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Based on 341 opinions finded in 4 websites

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Nº 1338 in 2812 in Glasgow City

Nº 73 of 130 Italian in Glasgow City

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Toilets were disgusting. Did not stay to eat.

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LL Kolo . 2024-10-14

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There food is actually really good

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Joey . 2024-10-12

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We went for a quick byte, ordered from the menu, and they ended up charging us extra £10 for fries we didn’t order (but that they added on top of the fries we did order without telling us). When paying, the cashier said that he didn’t take the order so it wasn’t his responsibility. It sounds that they do this often, so avoid it at all cost, total regret.

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Euge . 2024-10-12

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Delicious food, very friendly service.

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Sie isst so . 2024-10-06

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We walked past the restaurant on our way to our hotel and decided that we should eat there! When you go inside, you immediately get the feeling you’re under water with the nice decorations🛥️🐠🌊 We were immediately greeted by our waitress Nina. The food was really nice, great portions too! We were both stuffed when we walked out. Enjoyed it very much!!

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Nienke Prins . 2024-09-24

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We chose a set meal which includes bread,butter and tea or juice.We never got bread and butter but as our meal was sufficient we didn't question it. When it came to paying I mentioned that we hadn't had bread and butter so assumed that it was deducted from bill.His reply was.... we hadn't asked for it!!!!Jeezo what planet are you on ,it's included with the meal.Laughable really

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Janice Ross . 2024-09-22

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Very average fish but nice chips. A little expensive though

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Natalie Young . 2024-09-20

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Food was delicious and piping hot

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Rebecca . 2024-09-19

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Never felt so unwelcome in a restaurant… paid my price for my food despite Telling them Iwish to sit infull fish supper With 2. Pickles… when presented with my food I was told I had to pay extra to receive my food, despite initially telling them My intentions were sit in… scam all over

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Stephen Mcgilliard . 2024-09-15

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Every time i order from here they leave out items. Previously it was a whole fish supper and today it was mushy peas. Do you not check everything is in the bag before sending it out?

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saddia . 2024-09-13

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Fish and chips excellent value. Will be coming back. Thanks from Seamus

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James Rock . 2024-09-13

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The food hasn’t even shown, ordered it at 17:35 it is now 20:21 and it says on it food was delivered at 20:35 I don’t know how they work that one out, if there travelling to future or what, but it ain’t here, so we called them and the guys on the phone were pure rude, speaking in the own language saying nothing they can do contact the delivery driver knowing fine well we can’t & then kept talking to each other in own language n hung up, completely ridiculous and ignorant.

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Sarah . 2024-09-10

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Clean, friendly, bright and cheerful restaurant area. Plenty of seating, I was greeting a friendly manner as I walked and shown to a table. I ordered one of the specials, The Captains Choice, for £13.50. This was tea, a slice of bread n butter, fish, chips and curry sauce. You get a few choices but that was my choice. I was starting to think it was taking quite a while, then it arrived at my table. The thought of the wait being a little long was forgotten as it was 100% cooked fresh to order (the fish). Very good quality food. The restaurant also had toilets downstairs, also very clean. If I was to give a point of improvement- I would suggest a better quality ketchup in the bottles that are on the tables. Highly recommended and easy to see why this chain of fish & chip shops have grown within Glasgow City Centre. The story is on the back of the menus!

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The Ground Below . 2024-08-29

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Very friendly staff and tasty fish. Would thoroughly recommend.

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Christine C . 2024-08-28

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Had breakfast here...both ordered the 'quick breakfast '. It was delicious....freshly cooked. We were served by a very pleasant lady. We were only visiting Glasgow but if we lived here we would most definitely come back.

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Paul Karen . 2024-08-21

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Lovely restaurant, with plenty of choice and lovely staff

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Daniella Bradbury . 2024-08-17

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The environment is truly unique and very beautiful. The waiter who served us was very kind and helpful in answering our curiosities/doubts about the menu. By choosing the Captain's choice you get a plate of Fish & Chips (their specialty) with a side dish of your choice and some bread with butter, and it's all really worth it (cost around £15 with drink included). The cheeseburger was also very popular! We don't know what the other places of the same name in the area are like (among other things, the chain is of Italian origin), but we chose this place specifically because it was the best rated.

