Amazing little cafe that is inside a church. Coming from California we were intrigued and were pleasantly surprised at how great the service and food from this cafe. The Moroccan soup was to die for and the scones with tea were amazing. Their staff is compromised of trainees and volunteers and all of them were welcoming and gave great service. Wish we had this back home in California! Definitely recommend this place especially to Americans who want to experience something new!
Ben Donaghy★★★★★
Beautiful cafe with incredibly hospitable staff. So friendly and attentive. Food and drink prices are great and the portion sizes are generous considering! Really great spot for lunch or coffee & cake.
Adrian Armstrong★★★★★
Beautiful space, amazing food, friendly service, central location. Always a great place to meet for coffee or lunch. Homemade soup is fantastic. Range of scones daily- absolutely superb!
Sam Palmer★★★★★
We spotted their sign from across the road and found the perfect place for lunch. We arrived at about 11.40am and soup is served from 12pm, so we started off with a scone and a drink. The scones were fresh, light and delicious. Then we had soup to follow, which came with two big pieces of tasty bread.
A lovely light and airy church and the staff are friendly, informative and helpful.
They also do takeaway drinks.
They support the homeless, so ask for a donation towards their work if you can.
A lovely spot and a worthy cause.
Nigel Birch★★★★☆
Clean airy bright and welcoming. We just had a scone and a drink which were both like the staff the only letdown which was ours not theirs they had run out of soup (our train was 89mins late getting into Glasgow, would I call again ?, Yes I would
karen hurst★★★★★
Love this place. Several home made soups to choose from with either a doorstep of bread and butter or a scone. Lovely atmosphere and delicious reasonably priced food. You will not be disappointed.
Irina Bors★★★★☆
Simply delicious scones, perfect taste and texture. Coffee wasn't the best, but definitely worth a visit for the scones.
Ava Renna★★★★☆
The church atmosphere is a little off putting unless you worship god, but the chai latte is cute and tastes very good so it mostly balances that out.
Violet Renna★★★★☆
Very friendly staff, delicious chai latte (with oat milk), typical prices, calming environment though a little off-putting that it’s in a church. There is also no signage for the cafe until you enter the church which confused us.
Tripp Pollard★★★★★
Really neat dining experience in the heart of downtown Glasgow. The restaurant is accessible through the side entrance of the church that houses it, and boasts a lot of seating comfortably spread out amongst the dining room area (the church's nave).
The menu features primarily soups with bread, scones and a number of other desserts, as well as coffee, too. I ordered a scone with cream, and my friend ordered tea as well as a scone. The service here was amazing and quite quick, with friendly staff members, and my scone was great (vanilla scone). My friend's scone was also good (pumpkin, sunflower scone), but it was not nearly as good as the one I ordered, and the tea was also pretty decent.
Additionally, I should point out that the cream was a very good move, as it was excellent, and that the scones come with their own little jar of jelly, too, which is very good and tastes fresh. Other nice things included an accessible restroom at the back of the church, and the interior feeling warm yet also nice and airy.
The small complaints that I do have are that the restaurant does not have menus that they pass out to you, and you need to stand near the entrance to look over the menu and order, which can be a problem when people are entering the restaurant or when it becomes busier. Other than that, a great experience (plus they have strong wifi with a code on the menu at the front!)
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The Wild Olive Tree is located at St George's Tron Church of Scotland, 163 Buchanan St, Glasgow G1 2JX, UK
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