Cranachan in Glasgow City

Lovely lunch menu, good food, friendly service and reasonably priced

Excellent breakfast and interesting surroundings. Highly recommended.

Eggs Benedict is the only breakfast choice for me at Cranachan. I may be jinxing myself here but I've never had a poor poached egg experience. Staff always friendly and attentive.

Lovely place for breakfast. Very relaxing and accommodating

Visité temprano el sábado por la mañana. Buena selección para el desayuno con excelentes opciones vegetarianas. El desayuno Veggie era genial muy sabroso y una amplia selección que incluye haggis vegetales, bollos de patata y espinacas marchitas. El aguacate con huevos escalfados también estaba bueno. La única crítica constructiva sería que solo hubiera media rebanada de tostada con el aguacate. El jugo de naranja también podría haber sido de mejor calidad. Buen servicio.

Cosy restaurant. Enjoyed our lunch here.

Aside my less than half portion of black pudding (either damaged before or during cooking), breakfast was presented well and tasted lovely. I hate restaurants that serve lattes with 3/4 foam. That said, my partner had a perfect one so just need to be consistent. Waiting staff either hung over or maybe just need a few lessons on 'waiting'!

Always come here for breakfast when we are in Glasgow. Never disappoints. Food is of an excellent quality...and great selection and service. Would definitely recommend.

Good choice of sandwiches and very filling

An excellent caffe / restaurant for lunch. Of all the places we saw today it was the busiest (always a good sign) we had a burger and haggis , neeps and tatties, all delicious. Staff were excellent. Make sure to book it's popular!

Encouraged by a very nice lunch here, we returned for dinner the following day. What a disappointment. Staff were unsmiling and food a huge letdown for the following reasons… 1. Despite it being a Friday evening, we were not offered the pre theatre set menu. 2. The haggis, neeps and tatties consisted of predominantly tatties and was overall a vey small portion considering the cost. 3. The “ veganised” version of the vegetarian platter( costing £16.95) was largely an expensive plate of leaves, (cheese removed) and little else on the plate. The Cranachan has always been a very good place as a cafe, with light meals and lunches. Perhaps this is what it does best.

Love their breakfast, dearer than Greggs but quality is fantastic. Nice place to sit and munch away.

Lovely food and really good service. Most likely be back to try breakfast

Great little lunch spot love it

We were excited to have breakfast here but we were pretty underwhelmed with the food that arrived. The french toast looked incredibly dry and wasn't very nice. The eggs Benedicts were fine but not amazing. The breakfast seemed a bit stingy on items. The salmon with scrambled eggs probably looked the best of the lot.

We got there as soon as it opened for breakfast so the service was efficient, and we felt the setting was nice. However as a group e felt most of the food was fairly ordinary, nothing particularly wrong with it, but nothing to get particularly excited about either. The two of us that had the French toast with apple, pear and cinnamon were a little bit more disappointed though as it was particularly bland and dry, and could definitely be improved.

Fantastische afternoon tea gehad voor 17,95£ per persoon. Voor het niet opgegeten deel hebben we boxen gekregen om het mee te nemen naar huis. Een echte aanbeveler! PS: eet niet onder de middag als je er afternoon tea gaat nemen.

My friend and I went for afternoon tea as a treat before Christmas. Staff were friendly and accommodating (we were early), the afternoon tea was served promptly along with a delicious, cold glass of prosecco. Nice choice of sandwiches and a good selection of cakes, so many that we ended up sharing with the ladies on the next table. The only issue was the scones were burnt, not over done but burnt! They should never have been served.

Visited here last week (just before Christmas) the place was chocka block I can see why ! Greeted by a man and taken to a table, staff were very good and polite was served by a you girl ! We sat in the in the courtyard however we noticed they have extended !the place was running like a fair ! Food fab, this is our third visit and there will be a fourth ! Keep up the good work !!!