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Alessandro Maulini . 2024-08-10

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A restaurant that specializes only in fish & chips...the food is delicious and the service is wonderful...an employee named Adama is cheerful...fast...she really knows how to treat customers. I wish her the best...I recommend the restaurant to fish and chips lovers

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Shamsa Aldhmani . 2024-08-07

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Good experience, well cooked fish and chips, good service from the staffs. Overall good experience

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Nancy Joshva . 2024-08-02

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Slow service. Cheap and expensive food.

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Marina Puyol . 2024-07-31

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Blue lagoon used to be one of the best but honestly this place was disgusting fish supper was the worst I have ever tried even the seagull looked twice at it

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Chris Kerr . 2024-07-29

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Went here on the 13/7/24 for a bit to eat b4 heading home my hubby had chips sausage curry sauce I asked for single fish don’t eat chips and from a young age single fish in chippie was always two but no I got one over dun fish no side salad nada and I paid 10.70 all in with two cans of juice I was just under £30 that to me was overpriced for wot we had and it wasn’t that great but to b honest it was the staff member asking me to pay upfront as they were apparently closing which I didn’t mind to do only for 3 other couples to come in after us so there was no need really disappointed in the service and overall experiance

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veronica hunter . 2024-07-14

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The place was nice and clean, the fish was flavorless and had too many bones for a fillet, the fries were not crispy and a bit cold

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Maria Carrillo . 2024-07-11

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We are 4 ladies on a trip. Had a beautiful meal of fish, chips, bread & cups of tea. Absolutely beautiful. Very reasonably priced. When our lovely server saw our bus tour leaflet she gave us 10% off from the coupon. We didn't even need to ask. A must do if ever in Glasgow.

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Pat McGreevy . 2024-06-27

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Sit in before theatre, fish tea, I choose coffee ,my wife tea, tge coffee was horrid , it's never seen a coffee bean ,it ruined the whole meal , I'd rather pay extra to enjoy my experience,and have a proper coffee rather than a cup of chickory, but when you do cheap coffee you lose people like me

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john moody . 2024-06-27

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I’ve not received my order although it’s tracked as delivered ??

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Amy . 2024-06-23

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Long to serve, but the waitress was very nice

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Noémie . 2024-06-20

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Great service and food. Especially it was great as it was Halal was available.

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Tazar Abbas . 2024-06-20

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Very friendly service and alway Good hot food

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Julie Heslop . 2024-06-18

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One the most disgusting places I have been in food overpriced staff very rude food well it’s was like a dogs dinner

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Jim Brown . 2024-06-10

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Food was 3 hours late and stone cold

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Gail . 2024-06-09

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Lovely place to start your day in Glasgow!

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Michael O'Malley . 2024-06-02

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It was pretty good, the decoration was really cool, the waiter was sweet and patient (I didn't understand anything cause I'm french) I'd recommend!

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Melis Demir . 2024-05-23

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Very tasty fish, very nice waitress. Price ok, nothing but recommend.

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POMOC DROGOWA Kałęczynek . 2024-05-20

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Beautiful premises with friendly service and solid food. It feels like an american diner, just in blue. I had the fried haggis and fried BBQ King ribs.

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Bartosz Wilkusz . 2024-05-15

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Very nice and well-kept place, extremely kind staff and generous dishes. It looks like a classic diner, with tables and sofas overlooking the street. I loved it, I would go back.

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Diego Ceci . 2024-04-25

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As soon as we entered the smell of fried food was unbearable. Added to this are poor quality food full of oil, fish and chips left on the plate. Highly not recommended!!

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Giulia Di Pasquale . 2024-04-19

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If I could give zero stars I would gladly give them. The air doesn't circulate inside the place, it smells of fried food, nauseating to say the least; poor food, fish that tasted like nothing and soaked in oil. The only non-negative note: nice and helpful waiter, but it's not enough. 18 euros very badly spent. I absolutely do not recommend.

