Cairn Lodge Services in Glasgow City

The cleanest services I've ever been in......& I've seen a few.....

“Barrista” was eating a bag of crisps whilst making our coffees. Overpriced, didnt really taste of coffee. Load of rubbish.

Best service station to stop if you have mobility issues! Small enough & the accessible toilet is just by the entrance, which helped me loads as I was on crutches.

Good food good parking Good atmosphere. Staff not very well looked after even when Hard working and loyal. Just a number to the owners. Very suprised by that. High turn over of staff. A lot of Great staff work there when going to Universaties.

The Tebay of the North. Great stop - much better range of food & drink than a regular services (though possibly disappointing if you just want a can of coke and a mars bar). Has a butchers, sells fish, veg and bread - so a really handy stop if you’re camping and need to pick up anything you’ve forgotten. Can park up overnight - is probably my choice of night if heading to Oban for ferries or pushing up further into the Highlands from an afternoon departure from London (is my limit for driving on an early PM departure).

Nice enough place but relatively limited options.

It was good to stop here for a rest but not as good as Tebay. Then again, maybe give them a chance to expand and grow. At present they haven't got the choice of groceries. At present don't miss the chance to stop at Tebay travelling north to buy your groceries.

Really good coffee and food sourced locally.

Lovely farm shop and restaurant. Very clean and modern facilities

Nice facilities the restaurant is very good with a lot of choices and wide choice in the shop for takeaway ,dog friendly, probably the nicest service station stop

We found Cairn Services a gem of a service station. The pies to go were delicious. Toilets were clean and modern, they even had a shower.

Lovely food nice and clean very welcoming

Nice and clean place to stop for a break

Excellent food dogs allowed in pleasant atmosphere amazing log burner home made cakes etc

My favourite services to stop at when returning home from being South. Beats stopping at any generic services by a million miles. They have the best freshly baked goods, gifts, coffee and selection of artisanal sodas and healthy food options. Worth the stop for sure.

Deisel today the the remote Highlands. Mainland £1.56. Cairn Lodge services today £1.78. Say no more. The sooner government fixed pricing comes in the better because this carry on in a station this busy is simply greed.

Very poor staff, they are very intransigent when it comes to serving very precise meals. I wanted cottage pie with peas and was told it doesn't come with peas, it can only be red cabbage. The mind boggles.

Small service station but very friendly service

Love all the services in this chain!

We went out litter picking around the services and it is utterly disgusting. Cairn Lodge Services and BEAR Scotland need to take more responsibility. The litter dropped is tenfold deep in places. It is down to individuals who throw it from their cars, but i think more should be done by those in authority. It is an absolute disgrace and gives an appalling impression of Scotland.

Doesn't look like a chain service station, coffee sourced "locally" but was very nice.

Well stocked with good produce. Would defo nip back in for another visit

We visited the Westmoreland Farm Shop and services at Cairn Lodge, the vegan and Westmorland breakfasts were very nice and the service was excellent. Definitely worth a visit.

The shop is kind of expensive, but the service facilities (cafe, restaurant, etc) are really good, and it’s much better than you could reasonably expect of a service station. 👌

Lovely little services tucked away from the motorway. Not as busy as nearby Abington. Very well renovated inside, lovely farm shop (though expensive). Small indoor play area is well built for little ones that need to burn some energy. Nice food options though the ciabatta I had was quite dry.

Clean, well stocked but expensive! £4.40 for a plain cheese sandwich didn't bother with anything else

Food is all fresh and very nice

While these services are clean and welcoming, and have installed 6 new EV chargers, I am disabled EV driver, and the chargers are tucked away behind the building in a very poorly lit area. I visited alone, at twilight, on a rainy day, which probably didn’t help, but I was quite anxious and there was nobody else around should I have run into a problem. I almost did as it took three attempts to get the charger to connect to my car.

Brilliant services. One of the best in the UK. Great showers Lovely proper food

The farm shop and the food in general in the restaurant/cafe was excellent quality

Lovely coffee, a flat white, and nice cakes.

