Zizzi

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With over 100 restaurants in the UK, Zizzi is a growing chain, but changing specials and quirky touches such as the staff photograph on the menu make for a distinct dining experience. Situated on the top terrace in Princes Square, Zizzi takes full advantage of its enviable location. Terrace tables feel as close to alfresco dining as is comfortable in Glasgow. Pizzas, pastas, salads and sharing platters are on offer alongside meat and fish main courses. Linguini puttanesca is a simple starter, firm pasta strands with a rich tomato sauce lifted by some deliciously smoky, plump capers. The rustica pizza is a must-try: a huge, crispy-based slab, served on a wooden board. One side has a tomato and spicy vegetable topping while the other is a creamy cheese and potato ‘white pizza’ - moreishly salty and fragrant with rosemary and red onion. Torta Zizzi is warm and sticky with plums and figs, the sweetness of the vanilla pod-infused ice-cream offset perfectly by a strong and nicely bitter macchiato.

• High point: Good place to end shopping and begin a night out
• Low point: Hard to find the exit late at night

1. minimalfox, Glasgow – 29 August 2008, 9:32pmZizziReport

The food in Zizzi is really nice, the only real negative thing I have to say is the staff, or rather one member of staff in particular. I would never normally write a bad review for a restaurant, particularly one that is good like Zizzi, but I have to make an exception after the experience I had when I went to this restaurant on Thursday night. The waiter brought our food over and stood over our table while we were trying to eat our food (after no encouragment on our parts) for at least five minutes telling a story that included countless expletives, which in itself I found quite inappropriate. He then went on to ask my younger sister if she was single to which she replied no, he then went on to say that he didn't bother asking me because it 'looked like I had been through the wars'. I would expect such comments at a cheap bar or restaurant in some place like Magaluf or Kavos but not when going out for a nice meal in Princes Square with my family. I have to say it really did ruin my night, particularly because he kept coming back to our table making cheeky comments which he obviously thought were funny but which we did not. I have a really visible scar on my neck, and my mum pointed out that maybe he was talking about this but even if that was the fact it is still really inappropriate to point out something that someone might be sensitive about. I also saw him doing the same to other tables of women, and I have to say we all noticed that the women in question didn't look like they were enjoying the waiter butting in on their dinner. All in all I thought this particular waiter let the rest of the staff (and the restaurant) down, because they were all lovely.