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Baby Grand
- Food served: Mon–Thu 8am–midnight; Fri 8am–1am; Sat 10am–1am; Sun 10am–midnight.
- Pre-theatre times: Mon–Sun 5–7pm
- Bar open: Mon–Thu 10am–midnight; Fri–Sat 10am–1am; Sun noon-midnight
- Number of wines sold by the glass: 10
- Private dining: Up to 20 covers
- Also offers: Children's portions, Children's high chairs, Pre-theatre menu, Post-theatre menu, Outdoor tables, Live music, Free wi-fi
- Music on stereo: Oldies and light pop
- Capacity: 60
- Largest group: 40
- Open since: 1984
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- Average price:
£6.95 (set lunch)
£18 (evening meal) - Pre-theatre price: £11.95
- House wine: £14 per bottle
The 2012 edition of The List's Eating & Drinking Guide is out now – only £5.95 (+p&p).
This review is taken from the current (2012) edition.
With its proximity to Charing Cross Station, the Premier Inn and the motorway, the long-established Baby Grand is handily placed to cater for commuters, visitors and business folk, particularly during the day. At night the area is quieter but a genuinely enthusiastic welcome makes up for it. A long bar stretches back to the small restaurant area where the muted wood and candlelit tables make you want to speak in whispers, or just enjoy the light jazz on those nights when the pianist is in residence. There's plenty of choice on its menu and a number of fixed-price meal options. A starter of smoked haddock and crab fishcakes comes with a pleasant salad but its thick, salty flavour may be better served by a sweet chili dressing rather than the cold tartare sauce. Chargrilled steak is satisfyingly meaty, but the chips are somewhat bland. A coq au vin gets everything right, though, with tender, slow-cooked chicken falling off the bone into a warm and comforting red wine and mushroom sauce, with lardons and mashed potatoes. And desserts are old-fashioned and fun: a luridly crimson spiced pear with a light buttermilk panacotta, or good quality ice-cream with a drizzle of seaside special raspberry sauce.
- High point: Helpful staff
- Low point: Tucked away in a corner
Reviews of Baby Grand (3–7 Elmbank Gardens, Glasgow)
- 2. Operations Manager, glasgow – 12 March 2012, 2:37pm
Baby GrandReport -
in response to comment #1 - I work for the Baby Grand Group and have done the odd shift in the Baby Grand restaurant, I would like to point out that the pate is most definitely homemade as is the salad dressing. I have no issue with people not enjoying a meal but I dislike it when the review in accurate. I'd also be interested in an example of a restaurnat who doesn't buy there burger buns in? the meal you had was £5.95 for 2 courses lunch offer so I'm confused as to why you would say 25 years experience and prices to reflect it.
- 1. moragflorag, glasgow – 14 February 2011, 8:00pm
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Baby Grand - what has happened?
I visited Baby Grand just over a year ago: I could not believe the food, it was so excellent. From the wine list to the sea bass, I vowed to come again. However, on returning I found it very much changed.
Firstly, the starters. My pan-fried mushrooms were completely uncooked and swimming in a greasy and tasteless sauce. His pate was a slab which had come straight from the packaging. Our side salads were Iceland's own and the honey and mustard sauce.... bought in bulk as well. The mains: his burger's bun again bought in bulk and the salad'n'sauce combination made a re-appearance. My salmon: burnt on the bottom and .... yes with the side salad! Our puddings dare I say were the best part and even then could have been so much better: the belgian chocolate and ice cream and the poached pairs and ice cream were screaming for a greater difference in temperature (luke warm and melting is simply not enough) and the ice cream, dare I say was bought in bulk again. I would have been disappointed with this meal in a mediocre pub, but in a restaurant with 25 years experience and prices to reflect this?
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