This place puts all the over priced cutesy sweetie shops in Glasgow to shame , hang thy head in…read moreshame t'other places, bow and behold the true king/queen of the Glasgow sweetie shops. With the same garish exterior that most of these places have, the sweetie shop has much more in substance than any of its competitors i have ventured, pocket money in hand into. With a whole wall and i mean a whole wall, devoted to jars of loose sweets, this place is a total dream. There is enough sugar in this shop to sweeten an ocean. In addition to the loose sweets there is also the usual assortment of ice cream, choc bars, crisps and the like. A place that is well worth the visit, just don't tell your dentist!!

You can't pass The Sweetie Shop without being drawn in. With the hyperactive flourescent…read moregreen/yellow/pink sign and the selection of intoxicating candy in the window, you find yourself being guided in....those crafty bandits! Better priced than the establishments of this kind in the city centre and with just the same selection, you will leave with an ice cream in one paw, a mix-up of candy crayons and strawberries in the other and chocolate smeared over your face. It will make you feel like a kid who, well, had just been inside a candy shop. And how can that be a bad thing? It is ADHD enducing, but an altogether enjoyable experience. After all, it's tedious to forever be watching those E-numbers.

I am a jalebi consultant/expert. While these are not the world's best jalebis, they are the world's…read more#2 best jalebis, which is an incredible honor. They are amazing!!!! Here's the silver medal. Gold medal goes to Metro Dhaba in Gaithersburg, MD, US. The jalebis here are very sweet, and on a scale of 1 to 10, with a 1 being softer than a high school white boy on the cross country team, and a 10 being harder than Walid, I assign the crunch level an 8. Pretty solid. Every jalebi is different. These were thin and sticky (not a bad thing at all). Jalebis go for 5 pounds per kilo (for the Americans, the June 5, 2016 equivalent is $3.30 per lb). I am very satisfied with my jalebi journey. I had to take an Uber here from my swank apartment north of the river. This shop is in the further south region. I highly recommend the gulab jamun. It's easily the world's greatest! Gold medal. There ya go, everybody wins! Very sweet customer service. They know I love jalebis.

Glasgow Sweet Centre concentrates on the sweet and savoury families of the Indian/Pakistani snack…read morediaspora. It's located in Govanhill, ethnically very diverse and not the top end of the Glasgow housing market. In keeping, I wouldn't plan on a long walk home half-drunk after midnight through Govanhill, but otherwise it's absolutely fine. Do not be daunted. It satisfies Captain Commando's rule #1 of ethnic eating: "For an ethnic restaurant to be any good, its clientele must be largely from the same ethnic background." So says an 'ethnik' married to another 'ethnik' with lots of 'ethnik' friends. This is not a restaurant, more a shop, but the rule holds. I go there for the lamb samosas: spicy lamb mince studded with peas, wrapped in pastry and deep fried to a golden brown deliciousness. Slather with accompanying 'yoghurt' and 'red' (read hot) sauce and consume. You can eat it on site (there is a teensy eating area) but why not take it home where you can eat it with your hands? The way it should be eaten. Mmwarrh! The sweets are authentic, that is, very sweet. I'm an atypical 'ethnik': I hate Indian sweets. But, if they're your thing, take your pick. They've got all the familiar favourites including ras malai and gulab jamuns. Service is offhand and occasionally they give you back more money than you gave them but hey I'm not planning to live there.

This marks my 500th review! BOOM!…read more While entertaining some visiting friends, we decided we were going to take the city site seeing bus that goes around Glasgow. One of it's stops is right outside Glickman's and seeing as this is a Glasgow institution, we decided to hop off to check it out. Looks are very deceiving with this place, as the outside looks massive. We were all super excited to see what delights awaited us behind the doors, but before we went in, we took a look at all the stuff they had displayed in the the windows. Lots of Irn Bru collectibles, lots of old style candy jars and containers. They also had a selection of what candies they had for sale on the inside of the shop. My guy was super excited that he saw a particular sweetie his Gran used to give him as a child. We opened the doors to the shop and to our surprise, the shop itself was about the size of a hall cupboard. Ok, maybe the size of two, but it was tiny nonetheless. There were two people already in the shop and with the four of us walking in, it made for a tight squeeze. My guy bought a bag of sweeties and we were off just like that. I was really hoping for more of a store, but I'm assuming whatever candies they may have made on sight in the past, maybe that extra room was used to make stuff. Who knows. Great wee shop for bringing back old memories, but not a huge shop to look around in.

