Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
The Burgh Coffeehouse
70 Commercial Street
T
01382 450333.
Relaxed city centre café where leather-
bound books and old maps line the walls. Good spot to sip
a latte (£2.40) and make use of the free wi-fi.
Mon-Sat
8am-8pm, Sun 10am-8pm.
The Glass Pavilion
The Esplanade, Broughty Ferry
T
01382 732738,
W
theglasspavilion.co.uk.
Dramatic,
glass-fronted former bathing shelter with 1930s Art Deco
styling, serving delicious home baking, healthy light meals
and a sumptuous traditional high tea (4-6/7pm; £12.95).
Daily 9am-10pm.
Metro Brasserie
At the Apex City Quay Hotel, West
Victoria Dock Road
T
01382 202404,
W
apexhotels
.co.uk.
A style-led, but still pleasant, restaurant space, on
the ground floor of the dockland's sleekest hotel, serving
imaginative Scottish cuisine like Ayrshire pork with an
apple purée and black pudding (£16.50).
Daily noon-
2.30pm & 6-9.30pm.
The Playwright
11 South Tay Street
T
01382 223113,
W
theplaywright.co.uk.
Swanky, well-staffed restaurant
right by the Repertory Theatre, serving indulgent à la carte
dishes (think guinea fowl with tru
e cream; £22.95) and
cheaper pre-theatre and lunch menus.
Mon-Sat noon-
roughly midnight, last food orders at 9.30pm.
PUBS
Fisherman's Tavern
10-16 Fort St, Broughty Ferry.
Just off the shore in a busy traditional cottage, this pub
serves a variety of real ales. There's a small garden for when
the sun is shining.
Daily 11am-midnight/1am.
Ship Inn
121 Fisher St, Broughty Ferry
T
01382 779176,
W
theshipinn-broughtyferry.co.uk.
A narrow pub with a warm atmosphere and nautical
feel, right on the waterfront with good views over the
Tay. Does good seafood dishes (crab salad £9.25) and a
fine selection of beers.
Mon-Sat 11am-midnight, Sun
12.30-midnight.
Trades House Bar
40 Nethergate.
A converted bank
fronted with stained-glass windows, which provides a
friendly atmosphere for boozing in the heart of the city.
Also
10
does
pub
meals
for
around
£7.50.
Daily
10/11am-midnight.
BAR
The Social
10 South Tay Street
W
socialdundee.co.uk.
Good pre-club hangout, often packed with students, where
you can get a Smirnoff and Coke for £3 (or £1.50 if you
download the bar's app). Regular open mic nights.
Daily
11am-midnight.
NIGHTLIFE
Fat Sam's
31 South Ward Road
W
fatsams.co.uk.
Student favourite with cheap drinks (often just £1 for a
beer) and nights dedicated to house, urban and chart
music.
Wed-Sat 10.30pm-2.30am.
The
W
readingroomsdundee.com.
From rock 'n' roll and disco
to soul, blues and punk, you'll find it all here. The schedule
(available online) is mostly taken up by DJs and club nights,
but live guitar bands play here too.
Thurs-Sat
10.30pm-2.30/3.30am.
Reading
Rooms
57
Blackscroft
ENTERTAINMENT
CONCERT HALL
Caird Hall
City Square
T
01382 434940,
W
www
.cairdhall.co.uk.
The city's best venue for classical
music, including visits by the Royal Scottish National
Orchestra and other bigwigs, is Caird Hall, whose
bulky frontage dominates City Square.
See website for
show times.
home of the only permanent repertory company in
Scotland.
Box office Mon-Sat 10am-7.30/8pm.
CINEMAS
DCA
152 Nethergate
T
01382 909900,
W
dca.org.uk.
DCA has two comfy auditoriums showing an appealing
range of foreign and art-house movies alongside some of
the
more
highbrow
Hollywood
releases.
Daily
10am-midnight.
Cineworld
Camperdown Leisure Park
T
08712
002000.
Nine-screen cinema a fair way out of the
centre, which shows mostly blockbuster movies. Take
bus #4 from Commercial Street to get here.
Call for
show times.
THEATRE
Dundee Repertory Theatre
Tay Square
T
01382
223530,
W
www.dundeereptheatre.co.uk.
This
prodigious venue sits right at the heart of the Cultural
Quarter, north of Nethergate. It's an excellent place for
indigenously produced contemporary
theatre and the
SHOPPING
Clementine
103 Gray Street, Broughty Ferry
. Popular
old-fashioned greengrocer with food for busy modern
people, such as “soup bags” (£3) that come with all the
ingredients needed to make a vegetable soup.
Mon-Sat
9.30am-5.30pm.
Robertson's
Deli
Brook St, Broughty Ferry.
A good
place to stock up on food, with an impressive selection of
meats and huge steak pies for just £2.95.
Mon -Sat
9am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm.
