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Thorntons

4.0 (2 reviews)
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Glasgow Sweet Centre - Store front

Glasgow Sweet Centre

(2 reviews)

£

South Side

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.

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Kimble's

(14 reviews)

££

City Centre

Kimbles is a family business that has been in the St Enoch Centre since 2002. They sell pre-boxed…read morechocolates and single chocolates that can be boxed to your specifications. A couple of years ago, their shop expanded to include a little café, where you can enjoy their chocolates with a hot drink. My favourite combination has to be tablet and a tea with no sugar, so you can get the contrast in the two. I bought a box of the chocolates for Maw once and she said they were fantastic, although they're the kind of ones you can only eat 2 or 3 of at a time. For it being such a small, quality business, prices actually aren't that bad.

I am a romantic man…read more Being Finnish, my missus has a sweet tooth to rival any Scot, whilst managing not to be obese. It's a mystery. Anyhow, I recall her excitement at finding this place a while back but never having been in. I took it upon myself to do all the work and pick her up some chocolates for a mini-celebration. They might have been better than the ones I have just worked through from Marks and Spencers I got from Christmas, and were certainly better than Thorntons. Everything in Thorntons sort of tastes the same, in the same way everything in McDonalds also tastes the same. The staff were friendly and chatty and more or less done the work on my behalf to be fair with regards to buying the chocolates, all I done was actually pay for them. Didn't pay as much as I was prepared to either so I treated myself to a cup of coffee, which was also above average. I am a romantic man. Who knows how to treat himself as well.

Sweet Dreams

Sweet Dreams

(2 reviews)

Sauchiehall Street, City Centre

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.

Glickman's

Glickman's

(8 reviews)

£

Gallowgate

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!

Thorntons - candy - Updated May 2026

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