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Daniel Rossi . 2024-04-19

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The fries were rancid Mayonnaise just tastes like garlic Fish and Chips only taste like motor oil, we had to remove the breading from the fish to be able to eat it Fried smell that permeates all the clothes Not very attentive staff: you can't order alcohol, they didn't bring us glasses or split the bill I am horrified and outraged

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Jacopo Pastore . 2024-04-19

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The worst dinner ever had on holiday or otherwise

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Andrea A . 2024-04-19

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Picked the captains choice and the food was amazing. In fact it was such a big portion I couldn't finish. The fish was fresh and the chips were crisps. Definitely coming back again.

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Harley Yue En . 2024-04-17

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First class fish and chips, friendly staff ,first class service will be back

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Alexander Hardie . 2024-03-15

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Cute place. Fish and chips was good

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michael putman . 2024-03-09

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forgot the juice that i paid for…..

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Cerys . 2024-03-02

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An original decor. Extremely friendly servers! Simple but good cuisine.

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Lydie Bihour . 2024-03-02

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I recently Visited Glasgow and dropped by this restaurant. The fish was nice and crunchy, great batter. Great service, friendly staff. I am especially happy with the way the staff member Akshay greeted and Served us. Thank you Akshay for your excellent hospitality.

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Anthony fernandes . 2024-02-06

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Amazing food, amazing staff with the kindest people and also really priceworthy! Not expensive at all! 💓💓💓

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Viktória Kersák . 2024-01-31

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Driver food at door and drove away before a opened door just seen him going out the street had this driver before and had to tell him before not to leave food at door and drive away so rude

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miss . 2024-01-22

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Great service, friendly staff. Went in to try the infamous pizza crunch (1/2 portion). Definitely had crunch, great batter and a 1/2 portion was more than enough. Slightly too bready for my liking. Needed more cheese/tomato to balance the ratio. But maybe that's the difference between a 11am brunch meal and 3am antics

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Simon Miles . 2024-01-08

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Popped in for a quick bite before panto. Great service, lovely food. Couldn't believe the size of my dad's black pudding! He asked for a box to take half home! Will gladly return next time we are in Glasgow.

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Katy Gray . 2024-01-07

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We tried a deep fried mars bar (deliciously gooey) and some battered haggis (savoury and moreish). Nice experience all round.

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DANIEL BROWN . 2024-01-07

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Great chippie , several in Glasgow City centre

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John Kyle . 2024-01-05

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Great place to eat really enjoyed our food on new year's day 2024

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Julie Deboer . 2024-01-04

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The food was excellent but the service was superb.

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Rocío F . 2024-01-03

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Sadly I forgot the name of the wonderful waiter. Big, black beard and simply outstanding in service. Meals were very tasty . Exceptional prepared fish & chips and a bomb of a dessert. thank you very much.

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listrahtes . 2024-01-03

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Great place for traditional food, very clean kitchen dining and restrooms. Staff were really friendly and helpful. I would highly recommend the fish and chips.. also a new one for me was the deep fried Mars bar which was delicious.

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Dave Kavanagh . 2023-12-29

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My first time in this restaurant. Akskay and Nina very welcome and good service. The restaurant look fresh decorated. Toile nice and clean. My fish dishes yummy.

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phanit tsang . 2023-12-18

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Had a good meal served by Nina, very nice experience

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Gustavo Tiavo . 2023-12-11

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Thank you Akshay , Nicole , Dhanush you guys are amazing, made my night loved sausage supper.-

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Elite Ellis . 2023-12-09

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Although there was an issue with the Just Eat online system, we managed to everything delivered safely. All I would say that as we had a large order, one delivery driver would not have been able to deliver it all, it took three. Food was great.

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Helen . 2023-12-05

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Five stars all the way! The service, the food, well trained friendly staff and the overall experience were outstanding. When we arrived was too busy , at that time an incident happened Nina personally came to each table to comfort each and everyone, her customer service was top-notch, and which exceeded our expectations we will definitely be a repeat customer and will recommend them to everyone we know.

