Mini Grill Steakhouse - Glasgow Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The best steak I have ever tasted in my life."
• "Highly recommend the pork belly as a starter, best I've ever tasted!"
• "The food was amazing, from the haggis trio starters and duck wontons, to the varied mains we ordered including steak, roasts and risotto."
• "Had the best steak I’ve had in a very, very long time! Cooked exactly how I wanted it, absolutely delicious, couldn’t recommend this place more!"
• "The food we had here was absolutely wonderful."
• "The food was to die for! We loved our shredded duck dumplings they are a must and the Celebration of Swine Pork Belly was our favorite main meal."
• "The food is always excellent."

Cons:

• "Do not visit if you have allergies."
• "The steaks here are tough, chewy, and inedible."
• "The filet was chewy with a lot of sinew throughout. The sirloin, which is the beefiest of all cuts was devoid of any flavour at all."
• "The peppercorn sauce was bizarre, it tasted very sweet and nothing like peppercorn sauce."
• "Had an absolute nightmare trying to cut through the gristle in the rib eye steak with the steak knives provided."
• "The stuff on the plate was dreadful. Some grey stuff supposed to be steak tartar but more closely resembling dog food, followed by a piece of halibut cooked to the consistency of a rubber sole."
• "The steak was awful. This steak was worse than you would get at a retail supermarket."

Service

Pros:

• "Service was great - timely but not rushed!"
• "The staff was genuinely kind, the restaurant was beautiful and romantic, and the food delicious."
• "We were welcomed by very friendly and helpful staff."
• "Staff were excellent."
• "The service was outstanding."
• "The service provided by the staff is equally impressive – attentive, friendly, and knowledgeable about the menu."
• "The staff highly attentive and didn't feel intrusive at all!"

Cons:

• "Asked waitress if anything had nuts - no was the answer. I examined the salad and could see pesto drizzled over. Asked her to check the pesto ingredients- 'oh yea it’s made with cashews… do they count?'"
• "I noticed that the waitress that served us was a little lazy when putting the cutlery down as they weren’t straight."
• "Husband was given the wrong beer twice."
• "Feedback was given, sadly the £20 refunded in voucher form, and not to my credit card which had paid the deposit, was done so with a 2 week expiration date, which is of no use as we are now out of the country on holiday."
• "However, the waiter leaned right over the table without an 'excuse me' to tell us, quite loudly, it would be needed back in 5 minutes."
• "Food was slow to arrive and service got our order partially wrong."
• "Friendly staff but had to catch their eye a couple of times to order our food."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "The place is quite small but doesn't feel too crowded. It's tranquil and comfortable."
• "Very relaxed atmosphere."
• "Also really good background music, was like they'd nicked my iPod..."
• "The atmosphere was good."
• "Lovely natural Scottish decor inside."
• "The decor is brilliant, cosy and homely in my opinion."
• "Nice atmosphere with music at a good level, allowing for conversation without shouting!"

Cons:

• "Walking past it looked like a little house and possibly even a bit tatty."
• "The ambience was not befitting of a stake house, table presentation was poor at best, the room was cold and the lighting resembled a hospital."
• "Our only critique is the television on the wall which distracts from an otherwise lovely experience."
• "Decor is dated and tired."
• "I noticed that they had limited supply of alcohol as another table had to get offered something else as their original request wasn’t fulfilled."
• "Only one niggle, had to ask for water but I felt that it should be automatically served at start."
• "The atmosphere is delightful, albeit a bit small, but nice and cosy."

Value

Pros:

• "This is excellent value for the quality of food you get in a city centre restaurant."
• "Pricey for the whole meal, but each element was definitely worth its price."
• "Great value for city centre restaurant."
• "Our dinner was responsibly priced considering the quality of the meal."
• "Not a cheap restaurant, but given the quality of the food; it still represents great value."
• "Outstanding service, meal was excellent and real value for money."
• "The price I felt was pretty reasonable."