🍭Excellent tasty vegan home made choice 🍝plant based selection menu and culinary fantasy in a 🎶 cool environment 🌼Glasgow vibe🪴music scene offered 🎵 for music lovers 🍭close to the Glasgow Museum of Art and not far from the river walk 🪁🗺️🌐
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Before you go
- Opened
- 2007
- Style
- Fully vegan café-bar with seasonal kitchen, plus basement gigs, clubs and community events
- Setting
- Charles Rennie Mackintosh former Daily Record building on Renfield Lane; café upstairs, ~300-capacity basement venue
- Known for
- 100% vegan menu, gigs and club nights, Mackintosh building, alternative nightlife
- Signature dishes
- Banana blossom fish and chips, Banana blossom tacos, Jackfruit cakes, Seasonal small plates
- Good for
- vegans, pre-gig meals, casual groups, late drinks
- Prices
- Mains/share plates typically mid-teens (e.g. banana blossom tacos around £17); takeaway food 20% off
- Typical spend
- About £15–25pp for food; more with drinks or a show downstairs
- Reservations
- Walk-ins often fine
- Booking
- Call for bookings over 6 people (0141 222 2254). No prominent online booking — walk-ins common for smaller groups
- Dietary tags
- vegan-strong, vegan only, gluten-free options
- Dietary
- Entire food and drink offer is vegan (no animal products). Gluten-free options noted by listings — ask staff
- Groups
- Groups over 6 must phone to book. Basement hire for gigs/events via the Stereo team
- Kids
- Café daytime is casual and family-friendly enough for kids before the late programme starts; kitchen closes 9pm
- Drinks
- Full vegan bar — craft/local beer, cocktails, wine, low and no-alcohol options
- Noise / pace
- Relaxed café by day; louder when gigs or clubs run downstairs — check listings on Thu–Sat late nights
- Getting there
- Two minutes from Glasgow Central; about 10 minutes from Buchanan Bus Station; Buchanan Street subway nearby
- Also
- Hours typically Sun–Thu noon–midnight, Fri–Sat noon–3am (confirm against gig listings); Kitchen closes 9pm daily
Glasgow restaurant
Stereo
Opening hours
- Monday: 12:00 PM – 12:00 AM
- Tuesday: 12:00 PM – 12:00 AM
- Wednesday: 12:00 PM – 12:00 AM
- Thursday: 12:00 PM – 12:00 AM
- Friday: 12:00 PM – 3:00 AM
- Saturday: 12:00 PM – 3:00 AM
- Sunday: 12:00 PM – 12:00 AM
Overview
Stereo is a fully vegan café-bar and basement gig venue tucked into Renfield Lane in the Charles Rennie Mackintosh–designed former Daily Record building, a short walk from Glasgow Central. It has been in the city centre since 2007 (after moving from the West End) and runs as a daytime kitchen, evening bar and late club/gig space rather than a quiet fine-dining room. The kitchen is plant-based end to end — seasonal small plates and mains such as banana-blossom “fish” and chips or tacos, jackfruit cakes, ramen-style bowls and share plates — with food served until 9pm every day. Takeaway food gets a 20% discount. The bar stays open later (midnight most nights, 3am Fri–Sat, subject to gig listings) with local beers, cocktails and low/no options. Call ahead for tables of more than six; smaller groups often walk in. Expect a lively, DIY alternative atmosphere — chalkboards, gig posters, community events downstairs in a ~300-capacity room — not a hushed dinner. Buchanan Street subway and Central Station are both close; the lane entrance is easy to miss if you are not looking for it.
Reviews
Delicious food! I have tried most of the dishes on the menu and they are healthy and tasty! I was particularly blown away by the polenta w/ mushrooms - the combination of flavours was an experience in and of itself! I would strongly recommend the restaurant, it's my go-to every time I am in Glasgow.
Read on Google MapsAttended a concert by De Wolff with German friends. I gave up going to stereo long ago as it really is a dreadful venue. God knows its original purpose in antiquity. It now is yet another basement air raid shelter resembling some old derelict factory. Huge ceiling pipes and pillars all around Like a scene from some apocalyptic post nuclear sci-fi movie.Glasgow is full of them. SGW3 being the worst in a long list.It is disgraceful that we are charged highly to be packed in , standing like sardines pushed up toward the stage but so many just accept it . Drunk weirdos, the walking dead. They all stand head banging. I really despair. The concert was mercifully short. I couldnt wait to get out. I would have left had it not been for the fact that i was with holidaying German Friends. I will not attend these places anymore. Its shameful. Disabled facilities are practically non existent. I am an Arthritis sufferer and cannot stand for long periods. I had to sit on a hard uncomfortable bench running along a wall. I couldn't. see the band All i could see was the backsides of those crammed toward stage in front of me its like paying for torture. The sound was unbearably loud Vocals were inaudible. Whole thing was a shambles in every way. Its really shameful and can't be considered as entertainment in any stretch of the imagination. I AM OUT,NO MORE.
Read on Google MapsFood was interesting and unique, most of the dishes we had were pretty decent. I wouldn't go out of my way to go eat here but I wouldn't object to going back either. Overall we were pretty satisfied. The cheesecake however was very gross and we could not stomach it so I would recommend you do not buy it. Service was great! Atmosphere was good!
Read on Google MapsOur first visit to stereo and my first fully vegan meal. Apprehensive...yes. loved it. The taste and texture...just wow. I love a pudding the black forest tiramisu. Outstanding. Service was friendly and informative. Music......just right. This over 60 vegan virgin will be back
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