Goody gum drops, I like Glickman's…read more Glickman's is right by the Barras, so if you're feeling tired after a hard day of bargain hunting that would make David Dickenson proud, you should make a pit stop here. It's a tiny wee establishment all but crammed to the rafters with sweetie mix-ups, and big bags of whatever your heart desires for roughly £1. It's good old fashioned fun, with chews that yer gran will remember, but also some modern stock as well. All the sweets are displayed so they're easily accessible, and the staff are eager to help if you need something from a jar. Their selection looks fresh and fruity - without the nutrients, but who goes to a sweet shop to get their five a day? Not likely, and the sweets look properly made up and not horribly synthesized. Full ingredients are on each pack so you know exactly what you're getting, which is vital info for those with allergies. The staff are nice and chirpy and it's lovely going into a sweet shop that's off the beaten track and not full of corporate big brands. The displays are nice inside and out, but most importantly, my friends, I can report I polished off the best bag of candy crayons I've ever experienced. The staff were trepid in my choice because they were rhubard and custard flavoured, but they shouldn't have worried because they were gone in 60 seconds. In my belly. It was my first purchase from Glickman's, but it will not be my last! An enthusiastic two thumbs up! I love a sweet shop that has old confectionary boxes in the window but some tasty treats on offer inside! Someone to take your gran, kids and pals. Get tucked in!

I'm actually quite shocked that this place is open, let alone has been open long enough for me to…read morenotice it was there. These places are a dime a dozen and I'm not even sure how they manage to survive as long as they do given the extortionate prices for things I know are fraction of the costs in the states. My boyfriend and I popped in here before meeting up with friends on Easter sunday to see if anything was different about this shop. It's basically the same as all the other American candy stores. Overstocked, over priced and I walked out without buying anything because like I told my boyfriend- there's nothing I miss that much from the states that would bring me to pay as much as they ask for in these shops. (Especially when shops like Poundland and TK Maxx have started stocking a few American goodies!) My family is visiting this summer, so I'll ask them to bring a few of my favourites with them. I managed to dodge the glares of the shop staff and snapped a few inside pictures.

One of the weirdest shops ever if it's not here next week, it's two doors down and in a months time…read moreit will be across the street, it's the same company they just constantly move as if it is a tax dodge. If they where to close for good I don't think anyone would ever notice.

Just inside the Savoy Centre on Sauchiehall Street (don't worry, you won't have to venture too far…read moreinside) you will find Sweet Dreams, which is a delightfully old fashioned tiny sweet shop. It advertises it's presence with one of those bright pink neon signs, shaped into a sweet. What can I say? It worked for me. Sweet Dreams is more of an alcove than a shop really, but is nevertheless stacked full with jars containing probably pretty much every type of sweet that you can think of. You'll also find such delights as gingerbread houses and candy canes. Yum. The lady that works there is friendly and helpful - without jumping down your throat too much. She gave us plenty of time to choose what we wanted (it's difficult when there is so much to choose from!) and when we'd finally made up our minds, we found that it was pretty well priced as well. Those of you who have a sweet tooth, it's probably worth making a quick dash into the Savoy Centre to visit Sweet Dreams!

There are just too many innuendos associated with a sweet shop's presence in the suave Sav so I'm…read moregoing to bodyswerve them all to avoid my Yelp account being permanently deleted. Instead, I will merely comment on the fact that this is the sort of traditional proprietor of goodies that delights the inner child in us all. Jars and jars of old school favourites, all the usual suspects are here and all at reasonable prices. Well worth a visit if you're in the area and your sweeth tooth strikes.

