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Gaby Soutar

Critic · Journalist · Author — Scotland-wide restaurant criticism from an Edinburgh base, with regular Glasgow visits; the fine-dining and tasting-menu end in particular.

Listed with the critics and writers in Glasgow.

Gaby Soutar is lifestyle editor at The Scotsman, reviewing restaurants for The Scotsman Magazine since 2007 and editing the weekly food pages. That is the longest continuous restaurant-reviewing run on any Scottish masthead, and it sits alongside Rosalind Erskine's on the same desk rather than under it. Her reviews are post-visit, dish-by-dish and priced, and they run on The Scotsman's scored template (ambience, drink, food, service, value, each /10).

Their own reviews and picks.

Their own judgment, in their own words, by the piece it appeared in.

• The Scotsman (Gaby Soutar, 26 March 2024) ↗their review · 2024-03
  • Unalome by Graeme CheeversFinnieston

    “We didn't feel hard done by, going for the cheap seats.”

  • Unalome by Graeme CheeversFinnieston

    “For a relatively new restaurant, it's not trendy. Instead, think old school comfort, with a cheese trolley and crumb scrapers for the linen tablecloths.”

• The Scotsman ↗their review · 2020-03-04
  • Ka PaoHillhead

    “The food at Glasgow's fabulous new Ka Pao packs a punch”

• Scotsman Food and Drink, 'Basta, Glasgow, restaurant review' ↗their review · 2018-04-06
  • Basta Pizza BarPartick

    “I couldn't have visited a nicer neighbourhood restaurant on my own.”

• Scotsman Food and Drink, 'Paesano, Glasgow, restaurant review' ↗their review · 2016-10-12
  • Paesano PizzaCity Centre

    “Try some of the stunning pizza at the original Paesano before they decide to branch out”