Di Maggio’s

ZERO FUCKING STARS!!! This was the most fucking awful dining experience I’ve had in a long time and the bullshit Unilocal reviews I’d read before heading out had given me a false sense of security and, dare I say, got my hopes up. Well I was a fucking fool to think I’d enjoy this place.
Firstly myself and my best friend and fellow food critic, Tomas had planned to come here before heading across the street to see one of the years shittiest films, oh my god that film was shit! But the food, waitstaff and décor of Di Maggio’s on West Nile street was far worse than the worst movie ever, worse than cancer! AVOID THIS DUMP LIKE THE PLAGUE!!!
I arrived at the shithole about 15 minutes earlier than Tomas as he was running late, he also had trouble finding the place as even though the restaurant is situated in the city, it’s basically the outskirts and its directly across from a brutalist style of architecture car park, which looks very dull and dismal across from the restaurants glass windows, it was also a shitty rainy day, I didn’t know it yet but a storm was coming! Anyway as soon as I entered the restaurant I knew I had fucked up! The place looked terrible, cheap wooden tables w/​no table cloths, inconsistent chairs throughout the restaurant, very basic silverware, no upside down wine glasses atop the tables. Upon seeing this I knew this review would be a one starrer! The table that I was shown to was in a word… shit! Before Tomas arrived, two fat bitches where shown the table to the right of us, they were uncomfortably close and they smelled like they had washed themselves in their own feces! One of them kept looking at me which made the whole terrible experience even worse!
When Tomas finally arrived in his badass sons of anarchy beanie (which is reversible) we immediately gave our drinks orders to a generic tired looking waiter who exchanged no pleasantries or even announced his name, after we order our usual two cokes I assumed that this door-​faced cunt would be our waiter for the evening, well once again I was wrong.
The cokes arrived brought by some random tall guy with a soft voice (not a good quality for a waiter) who we gave our orders to. We decided to skip the starters and I ordered the spaghetti aribiatta with roast chicken, garnished with cilantro and Tomas went for the Philly cheesesteak, served with Chips and visibly out of date coleslaw. Once again our food arrived by a different waiter, and might I add our drinks were done by this point and there was no offers of refreshments for the rest of the evening! The aribiatta was awful! Over seasoned with Parmesan which was low grade! The roast chicken was very obviously straight out of a packet and the only half-​decent thing was the density of the spaghetti which is pretty fucking hard to fuck up, but I’m sure this dump will find a way some day! Tomas seemed to enjoy his main course but I have my doubts as he left half of the cheese steak in a brazen act of defiance and I salute him for that! Oh and how could I forget about this next bit, before the main courses arrived I noticed on my table that no spoon had been placed there for the spaghetti, I mean wtf is this place even a real restaurant? So I then had to help myself to my own spoon from the cutlery thing right next to our table. I should also note that during our main course the fat pathetic Italian gangster looking manager decided creepily to position himself behind my dear friend Tomy.
After the Main course, I don’t know why but we decided to order dessert to give this place a chance of redemption and that was a fucking longshot. An Indian waiter who could barely speak English approached our table and I requested two dessert menus, he returned with the menus and then rapidly left and didn’t return till a good 15−20mins later which was way more Time than we needed to decide, when this Aziz Ansari looking motherfucker finally returned from wherever he’d been hiding (and I presume crying) we gave him our orders. I went for the apple pie, with vanilla ice cream and drizzled with Chocolate sauce, garnished with mint leaf and Tomy ordered the Belgian style waffles with vanilla ice cream served over maple syrup. We had to repeat out orders a good few times so that this guy could understand us, at one point I was tempted to order his UK working permits to ensure he was not here illegally! I wouldn’t put it past this dump! Anyway the desserts arrived and it was instant disappointment once again! I mean I won’t lie Tomy’s did look semi-​appetising but I new what I was getting right away! The first thing I noticed was a hair garnishing the garnish on my plate which only resembled a pubic hair, not off to a good start, the ice cream was melting and the pie crust was sickeningly soggy, the filling was inedible and despite me ordering the dish hot it was colder than an Eskimo’s cock!
Could not wait to get out of this shithole, no tip obviously!!! And as I said before AVOID THIS DUMP LIKE THE PLAG

The phrase «cheap and cheerful» springs to mind. Di Maggio’s is an ideal place to go before you go to the cinema or out for drinks. The food is cheap and cheerful and the portion sizes are good for the price.
The food can at times be a little over cooked (salmon and pizza dishes) but for what you pay it is not bad at all!
The Di Maggio’s in Royal Exchange Square is slightly better than this one. It’s more comfortable and bigger portions!

Service was efficient, staff friendly, food and wine tastey and warm atmosphere, all at a fair price. Nice place to go for bite to eat before the theatre.

