Alston Bar & Beef Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "The staff excellent."
• "The service remained pleasant and attentive throughout and we felt well looked after."
• "The staff were very polite and attentive throughout our meal."
• "Staff attentive and pleasant. .please take on board customers requests."
• "Very kind & polite girl, very attentive."
• "All the staff are super friendly and helpful from the very moment we arrived we never felt forgotten about or ignored."
• "Service is amazing."

Cons:

• "Terrible, terrible service."
• "The manager literally chased after us without any explanation."
• "Food was good, but service slow."
• "We waited 25 minutes to be served our meal."
• "The service was terrible!"
• "Service really awful. Bar staff unfriendly unhappy and unhelpful."
• "I sat at the table for more than 30 minutes waiting for a server to notice me."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was good."
• "I had the pink topside Sunday Roast which was exquisite."
• "The food was amazing; the steak cooked to perfection, the chips were really nice (triple cooked style) and our sides and starters were also really tasty!"
• "The ribeye on the bone was contender for my best ever steak."
• "I had the best pepper sauce I've ever had at Alston Bar & Beef."
• "The steaks are to die for - cooked to perfection!"
• "Food is exceptional."

Cons:

• "The calamari and falafel starter was unbelievably bland.. ignored it and ate our mains."
• "There was a hair in wife’s peppercorn sauce."
• "The chips were rustic skin on types that were made of chalky ununiformly cooked potato."
• "The blue cheese sauce tasted more like feta than good quality stilton."
• "They are charging between £30 to £40 for steaks and the quality of the steak I received was actually laughable."
• "The dessert was completely disappointing. Carnachan...tiny bit of oatmeal/ granola and swamped in cream. Not nice."
• "At least half the steak was rancid uncooked pink fat and or stringy sinew."

Ambiance & Decor

Pros:

• "It has a great vibe, you descend a staircase that is all lit up, in the colours of a Thistle."
• "Love the atmosphere here."
• "The restaurant is very tastefully decorated."
• "Very cool spot. Almost feels like a speakeasy."
• "Quite atmospheric descending underneath Central Station."
• "The decor was unexpected and very chic, felt like a bootlegger den or prohibition bar."
• "A somewhat quirky entrance leads you to a subterranean cellar venue with arches, marble and monochrome accents."

Cons:

• "Considering the prices they should be a bit more pleasant and curtious."
• "It was a bit tricky to find the entrance as Google Maps pinned the restaurant on another side of Glasgow Central Station."
• "It can be a bit cramped at times, when its busy and feels a bit awkward when you're seated at a table that people need to squeeze past to get out."
• "It didn't feel particularly well ventilated."
• "The underworld Alstons calls home is atmospheric but also captures noise."
• "Flawless except one fact that it is SO hard to find the location."
• "But the service was spotty. We started off with one wait staff member who was quite attentive but then that person disappeared along with any table service."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Arriving on a damp, dull and thoroughly dreich Sunday we took advantage of the fairly priced set menu."
• "Three course meal with a drink just over £50 for two. Sunday roast, set menu & Tuesday steak or mussels frites decent price for the quality with a la carte and the steak menu being a bit more expensive."
• "Great little place that I walk by every day! Don't miss the cocktails or the D-rump (Alston) special which was great value."
• "Brilliant, fantastic value on the set menu."
• "Some good deals on Sunday roasts and so on."
• "Lunch menu decent value for money."
• "Last time had the haggis croquettes, flat iron steak and chocolate brownie off the set menu and as always it was absolutely fabulous. And all for £17."

Cons:

• "Both thought it wasnt worth the £70 price tag."
• "£25 for 2 courses I felt was a bit steep."
• "Prices aren't cheap but the quality reflects this."
• "Very expensive a la carte."
• "Complained but still got charged £81 for two steaks and two drinks!"
• "Loads of gin and cocktails looked good but beware 2 beers £10."
• "Prices are mid range - £70 for two steaks and drinks."