Established in 1985 Kaldis is a chain of restaurants which are family owned and operated.

The Kaldis experience started with the opening of a Bistro restaurant in Paisley Scotland in 1985.

In 1988 The Hamilton shop was established and is still functional but now under franchise.

1995 saw the opening of the Coatbridge Restaurant which is essentially a day-time diner but has facilities available for functions in the evening.

In 2002 the “flagship” restaurant opened in Baillieston Glasgow.  This incorporates a beautiful restaurant with a function suite.

The Kaldis Coffee Story

Once upon a time it was thought that coffee plants originated from the Republic of Yemen, but actually, they are originally from Ethiopia. It is easy to get confused about the origin since many of the old legends that talk about the farming of coffee plants take place in the Arab countries.

Among some of the oldest written records that make reference to coffee is one called “The Success of Coffee”, written by a wise man from Mecca named Abu-Bek in the beginning of the XV Century and translated to French in 1699 by Antoine De Gailland, the same translator of “A Thousand and One Arabian Night”

The strongest and most accepted legend about the discovery and drinking of coffee is the one making reference to the goat shepherd named Kaldi. Legend says the Kaldi noticed the strange behaviour of his goats after they had eaten the fruit and leaves of a certain bush. The goats were jumping around and running full of excitement and energy. The bush that Kaldi thought his goats had eaten from had cherry-like fruits. Kaldi decided to try out the leaves of the bush and later he too felt full of energy.

Kaldi then took some of the bush's fruit and branches to a monastery close to his pasture grounds. He told the Abbot the story of his goats and of how he too had felt after heating the leaves. The Abbot decided to cook the branches and cherries but the result was such a bitter drink that he threw the entire pot and it's concoction into the fire. When the cherries started to burn, the beans inside them produced such a pleasant aroma that it gave the Abbot the idea of making a drink based on the roasted beans and this is how coffee as a drink came to be.