So refreshing to stop off somewhere on a long journey where you feel served and nourished and not just pushed through a conveyor belt. Coffee to go served from a window in their farm shop, restaurant with locally served home cooked food or you can go browse the shop for local treats. They offer their own loyalty card or 10% off for using your own cup. If you just want a cheap burger and a close-your-eyes- toilet, this isn’t the place for you but if you want a genuine respite in your travels then you will be delighted. Outside picnic facilities are very well done - you are on a motorway after all! You can even have a shower - it was sparkling!

Dont understand the good reviews at all. The choice is limited, the chips are like cardboard, pie was mostly pastry wich was dry and the red cabbage was cold and bitter. Wifes bread roll was stale and dry, and your given those horrible wooden cutlery. Outside the grounds are covered in litter along the tree line.

I stopped off here after a long travel. Really nice inside even when undergoing renovations. I was shocked by the expensive prices and even more shocked with how rude a particular staff member was (Allison) this will be the reason I shall not return. Maureen, however was very helpful and assisted me with info I was asking

Only went to the toilet Good very clean

Toilet break and visited the shop.

A stop on the way to the Trossachs, service was prompt.. I just had a coffee and cake.. a welcome break.

Nothing really to share was just a toilet stop

WHAT A FIND! Just visited again on a road trip. Nice atmosphere. If you are fed up with Starbucks monopoly and mediocre food this is the services for you. I was so delighted when I turned off the road for breakfast to find this jewel of a place. Very cosy feel and friendly staff. Also a lovely gift shop with local crafts. I found a beautiful woollen rug to take back to Australia as a gift. Delighted to see they have now opened a few more….cant wait for our lunch stop!

Food was ok , had to wait 10 minutes for my fish and chips, while the wife ate her dinner, pleasant staff but expensive food for what it was

Nice place, expensive but worth it

Two takeaway rolls and sausage..one tea..one coffee £18...Well overpriced for rolls with no butter.. ketchup you could hardly see and cold slice sausage..lukewarm coffee but at least the tea was hot..Used to like stopping here for breakfast but don’t think we’ll be back

Bathrooms are good and the coffee is nice but there are no gluten free options for food unless you want to spend a fortune and sit in. So gf options in the shop wouldn't go amiss. We stop at this services several times a year but only ever get coffee as the food options for those of us who are gf are limited. Also when we asked about any gf options the woman behind the counter was so dismissive.

We specifically called in here to do some shopping, both food and clothing as per our excellent previous experiences. Wow, what a change, we left empty handed and disappointed.

Nice services, plenty of parking. Some nice food in the shops onsite.

Friendly staff But the prices are steep.

Two stars for ambience. One roll with cool over cooked sliced sausage, one with cool bacon and two teas......EIGHTEEN POUNDS & FORTY PENCE!!! SHOCKING!!

Stopped off for some dinner on a long drive back north. No vegan options so opted for veggie pasta. Said would be served with a choice of side only to be told the side for this was chips, and if veg was wanted there would be additional charge. Menu clearly states ‘choice of side’. Staff borderline rude with a take it or leave it attitude. Pasta mediocre and lukewarm. Won’t be back

Food unexpectedly good for a service station. Very clean and well maintained.

A lot of hype, as food was OK, but three times dearer than I get at my local chippy (and I live in Glasgow City Centre). Outside of Glasgow, I have eaten bangers and mash for 1/4 of their price. Not to mention at IKEA... Which is even tastier and better service.

Rip off shop prices. Cafe is extortion price and very slow service. Plenty of parking which is free.

Stopped on way up to Inverness stopped off for coffee and snack Got a bag of homemade cookies which were great Coffee was nearly four pounds but was needed so had one anyway One of best flat whites of the holiday Great taste hot even though was in paper cup didn’t dampen taste Place was super clean and lots of good grub on offer if you had deep pockets

Apart from surly, dissinterestrd staff, filthy cutlery, teapots with knobs missing, uncleared tables and dry, stale scones, this place is fantastic.

