Chopped Salad Chopped Salad

Fresh greens, tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, and feta cheese tossed in a light vinaigrette dressing.

Ad Lib

Ad Lib

111 Hope St, Glasgow, G26LL, United Kingdom

Tea • Bars • Chicken • Burgers


"the love green place, glassvegas, glasschu or simply glassgow. whatever they prefer to call it, than I have a soft spot for Scottish second city. yet despite the fact that it is only 40 miles and 50 minutes away on the train, from any reason I don't seem to visit Scottland's largest metropole anywhere as often as I should, despite the fact that there are some great places to eat and drink. the center of glasgow is architecturally stunning and very different from edinburgh. like birmingham – the city of my birth – it grew out of the industrial revolution, and similar is the city center still decorated with many of the great Victorian buildings from its industrial richness. central glasgow is also designed in a network system that – it is adorned – is the one that is now such a prominent function of new york. it has even doubled as the big apple on a series of filmshoots. how reasonable that if jml and I were caught with some friends in glasgow last weekend, one of the members of our party suggested that we go to lunch in ad lib – a new york inspired esserei is a stone through away from the great central station of the city (berry!) to be honest, there was no place crucible from which I had heard before, but I love the romlands the frontage of ad lib is certainly underestimated – not the brash americana, which could be expected due to its culinary specialization – and my first thought was to pass through the door that was the place “toty”. Nevertheless, I was actually greeted by a slim but cleverly stylish dining room that leads to bar and the main restaurant area, and which corresponds to million walls, cubic wood furniture and tasteful US-influenced art works. In summary, this had more of a knot to frank lloyd wright than trump towers, I am happy to say. beyond the bar, the airy dining room offers more of this stylish, greenwich Village-Esque-Vibe. but already enough about the decor, what about eating? the lunch menu of ad lib is in a “I really can’t understand what to have” somehow. inviting sound starters and nets, deli-Salate and sandwiches, gourmetburger, steak and hummer (I don't want, and a Burgeoning speciality board for attention. for the purposes of this review, I will focus on what jml and I have consumed, as I try to cover what eight people have eaten, could only stretch a bit too far a point. oh, and with regard to drinks, I should point out that ad lib serves the excellent Portuguese camp, which is more sayin' on draft, which means that this was our quaff of the choice. in the choice of a court to proceed, I was a bit torn. the salt and the pfeffer squid, and cajun prawn popcorn sounded both really inviting, but at the end it was the sticky melass baby back ripening, with chili and star anise as me won over. they certainly have not disappointed, with perfectly delicate meat decorated in a sticky sweet-rich-spicy sauce, with a cuddly fresh tomatensalsa. the starter of jml consisted of three “sliders” (why so named? – Mini-classic aberdeen angus burger accompanied by a wobble relish. these were certainly tasty, with the relish a beautiful contrast to the Umami taste of the bark, but perhaps the burgers were just so easy on the dry side. read full review by: [hidden link]"

Sotto

Sotto

35 Warwick Road, Carlisle, United Kingdom

Fish • Pasta • Steak • Pizza


"After I saw pictures on the sotto Facebook page of eating, I tried it. I had annoyed my partner for months. so on Saturday night we and another couple thought we would go for tee before we had a cocktail night in the city. the service was quite disappointing, it was quite busy, but not pushed by the feet and there were several workers on to 5/6 I think. our drinks lasted long until we were finished, and when we finished them, tried to draw the waiter attention to another drink, was a chorus. Several employees went past the table and didn't think to take our glasses and the wine glasses on the table, so it just looked creepy. our food took very long until we had come; with two other tables that came after us, we were served! what we had to have been to a man who had to have been the shift manager, and he answered by apologising and that he had to work with "an old staff today at night". one of the waitresses was a young girl who just stood around and didn't do much and we had to ask her to take away our glasses. we were almost finished with our second amount of drinks when our food finally came. the presentation was beautiful, unfortunately my carbonara wayy had to garlic in so that I could not eat everything. my partner had a pizza that was absolutely amazing, but the basic was quite soggy, I guess because fresh tomats are used in the sauce that is understandable. the bill was not too bad and we had another round drinks instead of pudding. the whole evening was good, drinks were also tasty and cheap, as cocktails go, but the service was disappointing and the eating was subduing. I will probably not rush back soon"