# Kid-friendly places in Glasgow

11 listed places in Glasgow: 5 playgrounds and things to do, 4 hotels and 2 restaurants. Each lists high chairs, changing tables, kids' menus and wheelchair access where known.

Last updated 2026-10-07, from the newest confirmation among these places.

## Narrower lists

- [Family-friendly hotels in Glasgow](https://ourplayday.com/places/in/glasgow/hotels) (4)
- [Playgrounds and things to do with kids in Glasgow](https://ourplayday.com/places/in/glasgow/playgrounds) (5)
- [Parks and playgrounds with restrooms in Glasgow](https://ourplayday.com/places/in/glasgow/with-restrooms) (5)

## Places

1. [The Hanoi Bike Shop](https://ourplayday.com/places/the-hanoi-bike-shop-glasgow) (restaurant, Glasgow). Vietnamese street food under hanging bicycles and lanterns, with build-your-own pho and a little balcony for eating outside.
2. [Hilton Glasgow](https://ourplayday.com/places/hilton-glasgow-glasgow) (hotel, Glasgow). Big central hotel with a 15-metre indoor pool, sauna and steam room in its health club, and a children's menu at breakfast.
3. [Café Gandolfi](https://ourplayday.com/places/caf-gandolfi-glasgow) (restaurant, Glasgow). Family-run since 1979, cooking Scottish standards like Cullen skink, black pudding with Scotch pancakes, and haggis with tatties and neeps.
4. [Glasgow Botanic Gardens](https://ourplayday.com/places/glasgow-botanic-gardens-glasgow) (garden, Glasgow). Free gardens around the Kibble Palace, a huge Victorian glasshouse of tree ferns and palms, with more tropical glasshouses and a riverside walk.
5. [Glasgow Science Centre](https://ourplayday.com/places/glasgow-science-centre-glasgow) (attraction, Glasgow). Three floors of hands-on exhibits, a planetarium and an IMAX, plus Big Explorer, a giant boat of water wheels and cranes for kids 7 and under.
6. [Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum](https://ourplayday.com/places/kelvingrove-art-gallery-and-museum-glasgow) (museum, Glasgow). Free museum where a Spitfire hangs over Sir Roger the elephant, with a Mini Museum for under-fives and free organ recitals.
7. [Riverside Museum Glasgow](https://ourplayday.com/places/riverside-museum-glasgow-glasgow) (museum, Glasgow). Free transport museum with walk-in old streets, trams and steam trains to climb aboard, and a tall ship moored outside.
8. [The Tall Ship Glenlee](https://ourplayday.com/places/the-tall-ship-glenlee-glasgow) (attraction, Glasgow). A restored 1896 sailing ship moored beside the Riverside Museum, with a soft play for under-fives down in the cargo hold.
9. [Hotel du Vin at One Devonshire Gardens](https://ourplayday.com/places/hotel-du-vin-at-one-devonshire-gardens-glasgow) (hotel, Glasgow). Boutique hotel in a terrace of Victorian townhouses near the Botanic Gardens, with cots and babysitting on request.
10. [Leonardo Royal Hotel Glasgow](https://ourplayday.com/places/leonardo-royal-hotel-glasgow-glasgow) (hotel, Glasgow). Big riverside hotel looking over the Clyde, with family rooms that sleep two adults and two kids under 12.
11. [Radisson Blu Glasgow](https://ourplayday.com/places/radisson-blu-glasgow-glasgow) (hotel, Glasgow). Glass-fronted hotel right beside Central Station, a short walk from the river and the shops.

## About this list

Every place here is a listing on Play Day, and a place is listed only when something positive is known about it for kids. Any page linked above is also served as markdown by adding .md to its address.

Page: https://ourplayday.com/places/in/glasgow