East Dunbartonshire
Nonna's Kitchen

Nonna's Kitchen

126 Cowgate, G66 1HF, East Dunbartonshire, United Kingdom

Kebab • Cafés • Seafood • Fast Food


"Catching up with my reviews ate here on 14th September, in my bid to try out the new local places. Very busy restaurant and had to book in advance to try it out, following a takeaway option the week beforehand (which was very average). Extremely modern fresh interior and friendly enough welcome in. Was a noisy night as a live band was playing at the other end of the restaurant. Sat us down at the end of the restaurant in a booth and waited a few minutes before getting waiter back to ask for drinks. Ordered a bottle of wine and soft drinks. 25 minutes later... they appear back.. Not a good start already, given the waitress had taken our food order before the chap came back with 2 soft drinks and a bottle! Mum was the only one to order a starter of minestrone soup as you can see from the photos a tuscan bean soup would be a better description, not a minestrone soup of any shape or form. No one came over to ask how it was either. Mains arrived shortly after and I went for Milanese Chicken with pasta, mum had pasta with spicy sausage and Fi, pasta with prawns. Side order of focaccia bread. Simplest way to describe the food. Bland and tasteless. No seasoning in any of the dishes whatsoever. Pasta was dry and not fresh tasting in the slightest. Worst part the bread. It wasn't cooked and dough was still raw all across the edges and the rock salt... OMG.. Anymore thrown on I'd be in hospital! Not to worry... oh wait, thats right, no one came over again to ask how things were, or even acknowledged you at the table. Didn't eat much, but still opted to try desserts to get a better feel for the place on a review. Sticky Toffee and Tiramisu are always winners they were okay not stand out, but the better out of the 3 courses. Another thing that lets this place down, is the ambience or lack of. It's just so loud in here with the tunnel design and you can't hear yourself or talk without raising your voice. I was quite disappointed with Nonnas Kitchen, given the takeaway the week before wasn't great, but put that down to it being a takeaway. Clearly, things don't improve much eating in food or service wise. Popular down to nothing else is really in Kirky and it's big and modern. Not a winner with me or anyone that expects freshly cooked and lovingly prepared food/service. You Don't Gotta Eat Here... Sadly!"

Andiamo Milngavie

Andiamo Milngavie

1 Glasgow Road, G62 6AQ, East Dunbartonshire, United Kingdom

Cafés • Pasta • Pizza • Steak


"Last Wednesday my son took me, my wife, his partner and his 2 young children for an early dinner at Andiamo. I ordered Lasagna. When it arrived, I found it served very hot in the dish (as they usually are in restaurants but the mozzarella topping was so stringy that I found it almost impossible to separate and difficult to eat. The centre of the dish was solid lumps of pasta (which I left with the only meat evident round the edges and that didn't taste very good. On reflection, I should have returned the dish but instead I left most of it rather than cause a fuss. The journey home involves a drive of an hour and a half. An hour into the journey I began to feel so unwell with excruciating stomach pain that I had to stop the car and ask my wife to drive the rest of the way. When I got home, I was shivering and feeling so unwell that I went to bed immediately. It got worse. After midnight, I was violently sick and vomited my stomach contents (Lasagna! . In the morning I suffered diarrhea and felt so unwell that most of Thursday was lost. When my son phoned to speak to the female manager to explain what had happened, she undertook to speak to the chef and phone him back. This she did explaining that the lasagna had been prepared on Monday and was a reheat in the pizza oven. Her response was to ask if I had a doctor's note to prove that I was unwell. There was no hint of an apology or any other gesture of goodwill. To me it was a dreadful experience and we will certainly not be returning."