Cail Bruich West

My third visit in three years and once again outstanding service, great wine menu and incredible food. I didn’t opt for the taster menu as this can be a lot of food so we just had two courses from the standard menu.
Everything was well prepared and well presented. The timings between courses was spot-​on as was the waiter service, just right and never pestered.
Great place for couples or up to a group of four, any more and I think you would lose the atmosphere. Highly recommended :-)

I’ve been wanting to eat here since I tried your your delicious food at the food festival in Glasgow last September and I wasn’t disappointed. The restaurant has a calm and intimate atmosphere with smart yet un-​fussy tables and décor. The staff are warm, welcoming, relaxed, attentive and knowledgeable, and looked after is so well. The food was excellent: beautiful fresh and seasonal produce prepared perfectly, with a great balance of flavours, textures and seasoning. Highlights for me were the pea mousse; the smoked butter; the combination of the sweet duck breast and spiced date; and the strawberry sorbet. I was happy that I tried the English Nyetimber 2010 (bloody good) and enjoyed the spicy Côtes du Rhone recommended to accompany the duck. We enjoyed our meal and experience thoroughly and can’t wait to come back for a tasting menu.
Thanks to all of the team.

I had one of the best meals of my life here on New Years Eve. I believe my family and I had the multiple course taster menu and each dish was outstanding! Asides from the ¹⁰⁄₁₀ food, what I appreciated the most was the service. For a New Years evening, it is understandable that in some establishments staff may want to rush through things to be able to clock off before the bells, however every server at our table was attentive yet taking their time in a relaxed manner. It really was a great experience. Will be returning for another special occasion!

Visited some time ago for a chateaubriand dinner for 2 using a deal website. Excellent service and very good food. Better value to be found elsewhere in Glasgow but I would recommend for a special occasion.

My dining experience at CB has been one of my most enjoyable. We started with bloody Mary’s which were good then had fish soup which was beautifully presented and tasted divine. Then I had roast beef and it was equally tasty. Ended with soufflé which was beautiful. Overall the food is fresh, creative and delicious. The staff are friendly, helpful and accommodating. The atmosphere has a clean, warm and Scottish feel to it. This place basically has it all!

Birthday lunch for me courtesy of two good friends who had never had the pleasure of eating at Cail Bruich before. Greeted with a dish of the best olives I have eaten in a long time, and I’ve eaten a lot of olives, and salted nuts swiftly followed by fresh baked bread accompanied by two kinds of butter — one with flecks of sea salt and the other blended with pork lard and crunchy piggy bits and both delicious.
The market menu at lunch is a stunning bargain for this quality of cooking displaying real skill at combining wonderful flavours displayed in elegant well presented dishes (2 courses £16/​3 £21). Heritage beets — tiny globes, larger cubes and purée — with tasty morsels of creamed piped Dunsyre Blue cheese and walnut crumb brought us out in a rash of oohs and aahs of pleasure. My breast of pheasant served on a flavoursome bed of spelt and tiny leaves of kale was delicious as was the gnocchi with squash, girolles and goats curd. Two of us had room for pudding of sweetened creamed caboc with toasted oatmeal and little grilled Italian meringues, fresh brambles and bramble sorbet dressed with micro leaves of sorrel (we asked the utterly charming French waiter not being au fait with identifying micro herbs).
If you haven’t eaten here yet what are you waiting for?

Excellent restaurant. Definitely get the tasting menu. Just order a bottle of wine, not necessary to do wine pairing but bonnet it would be great! The haggis Bön bons and bread with pork drippings were my favorite, but everything was great.

My wife and I ate here during a recent trip based upon the good reviews and we were not disappointed.
The restaurant is quite small, probably only 30 — 40 covers. It has seating at the bar for drinks and also a table very close to the kitchen so you can take in all the action while you’re eating.
The food we had was locally inspired but used ingredients from across the country and maybe Europe. Some of the ingredients were barley in season even in the South (referring to the climate here), like the asparagus on one of our dishes.
The cooking was all executed very well but not with the precision or composition of a starred restaurant. The concept was more focused on bringing out the quality of the ingredients rather than any fussy presentation and over complicated cooking techniques — well, based on our visit anyway.
We thought the experience was good value for money — it didn’t break the bank and we would certainly go back. y

I went here for my birthday last year. I had the most delicious wine & food.
The atmosphere was warm & calming & the décor was Scottish & traditional.
I had the beef & mixed beats for dinner. It was gorgeous & the beef meted in your mouth.
The staff were friendly & attentive & let us stay a little later than they should have.
I would go back

