Scholars'
ENTRY
from £27.50
SETTING
Indoors
WHERE
Glasgow
What it’s like
A licensed training restaurant on City campus where hospitality students cook and serve you a proper three-course lunch.
This is a working teaching restaurant on the ground floor of City campus at 190 Cathedral Street, open to anyone who fancies booking a table, not just staff and students. Hospitality students do the cooking and the serving, with lecturers keeping an eye on things, and the menus are pitched at a gourmet standard while the prices stay well below what you'd pay for the same three courses elsewhere in town.
It runs lunch service Monday to Thursday from noon, and Friday switches to afternoon tea instead, so if you're after a sit-down lunch pick the earlier half of the week. Booking's recommended rather than optional, and it's easy to see why: you're relying on a working kitchen with a fixed class timetable behind it, not a restaurant that can just add another table.
Christmas lunch is its own event, running from Monday 30 November to Thursday 17 December at £27.50 a head, and for that one you're told booking is essential with availability and payment handled by email rather than online. It's a nice one to book as a group outing given they take group bookings and private functions too, and £27.50 for a three-course Christmas lunch cooked by students under supervision feels like decent value for what you get.
Term dates matter here more than at most restaurants, since the whole thing runs on the college calendar. It's currently set to reopen on Monday 21st September 2026, so that's the date to work around if you're planning ahead.
Facilities
Need to know
- Food
- Gourmet-standard three-course menus at lower price point than comparable restaurants
- It's a teaching restaurant, so meals are cooked and served by students under lecturer supervision
- Friday is afternoon tea only, no lunch service that day
- Christmas lunch bookings go through email, not an online button
- Set to reopen Monday 21st September 2026
Plan your visit
Do we need to book?
Booking is recommended for normal lunch service, and for Christmas lunch it's essential. Christmas bookings and payment go through email rather than a booking button.
How much does it cost?
Christmas lunch is £27.50 a head. Regular lunches run on a set-priced daily menu, pitched below what you'd pay for the same standard elsewhere.
When is it open?
Lunch runs Monday to Thursday from noon, with Friday given over to afternoon tea instead. It's currently reopening on Monday 21st September 2026.
Can we book it for a group or private event?
Yes, they take group bookings and private functions, arranged by emailing the restaurant directly.
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