This is a nice Di Maggio’s situated in the heart of the city centre near the bus station and Cineworld, but distanced just enough for it to feel a bit less blustering than nearby Buchanan Street’s restaurants.
Spacious, clean and contemporary, as Steph said Di Maggio’s is like an Italian TGI’s or Frankie and Benny’s. Nothing wrong with that however, as its wide choice and vast amount of space makes it accessible for families and big parties to dine.
During pre theatre hour it’s fairly busy, but if you book you’ll be able to get a seat. Staff are efficient and serious about their job. Think they’re used to being run off their feet so you are served quick smart.
I’ve been here a couple of times — enough to know that you receive good service and good food. Last time I was in I was here with my boyfriend’s family. It was one of the first times I had spent time with them properly so was a bit nervous, but the meal relaxed me somewhat. We were in before seeing A View From a Bridge and got time to grab a great dinner before the show. I opted for some spicy pasta which was satisfying, and my boyfriend got his usual spag bol which was tasty. The drinks were reasonably priced and we were never left with an empty glass.
So I can conclude that the glass is half full when it comes to Di Maggios. It’s not my first choice for Italian since it’s not as intimate and traditional as some other places in town. Nevertheless, the food is tasty, the staff are perfectly lovely and it’s great for a big meet with friends. It’s also great for people who are looking for something simple but yummy.

Just back from a meal here with my friend. We decided to go here on a whim before we went to Cineworld.
I like Di Maggio’s as a rule anyway, although if I had a choice I would probably pick an Italian that was a little less commercialised. Di Maggio’s is like the TGI Fridays of the Italian food chain world, and that puts me off slightly.
It was really, really busy in here, even though it was only half past five. We were lucky to get a table and it busied up even more by the time we left, the place was packed. I suppose the fact that its actually joined onto a hotel makes it a popular place for customers to go for dinner.
We were seated at a really small table which was in close proximity to the kitchen, and offered two menus along with two paper menus, which offered a two course menu for £12.95, which was a good offer, but I didn’t fancy anything on it so we chose from the big menus.
When it comes to Di Maggio’s, I am a creature of habit and I usually order the same thing. I decided on mozzarella cubes for starter, and Rigatoni Gamberoni for my main. The staff seemed incredibly flustered, but our starters arrived very quickly and were piping hot and tasty as ever. The mains followed a few minutes later. My rigatoni had quite a few big prawns in it, with a nice tomatoey sauce and slices of red onion (which I picked out), carrot, pepper and celery. I also ordered garlic bread, which wasn’t so good, It was dry and didn’t particularly taste of garlic at all. Not impressed. The meal was nice though.
It was so hot in here! The staff seemed so rushed, but were very helpful and polite. The boss seemed a bit of a tyrant though and I caught him telling off a waitress whilst she was serving customers. Not a good thing to witness, I consider that very rude.
The experience was good overall. I can’t really fault the food other than the bread. The service was good, just a little tarnished by what I witnessed from the boss. The restaurant was so hot though, it almost ruined my meal. Word of warning, don’t sit next to the kitchen!

I have to admit that I do prefer the Royal Exchange Square branch, however this one is always good for a change.
It has a cosy feel despite being a good size due to the comfy booths, warm reds and lovely dark wood. The temperature is always good too, I know this doesn’t sound like much but for it’s a huge plus for me (I feel the cold, ok? It doesn’t make me cold blooded…).
Meanwhile, the menu is full, varied and reflects the Italian theme very well. I particularly like the pasta with Italian sausage, roast peppers and mushrooms… mmm. The mussels, pizzas and risotto are also all top choices. The house wine is also reasonably prices and extremely drinkable (beware!).
Well worth a visit if you’ve been shopping in town and are about to drop.

It’s hard not to love Di Maggios really.
Only been here once though, favouring the Royal Exchange Square branch.
It isn’t known for being cheap, but they do a good lunch menu 12 – 4 which is always a good shout, though the time I came I went all out for a sirloin steak which was really really good. Just thinking about it makes me want to go back.
The service is excellent and the interior is warm and welcoming, with a huge glass wall that looks out onto a car park. Nice!
It’s on a good spot, marketing itself as located in ‘Theatreland’.
Great Italian food, but with a varied enough menu to cater even for idiots like me.
Depending on what you order, you could easily spend £15-£25 a head in here, accounting for a drink and tippage, making it the sort of place I won’t be going to every weekend. Oh no.

Well, its sort of a cross between a motorway services and Sainsburys Taste the Difference ready meals The food is very very ordinary, the staff are dour but efficient, the service is the fastest in the world (did someone say microwave?)
…however, it tasted ok and filled a gap. The location was good, beside the Holiday Inn and there is a good choice of food. All the Glaswegians at nearby tables were loving it so what do I know.