Metropolitan
Candleriggs
- Food served: Sun–Thu 5–10pm; Fri 5–10.30pm; Sat noon–10.30pm
- Pre-theatre times: 7 days 5–7pm
- Bar open: Sun–Thu 11am–midnight; Fri 11am–2am; Sat 11am–3am
- Number of wines sold by the glass: 9
- Private dining: Up to 44 covers
- Also offers: Children's portions, Children's high chairs, Wheelchair access, Pre-theatre menu, Outdoor tables, Live music, Free wi-fi
- Music on stereo: Jazz, Easy Listening love songs
- Opening times: Mon–Sat 10am–midnight; Sun 11am–midnight
- Capacity: 230
- Largest group: 230
- Open since: 2002
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- Average price:
£24 (evening meal) - Pre-theatre price: £11.95
- House wine: £14.95 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.
Given the weather, Metropolitan’s indoor terrace overlooking Merchant Square is the safest way to dine al fresco in Glasgow. It’s a very pleasant place to be, with the sandstone walls, linen napkins and twinkling fairy lights adding atmosphere to the dining experience. The menu is not overly long and starters include some unusual dishes including seared baby squid with chorizo and potatoes. It is delicious and light – perhaps a little too light on the baby squid though. Mains are more substantial, although the fillet steak is not as lean as you’d hope, yet the seared duck breast is much better, accompanied by prunes soaked in armagnac and a deliciously sweet potato fondant. Other mains include a vegetable tagine and risotto with king scallops. No surprises among the desserts, featuring apple crumble, profiteroles, sticky toffee pudding – without a twist, and a good panacotta. It’s a smart venue for a post work dink, date or night out with friends. The atmosphere’s great and, almost, feels more Eternal City than Merchant City.
- High point: A smart, classy venue
- Low point: Inconsistent cooking
Reviews of Metropolitan (Merchant Square, Candleriggs, Glasgow)
- 2. Sez, Glasgow – 2 October 2010, 9:16pm
MetropolitanReport -
Overpriced for the quality of cocktails, and the selection is not the greatest, only cater for certain tastes not a variety. If you dont like fruit or mint mixed into your drinks not really for you. Difficult to get a seat on Fridays and Saturdays, and have found the service to be slow. Sitting in the court yard is very nice though, and at least its warm.
- 1. billy007, north lanarkshire – 30 September 2010, 7:25pm
MetropolitanReport -
it seems really good hope its as good as it seems
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