After months of meaning to go to Cail Bruich, I spotted a deal from them offering a Chateaubriand meal for two with a bottle of Merlot for £42 and thought, why not?! I bought the voucher back in October but didn’t use it until just after New Year.
We headed along to the restaurant at 1pm on a Saturday and were greeted by a member of staff who quickly showed us to our table and took our voucher details. The restaurant itself is quite small, with only two or three other tables full when we arrived. The interior is all a deep, rich wood with drapes and cushions that add a really luxurious, classic feel to the place.
After sitting down, it was around ten minutes before a member of staff approached us again, which felt a little like we had been forgotten about. Eventually we were asked if we would like any drinks before our meal and if we would like to look at the starters, and then brought over some canapés of haggis bon bons, olives, goats cheese tarts and Gruyère stuffed rolls. The haggis bon bons were super crisp and flavourful and the Gruyère rolls oozing with nutty, melted cheese.
Shortly afterwards, we were brought a basket of warm, fresh bread and an Amuse Bouche of Mushroom and Coconut veloute with curry base and hazelnuts. At this point Sam and I were both pretty impressed — we hadn’t expected all of these extra treats! I’m not a big mushroom fan and the veloute was quite powerful so I didn’t enjoy it all that much, but the bread was really soft and delicious.
The wine which came with the voucher was a bottle of Italian Merlot, which I had never really heard of before. Italian wines are not something that I would usually go for, and neither is Merlot, so I had my reservations, but it was actually really nice and it’s actually one I might keep an eye out for.
After all these unexpected extras, we were excited for our main meal, but this was, unfortunately, where things began to slip. We waited for what must have been nearing in on half an hour before our main course was brought to us. This seemed like a long time to wait, and we were getting pretty hungry. Luckily, the food was spectacular.
Accompanying our Chateaubriand were big, chunky chips, bone marrow, confit tomato, roasted onion and pepper sauce. The chips were lovely and crisp on the outside and you could definitely taste the dripping they had been cooked in! The bone marrow, I avoided because the consistency of it was a bit unappealing, but the tomato and the onion were tender, sweet and a perfect accompaniment. The pepper sauce had a great consistency and a sweetness to it, and could have done with a little touch more heat.
The beef itself was cooked medium rare, although I think Sam would have liked it a bit rarer! Though incredibly tender and flavourful, the sizes of the slices were a little uneven and it was clear these were the best slices out of two fillets — perhaps explaining why it took a little longer if the first one didn’t go quite to plan. Regardless, the flavour and presentation of the main course was certainly there!
For dessert, we went for «Lemon and Blackberry» — a lemon curd cheesecake with burnt meringue, fresh blackberries, and blackberry sorbet. Again, unfortunately, the service was very slow and although Sam ordered a coffee at the same time as the dessert, it for some reason didn’t arrive until after we had eaten it. The dessert itself was beautifully presented and was incredibly fresh. The cheesecake was both creamy and zingy, the sorbet sweet and sharp, while the burnt meringue added a different texture and flavour to the dish.
We asked for the bill and waited again to pay the extra £10 for dessert and coffee, and again to have our coats brought back to us. I don’t want to focus too much on the negative because the quality of food was so high, but it is hard to ignore service so broken and slow. The restaurant was not particularly busy and it was frustrating seeing other diners around us receive much quicker service even though we ordered the same thing.
I would definitely go back to Cail Bruich, purely based on the high standards of the food and drink we received — and also from taking a peak at the rest of the menu while choosing a dessert. I hope next time things run a little smoother — maybe they were still easing back into things after New Year!

