University Cafe
87 Byres Road, G11 5HN - Glasgow
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Wheelchair accessible
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Love the University Cafe. Been going on and off for decades. Still a great place, still as popular as ever and 105 years old and going strong. Looking forward to my next visit!
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Love this little place ❤️🍦
The prices are brilliant!
You can sit in or takeaway.
They have every sweetie you could imagine!
The staff are always so helpful and friendly.
Highly recommend 👌🏼
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A lovely back to the past local cafe. A tradition taste of a scoop of ice cream. Creamy and cold 😊 not too sweet. The council should take the experienced locals as the priority than further narrowing the road and pavements.
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Clean friendly and tasty food ,peas in vinegar humongous serving,
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University Cafe is an institution! And I finally see why having tried it today - I had an oyster and can say it's the best ice cream in the west end! The staff are so friendly and the decor is fabulous, and the prices are great! No wonder Jamie Oliver and the likes have been here!
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Yummy lunch, personally would have preferred less chips and two eggs for the egg and chips. Piping hot tea, two cups and a dessert which looked like it was my birthday! Pleasant smiley waitress . Many thanks. This dessert is biscoff cheesecake served with lovely ice cream.
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I lived in NYC for 6 years and I am telling you the cheesecake and ice cream I had here rivaled the best places I went in NYC. You know a cake or pie is done correctly when one slice leaves you absolutely satisfied. Very heavy slice flavorful without being overwhelming in any way. Enjoyed every last bite! And the ice cream had such lovely flavor. The pairing of the two was perfection 🥰
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The best Ice Cream of Glasgow is available here. 🍦is my personal favourite with raspberry sauce on it.
Brilliant service and friendly staff as well.
Manual preparation of the ice cream cone is the best part, what a perfection!!!
Food is also decent enough here. I tried burgers and 🍟, it was good.
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Great breakfast and the staff was really kind. The best café I have ever been in my 3 months in Glasgow. I will come back for some ice cream before leaving the city.
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Haven't been here in decades since my student days and it looks like it hasn't changed much. The design of the cafe is still very much in the Art Deco style and has celebrated it's 100 years in business. The interiors are just as I remember with a mixture of fold down chairs and booth style tables. Yeah, you heard that right, fold down chairs. Something like the folding seating that you'd get at a sports stadium, but plusher and more comfortable.
The food and menu is very much stereotypical British style cafe with the added bonus of lots and lots of ice cream and milkshakes to take you back to childhood. The cafe still has lots of sweets behind the counter to buy. All laid out in those plastic containers like you used to find in the traditional sweet shops. Okay, so the food isn't healthy and I'm now a vegetarian, so there's far fewer items on the menu that I can eat. The chips with cheese and curry option sounds like a coronary too far, so I just went with the chips and fried egg and a cup of tea. Having stuck firmly to the healthy side of eating for so long, I'd forgotten just how good a good old traditional Glasgow fry up can taste.
Thanks for the food and the memories and hope this cafe stays in business for another 100 years.
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