Vittoria's is the perfect restaurant to sample a real taste of Italy. Renowned for its high level of service and fresh Italian food, book online with Vittoria's on Leith Walk and experience over 40 years of history. You can now also book online at Vittoria's on the bridge and at La Favorita too.
University Café
- Food served: Mon–Thu 9am–10pm; Fri–Sat 9am–10.30pm; Sun 10am–10pm
- Also offers: Children's portions, Children's high chairs, Takeaway, Outdoor tables (smokers welcome)
- Music on stereo: No music
- Capacity: 36
- Largest group: 36
- Open since: 1918
- Average price 2 courses:
£6 (lunch)
£6 (evening meal) - BYOB:
This review appears in the The List's Eating & Drinking Guide 2008 – in the shops now or buy online.
Visiting the University Café is like free-falling back to childhood seaside holidays, where the whole experience is simultaneously comforting and exotic. Dark wooden panelling and flock wallpaper surround the pink formica tables and red vinyl seats. A giant plastic 99 cone has replaced a weighing machine as a centrepiece, and mirror ball tiles glitter beside the rainbow selection of sweets in jars (think fizz bombs and soor plums). Even the most ardent of healthy eaters can't fail (on occasion, surely?) to appreciate the techni-coloured, deep-fried glory of it all. The full breakfast is a mere £4.50 and the chips (ubiquitous) are fat as fingers and fluffy inside. Thick minestrone soup and pizzas are home-made institutions. Award-winning ice-cream comes in classic forms – with a Flake, a snowball or drizzled with tinned fruit. A framed photo from 1918 shows the original Verrecchia family owners. Had they any idea they'd launched a piece of Glasgow history? Almost a century on, sharing tables here still fosters all that is good about community. One daily customer has a nook for her tartan shopping trolley, and helps clear tables when it gets busy.
- High point: A beloved Glasgow institution
- Low point: What? No veggie burgers?
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