I’ve been wanting to try Cail Bruich for some time, and an impending birthday gave us the perfect opportunity to get the glad rags on and head on over. We booked a week in advance to assure us a table on a Saturday night. I was impressed at the attention paid to dietary requirements at the booking stage; attention that was reinforced constantly throughout the meal.
The Maître ‘d greeted us at the door and very quickly we were ensconced at our table with a wee plate of hors d’oeuvres in front of us and a g&t in hand. A second little appetizer soon appeared — I have no idea what it was other than some frothy number in a small espresso cup; mine was changed for a dairy-​free option without me even asking. We also loved the warm bread rolls wrapped in a cloth basket.
The market menu wasn’t on offer at this time of the evening so we both chose from the à la carte. For starters I had the whisky-​smoked salmon and crab with pink grapefruit and Herself had miso-​glazed scallops. We followed this by asking for two Turbots, but I was advised that this contained too much dairy for my liking so the Cod was suggested instead. Both were absolute perfection and we were particularly impressed by the strange green froth dressing, neither of us having come across this before.
We both had enough room left to manage a dessert; Herself picked the George Mewes cheese board, which I have to say looked very impressive even though I don’t eat the stuff. I decided on the coffee and chocolate mousse as being the least dairy-​fied option, and the maître ‘d recommended a jolly nice port and sherry to accompany our desserts.
A wonderful meal in a very classy restaurant. It wasn’t cheap, but if you want to indulge yourself on a special occasion, then Cail Bruich is the place to do it.
The evening was only marred slightly by the overly-​loud party at the front of the restaurant, whose constant raucous laughter was, to say the least, mildly irritating. It seems some people don’t know how to behave in ‘proper’ restaurants these days.

I went here last week with my mum and dad and a couple of their friends who were up visiting from England. I’d only been once before but remembered how great the menu was and thought it would be a nice place to go for a Scottish meal — I wasn’t wrong.
At lunch time they offer a 3 course menu which includes three or four starters to choose from, five mains and three desserts. It’s £14.95 for 2 courses or £17.95 for 3. There was a good choice of items (mains included pork, beef, hake and risotto) and between the 5 of us we tried most of the dishes. Every single one was delicious!
Not long after we sat down we were brought four yummy appetisers each which included a haggis bon bon and a tiny but flavoursome salmon bite. Once we placed our ordered we were brought a large basket of warm bread rolls that were all different flavours, the cheese rolls were the best! And then we received some cauliflower velouté served I espresso cups, everyone loved it apart from me. It was served cold and had too strong a cauliflower taste for me, so my dad happily ate mine too.
I had the mackerel to start which was served on a piece of grilled cucumber. Never thought I’d hear my self say it but grilled cucumber is very tasty. For my main I had the pork belly which was cooked perfectly and served with a light mustardy sauce, it reminded me of coronation chicken sauce but in a good way.
For dessert I had the peanut bread and butter pudding which was served with grilled bananas and peanut butter ice cream. The ice cream was definitely the star of the show, I wish I was eating some now as I write this review!
Will definitely be going back soon.

I’d read on their website that Cail Bruich are happy to cater for dietary requirements, and I’d heard such great reviews that I decided to treat myself and go for a fancy meal with my pal, who was beside herself with delight as it’s her favourite restaurant in the world ever. Ever ever ever. EVER.
Well, she was right, and it was superb. I’m going to be a bit of a rubbish reviewer here though, because I thought I had written this review already and it turns out I hadn’t, so my memory of the details has faded, although I do remember that the food was exquisite.
We had some little amuse bouche to start — of course I can’t remember what they were, but they were vegan for me, and I seem to remember a walnut. They were delicious anyway. I then had some beautiful pea veloute. Otherwise known as soup. I’ll put the picture up — it was a green delight, with little peas in the pod still in the pod on top, along with some delicate greens, which I really appreciate.
I then had spelt risotto, which came with (I think), some sort of special artichoke, various tasty mushrooms, and something else. Sorry, this really is a rubbish description! But it was amazing.
And I was deelighted with the pudding. Normally as a vegan you just get fruit, but they’d prepared some coconut sorbet for me, garnished with roasted pineapple and strawberries. It was wonderful.
Next time, I’ll try better to remember. There will be a next time!

Popped into Cail Bruich tonight for an early dinner and managed to grab a table until 7:30 when the restaurant was fully booked with reservations.
We decided to order off the market menu which was brilliant value. Two courses for £17 which also came with appetisers and bread which I was not expecting. You can choose either entrée and main or main and dessert.
I had the beef which was a delicious cut of steak cooked to perfection. I have to say probably one of the nicest steaks I’ve ever had. It came with a smokey flavoured mash and also a cheesy cauliflower soufflé sort of thing.
For dessert I had the tropical fruit tart with coconut sorbet. This was so good I could have ate another three of them.
I would recommend this restaurant to anyone. Great service, value and most importantly food. Somewhere to go when you want to impress ;).

