La Tea Doh
I made a hamper of Scottish goods as a present for a English friend recently. The pack was made up of goodies from Deli 1901 on Skirving Street, Cheese from Gusto and Relish on Pollokshaws Road and a large selection of unusual little things from the wonderful La Tea Doh on Nithsdale Road.
Its a bit of a feature in the area having opened in 1997 and they run on the ethos of trying to source as many products and ingredients from locally like minded businessess as possible.
Its a tiny little shop but it packs so much into its small space as you can see from the below photos. Huge range of preserves, oatcakes and breads and as the shop name suggests an equally large range of teas. I'd just had my lunch prior to going out shopping so was too full to try and any of the tasty sounding fresh sandwhiches on offer and had to be very strong not to buy one of the extremely delicious looking cakes. They do take out foo with a good menu or there are are a few tall chairs at a counter in the window where you could while away some time drinking tea and watching the people bustle by on Nithsdale Road.
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Its also the celeb hang out it seems as the customer infront of me while I pondered the multitude of items on the shelf was none other than Tagart star Blythe Duffy. Which got me thinking I wonder how many locations in the Southside have been used/ featured in Taggart - think that might be worth a wee investigation. If anyone knows of any then let us know.
La Tea Doh
136 Nithsdale Road
Pollokshields
Glasgow
G41 5RB
0141 424 3224
Mon - Fri 08:30 - 18:00
Sat - 08:30 - 17:00
Labels: pollokshields shopping
posted by Alburt at 10:15
13 Comments:
If only the owner could brave a little smile for her customers.
Absolutely, that would be the greatest little shop on the southside if only the owner wasn't so bloody rude!!
I always find Diane the owner to be lovely, friendly and helpful.
Ive been in many times and have to laugh at the complete rudeness of the owner. She doesnt even say hello and thankyou most of the time. Yes the food is nice but the amount of people that say the same thing about the owner is unbelievable.
I agree.. nice sandwiches yes.. but a smile for your custom would make you actually enjoy going in!
Thought it was me....nice to know she is the same with everyone. Not sure why she is so miserable when she runs such a great little wee shop. She should go into the next door shops of Zuchini or Costcutter to learn something about customer service.
Just come across the Southside happenings site and as I buy coffee nearly every day here I have to question and laugh at the anonymous blogs and their sniping remarks.
The place, the smiling staff and the homemade cake (and coffee) are superb.
The street I used to live on (Glencairn Drive), Nithsadale/Kildrostan was used, though I can’t remember which episode.
I believe #16 was used as the main location, but they also filmed in the street. We all had a notice through our doors to warn us that, on a particular day, a man would run down the street with a gun, but we weren’t to worry as it was all part of Taggart…
Really like this wee place always served with a smile. It would be good if the people leaving the comments above left their name
Why does it matter if a name is left or not?
The fact of the matter is that a number of people are saying the same thing.
being annymous doesnt make it a lie.
My name is Jennifer Chalmers and I wrote the first comment. I doubt you know me, or will ever come across me. But please do let me know if there are any other pieces of personal information you would like to know.
Jennifer Chalmers
The owner, and all other staff for that matter, are always very pleasant to me. To be honest, I find overly chatty service quite offputting.
It can be a very busy wee place and the owner seems to be there on her own a lot of the time. People should give her a break and appreciate the quality and individuality of La Tea Doh. It is an asset to Polloksheilds!
The bread and sandwiches here are bloody brilliant. And as for me, I've never been spoken to rudely by the staff.
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