Well this place has certainly gone down hill since my last visit. Service wasnt particularly good and neither was the food. Of the three orders we placed they managed to get two completely wrong. Nice enough location but there are far better.

Wil not return, I had the full Scottish breakfast poached eggs We’re cold bacon was cold toast was just a slice of warm bread sausage burnt on one side and no member of staff ever asked how my meal was. Not worth the twenty pounds.

First time visit, went for brunch. We sat inside, which was nicely decorated. Breakfast menu was small but a good choice. Liked the fact that the hot drinks came just before the food. I like to see scones before I order and there was none on display. Full breakfast was good nicely presented, husband did say that the toast was quite hard to cut, but that could just be the knife😏 Eggs Benedict was ok, eggs were hard no money shot. Link sausage in a roll was a bit disappointing, the sausages were skinny,Ike a chipolata and cut in half and slightly over done. Staff were busy and efficient. Would probably try somewhere else before before going back.

I took family here, and had pre theatre meals. Great value for money, and food very good.

Afternoon tea,sandwiches passable,scones burnt on bottom and so dry no amount of jam and cream could sort that. Cakes, carrot cake ok,choc cake dense and victoria sponge had far too much fat in the mix. Cranachan with no oats!!!! Very disappointed to say the least. Some staff could do with training in customer service,especially front of house

Ok, Average food above average prices. Nice coffee, Black pudding and bacon. Tattie scone burnt. My son loved the hot chocolate

Very, very busy but a bloke, who seemed to be in charge, opened a section usually reserved for weekends. Great restaurant .

The staff are really nice here, the food was fine

I felt it was very overpriced for what we had.

BLT was very dry. Salmon was lovely and the staff friendly.

Thoroughly enjoyed getting breakfast here. They have a nice seating area within the mall building.

Went here on a Saturday at 5pm. We used an Itison voucher. 2 courses and a drink. I had the Chicken Liver Pste to start. It was a huge plateful and very tasty. I followed up with Chicken Curry, again excellent. My wife had the Fish. Everything was served lovely and hot Definitely recommend this place. It's I a lovely setting as well. Service was fast.

Came in because of the rating but the food was not great. Had the morning roll with black pudding the bread tasted stale and the black pudding was greasy for some reason. The orange juice tasted horribly bitter. Would not recommend. There are so many other good local spots that were so much better.

Super delicious food excellent service

Good but not great food. Atmosphere is very good.... Service was decent , my waitress couldn't really explain the menu very well. She was very shy unfortunately. Overall quite good.

The best fluffy light cakes but now charging service charge on a coffee and cake. If I want to leave a tip, I will but you should not be adding it to the bill. Been coming here for over 10 years and this is the first time it cost over £21 for 2 coffees and 2 slices of cake. Get real, £19 was bad enough but then add extra for simply serving a coffee and cake. Stop charging service charge or we won’t be back. I know prices have gone up by really, that much for coffee and a slice of cake.

Had lunch, food delicious. Good friendly service.

Place was ok as was the food. We both ordered from the list is sandwiches, a Cajun Chicken Wrap and a Club Sandwich, there is a note under the list of sandwiches that says ‘add a portion of skinny fries to any sandwich for £3’ so we did. When the bill came we were charged £8.50 instead of £6. I queried this with the waitress and she abruptly said that didn’t apply to the sandwiches we had. So clearly you can’t add Skinny Fries to ANY sandwich for £3. Appreciate it’s only a couple of pounds but really that’s not the point!

Came in for breakfast/brunch and had a great time! The food was delicious and the young waitress in charge of us was a sweetheart! It's a pretty pricey place, but it was nice just for the experience so we didn't mind ^^

A nice café to have a spot of breakfast in Glasgow city centre. Seating available inside and on the gallery forecourt. Freshly cooked and prepared meals and the teas/coffees are tasty too. Friendly staff. Recommended if you're looking for breakfast.

