A LITTLE-known restaurant that serves up Indian food alongside traditional Scots fare has been named the best in the country.
The People’s Choice Awards took place in Glasgow last night to honour the best business, from hotels to home improvements.



The event launched last year and this second edition saw the public nominate their favourites before a vote on selected finalists decided the big winners and highly recommended on the night.
And the The Malletsheugh in Newton Mearns scooped the best Restaurant going.
The family-run eaterie, which opened less than two years ago and also won best new restaurant at last year’s Scottish Curry Awards, was hailed by the awards team who were honouring those who go above and beyond across the nation.
The Malletsheigh’s Pav Birk was thrilled to win an award that the whole family had dreamed of since renovating and launching the restaurant and bar in August 2023.
Pav said: “This is crazy – we have won a national Best Restaurant award in our second year. Everyone told us no one wins that big for a good few years.
“We are so lucky to have been taken to the heart of our local community, they have welcomed our family into their lives and we feel so privileged.
“An award nominated and voted by our diners, our friends, is everything we dreamed of and more. Thank you People’s Choice, Paramount Creative, and most of all the public who support us in everything we do.”
The restaurant serves everything from ‘unctuous, deeply flavoured curries packed with zingy ginger, rich spices and the highest quality premium local ingredients’, to Scottish favourites from steak pie to fish and chips.
The event – which was hosted by by Des Clarke – was put on by Paramount Creative, which also created and run the Italian Awards, Scottish Fish and Chip Awards and Confetti Wedding Awards.
Warren Paul, CEO of Paramount, said: “This event feels like it has something really special – it seems to mean even more top the businesses honoured because they’re nominated and voted purely by the public.
“Knowing that this is driven entirely by the love and support of their customers clearly means the world to the business owners and their teams celebrating tonight.
“As with all of our events, these wins are a badge of honour and recognition that is so important in these tough times, when the cost of living is through the roof for all of us.
“It’s a privilege to be able to help recognise the hard work of people who do go above and beyond in business to ensure they give people true value for money – congratulations to all our winners and thank you to so very many members of the public for your votes.”
He added: “This event is going to grow and grow and we want to thank everyone for getting behind it, nominating and voting and showing the businesses who work so hard that those hours are worth it.”
