A bright and welcoming atmosphere allows guests to enjoy the best of northern hospitality at the Elements restaurant in Pitt Street. Located at the Novotel Glasgow Centre hotel, its menu of modern Scottish brasserie classics with an international twist promises a light snack or a substantial meal anytime of the day. Attentive staff add to the positive vibe.

A three-course meal here could begin with wild mushroom ravioli with pesto and cream sauce, land-raised belly of pork with potato and parsnip rosti or smoked salmon cured with beetroot and served with fennel and crème frâiche. Main course options include wild black bream with garlic mash and pea and broad bean broth, mixed grill of rump steak, lamb cutlet, chicken brochette, beef and rosemary sausage, and Thai green chicken curry with basmati rice and naan bread. Desserts of coffee pannacotta with cappuccino ice-cream, pineapple carpaccio with mango and mint salsa and dark chocolate fondant with milk chocolate sorbet bring the meal to a fitting end.