Cail Bruich has long been one of our favourite restaurants in Glasgow, on each of our two previous visit’s we found the food and service to be of a high standard. A year had passed since our last visit so we booked in full of excitement to see if the restaurant was keeping up the high standards set before.
Cail Bruich is a small family run restaurant on Great Western road (blink and you’ll miss it). It serves modern Scottish cuisine with French cooking techniques. The restaurant has firm beliefs in using fresh, seasonal and locally sourced ingredients. Since opening in 2006 the restaurant has gained a solid reputation and a string of awards. The restaurant currently has two AA rosettes; has earned a place on the Michelin guide; and in 2013 the restaurant won the Entertainment award: Scotland restaurant of the year.
So finally after a years wait we finally were back at Cail Bruich. On arrival we were greeted by a new front of house waiter rather than the owner Paul, his welcome was warm and friendly and it felt as if he had being doing the job for years. The restaurant has a classy feel to it, in it’s small dining room.
We were taken to our seats and shown the menus for the night, where you can choose from the reasonably priced market menu, a la carte and a five or seven course tasting menu. We opted for the five course menu which is £40 per person, which we thought was great value.
Here is what we had.
Haggis bonbons; green olives; royal Parmesan gougers:
The canapes were a delightful way to start the meal, our favourite had to be the haggis bonbon which was incredible rich and flavorsome, and a nice Scottish signature.
Breads:
A beautiful white french baguette, a cheese bread roll and a brown roll. All three were baked well and served warm, we were served with an additional portion to accompany the main course.
Potato and leek velouté, lemon créme fresh:

The velouté was silky smooth and packed full of flavour. The sharpness of the lemon cut through the smoothness of the velouté making it the perfect match. The sunflower seeds on top gave the dish an added crunch and texture, which again worked well.
Salmon Ceviche, lettuce and wasabi purée,
toasted rice, soy jelly:

The salmon was incredibly soft and well seasoned. The purée was packed full of flavor and went well with the salmon. We weren’t sure about the sound of the toasted rice but it was an unique twist and added another dimension to the dish.
Scrabster coley, curried cauliflower, capers,
raisins shellfish emulsion:

Wow, this has to be the best dish we have tasted this year! The Coley was cooked perfectly and incredibly soft, the curried cauliflower added a bit of spice to the dish. There was a lot of different components to the dish but all worked and created a heavenly dish. We liked the aspect of creating the couscous from the cauliflower and having the capers to accompany this.
Ox cheek, smoked potato, onion:

The cheek was cooked well and had little fat, the jus was really rich and full of a pungent flavour. The potatoes were lovely and smooth and the smokey aspect was a nice change.
A really good cheese board at an extra £8, well worth it as each cheese had a different taste, texture and small. The only complaint we had, was not having enough crackers but this may just be because we are greedy.
Mango crème, exotic fruit, coconut sorbet,
Valhorna chocolate, cremaux:

This is not a desert we would normally choose from a menu; but when the dish arrived we were more than impressed. The various fruit flavors created an exotic tasting desert where we loved every mouthful. The coconut sorbet was a fantastic pallet cleanser, cutting through the incredibly rich chocolate cremaux.
Wow, our first two visit’s to Cail Bruich left us satisfied but this was an outstanding meal. Every course was presented and cooked to a very high standard. Some dishes had lots of different ingredients but each served a purpose and all worked perfectly together. We noticed some small changes such the new plates which we found added to the whole experience.
The restaurant was full on the Tuesday night that we went, but we had no complaints at all about service and presentation. Each person that served us was very professional and knowledgeable about the menu’s. Special mention to the head waiter, we never got his name but he is a credit to the restaurant, welcoming all guests warmly and attending to every need, they all done a first class job which is always great to see.
Easily one of Glasgow’s best