Had 2 evening meals during a holiday visit to Glasgow. Very varied and interesting menu. All the meals we had were very good and staff went out of their way to ensure that we had a great dining experience.

Great afternoon tea with tasty sandwiches and cakes.

Visited Cranachan the middle of August, it was a Friday afternoon and seemed to be the place to be in Princes Square it was by far the busiest restaurant. We were greeted with a polite young chap who showed us to our table. After looking at the extensive choices a young lady took our order. I had the soup and sandwich (perfect lunch time portion) my wife opted for the pate and fries. The service was very quick although we were not left feeling rushed. We shared a mango and pistachio cake and had 2 coffees. All in all a lovely lunch, great service and a beautiful setting. We will be back ! Highly recommended.

The cullen skunk was great. The only thing we didn't like was the sandwich. The bread was not toasted and it didn't taste as good as well

Really enjoyable relaxed lunch with friends

Great service and very varied menu . Even gave me a portion of soup to try as it was spicy . Will return soon .

Cranachan in Glasgow has to be one of the most disappointing dining experiences I’ve ever had the misfortune of enduring. The service was utterly shocking from start to finish. The staff were not just disinterested but outright rude, treating us as if our presence was an inconvenience. The food was painfully average—nothing to write home about and certainly not worth the inflated prices. To add insult to injury, the billing situation at the end was a complete farce. We were overcharged, and when we raised the issue, the management was unbelievably unhelpful and dismissive. It felt like they were more interested in squeezing every last penny out of us than providing any semblance of customer service. Avoid this place at all costs. There are far better options in Glasgow where you’ll be treated with respect and actually get value for your money.

Came in here years and was so much better. Some of the waiting staff need to have a course in Manners and in the ability to smile occasionally. It isn't the fault of the paying public to that they don't want be at work. As we sat and ate our, reasonable sandwiches, one of the food prep technician's came out of a cupboard in the corner. Her cooks apparel was so disgustingly dirty that None of us would have even ordered if we had seen who was going to prepare our lunch. The street outside had less food on it than her top and that's saying something in Glasgow. It's only saving grace is that Tinderbox is right next door and that takes away som of the heat as that is equally bogging. Some rude unfriendly staff ( not all ) and isn't the cleanest..In need of a makeover in staff and In hygiene

This place is worth a visit. We had a lovely lunch. The victoria sponge was to die for. Will definitely be back

Food was excellent, but confused about how they calculate Itison voucher value. Little selection of beers, and only expensive small bottles available. There is a new practice of automatically adding a service charge to the bill

Had the afternoon tea. Sandwiches were poor. Bread dry. Not enough filling. Mini scone dry as dust. Cakes all far too sweet. Mini trifle thing was inedible. Could not recommend. Service was OK. Green tea was Nic’s.

2nd time I’ve been here. Restaurant was pretty empty. When I asked when it closed was told when everyone leaves … they were tidying up and it was only after 8pm. Food average. Prosecco was not chilled. Twice I’ve been on a voucher and definitely won’t be back or recommend.

Pricing - good. Food - good. Service - not great. It was a Saturday morning & were wondering if the staff were hungover or just didn’t want to be there.

Ordered a full Scottish breakfast. It was good quality but came without square sausage and haggis so alittle disappointing especially for the price.

We visited this lovely place while in Glasgow we heard the food was lovely so went for breakfast the young waitress who was at front of desk found a seat for 8 of us took our order greeted us with a smile this young lady is a credit to this place Then a different lady came with our drinks straight away had a attitude with us no patience manners cost nothing (Nicole) maybe you should do a customer service program how to treat customers But so glad we didn’t let this one person stop us because our breakfast was lovely well done to the chef mine was cooked to perfection

Cullen Skink was just a potato soup. Who said their Cullen Skink was to die for?? It was made of potato, plus kitchen leftover vegetables. They brought me the soup in one minute, after the order. Even before my cocktail. I know the soup is already made, but isn’t it western gastronomy that you serve the drink first, and give the guests time to enjoy the drinks? I was very thirsty, and hoped to get the drink first, but had to wait for it for about 10 minutes. Not impressive food. Not an impressive service.