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Sharon Macintosh . 2023-11-19

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Comemos fish and chips em nossa passagem por Glasgow, no Blue Lagoon da Renfield Street. Utilizamos um cupom de desconto, que vimos no encarte do City Seightseeing, e resolvemos aproveitar. Fomos muito bem atendidos por Sonyia. Há um pão branco ou marrom como entrada, com manteiga, para abrir o apetite. A porção é generosa e, como sou glutão, alem de comer a minha porção, fui quase que obrigado (😃) a ajudar minha esposa a comer a porção dela. Não sobrou nada... Recomendamos.

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KAJOTA, Ernani . 2023-11-12

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Very nice and intimate restaurant, would totally recommend, the service is fast and friendly The food is really good!

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Viviane C . 2023-11-10

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Best fish and chips ever according to my mother. Staff were very friendly and the prices and all food were lovely

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Cheyanne Corbett . 2023-11-09

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Very nice deep fried pizza with chips, helpful friendly staff and nice atmosphere

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Salima Nour . 2023-11-09

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Second visit this time to Renfield restaurant. My hubby and myself once again devoured the best Fish & chips & Chicken breast & chips. Lovely hot coffee. The staff are friendly and professional and go the extra mile to make our stay just perfect. Thank you we will be back. 😊

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Jen Cycling adventures . 2023-11-03

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One of my two favourite Fish & Chip Shops (the other being Avanti in Partick), where the individual service is excellent which is enhanced with reasonable prices for the Supper's. . .🤗👌🏻👍🏻

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Archie JSR Whitelaw . 2023-10-30

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We really enjoyed our visit to The Blue Lagoon. I booked as Friday nights can be busy. We all had special fish and chips with mushy peas and onions. Very Good. Service was excellent from all of the staff re booking and on the night. Nice relaxed atmosphere to chat and spend sometime with friends.

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harvey mcgillivary . 2023-10-13

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was delicious ordered a sausage supper with gravy and cheese and chicken supper with curry and cheese no gravy on the sausage supper 🤦🏻‍♀️bought 4 cans of juice only got 2??

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Tarryne . 2023-10-12

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Food was amazing ,nice staff and toilets where very clean

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Caitlin Xoxo . 2023-10-11

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Two words : run away... Waitress very nice but "food" was low quality... Place is nice. Washroom could be cleaner...

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Pierre BNC . 2023-09-30

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Bought fish and chips. What a dissapointment. Food lukewarm and greasy. Battered fish consisted of more breading than fish. Felt sick for the rest of the day.

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Tomasz Znamirowski . 2023-09-25

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didn’t receive the correct item

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Naima . 2023-09-23

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Beautiful place with delicious food and wonderful service! Special thanks to the help and friendly attitude of Sanjith!

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Asel Rashidova . 2023-09-15

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We tried fish and chips, fried Mars bars, and a jar of mussels. The fish was good, loved the fried Mars bar but was disappointed with the jar of mussels which was in the sides section, but was a jar with pickled mussels that you would get in a supermarket. Service can be much better.

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jo fernando . 2023-09-14

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I had Chips, Cheese and Curry and it was not bad it was good

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Adam Graham . 2023-09-08

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I got fish and chips and was absolutely perfect! Very tasty, I love it! The place is very nice and clean, I highly recommend it!

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Pana Emman . 2023-09-05

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First time in Renfied St Blue Lagoon, nice and clean. Decor is interesting. Staff were very friendly and attentive. I had the special fish tea the portions quite large, so I couldn't finish. Overall, the food was excellent. 👌✔️

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Donald Mclean . 2023-09-04

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ordered at 18:20 and didn’t get it till 20:04. wrong item as well, got chicken instead of mozzarella sticks and i can’t eat this as a vegetarian.

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Naima . 2023-09-04

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Food was lovely and staff very friendly .

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Susan Boyes . 2023-08-30

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This restaurant's decorations, which include a fishing boat, ropes, and vibrant lights, are amazing and make it a lovely location to eat and unwind. The fish was so fresh that when chopped, it flaked to pieces. Crisp and tasty breadcrumbs were used. Had cheese, fries, and a silky smooth curry sauce; it was excellent. First-rate service was provided by the employee known as Akshay.

