Famous for coffee that tastes like coffee (sign out the front advertising the fact too) Believe me they do NOT lie!! The flat whites were flat, strong, delicious with aromas with depth & delicacy combined. Service best so far this trip & some delightful rocky road slices first time seen here since Oz
Best coffee near the station. Free wifi, and very friendly and knowledgable staff.
Flat white with Glasgow roast. ☕️ A fruity start with a subtly sweet chocolaty aftertaste:) Balanced yet flavorful, rich and at the same time bright, fresh tasting but not the common sour type. I skipped many other cafes to try the Glasgow roast and am not disappointed. Up to now my favorite cup of flat white.
Friendly, excellent service, perfect coffee and fresh and delicious bakery
Been there thrice or four times - curiously last summer when we were holidaying in and around Glasgow and this time when we had a bus journey to Fort William that had a changeover. Great service (they were open super early on a Saturday which was a life saver for me) and great brunch / lunch type foods as well. Location can’t be beat. For something so close to the station, Glaswegians are a lucky lot!
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Do you get confused by sizes like Venti, Grande, Tall? Do you, also, find yourself not in the Italian Riviera or downtown Seattle, but in fact in the equally culturally rich and globally influential Scottish city of Glasgow? The beating heart of real, post industrial Scotland and birthplace of the Scottish enlightenment that revolutionised Europe. Do you perhaps want embrace and celebrate these facts whilst creating jobs, wealth and culture in this thriving local economy? Well, say no more, pal.
Gordon Street coffee, located quite innocuously at the station main entrance, serves only two sizes: Big, and Wee (if that's confusing.. the Wee one costs less.). You can also get cooked breakfast items to-go, Scottish cakes (empire biscuits especially), and coffee shop favourites like croissants and subs. They sell ground coffee and coffee accessories too.
Importantly, for a review, the coffee is very good and the service (even in the jam-packed morning commute) is warm and lovely. It's definitely city-centre prices, but if that's what it costs to keep just one last independent café open in the central station area, welcoming all with warm, self aware Scottish tourist tropes and home comforts for locals, then so be it.
There's a particular joy, it seems, in celebrating this entrance to Glasgow. Offering tourists their first, much needed, 'big' coffee and a chance to see real Scottish words in action, like in 'Dinne be a roaster' where one could simply write 'don't queue here' instead.
It's not just tourists, though, this is a local hotspot too! Good coffee is universal, of course, but a part of me feels that this celebration of culture extends to the proud city dwellers. Supporting not only local business, but the embrace of Scottishness as a powerful, influential, culture-in-action. Not an artefact of the past or media stereotypes.
In a high-street of increasingly homogeneous global corporate blandness. Gordon Street Glasgow Central is a place to touch base, to affirm with your daily grind a connection to something deeper, a thriving culture, a proud national identity, a true spirit of place; the proud city of Glasgow.
My fave coffee spot in Glasgow.Their house and Glasgow roast are phenomenal.Service is A+++,they gave us a taste before we purchased a bag of whole beans.
🌺must try for coffee lovers
Stumbled on this cafe on our first day visiting and so glad we did. Good coffee is hard to find in the area ( in the UK actually). Our only negative would be the time it takes to pick up a coffee………. Not very fast. We waited at least 20 mins ( lucky we weren’t catching a train)!!
It didn’t perturb is - we returned the next day and enjoyed our caffeine hit! Thanks
This was a quirky, unique cafe and roastery next to central station in Glasgow.
I liked the little extra touches here with the menu (wee for small!) and the free water with grapefruit. Also the art and decor was unique and full of imagination. The coffee itself was really well prepared and tasted great and there was a good selection of cakes and food on offer.
I was really impressed by the server, who didn't catch the name of, but had dreadlocks but was really cheerful, and chatty, and made the whole experience way better.
Would definitely return again when back in Glasgow. Ideal location for those catching trains.
A Line Worth Waiting
I'm also aware that there are usually long queues here but the baristas behind the counter are like caffeinated ninjas. we do wait no matter how long is the line so yes it is worth to wait. AND Yes, my friend, the line is no surprise. It's a rite of passage, a test of your coffee-loving dedication. You're here for the good stuff, the ambrosia of the gods, and you're willing to wait.
I don't get why people give 1 stars because they wait. Everyone loves good coffee so line is there. I guess people are expecting that they will say "because you are a very nice handsome gentleman I will give you coffee first, let's ignore the queue". Alas, reality hits hard when they realize that, yes, they too must join the queue. they wield their mighty weapon: the dreaded one-star review! No mate sorry you will wait the line next time too lol.
Let queue-complainers complain , I had no idea to write a review here, they made me write.
nice enough, warm comfortable and coffee was tasty.. my roll and square didn't really taste fresh, probably from being made earlier, doesn't take long to fry a tattie scone to order rather than over cooked and then kept warm.. like the sausage and I do prefer a softer bread roll, but overall, a pleasant experience while I waited for my train.
Conveniently located at the station, offers fantastic coffee at reasonable price. Baked goods are good quality as well.
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