Early start from Aberdeen so a tad peckish when I arrived. Had the eggs florentine - eggs were delicious, hollandaise sauce a little thin & not enough of it, initial service a little slow - not up to the standard I'm used to in this restaurant, but it wouldn't stop me from coming back, as I make a point of patronising local, independent businesses & this one has long been my 'go to' choice when I arrive in Glasgow after a 3 hour coach journey.

Nice venue for a light lunch. We had a halloumi wrap and a chicken wrap which were both tasty. We shared a small bowl of chips too. Couple of glasses of rose wine and two coffees rounded off our lunch. Lovely location and quite busy the day we were in but we were fortunate to get a table without booking.

Food wasn't nice there was far too much vinegar in the food. I advised the member of staff when I was paying and it was just ignored. Very disappointed in the service and it was well overpriced for what I had.

The negative part is obligatory 10% service charge

Poor. Family breakfast was poor. Cold food x 3 = 1 x eggs benedict, 2 x scrambled eggs. Toast and muffin was solid. Stay away.

Very friendly service, nice place, good presentation of the afternoon tea, with snacks and sweets. The savory snacks were good and filling. Some of the cakes had very sweet icing and the cream dessert is also prepared with very sweet ingredients, which ends up being a little sickening. The price was above what we expected. For two people it was £48.29, including the 10% service charge on the amount consumed, which is already added to the bill. I would say 3.5 stars.

The place is quite pleasant and the atmosphere too. On the other hand, the service (charged at £5) leaves something to be desired, for this price it must be impeccable, this was not the case. As for the food, we had afternoon tea, the sandwiches are quite good but basic, on the other hand the cakes are far, far too sweet, it's almost sickening... it's a shame because apart from that it doesn't are not bad, but a very sweet cake, with a sugar cream, sprinkled with icing sugar, not great. On the other hand, the quantity is there (or a little too much because we didn't manage to finish everything). Please note that the price indicated for the snack is per person and not for two people, which therefore doubles the bill.

Afternoon tea was delicious.Plenty of sandwiches and cakes Couldn't eat it all so we got a doggy bag home with us.

Very nice cafe in itself. The breakfast was very tasty! The employees were consistently friendly. Unfortunately it could have been cleaner. The plates, teapot and glasses still had stains of different colors.

The BEST breakfast we had in our 2.5 week tour of Scotland. Very friendly service, top price-performance ratio 👍 Great location 👍

Rude staff that were useless and inattentive, cold soggy food especially the potato cakes, asked to replace 3 items on my breakfast with one different one and got charged for it. Overall bad experience and would not go back if you paid me

Waited to be seated, staff were not overly enthusiastic. No hello, good morning, eye contact, just a gesture towards a table. Specifically requested an extra large, strong coffee. The waiter heard coffee coloured hot water by the looks of it, it was very poor. The vegetarian breakfast was sparse for the price, mushrooms dehydrated and burnt looking, scrambled eggs appeared rehydrated or powdered and were not like any eggs I’ve had before! One slice of cold potato bread, one slice of cold toast. No value for money at nearly £13 excluding the price for the dirty water. Honestly felt like nobody cared enough to bother complaining. We asked for 3 x items on a full breakfast be swapped for 1 x item, on the bill to they charged for an additional item despite removing the 3. This was amended after a quick chat! They didn’t forget to apply their “discretionary service charge”! I couldn’t recommend this place at all. I broke my rule of not eating in shopping centres to my cost! £56 for 3 x breakfasts with 1 x coffee each, Cranachan needs to look inward and do better on all levels from service to food and valuing their customers!

Enjoyed a lovely afternoon tea at Cranachan in Princes Square. Good choice of sandwiches and lovely cakes. Attentive and friendly staff...can't fault it.

