Lido Cafe

The Lido on West Clyde Street is one of Helensburgh's most celebrated chip shops, occupying a prime seafront position described by the restaurant itself as one of the best chip shops in Scotland. The menu covers fish and chips, cheesy pizzas and burgers, with an emphasis on consistent quality rather than a constantly expanding offer. The seafront location is genuinely special — eating chips on West Clyde Street with a view across the Firth of Clyde toward Dumbarton Rock and the Argyll hills is hard to better anywhere in the west of Scotland. John Logie Baird was born in Helensburgh in 1888 and first demonstrated television in London two decades later; the Lido predates even that. Online ordering for delivery and collection is available throughout the week from the afternoon into the evening.