If I could give it minus stars I would. We just wanted a simple snack…sandwich or wrap etc. No sandwiches or wraps, just rolls which would have been ok if they’d not been horribly stale, dry and tasteless. They weren’t in cling film or anything to keep them fresh and despite being “freshly made this morning” as the server said, it was obvious they’d been sitting around for hours and hours unwrapped. My chicken Caesar had no dressing…not even a drop of mayo. It was like sawdust. No mayo sachets on the self service stand just millions of mustard sachets. Asked the server…”we have none.” I honestly tried to eat it, but it was so dry I couldn’t swallow it down. It was appalling and the price was a staggering £6.50!…for one very stale sparsely filled roll. Needless to say I took it back and got a refund. Husband struggled manfully through his beef thing as it had a small glob of mustard but again it was stale as hell and dry as dust. His tea struggled to get out of the pot and my coffee was bitter. I have never ever had such appalling “food” in a motorway services. It made a Boots meal deal look like a gourmet offering. If we’d known it was part of the rip off Tebay services outfit, we’d have given it a wide berth. Truly dreadful.

Great place to eat and they have clean toilets.

It’s always nice to stop on the long journey for a break and to have some meal, but when they don’t display prices near deli counter and at the till they charging £11 for the scoop of chickpeas and 4 slices of sweet potatoes so that makes me think that stop for the toilet and keep going

Update - February 2024 First time here for nearly four years. Like their service area on the M6 I think they are playing on their TV fame. Cappucino was almost tasteless, virtually no coffee and lots and lots and lots of milk. Very disappointing. Original comment - 2020 This is what a motorway service station should be like. Run by the same family as the services at Tebay on the M6. Delightful surroundings, spotless toilets with showers and baby changing facilities and efficient friendly staff.

One of my favourite service stations.

Good places two stop for food and drink and fuel

Definitely one of my favourite places to stop on the road to/from Glasgow. Slightly off the main road, so not as overcrowded as most services on the motorway. Great locally made food and drinks in the shop, clean facilities, and nice staff as well

Love this place,loved the food farm yummy pork for Sunday lunch

Loved it ,great hostess. Modern kitchen great log burner, garage, 2 double beds, modern fittings throughout. 5 star

Probably the best-looking services I've ever seen, the food was great as well, especially local lemonade

Cracking staff and hot showers in garage

Stopped here when enroute to Largs/Isle of Cumbrae for a snack & a drink & ended up losing my phone in their car park. Only found this out 2.5hrs later when at our destination😟 Used my Find Your Phone app on my other phone & kept making mine ring till it was brought into the Services & I got a call that nite to say it had been handed in🥳🥳 We picked it back up on our way home 3 days after & really grateful to whoever dropped it in & also to Cairn Lodge Services for getting in touch the same nite to let me know. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Ian @ On Yer' Bike! M'bro 😉👍

Super miejsce trochę mały parking dla ciężarówek jedzenie dobre toalety i prysznice czyste

Waited 20 minutes for a drink they don't know what they doing lacking hygiene sucking on your fingers and then making drinks is just terrible

Stopped on way home from Bridge of Cally. As usual great food . Not very busy today .

Plenty of Hgv parking at sensible prices. Clean and tidy site.Well stocked shop,run by two helpful lovely ladies ,Sandra and Marion on day of visit

Great place to stop. It has the best indoor play area for little ones. Our 6 year old loves it. It is a little pricey, but that is reflected in the quality of the environment, toilets, and food. Not your average service station.

Stopped here to split up the drive. Food was adequate. Some of it spent too long in the hot hold. Lovely looking place though.

Prices are a tad expensive, electric fast charging expensive, same price as diesel!

Small smart services on M74 south. Refurbished within the last 10 years and more development planned. Has its own coffees and baking which are good. A small farmshop and kitchen onsite too.

