One
3 Congress Road
- Food served: Mon–Sat 5.30–10.30pm; Sun 5–10pm
- Pre-theatre times: Mon–Sun 5.30–7.30pm
- Bar open: Mon–Sun 9am–midnight
- Number of wines sold by the glass: 15
- No. overnight rooms: 283
- Also offers: Gluten-free options, Children's portions, Children's high chairs, Wheelchair access, Pre-theatre menu, Live music
- Music on stereo: Nothing
- Capacity: 160
- Largest group: 300
- Open since: 1981
- Average price 2 courses:
£15 (lunch)
£23 (evening meal) - Pre-theatre price: £14.50
- House wine: £15.25 per bottle
This review appears in the The List's Eating & Drinking Guide 2008 – in the shops now or buy online.
A window table at One, which is stationed in the vast lobby of the Crowne Plaza hotel, will offer an unrivalled view of both the River Clyde and the new BBC Scotland building across the water. If you can't spot any celebrities on the other bank, you could instead turn your attention to the huge mural taking up the far wall of the dining room, which depicts the history of the river. Its nautical theme is echoed in the large silver funnel sculptures that separate the restaurant from the hotel bar and, with enormous sloping windows and residents filling their plates at the carvery buffet, it doesn't take much to imagine everyone on a liner floating 'doon the watter'. The buffet, which is also the pre-theatre option, serves a decent selection of fresh salads, vegetables and pickled fish along with a couple of roasted joints and even a curry. The à la carte menu has a variety of dishes from around the world, from stroganoffs to stir-fries, as well as Scottish favourites such as a huge, well-cooked rib-eye steak that comes with all the trimmings. Desserts are generous and, for those who can't decide, there is a medley served with 'contrasting sauces'.
- High point: Good selection of wines by the glass
- Low point: Tables too close together
Comments
- 1. Marbelton, The One Restaurant, Crowne Plaza Hotel Glasgow – 15 June 2008, 6:37pmReport
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Just back from Fathers Day Carvery in the Crowne Plaza.......One Restaurant,
This restaurant could possibly be named accordingly due to definitely only ever visiting it the once! The soup which was Pea was tasteless dishwater, roll & butter was lovely. My mum and sister opted for the cold starter from the buffet which was okay but fish was rubbery! Drinks took 15 minutes to arrive. Not long you may think however we were the only people in the restuarant at that time. The charming host named Mel was the highlight of our visit. He could not have been more helpful. The carvery (which was unmanned!!??) yes we though odd aswell. The host said he would sent the chef when I said do we help ourself..? This happened to every table as the place started to fill up....... very odd indeed. It was very off putting to see that all the carvery items lay out fo the full 45 minutes until we started our main course. The laughable factor was that the chef handed us a napkin for the plate as he carved the dryed out roast beef. The plate was the warmest thing about lunch. The yorkshire pudding was cold, as was the vegetables. A skin had formed on most of the dishes including the chilli con carne...the pudding was an even bigger disaster made up of geletine based cheesecakes and other horiffic items that fitted in the tiniest dishes that the pudding stuck out of. The drinks were fine but glad to have left and never to be returning. Would not recommend this for dining even if you were resident. Try McDonalds for a far superior meal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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