Press - Number 16 Restaurant, Byres Road Glasgow

12 | 05 | 2019

Joanna Blythman: It’s not often that I heartily concur with a restaurant’s self-description, but this one is bang-on

Looking for a reliable restaurant in Glasgow, I turn to Number 16, a safe pair of hands. I know I can count on it, after all these years, two services a day, to serve a sensibly conceived, well-cooked meal. "

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22 | 04 | 2017

Number 16 in The List's Eating & Drinking Guide 2017

Number 16 features in The List's Eating & Drinking Guide 2017. "In Glasgow’s West End, this relaxed bistro draws on Scottish seasonal ingredients and global inspiration to deliver something out of the ordinary."

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02 | 08 | 2014

Number 16 in The Glasgow Herald

“I look down at a fillet of mackerel with a perfectly crisped golden skin and a lovely dressing of grapefruit, peeled broad beans and artichoke. It's light and citrussy and the fish is moist, yet the chef has still had the confidence to season it. Perfectly. Brilliantly, even.”

08 | 12 | 2014

36 Hours in Glasgow

Number 16 was features in the New York Times 36 hours series. "Drawing on its rich musical and industrial heritage, Glasgow has re-emerged as a vibrant hub of culture, food and night life."

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14 | 10 | 2014

Number16 in The Good Food Guide 2015

The Good Food Guide is the UK’s bestselling restaurant guide. Since 1951 they have been reviewing and writing about restaurants, pubs and cafés, bringing together the best places to eat out from throughout the country.

24 | 09 | 2013

Number16 in The Good Food Guide 2014

The Good Food Guide is the UK’s bestselling restaurant guide. Since 1951 they have been reviewing and writing about restaurants, pubs and cafés, bringing together the best places to eat out from throughout the country.

16 | 11 | 2012

Number16 in The AA Restaurant Guide 2012

The AA Restaurant Guide is overseen by Simon Numphud, who creates a ‘good read’ every year, with excellent descriptions, articles, colour photographs, clear awards system and a useful web version.

14 | 11 | 2012

Number16 in Fodors Restaurant Guide 2012/13

Fodor's has published more than 440 guides (in 14 series) on over 300 destinations locating and review the best travel destinations, hotels and retaurants.

05 | 09 | 2009

Gaby Soutar's review in the Scotsman Magazine

Good things come in small packages

25 | 06 | 2009

The List feature "Sixteen Again"

"No Sixteen made its name for two reasons. One, the bistro food was inventive but reassuring, well-priced and consistent. Two, it was so cosy, with two floors and 40 covers squeezed into a small shop space, that intimacy and buzz were almost unavoidable."

31 | 05 | 2009

Allan Brown at Number 16

"The bistro is under new management. It looks the same but the food is even more impressive"

15 | 05 | 2009

Evening Times Feature

"An award-winning Glasgow restaurant is to reopen three months after it suddenly closed its doors. Joel Pomfret and Gerry Mulholland, who previously worked for the fine dining eaterie, are to take over the lease of No 16 in Byres Road. "