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Manjunath Prabhu Kumar . 2023-08-28

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I visited this branch of Blue Lagoon yesterday and I was very satisfied with their service. I was served by Ayushi and I was really taken aback with the amount of patience she has despite the restaurant being super busy. I had the famous fish and chips and it was piping hot. Overall a 5/5 for me and will definitely revisit.

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Taneeshaa Shiv Kumar . 2023-08-28

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Blue Lagoon Fish and Chips in Glasgow is renowned for serving delicious, high-quality fish and chips that are crispy, flavorful, and a true delight. Their attention to detail in preparing the fish with a perfect batter and serving it alongside well-cooked chips makes it a standout in the culinary scene. The establishment's commitment to maintaining the authenticity of this classic dish while providing a pleasant dining experience has contributed to its positive reputation among locals and visitors alike.

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Pond . 2023-08-26

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taste good And Sanjith has good service for me, thank you so much!

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傅雨洁 . 2023-08-23

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No volverás a ser el mismo después de venir se siente como estar en bob esponja después de esta cena e llegado a comprender el sentido de todo (se siente como una pecera y la gente te mira con cara de pena) 😃

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Iu Mera . 2023-08-18

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Nice wee sit in fish tea. Lovely staff, great service.

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Sandy McFadyean . 2023-08-11

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Brilliant food, cooked to order & fresh, & great service from Akshay & Sanjith

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Toni Cameron . 2023-08-09

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Dalle mie parti si dice che "fritto è buono tutto". In questo caso le chips erano mollicce e il fish non sapeva assolutamente di nulla. Peccato perchè è stata l'ultima sera a Glasgow e, come faccio sempre in GB, mi sarebbe piaciuto chiudere con un buon Fish&Chips.

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Pierluigi Sartori . 2023-08-09

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First time going into the blue lagoon, this one. All the Staff were very friendly & helpful .👍 decor was amazing and so was the food 😍. Will definitely be going back to it.

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Ann Mccoll . 2023-08-09

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Essen gut, aber nicht außergewöhnlich

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Gerhard Gutmann . 2023-08-09

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Adorable décor - really fresh, new, clean with a nice menu with great variety. You can get breakfast, a burger or fish and chips. Service was very good and friendly. The breakfast was plentiful and tasty. The breaded fish was a generous portion, but the chips could have been fried a little longer. The panko breaded calamari was fresh and light.

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Lark Gray GV . 2023-08-08

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Me and my friends visited Blue Lagoon and order special fish from the waiter named Akshay patil, he was well aware and sensible person and one the friendly waiters I have come across, he guided us through the menu and recommended the best to eat. Overall good experience. Thank you Akshay Patil for wonderful service.

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Sanket Shimru . 2023-08-08

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Good breakfast and fish & chips. Friendly service.

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L. G. . 2023-08-08

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Great fish tea, excellent service and a nice atmosphere.

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Alice McAllister . 2023-08-06

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Brilliant best chippie iv had plus gluten free my son ordered normal and he also agrees

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Lisa . 2023-08-04

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We had ordered a double cheeseburger and chips. The burgers were of good size and had good quality ingredients, although no real flavour, they were clearly not seasoned at all. The fries were undercooked and still soft and white, they were nearly to the point of being mushy. We had seen what other customers received and they got the same but weren't bothered by this so maybe this was good quality for Scotland, we're from NI and were used to a much higher quality than this.

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Peter Wilson . 2023-07-31

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First visit to this branch of blue lagoon. Had a great experience going and eating the special fish & chips suggested by one the staff members, Akshay! Overall a wonderful experience must visit!

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Shubh Aggarwal . 2023-07-30

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The fritters are extremely greasy, the grease was all running out the packaging onto my table

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Stacey . 2023-07-28

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amazing! such unique decorations :) and the staff are really friendly. a fantastic experience. if you’re looking for good fish and chips this is the place!

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anna n. . 2023-07-27

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The fish was on a diet, very slim and more batter than actual fish. Had to ask for napkins and again we got one tiny paper napkin each. Bread was OK, although meagre on the butter. Wasn't worth it guys 👎

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Michael Gorman . 2023-07-23

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