G12 Cafe

This is a great place to pop in and grab a coffee or something to snack on. They are franchise of Starbucks so although they offer Starbucks coffees and teas you can’t use your Starbucks card there.
They offer a small selection of Martha’s sandwiches, salads and puddings. I was disappointed to find out they were out of the chia seed pudding, so I recommend going earlier on in the day if you wanna grab some of Martha’s specialities. They had some nice looking cookies and the atmosphere is very comfortable.
It’s a nice place to meet up with friends and is very bright and airy feeling. Always nice to find a place in Glasgow that makes you feel warm inside. I’m not the biggest Starbucks fan so I didn’t find the coffee anything to write home about. Nonetheless it’s a nice place to stop into, especially if you are on the university campus.

This new café popped up at the top of Gibson St as part of Glasgow Uni’s «The Hive» building. I was in the area and had an hour to kill, and as this place is doing Martha’s food I decided to pay it a visit.
It’s unassuming and you might not even notice there’s a café there — it faces Gibson St/​University Avenue and the entrance is on the corner of Gibson St. Inside you’ll definitely feel like you’re in a student union and G12 is on the left. The café is small — maybe 10 tables and has a relaxed vibe. It was pretty quiet when I visited so I got some food and a drink and took a seat. They have Martha’s food but the range is really small so don’t be choosy. I had a pastrami panini which was really nice and fresh. This place seems to double as a bar so they also have alcoholic options, but there’s a good range of soft drinks and the coffee/​hot drinks is a Starbucks menu.
They have free wifi (see tips on the Unilocal app) and there’s toilets around the corner in the union. All up, this seemed like a pretty decent new café and addition to the area. Staff were nice and chatty, I’d definitely go back.