Cafe Strange Brew
Pollokshaws Road · 1082 Pollokshaws Road, G41 3XA · 4.7 from 1,360 Google reviews
The brunch institution. Pancakes, specials, text-when-ready queue. Full write-up in the brunch guide. Still the daytime default for the strip.
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Best restaurants in Shawlands
Shawlands and Pollokshaws Road picks: Strange Brew, The Thai, Honeytrap, Glad Cafe, Paesano Southside, Himalayan Dine, and more.
Shawlands is the Southside high street people mean when they say they are going out south of the river. Pollokshaws Road and Kilmarnock Road do most of the work.
Brunch queues, Thai bookings, and vegan pastry boxes sit within a short walk. Pick a lane and commit.
8 min read · Updated 2026-10-10
The Thai
Kilmarnock Road · 317 Kilmarnock Road, G43 2XS · 4.8 from 421 Google reviews
Award-winning Thai (Best Thai in Scotland per their site). Evening bookings fill up. Best sit-down dinner option if you want spice rather than brunch.
Honeytrap Bakery
Skirving Street · 4 Skirving Street, G41 3AA · 4.9 from 208 Google reviews
Fully vegan bakery. Sell-outs are normal. Covered in the vegan bakeries guide. Grab a box before or after Strange Brew.
The Glad Cafe
Pollokshaws Road · 1006A Pollokshaws Road, G41 2HG · 4.6 from 950 Google reviews
Plant-based cafe and music venue. Brunch plates and evening gigs. Community room energy; service can wobble when slammed.
Paesano Pizza Southside
Pollokshaws Road · 1038-1040 Pollokshaws Road, G41 3EB · 4.2 from 97 Google reviews
Newer Paesano on the old Di Maggio's site. The Herald preferred it to the city-centre branch on a 2025 visit. Fewer Google reviews than Miller Street so far; the pizza is the same project.
Himalayan Dine
Kilmarnock Road · 71 Kilmarnock Road, G41 3YR · 4.6 from 407 Google reviews
Nepali and Indian cooking with a loyal Shawlands following. Momos, mixed grill, and peshwari naan get named often. Good curry alternative when you want something different from the city-centre Indian list.
Lobo
Pollokshaws Road · 758 Pollokshaws Road, G41 2AE · 4.8 from 265 Google reviews
Smaller review count, high score. Locals treat it as a proper evening booking on the strip when brunch places have flipped to dinner mode.