Roma Mia

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It may not be the plushest dining room in Glasgow, but the food quality and the warm welcome make Roma Mia a destination restaurant for the discerning foodie. The menu offers many of the usual suspects, but the full Roma Mia experience is probably best enjoyed by splashing out a little. The pepper fillet steak is a beautifully cooked cut of best beef – and they certainly know how to cook steak here. The chef’s special, cacciucco a la livornese, a kind of fish stew, is utterly delicious – smoked salmon wrapped in lemon sole is the centrepiece, augmented by a mix of calamari, scallops, and mussels, all beautifully cooked in a light tomato sauce. It’s a generous plate of great fresh seafood worthy of a restaurant specialising in frutti di mare. There’s less choice when it comes to desserts although the tiramisù is good. Roma Mia may be off the beaten track but it is usually full of regulars – thanks to the owners, father and son Massimo and Michael, ensuring it’s not just a great meal but a great night out too.

• High point: Authentic, assured cooking
• Low point: The dining room could do with a makeover

1. jmv, Glasgow Southside – 2 August 2008, 11:42pmRoma MiaReport

A warm welcome certainly awaits those who go out there way to find this gem of an italian hidden just off pollokshields. We arrived and were immediately greeted with a handshake to myself and a two cheek kiss for my partner.
The ding room itself is plain and simple with propper table cloths and the obligatory snaps of old italia on the wall. The menu is as you would expect in most italian restauarants in the u.k with the usual suspects of antipasto a wide range of pasta and a reasonable selction of meat and fish dishes. We started with a bottle of the house white which at £13.95 was ideal. We ordered the Antipasto Italiano (£7.50) to share which arrived with a selection of fine italian meats, olives and salad all of which was of an excellent standard. To follow i opted for the Cannelloni con Carne (£7.50) while my partner ordered the Linguine alla Puttanesca (£7.50). The two tubes of Cannelloni with melted cheese and a ragu sauce were simply superb, as good as i have had, whilst Linguine was also excellent. A lemon sorbet was ordered to end a wonderful meal. The final bill of £42.00 represented excellent value for the qaulity of food and service. This restaurant is well worth making the trip down South to Darnley Street.