Popped in here last night for a midweek «let’s eat and have someone else both cook our food and bring it to us. Also wine, let’s have there be wine.»
We’ve been here once before, a long time ago, and I keep meaning for us to come back. I don’t remember much from the previous visit, other than that the food was incredible. But we always seem to end up going elsewhere… which is odd. So: nice to have a chance to rectify that.
We wandered down just after 8pm, to discover a near-​full house, and a very friendly member of staff suggested we come back at about 8.30 to allow the kitchen to catch up. No problem, we say, and head over to Oran Mor for a pint.
We started off with a Caorunn & tonic, which came correctly garnished with apple, hurrah. Then opted for a bottle of Argentinian Malbec — certainly not the cheapest, but damn, it was good. The market menu (£17 for 2 courses, £20 for 3, including canapes & appetiser) is incredibly good value, and runs till 9pm in the midweek section, which is also great, I think.
Our canapes arrived — mini haggis bonbons, onion cream profiteroles (i’m not entirely sure I’ve got that right) and green olives, followed by an amuse-​bouche of potato & black truffle purée/​cream/​foam topped with a potato crisp. Boyshape doesn’t like mushrooms but was amazed to find a «nice. mushroom.» He was as shocked as I was…
I started with the cerviche of sea bream, boyshape with the pork terrine, both lovely. I was particularly taken with the purée of wasabi & lettuce which came with mine, delicious. Individual, rich flavours, well matched and perfectly presented.
I then went for the pigeon — wonderfully cooked — with celeriac, spelt grain & kale — smoky & juicy and like a wee plate of autumn. Perfect. B took the beef — falling apart, perfectly cooked — with caramelised onion & beer sauce.
Great food — well deserving of the raft of rosettes etc in the window — and excellent service, very impressed with the attention to detail. I agree that the toilets could use a facelift but really, great place.

Last Saturday night I finally managed to get my bum on a seat in Cail Bruich located at 725 Great Western Road. This restaurant has been on my radar forever and a day but proves very difficult to get a weekend table if you leave it late too make a booking, or even worse try to just walk in on spec! Everyone I know only has good things to say about it so it is fair to say I was VERY excited.
Let me set the scene for you — inside is really lovely, it’s warm and welcoming and felt like I was dining in a friends front room which I kind of loved. It’s very spacious with lots of room between tables so you don’t feel like you are on top of each other, which makes a nice change from some restaurants. A fantastic relaxed vibe for somewhere that I anticipated might be a little stuffy.
I have one really small grumble so let me get that out of the way then I can gushy about everything. Once we were seated at our lovely table we sat for a good 5 minutes without being offered a menu or a drink. Canapes arrived at our table after a few minutes which looked really good, but as soon as we ate 1 each we then had to wait until we could order drinks before we could eat anymore because our mouths were really dry. That being said a tiny grumble on an otherwise fantastic experience.
The staff were lovely — we were served by a lovely couple who made me feel so welcome and made me laugh and a really nice young guy who was extremely attentive and friendly. Other than having to wait for menus I really couldn’t fault them at all.
Now the good part, the food — We were presented at the start of the meal with a few complimentary dishes including canapes, an amuse bouche (which I remember had foie gras in it) and an amazing warm bread basket., I was told what they were but I can’t remember what they were now other than lovely.
I had the option of eating from the market menu but instead choose from their a la carte offerings. To start I had the Breast of Glenapp Estate Partridge served with spelt grain, cepe & truffle. I’ve never eaten partridge before so I have no idea how it’s supposed to be cooked or taste but it was absolutely delicious. It was really light and tasty and I would highly recommend it to anyone (except vegetarians obviously!). I am not a huge fan of mushrooms but I even ate the cepe and enjoyed it, which to me is a massive compliment to the chef.
For my main I picked the Loch Etive Trout served with smoked haddock, heritage potatoes, grilled leek and butter sauce. This dish was insanely good it was smokey and flavoursome and all things good with the world. I scoffed the lot while mmmming and ahhhhing. God I could actually go another plate of this right now!
For dessert I decided that it has to be cheese (due to my indiscretion with an amazing Chocolate Samosa at lunch! woops). The cheese is provided by none other than local cheesemonger George Mews. I was presented with a selections of 6 lovely cheeses and some bread and crackers which were all really nice.
Having finally dined here I can confirm that they are well worth their 2 AA Rosette and Michelin Guide Recommendation for ²⁰¹²⁄₁₃.

I’ve been to this restaurant a few times now with my partner and with family. Every time it’s been a winner! Great, friendly service (they even remembered us from the first time we were there!) and the food is just amazing. Interesting seasonal dishes with a menu that always changing plus some tasty little extras. Hands down my favourite restaurant in Glasgow!

The Good: Exceptional value for money, Lovely food presentations, Creative menu
The Bad: Toilets could do with a bit of a sprucing up. Tables are quite cramped together, Kitchen noise.
Overall: A brilliant dining experience. Moving in the right direction. Up there with the best in Glasgow.

Cail Bruich may seem slightly expensive at first glance, but only slightly, and sometimes you simply get what you pay for (and at Cail Bruich you get more besides, as several extra treats are presented to you during your meal).
Everything on your plate is pretty much guaranteed to be delicious, it’s consistently busy with a great atmosphere, and it’s also in a lovely bit of town. Get yourself along!