Glasgow City
Mother India

Mother India

28 Westminster Terrace, G2 9SA, Glasgow City, United Kingdom

Food • Wine • Fish • Indian


"We visited Mother India on Saturday 19th March and had the most disappointing visit. I am not one for giving one star reviews too often, but given how much went wrong it’s the only score I can honestly give. The food was ok (but not...as good as I’d been told), but the service was just too bad to be true and therefore one star is appropriate. The reason for one star as follows…… We were forced to wait outside in the cold when there were only two other tables in front of us waiting. We had all booked, the tables were available, yet there seemed to be great difficulty for the manager in dealing with arrivals and allocating them a table. When we did eventually get to our table we were stuck in what can only be called a passage way and were then inconvenienced by staff every time someone passed the remainder of the night. Ordering drinks wasn’t easy either, a couple of soft drinks arrived but then we had to chase up our wine about three times and were then asked if we had ordered Gin. Three times we were asked if we ordered Gin and each time they were told no, but we still hadn’t received our wine. When the wine eventually arrived, it was simply placed on the table unopened and the waiter walked away. Luckily it was a screw top, which we opened ourselves and poured. Moving onto the main course. We received our mains and rice which were acceptable, but the Nan bread we ordered did not arrive. When we asked about the Nan bread, the waiter just shrugged and said “the Nan’s come from upstairs”! Indeed 10 minutes later the Nan did arrive from upstairs. By which time we were almost finished our meals. Even upon leaving the restaurant there were no pleasant thank you’s or goodbye’s and it felt more like “just close the door on your way out”. Extremely poor customer service and so disappointing given the good reputation of the restaurant"

House For An Art Lover Art Lovers Cafe

House For An Art Lover Art Lovers Cafe

10 Dumbreck Road, Glasgow City, United Kingdom

Cafe • Coffee • British • European


"I write this with heavy heart as the cafe has long been our ‘go to’ place for lunch or coffee and scones/cake. Lunch dropped off the agenda some time ago , as I have not been impressed with the rarely changing menu.I did try the Art Lovers salad a few weeks back when a friend was keen to have lunch there but it was really poor.Fairly tasteless dressing and two big, muckle lumps of chicken dumped on top . Not chargrilled in nice sliced pieces but cooked and served as if someone really couldn’t be bothered.There were also two big chunks of avocado..again, poorly presented. I had long thought the scones here were amongst the very best(being a scone aficionado But on the last two visits for tea and scones, my fruit scone has been as dry as toast.Not sure if they are not freshly made anymore, or frozen or just poorly made. I did complain about this a few days ago and got a replacement which was just as bad.Not the (always very nice and friendly serving staff’s fault but a poor baker in the kitchen perhaps.They usually serve the scones nice and warm but this was lukewarm , I assume because any more heating would have rendered it inedible. I really hope the cafe can return to its previous quality.It was incredibly quiet when we were in at the weekend so perhaps others are finding similar issues. It’s such a lovely venue too and we always buy the annual Friends card but I can see it getting far less use for the remainder of the year ,sadly."