TWO restaurants in Scotland have been named among the best in the UK for “design-led” dining by the Good Food Guide.<\/p>\n
The establishments, located in Glasgow and Edinburgh<\/a>, are said to be “fabulous” and “unimpeachable”.<\/p>\n If you’re planning on visiting the stylish eateries of Lyla and Gloriosa, here is why they are among the best in the UK.<\/p>\n Why Scotland’s Lyla and Gloriosa restaurants are among the best ‘design-led’ dining experiences in the UK<\/p>\n Discussing Gloriosa in Glasgow<\/a>, the Good Food Guide<\/a> said the Scottish<\/a> restaurant<\/a> attracts not only admirers, but also “fanatics”.<\/p>\n The “fabulous” restaurant features simple cafe-style furniture, royal-blue drapes and “impressive” abstract paintings.<\/p>\n Praising the food, the guide said: “Rosie Healey’s cooking matches the lively mood with Med-influenced sharing dishes that come out swinging.<\/p>\n “Grilled squid is accompanied by potato, spring onion and green chilli for an initiatory jolt to the taste buds, or there could be something old-school French, such as globe artichoke in chive butter.<\/p>\n “The larger plates major in robust pasta riffs, including mussels with garlic and chilli on a tangle of tagliatelle, while fish dishes tend to the sturdy, as in hake with butter beans, Grelot onions and a\u00efoli.<\/p>\n “If you’ve time to kick back, allow 40 minutes for a roast half-chicken with roast potatoes, green salad and tzatziki.<\/p>\n “Desserts are oriented at the sharper end of the spectrum, yielding rhubarb and almond clafoutis or loquat and elderflower sorbet doused in cava.”<\/p>\n Beyond the food, the “knowledgeable” and “very friendly” staff are said to manage proceedings exceptionally.<\/p>\n The world-famous Lyla in Edinburgh, which is a recent addition to chef-patron Stuart Ralston\u2019s “mini-empire,” occupies the townhouse site of the late Paul Kitching\u2019s 21212.<\/p>\n Recommended Reading:<\/p>\n The service here is apparently “unimpeachable,” with the team effectively delivering Ralston’s signature 10-course experience.<\/p>\n Guests coming here are reportedly swept upstairs to a “beautifully appointed” drawing room for Champagne and canap\u00e9s, which may include an “immaculately presented” lobster croustade.<\/p>\n The guide adds that “downstairs, a sumptuous dining room awaits, blending into an entirely open kitchen at the rear.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TWO restaurants in Scotland have been named among the best in the UK for “design-led” dining by the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":501794,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5009],"tags":[69889,748,164556,1102,164557,4884,164555,164554,712,137266,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-501793","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scotland","8":"tag-abstract-paintings","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-butter-beans","11":"tag-edinburgh","12":"tag-gloriosa","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-green-chilli","15":"tag-lyla","16":"tag-scotland","17":"tag-stuart-ralston","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115378885881830700","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/501794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}