Kilsyth shops we like!
A big selection of the very special shops we like and use
every day in and around Kilsyth's vibrant and historic Main street. Use
them or lose them! This page is NOT a serious review or directory, just a bit of fun, and
your comments are most welcome. Sometime soon we will publish a comprehensive list and
some new photos including e.g. Lidl's new supermarket - these things get out of
date very quickly.
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also see: Core Business Directory for a wider selection of businesses and shops in Kilsyth, Kirkintilloch and Cumbernauld
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A. Your wish is our command - we have added it below
Q just to inform you of two new shops on Main St Kilsyth ...ANGIES hairdressing salon & Valhalla inks tattoo & bodypiercing studio both are to be found at 76, Main St Kilsyth - thank you hope it will bring things up to date!
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You could easily miss Kilsyth Dental Partnership - the entrance is
tucked into a doorway just up from Mclachlan's opticians
Tel:
822114 Open 9 am - 6 pm Mon - Fri, 9-12 Saturday
Bellissima
- one of Kilsyth's most modern and popular hairdressers with the
ladies and even a few of the guys. Now changed hands.
New
boy on the block - Marinis Italian pizza joint opened in 2006, ice
cream, fried food, fish suppers, mostly heart attack fodder really, as if
we didn't have enough greasy fast food already . But the staff are
friendly and if that's what you want to eat, well its a free country,
isn't it?
Decorhome: we don't
need to plug this popular store - they have all the plugs you need
already, and just about all the decorum you will ever need too. A great
place for DIY and household essentials, buckets, mops, brooms and just
about everything else.
A
general view of the Main Street - a few folk doing their last minute
Christmas shopping.
Opticians
Podiatrists shop
D
Charteris, pharmacy"photos of 'Old Kilsyth' hang on the walls (some customers have a go at identifying individuals depicted) and lovely old fixtures which don't stop the staff from giving everyone a great welcome and a modern up-to-date service!"
Mathiesons
Traditional pies, and a great range of fresh bakery produce.
McLachlan Opticians
Stylish specs - you'll enjoy the range of designer frames and meeting the highly professional staff.
Rennie's bakery
Rennie's has been baking since 1930 and is still going strong.
Ideal
Home
Formerly the Supersavers Megastore
(how do they think up these names?)
A
new Chinese restaurant - Canton Cuisine - has opened where once Meulan stood.
And changed hands again. Twice. It's hard to keep up, isnt it?
Paul's Quality Butchers
Meet Paul - he is very serious about providing high quality Scottish meat and produce. A real, traditional Scottish butchers shop - highly recommended.
Cafe
Refresh - tel 827652
Now following their relaunch also offers a cybercafe - friendly and welcoming, with fair trade food and wholesome menu.
The Cross Butchers
Some butchers are happy and some are ..well, cross! There's a sign up in the window saying this shop is for sale...
Royal Bank of Scotland
You can bank on it. 24 hr cashpoint/ATM.
Arches
Kilsyth's best late night shopping is at the Arches, newspapers, groceries, you name it.
Gulistan restaurant
The Gulistan - quality Tandoori cooking in a central location. Kilsyth's best restaurant for service, value for money and cuisine.
Scarecrow
(taking all these pictures is thirsty work, so I popped in for a quick beer)
Scarecrow
the lounge bar is around the back - handy for those discreet briefings.
(nudge nudge) I popped in for another quick beer. (hic!)
Upmarket
hairdressers
Hair today, gone tomorrow...
Stanley Racing
Fancy a flutter? We recommend "Sudden death", for a place in the 3.35 at Chepstow.
Visage Kilsyth already has the most beautiful ladies in Scotland, so what
does Visage know that we dont ?
The
Flower Shop - flowers for all occasions, happy or sad.
Angelos
Delicious fish and chips, pizzas, and other take-away food from the angels. Great real Italian ice cream too.
Gents
barbers
Haired a good one lately?
Just Sew
A stitch in time saves nine....