Really nice, everything a traveller needs and. Few luxuries. Things you don't need but might like. Good food options and clean services

This is a relatively small service station and whilst the food looked appetising, the selection was limited. Coffee was good but pricey at nearly 4 quid for an oatmilk flat white. There were some nice artisan snacks, crisps and other products but these felt overpriced. I'm hopeful it will be better when planned improvements are complete in 2024, as the other sites owned by this chain (Tebay and Gloucester services for example) are great.

Toilets sparking clean, hot water on tap. Shop has great selection, only stopped for coffee but the food looked amazing really sorry we were not needing fed! Would return and recommend it to others

Popped in on a drive down from Scotland to London - lovely farm shop, great produce, clean toilets, and delicious macaroni cheese and coffee to takeaway from the restaurant. Let us take our wee dogs in. Will be back during our travels!

Nice, rustic services with a modern feel...

Nice hot fish, ruined by cold chips and peas. Not as good as their Tebay services. Kids eat for a £1 is brilliant though.

Nice place. Typical overpriced motorway services.

Lovely food, gorgeous cafe very friendly staff. Quieter than T Bay. Always worth a stop.

Lovely little place to stop and rest, excellent choice of good quality food.

Like the Tebay services which took over this from a previous family business, it offers superior quality food without any of the chainstores, is very clean and what all services could be like if they tried.

What a BEAUTIFUL place to stop at for an excellent quality coffee and freshly baked treats. Exceptionally pristine!! Even have to comment on the toilet facilities, I've never seen a cleaner ablution facility!

Very busy when we stopped for a break from driving in the snow and sleet. The food was ok. Not too expensive as motorway eateries go. But, The price of the fuel at the SHELL station was ridiculously expensive.

Cairn Lodge is our go to on a drive down south as it is definitely one of the nicer service stations. The food is nice, there is always a good choice, and the wee farm shop is lovely to look around, stocked with local produce. The cafe also has a small play area for children which our wee girl loved. However, although kids eat for £1 when bought alongside an adult meal, it is still quite pricey so be prepared for that.

Nice and clean with a decent selection of fuel, food and decent ablutions.

Good EV charging facilities at a decent rate with a very pleasant cafe area which looks to have been refurbished late 2023

Came in for breakfast. We ordered a roll and sausage at £6.25 it was an overpriced dry roll with not a lot of sausage at all. Very disappointed for that price expected good quality. Would have given no stars but coffee was nice. £20 for 2 dry rolls and coffee

Great service, but serving expensive dry sandwiches

Love this place! Clean Toilets, fabulous shop, fab restaurant! Cappuccino could be stronger!

We stopped for a break and bought Some home made snacks local produce, pricey but good

Disappointing. Stopped for a light sandwich lunch. All but one type of sandwich had a cheese in the filling, which was a show stopper because my wife can't eat cheese. Manager said we could buy a sandwich in the shop and eat inside but the selection there was poor. Why can't restaurants offer plain and simple sandwiches?

Very good for food and service good to

Pricey fuel but the service, coffee and food more than made up for it

Fantastic services, with a great breakfast / dinner selection. No chain shops, and a nice gift shop. Only limitation is they seem to lock up at 10pm so you have to go to the petrol garage for your rest after 10pm

Overpriced service station. I stop at Tebay and junction 38 on the M6 a lot. I believe this station is owned by the same group trying to emulate the others however they were charging 7p more per litre of fuel than the next service station on the motorway and 28p more than my local supermarket which is just excessive. The loos were nice but the tea and coffee was ok. I really didn't like the way you order and have to wait for them either, it was very messy with people on top of one another. There are some plus parts including phone charging points and it looks like they are still upgrading the outside but il be giving this one a miss in future.

It's okay, that's all I can say about it, unfortunately.

Absolutely blown away by quality of food and service. This is how it's done properly.

Having visited many different service stations, in many parts of the world, I was thrilled to see so many vegan options in the farm shop, deli and filling station. The coffee was great too! Really good to see oat milk available. Lots of gluten free options too, great to see a services be so inclusive. Toilets were clean and well maintained. We planned our return journey to include a stop here after a great experience on the way up.