9 Of The Best Places For Delicious Pancakes In Glasgow

Stack and Still is the city’s biggest pancake house, and it offers up to 12 million different menu combinations – available at all three locations across Glasgow. Go savoury by choosing the likes of 10-hour shredded BBQ brisket, a fried egg or crispy onion rings or opt for sweet with toppings like flamed peaches, Toffee Crisp, Biscoff spread or lemon curd. Plus, if you fancy rustling some pancakes up from home, Stack and Still offers a range of pancake mixes to choose from (including a gingerbread flavour, plus vegan and gluten-free options), which contain the ingredients to make approximately 20 large pancakes. Simply follow the instructions on the pac,k and then all you need is to add your favourite toppings to your stack. 

Kcal Kitchen serves up delicious, fluffy, protein-packed pancakes and offers both sweet and savoury options. Choose from the likes of the Nutella Monster (banana, blueberries, hazelnuts, light Nutella sauce and dark chocolate shavings) to The Mexican (chorizo, avocado with an egg sunny side up). Plant-based eaters can rejoice as this Glasgow restaurant offers vegan pancakes to tuck into at home, which are topped with mixed berries, banana, granola and maple syrup. And for an ultra protein boost this Pancake Day, there’s their Muscle Pancake Stack – crispy bacon, egg sunny side up, Stornoway black pudding and organic maple syrup stacked on protein pancakes. Plus, Kcal Kitchen is offering 50% off pancakes on February 17, only for that extra excitement around eating pancakes!

Brunch is back on, and The Brunch Club is, of course, bringing you your brunch fix of pancakes. The café on Old Dumbarton Road is a great spot to enjoy a stack, where you can choose from American pancakes with either bacon and Canadian maple syrup, or Nutella, fruit and homemade granola. Plus, you can even order some tasty brunch cocktails like a pornstar martini or an Aperol spritz to go with that stack of yours.

If you’re after the lightest, fluffiest pancakes in Glasgow, we’ve found them. KoKo House in Hillhead and Southside serves unbelievable Japanese soufflé pancakes which are so light and airy, you may even think you’re biting into a cloud. You an choose from their classic freshly whipped cream cheese sauce with fresh fruit, a black forest flavour which features, chocolate sauce, cream cheese sauce, chocolate blossoms and Oreos. They also have some specials to look out for including a Biscoff or matcha sauce to top those sensational soufflé pancakes with.

Voted by the people of Shawlands in 2020 as one of the best brunch spots, we just had to include Cafe Strange Brew. The café in the Southside of Glasgow serves pancake specials, as well as a hard-to-choose-from pancake selection. Their menu features stacks such as lemon and blueberry cheesecake pancakes topped with lemon curd, blueberry compote, cream cheese and a biscuit crumb, as well as a vegan pancake option of salted caramel, toasted coconut, banana, whipped cream and peanut brittle. Told you it was a hard choice!

Vivi & Co is a true gem in Bearsden, offering personalised coffees, beautiful décor and, of course, pancakes. The spot is a local family business that focuses not only on bringing the best produce for its customers, but also on using as many local businesses as possible as its suppliers. For the perfect Instagrammable stack of pancakes, opt for the Pink Raspberry pancakes that are, indeed, pink: the sweet treat comes with freeze-dried raspberries, white chocolate, a pink wafer, fresh raspberries and pink candy floss. Guests can also choose exciting flavours such as the Biscoff Split, Blueberry Crunch or Toffee Popcorn.

E-Street Café has been praised for its reasonable prices and sensational pancakes. Located in the Southside of Glasgow, the café has been hailed as ‘the best brunch‘ in the area by reviewers on TripAdvisor. We’d recommend booking in advance as it fills up pretty quickly, as the food is not the only great aspect about this spot: it’s also Bruce Springsteen-themed. While there isn’t as much to choose from pancake-wise, the Hot Cake stack has even been praised as the ‘best brunch in the UK’ by one reviewer on Google. So, I guess you’ll just have to go see for yourself.

Located on Duke Street in Glasgow’s East End, Mesa offers everything a great cafe should: decent coffee, creative dishes, a nice playlist and, of course, delicious pancakes. For example, guests can indulge in vanilla cream, vanilla ice cream, coffee syrup, lady fingers, chocolate shaves and raspberry pancakes. Now that’s what we’re talking about! No bookings are required, so pancake lovers can just walk in and enjoy a wee treat.

Cloud Cafe calls themselves the “most hidden cafe” in Glasgow, and boasts hundreds of five-star reviews on Google. Customers rave about their protein pancakes, saying, “Best protein pancakes I’ve ever had and totally defeated me”, while the coffee is also noteworthy. You can opt for the Banana & Biscoff Protein Pancakes, as well as the Pistachio ones.