Verona

Love this restaurant! Great Italian food and lovely staff. I would highly recommend! The King Prawn linguine is my favorite. Always fresh and generous portions.

I’m pretty bummed to be giving Verona only 3 stars as it’s somewhere I previously really liked — I’d visited a few years back and remember wondering why I didn’t visit more often as the food and service was excellent at the time.
We booked for an early Friday evening dinner. The décor of Verona is pretty nice — large booth around the windows, lots of dark timber features and generally a classy, slick vibe. It’s really nice to sit in one of the booths and look out at the world rushing by — I’d highly recommend requesting one when you book if you’re going at a busy time.
We ordered from the pre-​theatre menu — 2 courses for £11.95. I got the breaded mozzarella and mushrooms, followed by the pollo Verona (chicken with mushroom, onion, pepper in a cream sauce with rice or vegetables), as well as a side of mozzarella garlic bread. The food arrived pretty quickly. My starter had two mozzarella sticks and two mushrooms with a small salad and pot of sauce. It was pleasant enough but overall a little plain and unexciting.
The main hit the same level of «ok» — the portion was a little on the small side, and while there was nothing wrong with the dish, it just wasn’t remarkable in any way. While I don’t eat out expecting to be eating omgamazing food at every single meal, I do like my food to be a little interesting. This reminded me of a basic meal I’d make at home when I didn’t have the inclination to make something more interesting.
I do have to say that the service was really good, and saved this review from slipping down to two stars. The waitresses were really friendly and chatty, and we never had to wait long for our drinks or bill. The bill came to £40-​something with a couple of soft drinks and a glass of wine. Unfortunately I’m not sure I’d rush back to Verona after this mediocre experience.

If I’m ever craving Italian, Verona is one of a couple of places in Glasgow i automatically think of. It’s pretty cheap –I’ve never paid more than £30 for a 2 course meal (with drinks) for 2. Décor-​wise, it has quite a modern black/​gray/​chrome look. It’s a traditional, family run place — the staff are really friendly and attentive, even when it’s full. The food is super — minestrone soup and mushroom/​peppercorn chicken type thing are my favourites. They’re great with kids too — although there’s a separate kids menu, they’ll make small versions of anything if you ask. If you’re looking for a cheap and cheerful meal, but want good quality, you can’t go wrong here.

Ok, so this place is either a really fancy italian restaurant or a wee chippy bolted to the side of a nice Italian restaurant.
Look at me… Whoop, me drunk. Post Elite Event drinks in The Pot Still (read review, go there, now, why still here?) led to the urgent need for chips. This place happened to be on my way to the taxi rank, new (i am a Unilocaler aren’t I?) and open. Win x 3.
With the booze flowing, the healthy minded person within my brain decided that a haggis supper was quite possibly the best thing in the world to order. Order it I did.
Quality wise, I’d have to say that it was pretty high. I’ve eaten my fair share of chips over the years and these were pretty damn nice. Haggis? Well tbh, I’ve never had one from a chippy before, but man was it tasty.
So why the three stars? Well, as I mentioned, I was pretty well oiled by the time I ventured in, so I tend to not trust my judgement as much as i normally would. A high 3 stars just now, with a secondary visit to come! Maybe I won’t be drunk this time… pffft!