I ordered the afternoon tea for 2. The sandwiches and the dessert are good. And we got 2 drink for each person with the tea set.

The best afternoon tea in Glasgow. So many sandwiches which were delicious. All the other restaurants in Glasgow, take note. This is the best value & most delicious in Glasgow, & believe me I've been at so many places.

We’ve been sitting here for 10 minutes. No one has even offered us a menu. Very disappointing for such a lovely venue. They even cleared and reset the table next to us while typing this! Insane. Don’t bother.

I recommend booking online. I know that in the UK they eat early dinner but on Good Friday (half empty city) I went at 7.25pm ​​and at the entrance they told us that the kitchen was closed and that they could only give us drinks and desserts! I pointed out that on the website here it says that it closed at 10pm... all over the world the kitchen normally closes 1 or 2 hours before the restaurant closes... 3 hours earlier seems excessive to me, we went to the restaurant next door, same building and floor, and there were no problems. I recommend writing on the restaurant's website what time the kitchen closes, it seems more fair to customers. I won't go back and I won't recommend friends to go.

We had a it is on voucher 2 mains for £20. We received a very warm welcome and were shown to our table. The service was first class and the food was amazing. Definitely return

Excellent food. Thoroughly recommended.

I’ve given this 2 stars and not one as I got a partial refund on my terrible foot. Oven chips, tasteless humous and soggy bruschetta. Wine was nice beer was chilled. Friendly service too. Was told that no one ever complained about the humous or bruschetta. I found that strange tbh. Anyways was asked to pay £20 of the £32 bill. Wish I had read the reviews before wasting my money.

Had a great meal here with family. Food was delicious. Service was great with special mention to the fabulous Aiden who was so attentive and courteous.

Lovely covered terrace off the main street, quick service but the waiter seemed a little stressed. Nice cakes, we had a table next to the kitchen which was a bit noisy with plates clattering but on the whole a nice break

One of the best afternoon teas, we had a choice of fillings and more sandwiches than any other afternoon tea I've ever had. Staff were lovely too. Definitely recommend it.

Had afternoon tea good selection of sandwiches, scones light, mini cranachans nice with shortbread. Mini cakes all good too. Highly recommended.

Very disappointed with the service, staff were unwelcoming and made us feel like an inconvenience. The gentleman who I presume was the manager and the female with the dark hair needs some customer service training! We will not be back. Food was nice just a shame about the staff who didn’t create a very nice atmosphere.

I loved the evening here. Our waitress was awesome and the food was even better. My steak was done to perfection and the mac and cheese my friend ordered was great .. we had a really good time..

We had a delicious Cranachan cake with tea served by lovely staff. The people at the next table had Afternoon Tea which also looked delicious! Great for a treat. Thank you for a lovely visit,

Travelled from Aberdeen to stay with a friend & had some time to myself in the city centre - bus was absolutely freezing for the entire 3 hour journey - so thought something warming at Cranachan would sort me out. I was correct - soup of the day was curried cauliflower & chickpeas - delicious, if a little too big a helping for me, but warmed me up from the inside out, which was just what was needed. Gentlemen who attended to me were charming, & had a very nice chat with one of them who, when I said the soup was quite spicy, told me the staff had been discussing that very thing! I have eaten here a few times over many years & have always enjoyed the experience.

Nipped in for breakfast, and found myself a little disappointed. Don't get me wrong it looked lovely and was presented well, but it was cold !! We told the waitress, but didn't seem to concerned. Apologies in the right place, but no further action. Nothing off the bill ( not that I asked ) but anything would have been a gesture, ..... but alas ... no. Nice venue, but I won't be rushing back 😝

