Great pre-theatre option
This was only my third visit in ten years but food and wine (particularly rioja by the glass) were excellent as always. This time, we ordered from the early evening menu and we were most impressed, especially the pressed lamb shoulder. Service from Ausilia (?) was friendly but not intrusive although it was a quiet night! Looking forward to returning....
Karine D. Would like to say that the poor reviews from a few years past should perhaps be removed, as this restaurant has pulled itself up and seems to be back in the "good food" book.
Bob Back From Cyprus
+4.5
Excellent evening. Had a great night out here last week,
Super sea food, served properly, and staff who know the menu.
Great meal excellent service, don't let the previous bogs put you off. This is a great place if you want great food come here to City Merchant.
Worth a visit. Had not been for years and so booked up on a whim. Got the maggies menu, was great value. Food was well cooked and presented and very tasty. Service was also very good. No complaints for anything from me!! Will definately be back soon.
Amazing! Had a 10/10 meal there to celebrate graduating. Heavy emphasis on seafood, amazing crab, and beautiful red snapper! Sublime puds!
Extremely good food. Very good service. Ask for specials. Dont get stuck in menu choices. Very authentic place. Lunch dinner go there, u wont regret with specials
A super little restaurant. Focus is on Scottish fare. The food is well prepared - the steak particularly good. The haggis is lovely. Seafood is also a strength. Not cheap but well worth it. Staff were excellent - very friendly and knowlegable. Highly recommended.
Great local produce and good service.
The staff and service throughout the evening were absolutely delightful, a credit to the restaurant. .. The quality of the food seemed very high – City Merchant is definitely an establishment worthy of high recommendation.
Wonderful restaurant serving well-presented and delicious Scottish cuisine. We really enjoyed the weekday lunch special which includes an appetizer and a main course. We also added the haggis appetizer. The other appetizers were the apple & root vegetable puree soup, fish soup, mussels. Our mains were the pressed lamb, trout and fried haddock. All the dishes were excellently balanced with delicious sides that complemented the main ingredient. The restaurant itself is elegant with rustic touches. Service was very good: friendly and attentive with good attention to detail in small things such as the place setting. We really enjoyed everything and felt the meal is very good value. Very highly recommended!
For our first time in Glasgow, we wanted to try haggis and we stumbled upon City Merchant and there was no regret. The time we visited offered the Pre-theatre menu, which provided a decent price for 2 courses. The restaurant served high quality food, with excellent dishes that we ordered being the blue cheese tart and mussels of the moment for our starter and the salmon and haddock for the main. All in all, the atmosphere was delightful, the staff were friendly and we will definitely come back when we visit Glasgow again!
Good seafood, nice/fun atmosphere and good service. I started with the Cullen skink soup (yummy), then had the salmon (excellent!). My husband had the pre-fixe lunch of mussels (delicious and large portion) then the fish & chips (not great, the fish was not very flavorful and the breading was not crispy).
I had a chef vegetarian special and other guests had fish courses. Everything was delicious and the service was friendly and accommodating. A lovely evening in this authentic Scottish restaurant!
Fabulous food .... surprisingly good acoustics ... and very friendly staff.
Great area to shop, stay over and eat and drink, spoilt for choice
Great Turkish food, big portions
Really well presented Scottish game, meat, fish and shellfish which tastes delicious. Good value for money and a decent wine list, also at a good price. A lovely ambience which plays in an understated way on the rural north west coast of Scotland and its meat, game, fish and shellfish heritage. Great location for all the Merchant City attractions. Just across from City Halls and the Old Fruit Market. A great place to start your evening of music, theatre or other live entertainment.
Good atmosphere and service. Had tasty prawn in garlic starter and an excellent rib eye steak in a great peppercorn source that actually contained lots of peppercorns. All in all highly recommended.
Impromptu dinner before going back to work the next day, and was very pleasantly surprised.
Starters, Mussels were lovely and fresh tasting, the Chicken and Lentil terrine was meaty and tasty, with just enough for a starter.
Mains, These were equally good, the Pheasant was a nice change to the usual Chicken or Duck you see on menus and the Sausages and Mustard Mash was excellent.
All in all thoroughly enjoyable, would recommend to anyone :)
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