• Machair Bar

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  • White Veg-options
Indian
Beer/Wine
Scottish
Non-veg

Serves meat, vegan options available. Bar offering food, including several marked vegan choices. Makes curry. Previously named Crossing The Rubicon. Open Mon-Wed 17:00-00:00, Thu-Fri 12:00-00:00, Sat-Sun 11:00-00:00.


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6 Reviews

First Review by craigmc

andiesk

Points +305

Vegan
05 Nov 2022

Avoid for food

Definitely no pizza on offer anymore. Tried the Risotto and couldn't finish it, soupy and tasteless. So I ordered a small plate of nachos since we were going to a gig and I had to eat something. They weren't good but at least they were only £6, the Guacamole was Ghostbusters green and slimy.
They do a good pint of Guinness though, so if you're just looking for a pint and maybe chips this is the place.

Cons: Not tasty - wouldn't recommend

falafffel

Points +3103

Vegan
25 Mar 2019

Good to have a beer

They seems to change the kitchen team every so often; at the moment there are some scottish themed dishes (no pizza anymore like older reviews suggest) and only very few options are vegan - mainly some small salads and dumplings. They have a good beer selection though.

Pros: Great drinks

Cons: Few vegan food options

poppyseed

Points +86

Vegan
11 Jul 2018

Great!

You can build your own pizza here and it's great as a vegan. Lots of vegetable toppings available and they have vegan cheese! Reasonably priced too. Also nice selection of beer which helps!

arthursgrub

Points +496

Vegan
11 Feb 2018

over hyped

Some vegan choices but not great. Pricey beer. Serving staff confused order and were inattentive. Maybe they were understaffed. Doubt if I'll be back.

Pros: beer choice , ambience

Cons: serving staff clueless, not a great veggie or vegan choice, Pricey beer

TrixieFirecracker

Points +4061

Vegan
15 Oct 2017

Amazing vegan breads

I do love a good naan bread, and was pleased that the vegan naan was now on the menu without requiring a pre-order. What also thrilled me was that they had a haggis and cheese naan on the menu which I found out could be veganised. I was there hosting a vegan meetup and we opted to order one to share between six of us as our starters. I had also pre-ordered two peshwari naans as I'd only ever had a vegan one once (in the end they only brought out one).

I really enjoyed my curry, not overly oily and the lemon rice was a tasty accompaniment.

For dessert I shared an espresso and chocolate torte, and as I was excited to see homemade tablet on the menu with coffee I asked for some of this as well. It was soooo good, with a good snap to it as I bit into it.

I love their range of craft beers as well. One of my favourite non-veg places in Glasgow.

Pros: Vegan naans, Several marked vegan curries, Nice vegan desserts

craigmc

Points +32943

Vegan
23 Aug 2017

decent pub food

It was difficult to review crossing the Rubicon as I couldn't quite get me head round of it was good or bad.
It's a great looking bar with a decent selection of vegan options. It's just not very authentic Indian, but it was reasonably healthy fare. Pub grub!
Everything tasted a bit rushed maybe made to order when it would have been better to have less in the menu and food sitting absorbing flavours. The flavours were there just jumping out too much as they hadn't been cooked long enough.
The dhal wasn't authentic but was okay, the curries had heat, but too much bite and not enough spice.
The chapati turned up with butter, but they apologized and sorted it.
I wouldn't rush back but would go again.

Pros: decent vegan menu, nice bar

Cons: location, meat




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