Brian Maule at Chardon d'Or - Glasgow

Great lunch in the restaurant of brian maule on Saturday with our 16-year-old "nice to celebrate our high-time day, the meal was brilliant, like the service and atmosphere. we saw brian visible in the restaurant, but he did not approach our table, maybe when we visit again for the gin/cocktail event, we will be happy enough to thank him personally for a delicious meal!

Excellent Saturday lunch, went on an itison goodschein, so solid menu, but will be back for the full menu. the deserts were breathtaking and the extra worth. a bit cool in a corner, but they dragged us to a better table.

LET DOWN BY A FAVOURITE !!. This is by far one of our favourite places to dine in Glasgow. Thus our negative review is difficult to write. I note with interest this is going to be Brian Maule at Chardon D'Or first negative review on this site, so I do not write this review with anything other than regret. Arrived on Saturday at 7.30 having booked some days previous, front of house had difficulty finding our booking, and finally resolved to give us ,quite probably the worst table , next to the door, which on a Glasgow winters night was a very chilling experience,every time the door swung open, to recieve new diners, to exit past diners and of course the smokers coming in and out and the mobile phone callers etc., in came the artic wind, it was perishing. This was not a good start to what was a special occasion,a birthday celebration, all week we had so looked forward to this trip. Things compounded ,our starter took one hour to arrive,the offer of bread roll on three different occasion did not mitigate circumstances. I should point out that we did ask to be moved very quickly, we were told that they would get back to us and let us know if it was possible..., we are still waiting, no further mention was made. Our starter took 1 hour to arrive(65 minute to be precise) by which point, having endured the icy blast but a dampner on the starter My starter of smoked haddock was SUPERB presented beautifully and tasted divine. My lamb main course was again ,wonderful, the woodpigeon starter just fantastic, and the beef , by far the best being served in Glasgow. We cannot in any way fault the food,there is no doubt in our minds , that Brian Maule serves some of the best food in Glasgow. Unequivocally it cannot be said that sitting in this cold ice blast of a seat ,can be considered a fine dining experience, fine dining is the full package, Food ambience, wine, staff , even at your busiest most hectic moments , the comfort and service to your patron must remain uppermost. Dispense with that table in winter, and return it only when the swallows return. It does your excellent establishment no favours

Good. First time at this restaurant, a lovely tastefully decorated dining room and close by the new Blythswood Hotel- which offers pretty good cocktails if you want a pre or post dinner drink. The food was generally of a very high standard, well presented and cooked perfectly. The scallop starter was particularly enjoyable- juicy and excellently accompanied by a sharp pesto. A few dishes, including the swordfish and crème brulee, whilst perfectly nice perhaps lacked the depth of flavour one would expect at a restaurant of this level. The wine list is certainly certainly adequate- with a good variety of mainly French offerings. However it does not compete in size with other comparable restaurants in Glasgow and only three reds and three whites are offered by the glass. Service was very friendly- good balance of conversation without being intrusive. However the drinks were not always topped up as quickly as would have been liked. It did take a rather long time to get the food ordered- however as we were in no rush this was not a problem. All in all, an enjoyable experience and certainly worth trying. However, I don 't think that this is the 'best restaurant in Glasgow. '

Fabulous service, food wonderful and always nice when the chef comes out.