Bothy Glasgow Reviews Summary

Ambience

Pros:

• "The ambience reminds me of Gatsby meets Scottish Pub and it comes together so well."
• "Excellent ambience, relaxed and comfortable."
• "Beautiful decoration and atmosphere inside, with a lovely gravelled area outside to take in the sunshine."
• "The whole ambiance of this restaurant really makes it amazing."
• "The atmosphere they'd created in the room for us was incredible."
• "The atmosphere is amazing with great decor and a small sofa on each table."
• "We entered to clean crisp decor, greeted by gentleman in a kilt. classy. it's slightly dark and feels cosy and welcoming."

Cons:

• "Lovely decor but the restaurant was way too hot and we couldn’t relax as it was so uncomfortable."
• "Very little atmosphere with lights up full and generic music."
• "Inside the restaurant, I found it a bit congested."
• "It's a bit hard to find if you don't already know it's there."
• "Menus are now giant laminated cardboard like a chain restaurant offering special deals."
• "Did not feel welcomed and would not return or recommend."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The burger was juicy and came with a special burger sauce."
• "The food was amazing and the space is gorgeous, highly recommend."
• "Delicious traditional food. I had the beef cheek pie and thoroughly enjoyed it."
• "Really great food and atmosphere, with kilted staff, a great menu, and good service from start to finish."
• "The food delicious and the service was superb."
• "The Goat Cheese starter was excellent and the Loin of wild deer was perfect."
• "The food was so full of flavour and balanced."

Cons:

• "Service was slow, portions were extremely small."
• "It was expensive. Maybe if the food was a normal size and good it would have been reasonable."
• "The duck was dry and bland as well, I have cooked much better duck at home from Aldi!"
• "The whisky sauce was little to heavy on the cream and very watery so felt less like whisky sauce more like a side soup."
• "The salmon was overcooked (chewy), the 'crusty' pork was undercooked (chewy and pink), and the fish and chips were very poor quality."
• "We both received 2 small soggy pieces of fish."
• "The food was just bad. Neither me nor my girlfriend liked anything we ordered."

Service

Pros:

• "They stayed open for us. They were also patient with us and did not rush us."
• "The service was wonderful, the food was wonderful, really do not have a thing to fault."
• "The staff were very attentive and could not have done more."
• "The staff is very professional and friendly too."
• "Grace was our waiter and she was so lovely and friendly."
• "The staff were friendly, knowledgeable about the menu and service wasn't very long."
• "All of the staff were very friendly and efficient and so helpful."

Cons:

• "Service was lacking and quite slow and not warranting a 12.5% service charge."
• "The waitress explained the specials twice and we waited about 15 minutes to have our order taken."
• "Water was not refilled and it took 10 minutes and multiple attempts to flag down a server for the bill."
• "Occasionally by two very disdainful and rude waitresses."
• "Service was good until such times as we wanted the bill and basically had jackets and leaving before anyone took notice."
• "Starters and mains did take a little longer than expected."
• "However what let it down was the awful service."