I used to work in Thorntons. It was my first ever job and it was a Christmas temp role and at 16 I…read morewas so excited that I was working here, I thought I had the best job in the world. My duties were basically stacking the shelves, breaking up boxes and eating as much chocolate as I could on my lunch break. They also had this policy that any chocolate that was broken couldn't be sold, so you had to eat it. Needless to say, I was rather clumsy whilst working here, "oops there goes another giant chocolate elephant with chocolate truffles attached to him, nobody panic, I'll just eat him, seriously it's no trouble at all, don't mention it." Oh well, waste not want not! The chocolate in Thorntons is my favourite chocolate ever from the Vienesse truffles to the Alpini bars, I'm also a huge fan of the chocolate smothered toffee. During the summer they even have an ice-cream stand which is great after a hot day of shopping but at £2.50 a scoop it's rather expensive. Overall, Thorntons is great and this one holds great memories for me.

As much as I want to, I can't really fault Thornton's. Yes it's overpriced and a huge chain but…read moreit's popular for a reason and has been my saviour many times when seeking a present. This one is pretty small but with it's huge entrance from Buchanan Galleries it's open and inviting. You can buy all the best things too...like mini fudge cubes!!! My addiction to mini fudge cubes took me through childhood to teenhood to adulthood. I also love the fact you can make chocolate personal with their plaques/bottles/monkeys which are iced with your own message. I once got 'thank you' written in shorthand on one - now, that's impressive. My mum was once given a Thornton's hamper as a gift - best. present. ever.

So you need to buy your gran a 'get well soon' present. Or your tee-total colleague a 'thanks for…read moreeverything' present. Or your best friend a 'don't worry, you'll get over him' present. Thornton's chocolates caters for all. They have an excellent selection of beautiful, delish chocolates suitable for all occasions. They're pretty good at keeping up with the seasons- soon you'll be seeing Halloween chocolates followed by a vast selection of Christmas goodies. Last year I bought a young family friend a big chocolate Santa- he was pretty impressed. Thorntons are also able to personalise your chocolates so come Valentine's day, you could send your loved one a big chocolate heart with your names on it, if you really want to. Also take note- they are one of very few high street shops to have chocolates suitable for diabetics. I particularly love the little Thornton's shop on Byres Road; it's been a saving grace for my gift dilemmas. It's also been a regular pit-stop for me during the summer months- they have a very fine selection of ice creams. Mmmmmmm!!!

There really is nothing better than a bag of Thornton's Alpini chocolates. It's a simple fact. They…read moreare quite pricey at around £2.79 but worth every last brown penny. However, black marks must go to their ridiculously overpriced ice cream, it's daylight robbery, and the fact that they discontinued their milk chocolate with fudge pieces bars, an utterly baffling decision. Apart from that, they just sell lots and lots of choclolate, and have done for years, so if you have a sweet tooth you're in safe hands here.

I was introduced to this place by a Soo'sider friend last week, and what a fantastic wee shop it…read moreis! Well worth the trawl(!) over from the West End. They have a wonderful selection of all sorts of seafood, including a couple of fish that I'd never heard of. Fresh or frozen, smoked, live, pre-cooked, filleted... you name it, they've probably got it. Each week's selection varies, depending on what the fishermen bring in, and they're only open on Fridays and Saturdays. The staff are really chatty and provide great advice if you're not sure what to do with your fish. It's run by a group of fishermen; everything comes straight off the boat and is very reasonably priced compared with other fishmongers (not that there's many on this side of the river). It's definitely worth making an effort to visit here, this is one of the best shops for seafood in town.

I love seafood and I was excited to discover this place totally by accident yesterday. I was…read moreparking my car on Springhill Gardens when I noticed it by the cycle shop. It opened in December and is a wee shop but with a lot of selection. I wasn't buying anything as I was off to meet a friend, but I had a bit of a nosey all the same. Whole monkfish, plaice, hake, skate as well as langoustines and scallops were out on display and all looked delicious. They also have a range of smoked products from Kintyre including salmon, haddock, clams and kippers. The staff were friendly and welcoming, and I promised to return soon to buy something. This shop is well worth a visit if you're looking for locally sourced fish and seafood.