The best breakfasts in Glasgow

The best all-rounders in the west, plus a few specific breakfast-item highlights

Eggs Florentine at Cafe Gandolfi

Café Gandolfi
64 Albion Street, 552 6813, cafegondolfi.com
Breakfast served: Mon-Sat 8am-noon; Sun 9am-noon.
The long-standing, Scottish cuisine-focused eatery has beefed up its breakfasts in recent years, resulting in a menu with eight different egg dishes including Hebridean (with Stornoway black pudding) and Alba (with peat-smoked salmon) options to back up the standard Benedicts and Florentines. French toast, pancakes and homemade scones exist for those with a carb-ier meal in mind. (Niki Boyle)

Cookie
72 Nithsdale Road, 423 1411, cookiescotland.com
Breakfast served Tue-Thu 11am-1pm; Fri-Sat 10am-1pm; Sun 10am-5pm.
A cosy Southside joint famed for its community focus and ever-changing menu. The Stornoway Tower is always going to be difficult to say no to (poached eggs, bacon, French toast and black pudding. Ooft.), but the eggs Benedict is also top notch: crispy bacon, a nice and gloopy egg. Get it with a wonderfully rich coffee on the side. (Lauren Mayberry)

Gusto and Relish
729-731 Pollokshaws Road, 424 1233, wix.com/gustoweb/gusto-and-relish
Breakfast served: Mon-Fri 9-11.45am; Sat 10-11.45am; Sun 10.30am-noon.
This friendly Southside deli offers the full range of breakfast options until noon only, but for late risers there’s still a good spread to choose from, including a hefty sandwich of homemade, chunky Sunnyside pork sausage between doorstops of crusty white bread, or a sweet and buttery Belgian waffle with various toppings. (Laura Ennor)

Heart Buchanan
380 Byres Road, 334 7626. heartbuchanan.co.uk
Breakfast served: Mon-Fri 8.30-11am; Sat 9am-9.30pm; Sun noon-7pm.
A light and airy deli on Byres Road with all brekkie bases covered, from a takeaway coffee and pastry for £3, via a virtuous-but-tasty granola, yoghurt and fruit bowl to generous helpings of squidgy French toast with bacon and maple syrup, all served up on chunky wooden boards. Delicious. (Laura Ennor)

The Hyndland Café
96 Clarence Drive, 334 2719, thehyndlandcafe.co.uk
Breakfast served: Mon-Fri 8am-5pm; Sat 8.30am-5pm; Sun 9.30am-5pm. Deliveries from 10am.
A tiny neighbourhood café, deservedly popular with tender west-enders popping in for a hangover-banishing bacon or sausage roll to take away. It’s well-priced, no-nonsense greasy spoon fare, with any number of combinations available, up to a generous full breakfast at a very reasonable £5.45.
(Laura Ennor)

Martha’s
142a St Vincent Street, 248 9771, mymarthas.co.uk
Breakfast served: Mon-Fri 7.30-11am; closed at weekends.
From the plastic trays to the waitresses’ super-cheery greetings, this place has been designed to fit the fast food mould. But the certificates on the wall honouring ‘hero suppliers’ give a clue that, while the produce used here may be of Scottish origin, there will be no superfluous Mc- prefixes on the menu. Great for a good, simple bacon roll or a hearty smoothie on the go, Martha’s is filling a gap in the market. (Laura Ennor)

Stravaigin
28 Gibson Street, 334 2665, stravaigin.co.uk
Brunch served: Sun 11am-5pm. No breakfast menu during the week.
For those in search of an unpretentious yet undeniably swanky brunching experience, Stravaigin should be your destination. A perfectly cooked ‘Kick Ass Eggs Benedict’ (the kick is in the chilli Hollandaise) is a substantial option, while the full Scottish has all the essentials and outstanding black pudding, but isn’t too big for the average appetite, leaving room for one of a range of desserts if you’re feeling truly decadent. (Laura Ennor)

Tapa Coffeehouse / Bakehouse
721 Pollokshaws Road, 423 9494, tapacoffeehouse.com / 21 Whitehall Street, 554 9981, tapabakehouse.com
Coffeehouse breakfast served: Mon-Thu 8am-6pm; Fri & Sat 8am-7pm; Sun 9am-6pm.
Bakehouse breakfast served: Mon-Sat 8am-6pm; Sun 9am-5pm .
Famed for strong, characterful coffee but equally deserving of praise for their homemade bread and other edible delights, Tapa make and sell fresh and mostly organic goodies at sites in Pollokshields and Dennistoun. Among the highlights are lovely, creamy scrambled eggs piled high on wholemeal organic toast, pleasingly non-greasy sausages, and a full breakfast available in vegetarian and even vegan versions. (Laura Ennor)

Trans-Europe Café
25 Parnie Street, 552 7999, transeuropecafe.co.uk
Breakfast served: Mon-Sun 10am-5pm.
With any luck, the inheritance of a chef from the Ubiquitous Chip will only enhance the simple, unfussy atmosphere at this continentally-themed bistro. The breakfast and Sunday brunch menus are beloved by regulars, featuring toasted bagels and English muffins topped with perfectly poached eggs, as well as a nice selection of omelettes. (Niki Boyle)

TriBeCa
102 Dumbarton Road, 576 0122. tribecacafe.com
Breakfast served: Mon-Fri 8am-7pm; Sat 9am-6pm; Sun 10am-6pm.
Named after a hip New York neighbourhood, this cosy Partick café aims to inject some Big Apple largesse into the weekend brunch. Big being the operative word: pancakes are stacked and topped with crispy bacon and maple syrup, while the full Manhattan breakfast features hash browns, bacon, sausage, grilled tomatoes, three eggs and granary toast. If you’re counting calories, fu-get about it! (Niki Boyle)

And if you're craving something specific …

{CROISSANTS}

Il Cappuccino
491 Great Western Road
Tapa
721 Pollokshaws Road

{BACON ROLLS}

Martha's
142a St Vincent Street
An Clachan
Kelvingrove Park

{PORRIDGE}

Where the Monkey Sleeps
182 West Regent Street
Naked Soup
6 Kersland Street

{JUICE & SMOOTHIES}

The Flavour Co
517a Great Western Road

{PANCAKES}

TriBeCa
102 Dumbarton Road

{FRENCH TOAST}

The Left Bank
33-35 Gibson Street
Heart Buchanan
380 Byres Road

{EGGS BENEDICT}

Cookie
72 Nithsdale Road
Café Gandolfi
64 Albion Street

{FULL SCOTTISH}

Stravaigan
28–30 Gibson Street
Hyndland Café
96 Clarence Drive