the latest Finnieston bar. The Duchess of Argyle is the latest Finnieston bar from Kained Holdings. The Argyle Street bar is the ninth venture in total from Kained Holdings and the fifth in...
Careful presentation is on the menu at The Hawke Bar and Kitchen, a new restaurant and bar in Glasgow’s Merchant Square. Pic: [restaurant Facebook][1]. Hungry for hot new restaurants and bars in Glasgow? Step this way. The Hawke Bar...
Salt and Vinegar: new school fish and chips in Shawlands. _New Glasgow bars and restaurants? We got ’em. _In fact, we have so many new bars and restaurants in Glasgow that we are going to split them into two lots. Today, we’re...
Sign is up at Taisteal. Doors open tomorrow. Bit breezy out there, eh? One strong gust and this 5pm Dining blog contributor lost half his carefully curated facial fuzz. Happily, we can all seek out a little cosy comfort and shelter at...
Revolucion de Cuba: bringing the fiesta to the city centre. The 5pm Dining blog is beginning to wind down for Christmas but not before we’ve polished off the last of the new openings in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Last weekend saw the...
The Taynuilt: Etive Restaurant with Rooms will launch in Argyll in January. Most of us will be looking forward to putting our feet up over the next ten days or so. No need to weep for them but many of the nation’s restaurateurs are...
Regrettably, we can find no hard evidence of this but, at some point over the weekend, we could swear we saw something on Facebook which said that The Ivy was to open one of its restaurants in Edinburgh in 2017. Over the last couple of...
Having led with reports of new Glasgow restaurants over the last couple of days, it is time to switch attention to the other side of the M8. Changes are afoot at Field Grill House on Raeburn Place in Stockie. Currently, the menu focuses...
Temaki rolls at Temaki. Pic: [restaurant Facebook][1]. Truly, we live in an age of wonders. From cronuts to half metre burger boards and spicy haggis with a fennel and mango chutney salad, mankind’s capacity for creating weird and...
Last week, while telling you about the new Bilson Eleven restaurant in Dennistoun, we pondered if the East End area might be the new Finnieston. Of course, the original Finnieston is still going like a fair with what feels like a new...
The Stables: tether your hoss in Clarkston’s latest gastropub. Currently in soft opening mode, The Stables in Clarkston opens officially tomorrow. On Helen Place, off Busby Road, it promises to be a ‘homely, traditional...
Bilson Eleven kitchen brigade in action. Pic: [Bilson Eleven][1]. Since the opening of the SSE Hydro, the last few years have seen Glasgow’s Finnieston district be completely transformed. Restaurateurs in the Merchant City or city...
The Kelbourne Saint has its official opening on Queen Margaret Drive today. Much like Santa’s elves, Glasgow’s restaurateurs and bar owners are gearing up for the festive season. Yesterday, we reported on The Spanish Butcher...
The 5pm Dining blog was chuffed to be invited to the soft opening evening at The Spanish Butcher last night. The latest venture from James and Louise Rusk – who also operate Hutchesons and The Butchershop Bar and Grill –...
