Zizzi - Glasgow West End

Went for lunch today, was welcomed by a friendly blonde lady. The part of the restaurant we requested to sit in was unavailable due to the roof having came in which was disappointing however the food made up for that : beautiful meal and friendly staff. Definitely would recommend

For years we've been happy with Zizzis, then got bored with their menu. The last visit was in Cardiff where we walked out after it took so long to take our order in a not so busy restaurant. However, yesterday we managed to order our lunch. The calamari were good, the mushrooms on bruschetta starters also were acceptable. But just as we expected the mains to arrive we were, rather late, told, there was no beef chianti ragu. Rush on? Err no, it was only about 12 and the three other tables weren't eating it. Anyway, when the bolognese replacement arrived it was its usual quality, which I quite like if I'm honest. My mother was Italian, I know my pasta. However, The salmon? oh dear the salmon. I tried it and gave her half my main in the end. I like salt, but my goodness, had I taken my blood pressure after eating it, the Mercury would have shot out and gone into low earth orbit. You can see from the images the carbonara was curdled with small lumps and not creamy. Was it reheated while the ragu replacement was being replaced? Perhaps we should have rejected it on arrival... Anyway the close up picture was what wasn't eaten in the end. They were apologetic and a generous discount added to the bill, but that's it for Zizzis for us now. We have a discount voucher for the Zizzi clone, Ask, let's see out that pans out next.

Busy place your friendly staff. Portions are huge. Almost couldn't finish our meals! Kids menu is good too, adequate for the young ones and offers ice cream too which is a great way to end a delicious meal. Accepts Tastecard which gives a discount on starter and main course. Will be back!

Quite large space restaurant. Pizza was very good。but I like the lasagna most. Good environment. We ordered a pizza , lasagna, a dessert brownie and two glass wines. Around 50pounds. But students have a discount if you have UNiDAYS.

A very disappointing experience. I have been before a number of times and therefore had higher expectations. We understood that it was a busy night in the run up to Christmas but that did not forgive the poor service. Although we were booked we were shown to a table that seemed to be in a waiting area instead of the main dining area. The garden style bench was wobbly and not just slightly but to the point that it felt like my friends were going to fall off or be seasick...in the end we moved it away ourselves and got a chair. . We were then forgotten about, as was it seemed everyone else in this small bottom area were too. Eventually got to order. Was told there were no small breads available to go with my prawn starter but no alternative offered.... and then another long wait. Our drinks only arrived after we asked for them once starter served. My prawn starter arrived and looked very impressive so full marks there but without bread the sauce was too spicy to eat alone once I'd polished off the 4 prawns. One friend described her starter as underwhelming and felt that half her cheese was missing. We were then forgetten about again until a young boy arrived with our mains. However no one had cleared away our starter or asked if everything was okay. He was very apologetic and got things cleared away quickly but as we had no cutlery my friends mains started getting cold while waiting for my main to arrive and to get a chance to ask for cutlery. Very disorganised but the young boy/man was again very helpful. My friend found her pasta bland and tasteless but the two who had pizzas enjoyed them and I found my wild boar pizza excellent. No one came to see us again and never asked if we wanted dessert. We asked for the bill ourselves.