First opened in 1990, Mother India has played a major part in pushing the boundaries of Indian cuisine in the city in those intervening years. It has introduced exciting seafood such as halibut and monkfish to the standard Scottish-Indian menu. The chefs experiment with flavours, successfully combining more unusual herbs such as fresh dill with chilli and ginger.

Widely thought to be the best curry house in Glasgow, Mother India offers innovative Indian cuisine with a touch of Scotland. The original restaurant – located on the corner of Sauchiehall Street and Kelvingrove Street – opened in the early 90s’, but several other sister venues have opened since then, including Mother India’s Cafe just down the road, which serves up a tapas-style sharing menu, as well as a branch in Edinburgh. Their main restaurant, however, remains supreme, offering creative, flavoursome dishes such as chicken chops with smoked aubergine, spiced haddock with roasted tomatoes, and ginger and chilli fish pakora.

Somewhat of an institution, Mother India has been in business since launching in Glasgow back in 1990, earning iconic status in the city over its decades of trade. Now the brand encompasses four separate establishments across greater Glasgow: Mother India, Mother India’s Cafe Glasgow, The Den and The Lansdowne, as well as a branch across in Edinburgh. Chef Amar Kumar Maurya is at the helm in the flagship restaurant, creating dishes like Green Herb Chicken Tikka Shashiq, Lamb Mussalam and Crispy Lady Fingers, Aloo Saag Dosa and Vegetable Karahi.

A true Glasgow legend, the original Mother India in Kelvingrove has been delighting the city’s residents and visitors with its warm welcome and Indian home cooking since 1990 – Anthony Bourdain was a fan. You can share lots of small bites, like ginger, crab and prawn dosas, and mushroom and chickpea missi roti, or go large with mains. Fish and seafood are a real strength here – witness the haddock with puy lentil and lemon, and the seabass with spiced chickpeas, potatoes and tomato – but the meltingly tender lamb raan is also superb.

Pretty much the go to for great curry in the city, Mother India has seen of challenges from many an upstart over the years. It’s easy to see why the place is so highly praised when you take a visit there yourself, the staff are welcoming and always happy to help with choosing, while the restaurant itself is classically designed, spacious and very often features live music. The food though is the true star of the show, the tapas style dishes allow for plenty of sharing and make for a fun, sociable atmosphere.

Mother India Restaurant and Café have been beloved Glasgow institutions for many years. Their more recently opened café, deli and takeaway, Dining In at Mother India, serves delicious Indian food, with different vegetarian options which change daily (and the chefs are usually amenable to accommodating your different dietary needs in any dish, substituting meat or fish for vegetables). The Restaurant and Café are excellent, but Dining in provides the same high quality on a more student-friendly budget.

Consistently mentioned as one of Scotland’s best restaurants, they were well established long before the rest of Finnieston caught up and the boom times began around them. Mother India has also expanded in recent years and they have places in Bearsden, across from the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and, in a bid to try and take some real culture to those unfortunate east coasters, a cafe in Edinburgh. The Kelvingrove ‘Mothership’ is still the place to be though and if you haven’t been in, just go.

Yet another very interesting new restaurant has opened there recently called The Gannet (a name joke which reminds me of the stuffed gannet the late Allan Mawn deployed at The Criterion), as well as a music bar – both of which demand comprehensive reviews – and of course for the last year we’ve had fun charting all the other many attractions to be found in that general area, even before you consider the parallel-route offers nearby, for example the various Mother India restaurants.

Mother India, with its extensive menu comprises of a mix of Indian classics and delicious new creations remains Glasgow best Indian restaurant. For a tapas twist on Indian food, try Mother India’s sister venue, the Mother India's Cafe. And if it’s old-fashioned Chinese restaurant you’re looking for, Asia Style, just off Charing Cross, is the place to be for great-value Cantonese.

Honestly, it would be blasphemy to put together the best Indian restaurants in the West End and not include Mother India. It is, for many people, an institution, one that people from across Glasgow and beyond flock to for a quality curry. What Mother India does well is the true classics, I still think that their butter chicken is one of the best in Glasgow.

Mother India has been a cornerstone of Glasgow’s Indian dining scene for decades, renowned for its innovative tapas-style approach to Indian food. This style encourages diners to explore a wide array of dishes, each bursting with authentic flavours and spices. Mother India also typically includes several vegan-friendly options in their varied menu.

Surprisingly limited feedback this year on Monir & Smeena Mohammed’s cosily decorated West End venue founded in 1990, which nowadays has spin-offs elsewhere in town as well as in Edinburgh. Such information as we do have, though, suggests it maintains the high quality of Indian cuisine that’s helped build a small empire.

It would be nothing short of an outrage if Mother India, a Glasgow institution, did not make the list. Thankfully, our readers were wise enough to give lots of praise for this West End restaurant, which sits near Kelvingrove Park. One TripAdvisor reviewer said it best when they posted ‘highlight of a trip to Glasgow’.

First opened in 1990, Mother India is an essential Glasgow restaurant. There are now several locations around the city, all of which feature the eatery's signature Indian home cooking. The menu is filled with classics like chicken tikka and fans of Indian food will find plenty (maybe too much) to order.

There is no meal I have cooked more times than butter chicken. I’ve been perfecting my recipe for years and for the last four have been making it every Saturday for the family. Except for last Saturday, when this mum was looked after by the matriarch of Glaswegian Indian cuisine, Mother India.

Long-considered one of the best restaurants in Glasgow (Mother India debuted in 1996), Mother India accomplishes the neat trick of using traditional Scottish ingredients in very authentic Indian recipes. So local haddock will be used in the fish pakora, or Scottish lamb in a curry…

Mother India has been on the frontline representing Glasgow food since they opened in 1990. A West End favourite and standard bearer for local curries.”. Best Dishes: Smoked lamb with broccoli and green chilli (£13.50)

Mother India offers authentic Indian dishes with high-quality ingredients in a welcoming dining environment. Opened in 1990, Mother India is a staple in Glasgow. It’s busy, so think about booking ahead.

This is another Indian restaurant which I had a lot of recommendations for in terms of their gluten free offerings. Find it: 1355 Argyle St., Glasgow, G3 8AD