O Sole Mio - Glasgow City

Went to this restaurant yesterday around 3pm for a late lunch having heard good things about it from friends and family. We were welcomed into the restaurant by a member of staff and told to select our own table which I thought was interesting start. We were then asked to order our drinks as the menus were placed down, which felt rushed and then left for about five minutes to look over menu, ordered our food and proceeded to wait about twenty minutes for our starters (bruschetta with parmaham) to be brought out which then had to be sent back as they were missing the parmaham, the second time they were brought out it was only bread with a single slice of ham and three small sundried tomatoes, which is not what would be expected, however we were very hungry after our wait so ate them regardless, (we were not approached to ask if it was more suitable anyway). Our mains came out and were slightly better in taste and expectation (margherita pizza and penne arrabiata). The overall service was below what would be expected considering there were three tables in restaurant (7,2,2) including myself and my date, with two servers and a manager in terms of front of house staff. Overall we left feeling disappointed and underwhelmed from the experience. As someone who has experience working in hospitality it was unfortunate to see how little the staff and management engaged with the guests, numerous times other guests had to approach the bar area in order to gain the attention of staff to ask for various items or queries.

Bread was stale 2 olives each seems rather mean for the price veal Milanese was ok but breadcrumb coating was a bit thick and it was not seasoned my wife had seafood linguine it was awful basically cooked linguine with some shellfish on top no sauce no seasoning calamari had the consistency of a rubber ring manager was apologetic and did not charge us for the stale bread and .two coffees perhaps because it was a quiet Wednesday night it was not the normal chef

Been going here for years and the owner is such a nice friendly man who always greets us with a smile and chats. Food was amazing and warm atmosphere

Ok, I like Italian food, I am picky about what I eat and can be very critical, but I found nothing wrong and everything right about O Solo Mio . The service and attention from the waitstaff and the owner were much appreciated. The lunch special I had (a small pizza and a bucket of mussels in an awesome cream sauce) was a bargain ! And my wife's bruschetta was as fresh and tasty as could be. I enjoyed talking to the owner, he is devoted to his restaurant and his customers. When I complimented him about how clean his restrooms were he told me he cleaned them himself to make sure they were perfect ! That never happens, that job usually goes to the lowest paid, least service person on the staff. Next time we are in Glasgow we will be back. Graci

What a surprise! We stopped in for a drink (they even made me a limoncello spritz), and ended up staying for dinner. And it was very good! From the hostess with the mostest to our waiter, Jeffrey, we had a wonderful time. We started with Arancini and it was very nice. One of our group wanted a special entree, just shrimp in the seafood linguini, and she was accommodated and treated to a wonderful dish. Two of us had Saltimbocca, and it was good, but not great. Salads were good, wine offerings are great! Really I would totally recommend this place to anyone looking for Italian food in the neighborhood.