Where the Real Chinese Food Is
Edinburgh and Glasgow have the most choice: Glasgow city centre and the Sauchiehall Street area have several long-running Cantonese, Sichuan and hotpot restaurants, while central Edinburgh and the university area offer Sichuan, dim sum and northern noodles. Inverness, gateway to the Highlands, also has a few decent Chinese and Thai restaurants, handy on the way north. Beyond Chinese food, both cities have Japanese ramen and sushi, Korean BBQ, Vietnamese pho and Thai food. Many places have Chinese menus or Mandarin- and Cantonese-speaking staff, and quite a few accept WeChat Pay. After several days of Highland castles, if you're craving rice, congee, hotpot or something spicy, you'll find it in the cities.
Eating on the Road in the Highlands
The challenge is the Highlands themselves: once you leave the cities, Chinese restaurants quickly become scarce, and remote villages may have just a pub, a chippy or a small café. The smart approach is to eat all the Asian food you want in Edinburgh, Glasgow or Inverness, and treat touring-day lunches as scenic pub or seafood stops. A little planning avoids a hungry, grumpy afternoon. A MegaSpace private driver-guide helps here: we know which towns on your route have decent Chinese or Thai food, can phone ahead or detour for hotpot, and can request milder or softer dishes for older travellers. Tell us your food preferences when you book via WeChat and we'll build the meal stops into your itinerary.
A guide to Chinese and Asian restaurants in Scotland — Edinburgh and Glasgow have the most choice: Cantonese, Sichuan, hotpot, dim sum and northern noodles, plus Japanese ramen and sushi, Korean BBQ, Vietnamese pho and Thai food, and many accept WeChat Pay. Inverness has Chinese and Thai restaurants for the road north. Restaurants thin out quickly once you leave the cities, so eat your fill of Asian food in town and treat lunch on touring days as a pub or seafood stop. MegaSpace's Chinese-speaking driver-guides know the Chinese restaurants along the route, can book ahead, detour for hotpot and request less-spicy, softer dishes for elderly relatives — tell us your food preferences when you book via WeChat. Chinese food in Scotland · Asian restaurants · Scotland travel · private tours · WeChat booking.