Battlefield Rest Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food is great and the service is attentive and precise."
• "Excellent 2 course lunch for two of us - mussels and very generous platter of antipasto followed by delicious pasta."
• "Great food and value."
• "Genuine Italian fare properly cooked, all at a very reasonable lunchtime price."
• "The food spoke for itself, fantastic! I got the slow cooked beef cheek ragu and my friend opted for one of the Calzones. Both were fantastic!"
• "Food was lovely and presented well."
• "Fresh homemade food to die for."

Cons:

• "Food only gets a 'good' this time as the chef went a wee bit overboard with sun-dried tomatoes in all calzones."
• "Unfortunately my main course was terrible. I have the Venicen meat balls, the sauce was ridiculously sweet and ruined the full meal!"
• "The Battlefield Rest has the potential to be a very special restaurant indeed, but the dishes we had on this particular occasion were just lacking the wow factor."
• "Starters were very good but mains were pretty poor, avoid the linguine marinara and the goats cheese pizza!"
• "I felt the crab and prawn linguini was underseasoned and lacked the depth of flavour I'd expect from a pasta dish."
• "Starters was really tasty but my main not so much I ordered pork milanese that supposed to come with a sauce.. my pork came all dry."
• "Plus the food is average! Every dish we had was on the small side."

Service

Pros:

• "The staff are fab."
• "Staff were friendly."
• "Staff are always attentive and friendly."
• "Staff very friendly and attentive nothing is a bother for them."
• "The place has such a lovely atmosphere, we were greeted by a very lovely man who showed us over to our table and got us drinks!"
• "Staff were really helpful, food was delicious."
• "Very attentive staff."

Cons:

• "I wish our waiter would of checked on us."
• "Worst part was service, had to ask for drinks and bill multiple times, waiters always seemed too harassed /rushed to bother."
• "The service was pretty slow unfortunately !!"
• "Also service is a bit quick, I don't think you can enjoy a relaxing eve on a busy night."
• "Took 3 requests to receive the bill!! Overall not a very enjoyable experience."
• "The waiter who served us yesterday ...we felt as if he couldn't be bothered no info given on deals of the day... Very poor attitude."
• "There was no check back done also."

Atmosphere & Location

Pros:

• "The building in which this restaurant is located has been a bit of a landmark for residents of Glasgow's south side for decades."
• "The situation is singular: an old tram station."
• "Very unique and old building on Battlefield which is now a restaurant."
• "It feels like you step into an Italian restaurant, but in Italy and you are on holiday."
• "Lovely atmosphere of satisfied diners chatter, and a great meal."
• "Wonderful atmosphere inside with a couple of tables occupied by families celebrating birthdays and anniversaries."
• "What a great place, a really cool building which sits on its own, cosy and relaxed interior."