Best coffee shops and cafes in Glasgow

Say hello to some of the best independent coffee shops and cafes in Glasgow.

Tinderbox

Glaswegian locals are huge fans of this family-owned coffee shop, which now has three locations throughout the city – all of which are comfy and thoroughly unpretentious. Plus, you know, genuinely mouth-watering coffee. What’s not to love, eh?

Address: 118 Ingram St, Glasgow G1 1EJ

The Glad Café

The clue is in the name with this one: think great coffee, delicious food, beer on tap, frequent film screenings, plays, and performances by local musical guests.

Address: 1006A Pollokshaws Rd, Glasgow G41 2HG

Jelly Hill

This quirky and cosy café doesn’t just serve up delicious coffee: it also offers free jelly beans to every customer, too! Plus that heated patio makes this the ideal place to pause your city-trawling adventures, pull up a pew and watch the world go by.

Address: 195 Hyndland Rd, Glasgow G12 9HT

Offshore

Fancy plonking yourself down in a spacious, bohemian and deliciously unpretentious coffeehouse for some quality coffee and downtime? Offshore – with its view of the River Kelvin and bustling atmosphere – is definitely the place for you.

Address: 3 Gibson St, Glasgow G12 8NU

Tchai-Ovna

Fine, this isn’t a coffee shop per se, but Scotland’s original speciality teahouse boasts a range of over 80 kinds of “alternative” tea as well as delicious vegetarian and vegan food. Better still, though, is the fact that it features regular music, poetry readings and dramatic performances from talented local artists, making it the ideal place to get a taste for the real Glasgow.

Address: 42 Otago Ln, Glasgow G12 8PB

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