Babylon Cafe

Had a lovely late lunch from here yesterday. Complimentary soup was yummy. Sharing starter platter was excellent with amazing falafel and hummus. One of the best mixed grills I’ve ever had, the meat was very succulent and juicy, compliments to the chef! Bread was hot & fresh too. Staff were friendly and attentive and the decor was really nice. Would definitely come back! Only improvement to suggest would be more hot meze options, but overall still a 5 star experience meal. Will definitely be back.

The food was pretty good and was a bargain given the surprisingly low prices. Portions were fair but normally sized; we under ordered a bit because we believed the earlier review saying that portions were gigantic. They aren’t. The Bakhtari grill with one skewer of chicken and one of lamb, for example, was three smallish chicken nugget sized pieces of chicken and three tiny, tiny lamb choplets. It was fair for the price but just that. Our server was competent but not personable. The bread was good. The baklava was meh. The grilled meat was good. The Shirazi salad was ok. The hummus was ok; the baba ghanoush was unusual - pretty much a deconstructed melange of the constituent parts rather than being like any I’ve had elsewhere. The portion on the sampler plate for two was so small it was hard to form an opinion given that we were sharing. The lemonade drink of lemon juice with mint was pretty wonderful. All in all, nothing astounding but no regrets, and if we were staying in Glasgow we would probably eventually find our way back.