The Butchershop Reviews Summary

Steak Quality

Pros:

• "Steaks were cooked exactly as asked."
• "Best steak I have ever had in my life!"
• "Cooked to perfection. My blue fillet was sealed perfectly, succulent and brimming with flavour."
• "The beef was cooked perfectly."
• "The beef was juicy and tender."
• "Our steaks were cooked exactly to order and tasted superb."
• "The steaks are delicious and by far the best I have ever come across in Glasgow."

Cons:

• "Asked for a medium steak for the main but was more rare than medium."
• "The chateaubriand was really disappointing. Chewy steak that was past medium rare, pepper sauce was too peppery."
• "The marrow bone was so over cooked it was disintegrated to a black line of nothing."
• "The steak also was not cooked evenly and more rare than medium as I ordered."
• "The medium rare steak was identical to the rare steak, which was basically identical to the blue steak all at the same table."
• "It was either a very poor steak or very badly cooked, it was stringy to cut and fatty."
• "What was the let down was the cooking of the steak."

Service

Pros:

• "Service, food and wine were top notch from beginning to end."
• "The service is very professional and simpaty of the staff is genuine."
• "The level of service was outstanding."
• "Fraser and Skye were amazing server staff by being very friendly and accommodating."
• "Service was prompt, friendly, but not intrusive."
• "Staff all excellent, helpful, friendly and fast and they go the extra mile for special occasions."
• "Would highly recommend, service was top notch also and very friendly, knowledgeable and attentive."

Cons:

• "Tried to blame the bartender for being busy but we saw our drinks sitting at the bar for over 10 minutes."
• "I have never personally experienced being pointed at and spoken about by waitresses from afar."
• "Instead of approaching me at the table in a polite manner, a rude man who I assume is a manager, decided it was appropriate to shout at me from across the restaurant of his disapproval."
• "I booked this table and was told they needed it back for 2.30pm, at 1.30, whilst eating, a waiter rudely interrupted us and told us we had to vacate the table in 15 minutes??"
• "Walked in and walked out... after the service I received before even being ofter a seat I wanted to walk out!"
• "However, I don’t feel well when I pay the bill using cash, the waitress asked me whether I need change."
• "A bit naughty in adding a service charge (table of six which is fine) then also throwing up gratuity option on the card machine."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Nice informal atmosphere."
• "Great atmosphere, brilliant views of Kelvingrove museum also."
• "Superb atmosphere inside. Just right level of background music."
• "The atmosphere was great! Made to feel right at home!"
• "The restaurant is charming and relaxed and there is a calm I hardly have seen anywhere else in town."
• "The atmosphere warm."
• "The atmosphere was friendly and cozy."

Cons:

• "Most of all though the door doesn't close and keeps blowing open, which is just cold and rubbish."
• "Uncomfortable dining experience with huge, chunky Fred Flintstone style furniture."
• "Restaurant was way too hot as well we were crammed in the centre of the room where it felt like everyone had to constantly had to squeeze past."
• "Empty restaurant at arrival."
• "The restuarant surroundings were more like a posh cafe than a quality restuarant it was cold and there was no atmospehere."
• "The one thing that wasn't great was the atmosphere, there was just a lack of ambience which was really unfortunate."
• "The women's bathroom, by all accounts, an absolute disaster."

Value

Pros:

• "The bottle of Malbec we had was superb too."
• "The trimmings were countless and the wine was excellent."
• "Would also absolutely recommend their cocktails, they’re consistently good no matter if you order one of each or multiple of the same one."
• "Prices are brilliant too."
• "The set lunch menu is such good value for money too."
• "Very good value."
• "The menu isn't cheap but the portion size and quality of the food served is absolutely worth the price tag for a special occasion."

Cons:

• "Charging for the olives also seems like a bit much. I had two olives... 4 pounds."
• "Shared starter at £25.00, wasn't really value for money."
• "Slightly on the pricey side tho, a fiver for a Coke is pushing it."
• "However, it may be rather pricey, one piece of steak costing about 30 pounds."
• "Price is slightly expensive, but with such great taste and service it's worth that little extra."
• "Cocktails are maybe a tad pricey."
• "A whopping £10 for four extremely (and I mean extremely) small fragments of fromage."

Food Presentation

Pros:

• "The service is very friendly, the plating of everything is beautiful."
• "All very well cooked and served."
• "The food was beautiful and the atmosphere was excellent."
• "The food and cocktails were amazing too."
• "The food was the best iv ever had, every aspect of all the dishes we had was unbelievably tasty."
• "The steaks were cooked to perfection, with a choice of sauces and sides."
• "Everything was cooked to perfection, order was correct."

Cons:

• "All my veggies were a little on the oily side."
• "The marrow bone was so over cooked it was disintegrated to a black line of nothing."
• "The sticky toffee pudding was burnt and tasted like it."
• "The broccoli steak needs work, broccoli tastes bland, and the cous cous has too much lime added."
• "Meatball starter extremely dry, main course was even worse, the meat was so tough I could have used to it make sandals to walk through the desert that was the starter (ordered medium rare)."
• "The Tomahawk we got only had 4 slices of usable steak."
• "Even the chips lacked flavour, and my rare medium steak was hard to chew."