Latest reviews by colinji's friends

The Oxford Fish Restaurant - review by Layclerk

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:17:38 +0000

The Oxford Fish Restaurant - review by Layclerk

Rating: 3.0

Location: 4 Hill Street, G3 6RN, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Phone: 0141 332 3420

The Oxford sells damn fine fish & chips, and was very handy for a former workplace of mine. Too handy really. Hang on. Wait a minute. Maybe that's why I'm on Statins now!

Cafe Cherubini - review by Layclerk

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 13:50:42 +0000

Cafe Cherubini - review by Layclerk

Rating: 3.0

Location: 360 Great Western Road, G4 9HT, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Phone: 0141 334 8894

Tags: quick bite, quiet & relaxed, good brew

The Ciabatta rolls & Italian Sausage are just fantastic! An Italian twist on a Scottish theme.

Singers Public House - review by Layclerk

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 13:40:25 +0000

Singers Public House - review by Layclerk

Rating: 3.5

Location: 68 Dumbarton Road, G81 1UG, Clydebank, United Kingdom

Call me cynical, but in a pub called Singers, which is near the former site of the world famous Singer Sewing Machine factory, wouldn't you expect to see some memorabilia or some sort of homage to a trade that brought a lot of employment to the area? Look elsewhere then.

The pub is OK but looks like it may get busy at weekends.

The Railway Tavern - review by Layclerk

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 13:35:55 +0000

The Railway Tavern - review by Layclerk

Rating: 4.0

Location: 31 Merry Street, ML1 1JJ, Motherwell, United Kingdom

Working man's pub in the centre of Motherwell. I've been in three or four times now, and the lunch menu is actually quite good. Proper Steak Pie and overboiled veg. Very tasty. Very cheap.

Turns out my grandfather used to drink here, according to my dad. Seems to be a big Glasgow Celtic affiliated pub these days but not overbearingly so, although in common with most "football" pubs I wouldn't like to try it while wearing the wrong colours on a match day!

Very recently they've opened a paved beer garden out the back, with a fair number of tables, lots of umbrellas including an enormous central one with heaters and lights under the canopy, and two large TV screens protected from the weather by wooden structures. It's a good place to have lunch.

Mayflower Restaurant - review by Layclerk

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 13:22:43 +0000

Mayflower Restaurant - review by Layclerk

Rating: 2.0

Location: 205 Brandon St, ML1 1RS, Motherwell, United Kingdom

Quite probably the first place I ever bought Chinese food! You will gather that it's been here a bloody long time. Bog standard fare.

Jack Daniel's Lounge - review by Layclerk

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 13:21:06 +0000

Jack Daniel's Lounge - review by Layclerk

Rating: 1.5

Location: Glencairn Street, ML1 1TT, Motherwell, United Kingdom

Crappy shithole 100 yards from where I used to live a number of years ago. Been in it once, at a wedding reception (the actual reception was fine, I must add!).

The crowds of probably unemployed, in fact quite possibly unemployable, dobbers who used to drink there seemed to take great delight in making as much noise as possible when they left at dark o'clock in the morning when I was trying to get some sleep before getting up early for work.

Chutney Restaurant - review by Layclerk

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 13:19:06 +0000

Chutney Restaurant - review by Layclerk

Rating: 3.0

Location: 205 High St, ML1 5HR, Motherwell, United Kingdom

Tags: indian

Used to be a pub called the Newarthill Inn (it's in Newarthill, not Motherwell) and used to be run by the family of a work colleague. At that time it was probably only OK because I knew the people who owned it. Having driven past it recently and observed that it has now become an Indian restaurant, I would comment that it looks pretty scabby from the outside. Which of course isn't to say that it's bad inside, but I don't think I'll be finding out any time soon.

Brass Button - review by Layclerk

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 13:15:10 +0000

Brass Button - review by Layclerk

Rating: 1.0

Location: Logans Road, ML1 3PB, Motherwell, United Kingdom

Phone: 01698 262652

The type of local pub you would possibly think twice about frequenting even if you were a local.

Laing's Bar - review by Layclerk

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 12:57:20 +0000

Laing's Bar - review by Layclerk

Rating: 3.0

Location: 8 Roseangle, DD1 4LR, Dundee, United Kingdom

Phone: 01382 221777

Strange place for reasons I can't work out, but a big beer garden (with actual grass and everything!), albeit down about 200 steps from the bar! The best plan is to buy the first round when you get there, then send someone else the trek back upstairs for the subsequent ones!

KFC - review by Layclerk

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 12:55:58 +0000

KFC - review by Layclerk

Rating: 2.0

Location: 1A High Street, DD1 1SX, Dundee, United Kingdom

It's a KFC. What's to review? Exactly like every other KFC in the country.

Jimmy Chung's Dundee - review by Layclerk

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 12:54:47 +0000

Jimmy Chung's Dundee - review by Layclerk

Rating: 4.2

Location: 7-9 Whitehall St, DD1 4AA, Dundee, United Kingdom

Quality buffet in the Dundee branch of this small chain of Chinese establishments.

Well worth a visit.

Ferry Inn - review by Layclerk

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 12:52:13 +0000

Ferry Inn - review by Layclerk

Rating: 3.0

Location: 27 Gray Street, DD5 2BH, Dundee, United Kingdom

Nice enough small'ish bar overlooking the water. Went there only once at the end of a pub crawl, so perhaps that isn't the fairest time to judge it, but it wasn't at all bad, actually

Fat Sam's - review by Layclerk

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 12:50:33 +0000

Fat Sam's - review by Layclerk

Rating: 2.7

Location: 31 South Ward Road, DD1 1PU, Dundee, United Kingdom

Loud. Sticky carpets. Full of drunks.

Domino's Pizza - review by Layclerk

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 12:48:58 +0000

Domino's Pizza - review by Layclerk

Rating: 3.0

Location: Unit 1, DD1 3JA, Dundee, United Kingdom

It's a Domino's Pizza. What more is to say?

It was about 200 yards from my flat at City Quay, and enroute home after an evening of refreshment in Dundee city centre. So I used it. Frequently.

Deacon Brodies - review by Layclerk

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 12:46:58 +0000

Deacon Brodies - review by Layclerk

Rating: 3.0

Location: 15 Ward Road, DD1 1ND, Dundee, United Kingdom

Was taken there for lunch once by a colleague. Wasn't too bad, but I was distracted by her being a babe so I might have skewed memories of the place!

The food was OK, but fairly average pub grub.