• Added: 13th of October 2007
• Area: Glasgow
• Category: Cafes and Coffee Shops

Glasgow G3 6RN
0141 332 3420

Layclerk said
Good fish
The Oxford sells damn fine fish & chips, and was very handy for a former workplace of mine. Too handy really. Hang on. Wait a minute. Maybe that's why I'm on Statins now!

• Added: 13th of October 2007
• Area: Glasgow
• Category: Cafes and Coffee Shops

Glasgow G4 9HT
0141 334 8894

Layclerk said
Sausage to die for
The Ciabatta rolls & Italian Sausage are just fantastic! An Italian twist on a Scottish theme.

• Added: 13th of October 2007
• Area: Clydebank
• Category: Bars and Pubs

Clydebank G81 1UG

Layclerk said
Where's the history?
Call me cynical, but in a pub called Singers, which is near the former site of the world famous Singer Sewing Machine factory, wouldn't you expect to see some memorabilia or some sort of homage to a trade that brought a lot of employment to the area? Look elsewhere then.

The pub is OK but looks like it may get busy at weekends.

• Added: 13th of October 2007
• Area: Motherwell
• Category: Bars and Pubs

Motherwell ML1 1JJ

Layclerk said
Steak Pie heaven
Working man's pub in the centre of Motherwell. I've been in three or four times now, and the lunch menu is actually quite good. Proper Steak Pie and overboiled veg. Very tasty. Very cheap.

Turns out my grandfather used to drink here, according to my dad. Seems to be a big Glasgow Celtic affiliated pub these days but not overbearingly so, although in common with most "football" pubs I wouldn't like to try it while wearing the wrong colours on a match day!

Very recently they've opened a paved beer garden out the back, with a fair number of tables, lots of umbrellas including an enormous central one with heaters and lights under the canopy, and two large TV screens protected from the weather by wooden structures. It's a good place to have lunch.

• Added: 13th of October 2007
• Area: Motherwell
• Category: Food and Drink

Motherwell ML1 1RS

Layclerk said
Ah, memories
Quite probably the first place I ever bought Chinese food! You will gather that it's been here a bloody long time. Bog standard fare.

• Added: 13th of October 2007
• Area: Motherwell
• Category: Bars and Pubs

Motherwell ML1 1TT

Layclerk said
Run away, fast
Crappy shithole 100 yards from where I used to live a number of years ago. Been in it once, at a wedding reception (the actual reception was fine, I must add!).

The crowds of probably unemployed, in fact quite possibly unemployable, dobbers who used to drink there seemed to take great delight in making as much noise as possible when they left at dark o'clock in the morning when I was trying to get some sleep before getting up early for work.

• Added: 13th of October 2007
• Area: Motherwell
• Category: Restaurants

Motherwell ML1 5HR

Layclerk said
It's not in Motherwell
Used to be a pub called the Newarthill Inn (it's in Newarthill, not Motherwell) and used to be run by the family of a work colleague. At that time it was probably only OK because I knew the people who owned it. Having driven past it recently and observed that it has now become an Indian restaurant, I would comment that it looks pretty scabby from the outside. Which of course isn't to say that it's bad inside, but I don't think I'll be finding out any time soon.

• Added: 13th of October 2007
• Area: Motherwell
• Category: Bars and Pubs

Motherwell ML1 3PB
01698 262652

Layclerk said
Not so good, really
The type of local pub you would possibly think twice about frequenting even if you were a local.

• Added: 13th of October 2007
• Area: Dundee
• Category: Bars and Pubs

Dundee DD1 4LR
01382 221777

Layclerk said
Isn't this listed elsewhere too?
Strange place for reasons I can't work out, but a big beer garden (with actual grass and everything!), albeit down about 200 steps from the bar! The best plan is to buy the first round when you get there, then send someone else the trek back upstairs for the subsequent ones!

• Added: 13th of October 2007
• Area: Dundee
• Category: Food and Drink

Dundee DD1 1SX

Layclerk said
Deja vue
It's a KFC. What's to review? Exactly like every other KFC in the country.