The Dockyard Social
The Dockyard Social things to do, attractions, restaurants, events info and trip planning
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Hip weekend food court with DJs, themed bars & street food eats, including Thai & Greek options.
attractions: Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Riverside Museum, Kelvingrove Park, Scottish Event Campus, Glasgow Science Centre, SWG3 Glasgow, Hunterian Art Gallery, The Tall Ship Glenlee, University of Glasgow, The Clydeside Distillery, restaurants: Celino's, Ox and Finch, Lebowskis, The Butchershop, BrewDog Glasgow Kelvingrove, Bag o' Nails, The Ben Nevis, Mother India's Cafe, The Finnieston, Strip Joint: Pizza Place & Drinkmonger
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Description
Hip weekend food court with DJs, themed bars & street food eats, including Thai & Greek options.
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Where to even start! I have been to Dockyard many times now since moving the Glasgow in July. We have been along on Sundays with the family, on date nights with my partner, to the drag bingo as a group of friends and every time has been unbelievable! The staff are always so helpful, often greeted by Scott and Tom on arrival who have always been friendly and familiar faces keen to give us any info we need and help us settle into our booking. We often ask Laurie and Taylor on the bar to surprise us with a cocktail and they're always spot on. The guys running the food and clearing the tables are always super friendly as well and always do what they can to answer our questions should we have any. The food is sooooooo good! We have eaten from every single trader now and have always loved it! The pizzas/garlic bread are such a good size and delicious every time. The buffalo chicken tenders and tamarind fries are our favourites from Mcfly's and are GREAT. The chicken gyro is beautiful as well as the halloumi fries from Gyro King. We always get a mixed pakora from Fusion Pakora and the variety of flavours and quality of them is so good! Haven’t had a hot dog from Durty Dogs but have tried the fries and they’re heavenly. Chloe’s birria tacos are quite literally out of this world! Noi always has something new to try and its always amazing! And finally the desserts and ice cream from Peacocks are incredible! Really unique and delicious flavours! The atmosphere is so cosy even on the quieter days and always nice and warm, which is great especially as it's a big space! When its busy in Dockyard it really is buzzing, not too loud so you cant hear each other but full of different groups of friends/families/couples so everyone feels welcome! Especially the doggos as they are dog friendly all year round and even put on special dog events! We love taking pics in the photo booth, its become a little tradition of ours plus all the cool events they do throughout the year really keep this place ahead of the game!
Darcy JeansDarcy Jeans
10
Perfect for food, not for drink The warehouse which houses DS is perfect for the event. Not as big as Big Feed so it feels cosier, although on Feb afternoon it still suffered from BF's main problem which is it's freezing in the winter. Electric heaters dotted about did little to heat the place up and we had to head to one of Finnieston's bars after an hour. The artwork on the walls is fantastic, really adding to the street food feel. The choice of food is overwhelming, with almost everything being catered for although - unusually for Glasgow - no burgers. While sounding a bit boring for only serving chips, Abandon Chips loaded fries hit the spot (haggis and black pudding) The bar is pretty poor compared to BF's. A free Budweiser on entry (really? Bud? At a hipster street food festival) with only Estrella on draught (of which the pilsner is described in BeerAdvocate as "a completely unpleasant experience". I would expect a better class of beer - and local beer at that. Some cans in the fridge ranging from £4 - £5 but still a poor choice Dockyard Social had the potential to be 5 stars but the you-could-see-your-breath coldness and bar dropped it down a star each
Andrew ConnerAndrew Conner
00
We absolutely love it here! There's nowhere else like it. It's an old warehouse that's been converted with loads of picnic benches equipped with cutlery and a kitchen roll (cos some of the food can be a little messy and a napkin just wouldn't cut it). The large bar has a great selection of both alcoholic and non alcoholic drinks, including some delicious cocktails and mocktails. There's a coffee bar too, for all your hot drinks. The food pods all offer something different and these appear to be regularly changed, to keep things new and interesting. All food is freshly made to order and tastes amazing. The atmosphere is so relaxed. You can come in your fanciest clothes for a night on the town, or you can come in your comfiest cosy clothes and noone will judge. I love that dogs are welcome and always get a fuss. The only downfall for us is that we introduced the kids to the Dockyard a while ago during one of their family events (harry potter / wizard theme day) and now we can't go without the kids cos they love it too!
Dee Dee TweedleDee Dee Tweedle
10
First time visit with friend who live in Glasgow, they booked a slot for us to go for lunch. You get to pick a drink when you go in the door. The adult boys got beer and the girls got watermelon daquiri's. They were delicious. The hardest part is to decide what amazing food to order. Menus on table to look at, then you go to the vender to order and pay, food then delivered to your table. I had salt and chilli chicken with chips with a katsu curry sauce. Was amazing, quite spicy. Most at the table got tacos, which looked amazing. And some spicy wings. We also ordered waffle fries and chicken strips for the kids to eat. Drinks and food are a bit pricey but worth it as they are all delicious. We got the kids icecream from a Canadian vendor which they loved. Great music and atmosphere. We went around 2.30 on a Saturday and it was busy but not bunged. You could stay for hours if you could but fairly they only let you have a slot for so long, to let others in. Really enjoyed it. Pic is of my son In the girls toilets!
Rebecca CaldwellRebecca Caldwell
10
We were unlucky enough to choose to go along when there was a special dog day on. We hadn't noticed this when we booked. The dogs were very noisy..... The main courses we had were delicious. Can't fault them However, we ordered a dessert that turned out to be terrible. It was described as "hot and gooey house made sticky toffee cake with a scoop of ice cream and a drizzle of toffee sauce" This was priced at £6 but sounded delicious We both ordered one....and were both very disappointed. The sticky toffee cake was a dry, lukewarm small square of cake - maybe 5cm square? It was the thinnest cake I have ever seen.( Maybe half a centimetre high) Even though it had been out in a microwave to heat it up, it was not even warm. This was a huge disappointment and definitely not worth the £6 for each portion
Donna MorrisDonna Morris
20
A great place for families, couples and friends. Kid and dog friendly. Always amazing food on offer for a reasonable price. This is affordable to anyone, it costs less than a McDonald’s and tastes a million times better. Vendors change all the time so there’s always something new to try, there’s a bar, there’s hot drinks. A great atmosphere, a place to hang out. Live music too! You have to really appreciate what these guys are trying to do, it’s about getting people back on their feet and in to jobs and they’ve plans to expand to help even more people get back in to the work place. So not only are you getting brilliant food at a reasonable cost, you are supporting social change on your door step. Everyone wins!
Pamela LucasPamela Lucas
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Nearby Attractions Of The Dockyard Social
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
Riverside Museum
Kelvingrove Park
Scottish Event Campus
Glasgow Science Centre
SWG3 Glasgow
Hunterian Art Gallery
The Tall Ship Glenlee
University of Glasgow
The Clydeside Distillery

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