Café Andaluz
- Telephone 0141 222 2255
- Opening times Mon–Thu noon–midnight; Fri/Sat 12.30pm–1am
- Bar open Mon–Sun noon–midnight; Sun 12.30pm–midnight.
- Food served Mon–Sat noon–11pm; Sun 12.30–11pm.
- Pre-theatre times Mon–Fri 5–6.30pm
- Average price £10.95 (set lunch); £20 (evening meal)
- Pre-theatre price £13.95
- Website www.cafeandaluz.com
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This review is taken from the current (2013) edition.
Café Andaluz has been in business for ten years, opening first in the West End before adding a City Centre branch in 2006, and then a third outpost in Edinburgh. Sharing menus, prices, deals and décor (Spanish ceramics and Moorish lighting) makes for an efficient, dependable product, but while a meal here is unlikely to be a hugely memorable one, the food is generally pretty good. Meat dishes especially are handled well; pig cheeks melt into a rich, unctuous sauce spiked with chilli and honey, and lamb chops, duck leg and fillet steak are welcome additions to the usual tapas list of meatballs and chorizo. Elsewhere it can be a bit hit and miss, with juicy big prawns working well in garlicky oil for gambas pil pil, while baby chipirone squid are so tiny they’re overwhelmed by their own batter. Well-drilled service comes from a front-of-house team that seems to include a few Spaniards, the coffee is great and there’s a decent wine and beer offering. A safe choice for a large group outing.
- High point: Good venue for an office party or similar outing
- Low point: A few duffers among otherwise good tapas
- Number of wines sold by the glass: 9
- Private dining: Up to 60 covers
- Provides: Vegetarian options (at least ¼ main courses), Gluten-free options, Children's portions, Children's high chairs, Pre-theatre menu
- Music on stereo: Spanish and generic Latin pop
- Capacity: 124
- Largest group: 100
- Open since: 2006
- House wine: £14.95 per bottle
Comments & ratings
- 4. Laura C – 10 Nov 2011, 1:06am Report
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Cafe Andaluz is a favourite of ours, normally we always go to west end. Howerver on this occassion we were in town on a Saturday night and decided to try city centre restaurant. We did not reserve a table and were grateful that staff managed to seat us within few minutes. Thats where the customer service ended. Waitress who took our order very unpleasant, wine delivered not very chilled (although still fab - white rioja is delightful!). We ordered paella, took almost 45 minutes to arrive, which we were happy to wait for as it does state waiting time (although slighty less than 45 mins on menu). Food was lovely although portion size for £22 was on the small side. No member of staff topped up wine, checked satisfaction or made attempt to clear our plates after we finished our meal. When waiter eventually cleared our plates no offer of dessert or coffee was made. We had to leave table and find member of staff at reception desk to ask for our bill, meanwhile 4 or 5 members of staff sitting at bar drinking and fooling around paying no attention to customers in the restaurant. When we pointed this out to supervisor/host, she was as uninterested as the rest of the staff on shift. Night and day to the fantastic service we have always received at Creswell Lane restaurant.
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R Fernandez – 3 Jan 2011, 11:01pm
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I booked a table at this restaurant online. However, when arriving at the place the member of staff queried the booking. Fortunately I had a copy of the booking on my mobile. When this was shown to the member of staff it still didn't change his mood. He merely shrugged his shoulders and found us a table.
A simple 'sorry, there seems be a problem with our system' would have sufficed.
The food was average.
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Glasgow Irish – 22 Oct 2009, 12:16pm
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Excellent. We managed to get a table for 5 without prior booking on a very busy Friday night. The staff were amazing, which I appreciate because I am in the same line of work. Superb service, amazing food, great wine, tablet with my cup of tea afterwards - says it all really.
The atmosphere was great and completely relaxed - no stuffiness here. Very reasonable - for 5 of us, including starters, plenty of wine and some deserts only came to about £150.Absolutely loved this place and I'm just looking for the first excuse to come back. We had pals from down south up and it was good to have a place like this to give such a good first impression of glasgow for them.
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Ty – 21 Aug 2009, 7:09pm
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Wonderful food. Very nice and friendly staff. Beautiful deco! I strongly advise it if you want to have a very nice meal. Try the cava sangria! worthy!
Average rating /5 from 3 reviews of Café Andaluz.
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