Scottish businesses offering food and drink takeaway services - as new coronavirus restrictions announced

After Nicola Sturgeon's announcement yesterday (7 October) regarding new restrictions to help stop the spread of coronavirus, hospitality businesses are look for ways to carry on trading.

Published 8th Oct 2020
Updated 9 th Aug 2023

Many businesses may make the move to offering a takeaway service, which was a success for some during the nationwide lockdown that started in March.

What are the new restrictions?

Announcing changes to coronavirus measures in Holyrood, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said that indoor hospitality venues will only be allowed to operate between 6am and 6pm daily, selling food and non-alcoholic drinks only.

Outdoor bars, restaurants and cafes will be allowed to remain open up until 10pm and will be allowed to sell alcohol up to that time.

However, all licensed premises in the Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Lanarkshire, Ayrshire and Arran, Lothian and Forth Valley health board areas will be closed for both indoor and outdoor operations.

Cafes without a licence to sell alcohol will be allowed to open until 6pm, Nicola Sturgeon said, to counter social isolation.

Businesses doing takeaway 

Edinburgh, Fife and the Lothians

Ondine, 2 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh EH1 1AD

Chop Steak House at home, various locations in Edinburgh

Bellissimo Vino, drinks delivery to EH1-EH30.

Decanter Bruntsfield, 183 Bruntsfield Pl, Edinburgh EH10 4DG

Frizzante Proseccheria, 95 Lothian Rd, Edinburgh EH3 9AW

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East Pizza, 124 Morningside Rd, Edinburgh EH10 4BX/ 7 Commercial St, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6JA

The Pitt street food market, 125, 137 Pitt St, Edinburgh EH6 4DE

The Green Room, 19-25 William St, Edinburgh EH3 7NG

Civerinos, 5 Hunter Square, Edinburgh EH1 1QW

Fhior at home, 36 Broughton St, Edinburgh EH1 3SB

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The Little Bakery, 6-7 High St, South Queensferry EH30 9PP

Haar restaurant (at home), 127 North St, St Andrews KY16 9AG

The High Dive, 81/85 St. Leonard's St, Edinburgh EH8 9QY

Victor Hugo, 26, 29 Melville Terrace, Edinburgh EH9 1LP

Damiani Fine Dining

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Wedgwood the Restaurant, 267 Canongate, Royal Mile, Edinburgh EH8 8BQ

Hickory @ Home, available on Fridays and Saturdays in Edinburgh and East Lothian within postcode areas: EH1-22, EH31-35, EH39-40

Aizle, 38 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh EH2 4HQ

Noto, 47a Thistle St, Edinburgh EH2 1DY

Harajuku Kitchen, 10 Gillespie Pl, Edinburgh EH10 4HS

Merienda, 30 North West Circus Place, Stockbridge EH3 6TP

The Lighthouse, 3 Pier Place, Edinburgh EH6 4L

Holyrood Distillery, 19 St Leonard's Ln, Edinburgh EH8 9SH

The Little Chartroom and the Little Chartroom on The Prom, 30 Albert Pl, Edinburgh EH7 5HN

Eteaket (afternoon tea), 41 Frederick St, Edinburgh EH2 1EP

Tempo Perso, 208 Bruntsfield Place, Edinburgh EH10 4DE

Honeycomb & Co, 1 Merchiston Place, Edinburgh EH10 4NP

The Bow Bar (takeaway beers), 80 W Bow, Edinburgh EH1 2HH

Cold Town House, 4 Grassmarket, Edinburgh EH1 2JU

Maclarens on the Corner, 8 Morningside Rd, Edinburgh EH10 4DD

Kyloe, steak at home, 1-3 Rutland St, Edinburgh EH1 2AE

Cask Smugglers, cocktails and drinks delivery, Waverley Mall Rooftop, 3 Princes St, Edinburgh EH1 1BQ

Paolozzi Restaurant & Bar, 59 Forrest Rd, Edinburgh EH1 2QP

The Cromwell Kitchen, 34 Cromwell Road, Burntisland, Fife KY3 9EH

Sands Hotel, Lochies Road, Burntisland, Fife KY3 9JX

The Fife Fix, 267 High St, Burntisland, Fife, KY3 9AQ

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Glasgow, Stirlingshire and Falkirk

Ox and Finch, 920 Sauchiehall St, Finnieston, Glasgow G3 7TF

Ka Pao, 26 Vinicombe St, Glasgow G12 8BE

Le Petit Cochon, 9 Radnor St, Glasgow G3 7UA

Nonna Gina's, 255 Ayr Rd, Newton Mearns, Glasgow G77 6AA

The Loveable Rogue Sunday roast, 333 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G4 9HS

Mini Grill, 244A Bath St, Glasgow G2 4JW

Bilson Eleven, 10 Annfield Place, Glasgow G31 2XQ)

Sarti @ Home, 133 Wellington St, Glasgow G2 2XD

Paisley Drinks Co.

