Reviews in Scotland

The kind of Italian that you find away from the tourist trail in Italy. Unlike its big name rivals in town, La Piazza smacks of authenticity and gives you a traditionally italian dining experience. Superb quality food, unobtrusive but efficient service and value for money makes this one of the best restaurants in the city. A must for those looking for a real Italian.

Last weekend me and a good friend of mine dressed in our best attire which included the finest silk scarfs hand crafted by poor gyspys given as a gift from the Prince Jumbaliya of Indonesia, hand picked jewelled slippers, and, to round our outfits off, a beautiful orange bindi placed on our unique monobrow. We entered the restaurant with grace and elegance, hoping to draw lots of attention, we were shocked by the waitresses lack of compliments but decided to let it fall. As we stepped onto the tables to proceed our cultural/religious pre-meal jig, we were rudely interrupted, and appalled to be asked to refrain from doing so. Being a strong believer of pre-meal bop, we continued for a few minutes, then, when asked politely to leave,which shocked us to the brim of our fine silk covered bodies. We think that your staff of The Kitchin are extremely rude and unprofessional and very prejudice and discriminative.

My Wife and I went to "the Kitchin" on saturday evening, we hadn't booked, but there had been a table that hadn't turned up, so they managed to get us in. Nice welcome, pleasant if a little monotone decor and good initial impression. The canapes were a nice touch as was the pea and mint soup. I had ordered Scallops with chorizo (which was great) and because the chorizo had arrived after the dish, they sent us portions of foie gras, with no charge! The main courses of Lamb and Lobster were excellent. We went on to order a dessert and glass of dessert wine, at this point my daughter and her friend arrived at the reception, my daughter asked if she could check if her parents were there, they allowed my daughter in and after she had seen us returned with her friend , as they approached the table a waiter pulled up two chairs, and then retracted them, apparently after a gesture from the head waiter. The girls left to wait outside, and my wife and I, being a little embarrassed followed, paid the bill and left. A slightly embarrasing end to a lovely meal.

" i went to the restaurant with my husband and my daughter and another friend of mine. we just came back from holiday that evening and hoping something pleasant for us. so we went to this thai orchid. me, myself is very common with thai restaurant around glasgow. and for me, they're very good. but to my surprise, after waited for 5-10min to be seated, the manager (probably, from his acted) came to me and said; you probably want to go somewhere else because we're very busy!. there's a table that full of people just looked at me and my family because the manager's voice was loud. i don't know what his problem, and rather than having a wasted time arguing, we just went out from the restaurant. yes, i can see they're busy. but there's lots of still empty table to be seated. and though, there's no 'sorry' word came out from his mouth. just feel sad for them. they're losing their customer if they keep behaving in this manner."

Excellent food and very good service. Reasonably priced.

I Think Theyy Have Nice Food But There Chips Are Dry And Horrible They Have Lovely (L) Desserts And Ice Cream Overr All I Wouldd Givee It : 3 *** Stars

under NEW management in spring 2008 and superb. Made our first visit in May with friends and though the food and service superb. Excellent value. Will definitely return.

The Battlefield Rest is a firm favourite in our family. The food is always delicious and the staff are efficient and friendly. The restaurant has a very continental atmosphere. Advance booking is always required at weekends proving it's popularity

The staff were really friendly, and the atmosphere is old but very cosy and familiar. The mezedes served as a starter were really nice. For the main course we had the Afelia and Pastichio. The afelia pork was dry and had a very distinct and unattractive flavour to it. The pastichio I ‘m afraid to say is one of the worst I have ever tried. Maybe it’s how they make it in Cyprus (although I doubt it). As I am Greek myself, it’s difficult to understand how someone can go wrong with simple, good old Greek food. Not good value for money. I will not be going back.

A taste of the high life at a price for everyone! We were so pleasantly surprised at the whole experience when we went for lunch here. After seeing Tom on Great British Menu, i was intrigued... and was not disappointed at all. The staff, decor, menu and not forgetting the food was superb. It was wonderful watching the staff busy away in the kitchen and seeing that Tom was there made you feel that you were just as important as the next person and that everyone was getting the best he and his team could produce. Have mentioned it to all my family... we will definitely go again!

good delicious

My wife and i had a wonderful time there, its a great location and the food is superb especially the desserts. Its almost like a home away from home and Geoff and Kate are so friendly and welcoming.

Dont go there! Dreadful place. On arrival there were no locals despite the palce being busy, it was all tourists. The meal took two and ahalf hours! Not because we enjoyed it but becasue the service was so slow. The food was appalling. The literature states that Norman makes all the special sauces to his own recipe. I told the manager that I hoped Macdonalds did not sue him for perjury. A Complete waste of an afternoon

I took my partner to Snooks for his birthday on Wednesday after reading the reviews and I was very disappointed. My partners steak arrived on a plate with a single sprig of parsley for garnish (poor presentation) I was surprised to taste the veg and realise it was frozen and not fresh. I think for what you pay you expect fresh vegetables at least. Went into Lidl afterwards who confirmed that Snooks get their frozen vegetables from their store. Staff were pleasant enough. Wouldn't go back nor recommend it. We were not offered the unopened baked potatoes away with us and left £60 lighter but still hungry.

Having worked in Edinburgh for the last 15 months it's hard to imagine how any restaurant in the city can survive when it produces such appalling food and with service to match. Periodically I revisit in the hope that things may have changed, however as evidenced by tonights meal my dish must have previously coughed up fur balls and purred - it was like a whiskas jalfrezi.... horrendous and £28 to boot. hungry ? avoid this place at all costs...go hungry...eat out a wheelie bin, it won't be worse!

My party of 14 arrived at this restaurant and on first impressions were taken by the interior of the building which looked great. Unfortunately the rest of the night was more like a nightmare. Food as just awful and I would go so far as to say disgraceful. The food was not cheap but we would have happily paid the higher rates given the location had the food been edible. Lasagne was completely burned to a crisp- charcoal on top and it was the manager of the restaurant who actually served it to one of my party!!! When a substitute was provided it was bland and presented with tin foil round the edge of it...more like a bad ready made meal for one! This Italian couldnt even get the pizza right. Base was extremely dry and actually split in half it was so over cooked. There was no sauce on the goats cheese pizza only crumbled cheese and lots of rocket- just terrible. When only 3 out of our 14 could stomach eating their dinner I complained to the waiter and asked to speak to the manager. The very nice waiter had to ask the manager 3 times to please come and deal with us, as she kept ignoring us and walking past the table. After a 15 minute wait she came over and I explained our disappointment. She shrugged, made no excuse and went to see the owner. When she returned she explained that was the way food was served here (I did question the fact that she served the lasagne completely burned- was this normal?) but she agreed to discount our meal in the end. I left the restaurant completely starving and very disappointed

The restaurant in Clydebank was such Bad service i would never go back and never recommend anyone to eat there, i waited 40 mins for my lunch and i was late back to work so i had to leave my food and still had to pay for it

I recently ate here with a group of 8 (mixed ages), there was something for everyone on the fixed price menu. Particularly enjoyed the Mexican Chicken which was on the Special's Board! Lovely creamy sauce, not too spicy. Waitress very pleasant and Manager approached us to ensure everything was to our satisfaction. Very well looked after here. Had the Banana & Toffee Cheesecake which was tasty and well presented. Set-menu good value for money. I have already booked my next meal!