Received a gift voucher for Afternoon Tea pre booked the venue and arrived early met by the chap who was in charge told him we were early he arranged seats at the side for us and said he would get us seated in the restaurant which he duly did. Menu was giving to us which had a varied selection waitress arrived told us what we could choose took drinks and food menu didn’t wait long for food to arrive when it did what a selection, 3 varieties of sandwiches, scones & cakes and piping hot tea (actually tea not bags) food was fantastic and staff were friendly and helpful paid the bill as we got extras and well deserved tip left. No hesitation In recommended this venue

Great service. Great meal. Changed chips to fries for me on the fish and chips. Can't help atmosphere as we were sitting at the entrance

Booked a table , placed opposite the main restaurant which was quite quiet. The order was taken swiftly and coffee was nice dark roast. Full cooked breakfast was warm and delicious, only issue was the undercooked poached eggs. Reasonable prices and I will be back. Only issue was loud music that started playing intermittently within the arcade itself.

The best restaurant where we have eaten in this holiday.

9 of us dined at Cranachan on November 24th and we ordered from the Christmas menu. I can honestly say it was the nicest meal I've had in a very long time. Portions were great, roasting hot and so so tasty! The drinks were delicious, atmosphere was twinkly and relaxed, staff were prompt and really friendly. I can't wait to return, each of us thoroughly enjoyed it!

Enjoyed my lunch. Staff were helpful

The coffee was nice, the food was average, the service was extremely poor. Very rude staff. We won’t be back in a hurry

Nice wee place that's been here for years. Very prompt and polite service. Great lentil soup

Had lovely afternoon tea...good and service were very good . Recommend.

Very professional and courteous staff, food excellent and well presented, would definitely recommend to family amd friends

I waited at the stand to be seated for a while, 4 staff members walked past me and collected menus without even acknowledging me, finally someone came to show me to a table, the menu was thrown onto the table and that was it. My order was swiftly taken and food swiftly arrived. The Cullen skink was beautiful, the smoked salmon sandwich quite bland. I sat for some time before my dishes were collected, asked for the bill and yet another wait so had to ask a second time. I won't be going back simply due to the rotten service, have been treated better at fast food places.

A nice spacious cafe with good space for the toddlers who were in with their families to have their high chairs. A leisurely brunch, with plenty of choice on menu. Home baking is delicious, I highly recommend.

Went for lunch while out shopping this afternoon. Opted for the roast beef sandwich with Cullen Skink priced at a few pence under £15. My girlfriend also had the roast beef sandwich with soup of the day at just under £13. Was aghast when the food came and the sandwich was 1 slice of bread!! Never eaten out before where a sandwich was 1 slice of bread and certainly not priced at £13 and £15 coupled with an average sized bowl of soup. Also stuck through the back room despite tables being available outside. I assume because it was 2 of us. Food was good quality but portion size was ridiculous especially given the price. Will never be back again.

We visited for brunch after completing the great Scottish Run. We were naturally on a high which was quickly deflated by a less than warm welcome with the opening words being “ breakfast ends in 10 minutes “. Not to be beaten we ordered five breakfasts coffees and a bottle of fizz. One breakfast required gluten free bread. After a long wait the food finally arrived. Fizz and coffees came a further five minutes later. As soon as the food arrived we questioned if the “ gluten free bread “ was in fact on the correct plate to be assured it was. Not satisfied we asked again and it was checked with chef - “ oh maybe not ! “. This was further compounded by the fact that the solution was to remove the offending bread from the plate. After 10 minutes no new bread. After chasing it was brought and placed next to the now congealed breakfast. We suggested that the cost be removed from the bill. This was only done after consultation with “ the manager “. The young server appeared to be covering a large section and was apologetic but simply not acceptable

I wanted to try a typical Scottish dish and Cranachan was recommended to me. I had a local beer together with fried cod and chips. Food and service were perfect and I couldn't have asked for more. The people that were sitting next to me had tea with the typical assortment of savory and sweet that looked delicious. I'm sorry I didn't have the time to return for that but next time I'm in Glasgow I definitely will.

Very nice place staff ok food expensive 2 small slices of cake £11 spent £60 on food