The Cosy
All the news that's fit to print, and then some....
Kingston
newsagents - its a newsagents, its on the Kingston road, anyone want
to write a review?
Kilsyth
Main Post Office
needs no introduction - all the usual postal services are on offer
House of Dragon
Chinese take away on the main Kingston road.
Lloyds TSB Bank -for financial support and advice. 24hr Cashpoint
round the side 
Dhillon's - purveyor of an eclectic range of US,
Indian, Italian and Middle eastern food - hot hot hot!
William Hill - bookmakers 
Car
Care - a small specialist retailer of all things vehicular -
love me, love my Carburetor?
Factory
Shop - used to be Safeway - a good range of bargains, clothes, houseware,
shoes, sports gear, at excellent prices.
The Co-op pharmacy - last vestige of a once-great empire, this is a
well-stocked and helpful local chemists with all mod cons
More
store - still closed - various rumours that it might become a small
arcade etc but we'll wait and see...
Corrine's cafe of fond memory is closed but the shop now seels a
range of furniture, haberdashery, and takes in clothes and sewing repairs.
The Salon, hair stylists -
one of Kilsyth's oldest buildings has closed but we think it has now been
taken over by the Beauty Room
Cosy wear - not exactly the height of fashion, but good for a pair of
socks or knickers, and what's wrong with that?
Mellon Financial - for when the apples and bananas just aren't big
enough for your growing family... 
Main Street cars
taxi service.
Moss Pharmacy has just gone very green we notice - no not moss but
fresh, minty gloss paint. 
The Kilsyth Credit Union - so you can shop till you drop and then shop
some more.... a great place to break the nasty cycle of debt and talk to
some people who can help.
The Hospice Charity Shop - this has got to be a good cause, and its
also great value, so pop in and buy something today! 
Market Chambers - various offices
Kilsyth Chronicle Offices
Where we would be without them?
Alex's
Place - a busy cafe and cake shop right by the new Factory Shop.
1869 - the Edmonstone Fountain 
Tan-er-iefe
- an even worse pun than the Tanfastic - offers the state-of-the-art
tanning beds by Market Square
Deluxe cuisine - Chinese take away - sadly is temporarily closed
following a fire - lets wish the owners all the best and hope it is back
trading soon. 
The Beauty Room
Serious time to relax in this tiny but amazingly cool therapy suite. I thought I was pretty good looking before I went in, well, how wrong can you be!
The
Aberdeen Fish Shop - under new management - offers some of the freshest
Scottish produce at the keenest prices - Scallops, kippers, mussels,
scallops, oysters, crab, oysters, game, duck eggs - you name it. Delicious
fresh gourmet food at keen prices. R.A. Cants
is a unique Kilsyth emporium - a wonderful range of cards, toys, gifts and bargains lies behind that
listed facade.
We
got so thirsty shopping we stopped for another swift pint - The Scarecrow
offers a wide range of beers and wines, good food, and some of the best
company this side of the border. Cheers!
Don't forget your local supermarkets -
Somerfields offers a great choice of groceries, friendly staff, local
message board and small ads, newspapers, videos and some excellent wines
and spirits.
"Somerfields is our favourite" Edith and Bessie Stevenson
A good hairdressers should be a place to
relax and feel pampered - Hairwayz is THE popular place to chill out in
relaxed surroundings.
There are veg shops and veg shops - but
Millers
is in the Harrods league for variety, freshness, great service, petfood,
quality birdfeeders and competitive prices. Forget the supermarket - this is
THE shop to really veg out! 
Hanif's
offers
that classic corner shop ambience, a great selection of toys and
novelties. Plus tobacco, comics, and everything else you can think of.
"Hanif's is also handy to buy a paper before you go to the bus stop." says Margaret. Well, and so it is.
Blockbusters Video
Who you gonna call? Blockbusters of course!
Hassan's
newsagents and general store
Paterson
& Hughes funeral directors, usually have the last word.tel: 829988 24 hrs.