Guido's Coronation Restaraunt
The Corvi family bought this shop under the old railway bridge on the Gallowgate in 1939, and Cristoforo is the third generation to run it, after his father Guido and his grandfather before him.
Why go
The family emigrated from Italy and landed first at Bo'ness on the Forth, traded there, then moved west into Glasgow and opened up across the East End and the Southside. This is the surviving shop, and it looks it: aqua paint and a vintage gold sign outside, orange leather booths, black and white tiles and neon inside. The menu is the Italian-Scottish chip-shop canon, fish and chips alongside haggis and chips and half pizza and chips, which is the dish that tells you an Italian family built the trade. The shop puts fish and chips at £6.50 and a roll and chips at £2.50, prices that belong to a neighborhood business rather than a city-center one. It sits a couple of minutes from the Barras.
Order this / avoid
- Order: the fish and chips at £6.50, or the haggis supper if you want the Scottish half of the house style. Half pizza and chips is the Glasgow-Italian move, and a roll and chips at £2.50 is the cheapest thing on the board.2
- Avoid: treating this as a sit-down restaurant. It is a chip shop with booths, and the trade is daytime rather than late.
What locals & experts say
- The shop's own line: it offers
a timeless dining experience that beautifully blends Italian heritage with Scottish tradition,
withgenerous portions and affordable prices.
2 - GlasgowWorld: its history feature traces the Corvi family from Italy to Bo'ness to Glasgow, dates the shop to 1939, and describes the aqua frontage, the gold sign and the orange booths, calling it one of the city's highest rated chip shops. The site blocks direct fetching, so this account carries no quotes.1
- Coverage gap: no approved Scottish title reached in this pass has reviewed the food, and no frying award has been pinned to the shop.
- Local rec: Jeff's save, filed in two words below.
Good to know
- Timing: daytime chip-shop hours. No source consulted publishes current times, so check before a special trip.
- Booking: walk-in only.
- Getting there: 55 Gallowgate, under the railway bridge, a short walk east from Glasgow Cross and a few minutes from the Barras and the Barrowland Ballroom. The Gate is further out the same road, at number 251.
- Hygiene: FSA/FHIS Pass, inspected 24 June 2025.
Jeff's take (his words)
- Note: "Classic chippie"
Verdict
should-visit — Take the detour if you care about how Glasgow actually eats. The Corvi family bought this shop in 1939 after emigrating from Italy by way of Bo'ness, and Cristoforo is the third generation to run it, from his father Guido and his grandfather before that. The room is unreconstructed, aqua outside, orange leather booths and black and white tiles inside, and the menu is the full Italian-Scottish chip-shop card, down to half pizza and chips. Fish and chips at £6.50 and a roll and chips at £2.50 put it among the cheapest hot meals in the city center. Held below must-visit because no critic or awarding body reached has judged the frying.