“Hidden gem” is an overused phrase and one we are guilty of exploiting when describing our restaurants on 5pm. But it is difficult to think of a place that more perfectly fits that description than 10 Restaurant & Bar in Glasgow’s...
Recommending Valentine restaurants for other people is a tricky business. I might like French restaurants because they remind me of a romantic holiday. You might be rather less keen on them as they remind you of that time in Paris when...
The good news? The best fish and chip shop in the UK is Scottish. The bad news, at least for 99% of the population, is that it is in Brae, Shetland. Not so handy if you are in, say, Alloa, and suddenly find yourself to be a bit...
Warm-reekin’, rich!’ In a little over a week, it will be Burns Night and, throughout the world, people will be celebrating the life of Robert Burns with poems, whisky and haggis. While Burns’ Address to a Haggis pretty...
The 5pm Dining blog loves pork. In fact, if we could only ever eat one animal for the rest of our lives then it would be our old friend pig. Chicken, beef and lamb are all great but few meats are as versatile as lovely, lovely pork. We...
A 29 Steak David Friel has been the Head Chef at 29 The Grill Room on Glasgow’s Exchange Square since it opened in 2006. With spectacular views over Royal Exchange Square, The Grill Room specialises in selected, certified Scotch beef and...
Viva Restaurant on Glasgow’s Bothwell Street invited us through their doors to film them cooking the delicious Fettucine Manzo e Fungi, one of their most popular dishes – watch the video below. We had a chat with William Duncan, Head...
[][1]George Street Bar and Grill Chef Andrew MacRobert Andrew MacRobert is Head Chef of the numerous restaurants in Edinburgh’s Roxburghe Crown Plaza Hotel which includes the George Street Bar & Grill looking over Charlotte...
A cocktail lined with popcorn, 30 different types of American bourbon and a magic grill that blasts up to 700 degrees without gas or electricity, are just some of the unique selling points of NY American Grill, the latest restaurant to open...
Hotel du Vin at One Devonshire Gardens A serious wine collection, fine food and stunning surroundings, Hotel du Vin at One Devonshire Gardens ticks a lot of boxes on the fine dining list of must haves. Housed over several converted grand...
There are loads of restaurants to choose from in Glasgow’s West End but off the beat and track of Byres Road and Great Western Road there are some hidden gems. We’ve rounded up some of our undiscovered favourites. Lansdowne Bar...
Scotland is widely considered to have one of the best larders in the world. When we spoke to celebrity chef Jacqueline O’Donnell, head chef of The Sisters and participant in BBC’s The Great British Menu, last month, she spent the...
A residential area of Glasgow’s West End sandwiched between numerous areas including Byres Road and Partickhill, Hyndland is a neighbourhood of leafy streets, Edwardian terraces and beautiful architecture. The number of professionals...
The good people of Slow Food Edinburgh have teamed up with the equally delightful folk at Edinburgh Larder Bistro for a food and film night. The film in question is Leviathan which won the best film prize at last year’s Edinburgh...
With all sorts of exciting openings such as Hutchesons and Ox and Finch taking place in Glasgow, you could be forgiven for thinking that Edinburgh’s restaurateurs have been taking a nap of late. Nothing could be further from the truth....
“Indian food but not as you know it” is the phrase which seems to be repeated most in descriptions of Mithas, a fining dining Indian restaurant at Leith dock. Described by critics as “bold, exciting and unimaginable within...