McLays Foods, 70 Glentanar Rd, Glasgow G22 7XS

Durty Vegan Burger Club, 994 Argyle St, Finnieston, Glasgow G3 8LU

Home by Nico, 1132 Argyle St, Finnieston, Glasgow G3 8TD

Julie's Kopitiam, 1109 Pollokshaws Rd, Shawlands, Glasgow G41 3YG

El Perro Negro,966 Argyle St, Finnieston, Glasgow G3 8LU

111 by Modu at home, 111 Cleveden Rd, Kelvinside, Glasgow G12 0JU

Bar Brett, 321 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G4 9HR

The Gate (for cocktails), 251 Gallowgate, Glasgow G4 0TP

Porter and Rye at home, 1131 Argyle St, Finnieston, Glasgow G3 8ND

Church on the Hill, 16 Algie St, Shawlands, Glasgow G41 3DJ

The Old Mill Killearn, 6 Balfron Road, Glasgow, G63 9NJ

Wild Fig, 31 Carron Place, East Kilbride, G75 0YL

Good Spirits Co and Good Spirits Wine and Beer, 23 Bath Street G2 1HW/105 West Nile Street, Glasgow G1 2SD

The Thornwood Bar, 724 Dumbarton Rd, Glasgow G11 6RB

Wee Beer Shop, 623 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow G41 2QG

Glasgow Cocktail Collective - Same day cocktail delivery available seven days a week from bars across the city including Kelvingrove Cafe, Five March, Vodka Wodka and Tiki. Drinks like Ribena Margaritas.

Nick's on Henderson Street, 28 Henderson St, Bridge of Allan, Stirling FK9 4HR

Dundee, Aberdeen and the north east

WeeCOOK Kitchen, Barry Downs Park, 52 The Downs, Barry, Carnoustie DD7 7SA

Highlands and Perthshire

The Real Food Café, Tyndrum, Crianlarich FK20 8RY

Mackays Hotel, Union St, Wick KW1 5ED

Andersons Restaurant (wood fired pizza), Deshar Rd, Boat of Garten PH24 3BN

Advice for businesses going into takeaway

Lee Bandoni who runs the Aldwych Cafe in Glasgow had this advice for those moving into a takeaway service: “Restaurants that haven’t moved to takeaway yet will need to be prepared for a big change because takeaway is a completely different beast to covers.

"You’ll have to expect a lot of questions about how the food is prepared and the packaging that’s used. However, the transformation is worth it as the short term pain is for long term prosperity.

"Once the coronavirus is over, the takeaway industry is going to prosper but those restaurants and takeaways that don’t innovate will suffer.

“But when making the change you need to think very carefully about who to partner with. In the last lockdown, we had to scale more in two weeks than the previous two years. Just Eat and Uber Eats simply don’t give you the support, the speed to react or local knowledge that you need.

"With Just Eat we had to change prices three or four times because of the errors they kept making on the menu. Having access to the backend makes it so much easier for us to be flexible.”

Fionn Hart, UK country manager at Flipdish added: “Switching to a takeaway service is the best way restaurants, bars and pubs across central Scotland can sustain revenues during the incoming lockdown.

"Whilst many made this transition quickly earlier this year, sadly it was at the expense of their long-term prospects. Establishments that jumped into bed with third-party delivery companies, like Just Eat, Deliveroo and Uber Eats, will be bled dry by high commission fees in the long run.

“If Scots want their favourite restaurants to survive, the best way to support them is to order direct so more of the money stays with the business.

"If marketplaces insist on taking such high commissions, we urge for more transparency to help consumers actively choose how they order food online and who profits most.”

Known for cake making, experimental jam recipes, Champagne, whisky and gin drinking (and the inability to cook Gnocchi), Rosalind is the Food and Drink Editor and whisky writer for The Scotsman, as well as hosting Scran, The Scotsman's food and drink podcast.
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