Citation Weddings & Events Reviews Summary

Category: Wedding venue

Address: 40 Wilson St, Glasgow, G1 1HD, United Kingdom

Phone: +441415596799

Rating: 4.0
based on 117 reviews.

Service

Pros:

  • "The service was fast and nice."
  • "Our waiter was very attentive and pleasant."
  • "The staff were friendly and were patient with our big group of 12 people."
  • "Staff are great here and most attentive."
  • "The staff were super, polite and very helpful."
  • "Staff were lovely ! Food was Great! Building is beautiful! Price was more than fair!"
  • "Bar staff all fantastic - professional, accommodating & welcoming."

Cons:

  • "The rest of the staff let it down for her though, we asked for the bill and had to wait over 10 minutes for this and then when it came it wasn't the correct amount so another wait to get this fixed."
  • "Service can be improved in many ways to be more attentive to customers. Food just okay."
  • "Entered restaurant, no member of staff to greet us or check for reservation."
  • "Over priced for what they offer. Air condition not working and some of the staff need to learn to smile."
  • "His attitude was terrible."
  • "It took between 8 and 12 minutes to get an order for drinks (water) for our table of two."
  • "Very poor service. Called ahead to make sure our 2 year old could get in (2-4pm) I was informed it was OK. Arrived ordered drinks. Manager told us we had to leave, very rude in his manner."

Food

Pros:

  • "Lovely setting and great food. We came as a big group and the staff managed very well."
  • "Fantastic food, service and wine!"
  • "Had a really pleasant meal at Citation. The vegetarian choice for the set meal was a caramelized onion, beetroot & pine nut tart which was lovely."
  • "The nachos were perfect. And the burger was really delicious and perfectly cooked."
  • "Food was fantastic but was let down by the disappointing service received."
  • "Food is nicely presented, thoughtfully paired, with excellent sauces."
  • "Food was very nice enjoyable lunch with a bottle of wine."

Cons:

  • "The food was okay, nothing special and my Yorkshire pudding was burnt which wasn't great."
  • "Salmon was nice but crushed potatoes and sauce were tasteless and the steak burger looked like it came out of MacDonalds with fries on the side. Disgusting !"
  • "The food is never anything amazing."
  • "Went for food with my family.......very basic quality despite a short and elaborate menu which should represent true signature dishes."
  • "Beetroot and red onion tartlet was extremely disappointing. Tart casing was really hard and topping seemed to be red onions with little else on the plate."
  • "The food was out quick ..soup was extremely salty and macaroni cheese was ok not really raving about the food it was edible."
  • "Visited as a gift on their promo menu. Mains relatively dry on the monkfish catch of the day."

Atmosphere & Venue

Pros:

  • "I was here for my nephew's wedding and was absolutely fantastic."
  • "What an amazing day in citation at our wedding all the staff where fantastic from the chef to the serving staff can't thank you enough."
  • "The venue is trendy, spacious and clean."
  • "One of our favourite places in Glasgow. We had our meal after our registrar marriage here. Great food gorgeous interior, fabulous cocktail, lovely staff."
  • "Really lovely venue for just enjoying a well presented amazing food without being rushed."
  • "Venue was stunning."
  • "Citation is a stunning venue, inside and out."

Cons:

  • "Lacks a bit of atmosphere but the interior is lovely and it has a well-stocked bar."
  • "Used to be a lovely place with a pianist playing creating a relaxed ambience however unfortunately this place has went downhill."
  • "Looks like it needs a good clean."
  • "The clientele was 'mature' and looked like they were out on dates -- they weren't shy with the PDA."
  • "Only downside is it's very, very busy at the weekends and it's overly crowded."
  • "We sat next to glass wine cabinet which could do with being cleaned a bit better. Attention to detail important in restaurants."
  • "Sometimes they don't serve you drinks upstairs if you're sitting outside and it's busy."

Value

Pros:

  • "Price was more than fair!"
  • "We were taking advantage of an Itison offer which was excellent value for money."
  • "Used a 5pm deal. Was good value and food was good."
  • "Went on a deal for 2 courses and a glass of prosecco for £12.50 and it was very good value."
  • "Ate on an itison voucher. Fantastic value for money."
  • "Bought an Itison deal (2 courses and a bottle of vino for £25) for this restaurant and man was it worth every penny!!!"
  • "The food choice was very good. Whilst the food tasted great."

Cons:

  • "Over priced for what they offer."
  • "The price is in inverse proportion to the meal."
  • "Portions were minuscule, with the smallest chicken wings I've ever seen."
  • "Take lots of moolah with you for this expensive bar/restaurant and prepare to be underwhelmed by the cool disposition of the bar staff."
  • "Staff were amazing, food Beautiful, clean prices for bar was quite expensive, but I'm not used to city prices, I have 2 local bars in my area."
  • "£5.25 for a pint of Asahi Super Dry!!! Absolutely disgusting! Won't be drinking here again."
  • "Overpriced, cold and pretentious."

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