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Glasgow's Best Cafes

Glasgow takes its coffee seriously and its cakes even more so. These are our favourite cafes in the city.

Curated and written by Hidden Scotland

Updated 22 September 2026. Across Glasgow.

Glasgow takes its coffee seriously and its cakes even more so. Many of the best cafes roast their own beans, bake their own bread and do a brunch worth getting up for, and the city has a knack for the kind of corner cafe you end up in for hours.

We've gathered our favourites, from bakeries with a queue out the door on a Saturday to quiet neighbourhood spots where the coffee is the point. These are the Glasgow cafes we keep going back to, for breakfast, a long lunch or an hour with a book.

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