best italian in glasgow. we have been coming to the battlefield rest regularly for almost 10 years and it never fails to please us. it has been my venue for business lunches, romantic dinners, quick impromptu 'on passing' dinners, lunches with gal pals, dinner with parents, birthday celebrations and christmas meals there and it continually serves up great food and brilliant service - whatever the occasion.
last time we went i had the calzone battlefield which is heaven on a plate - especially if you're really hungry like i was! it is a folded over pizza filled with beef, pork, mushrooms, stornoway black pudding in a pepper sauce. couldn't fault it whatsoever. i have had most of their menu over the years and can honestly say there isn't one dish that i didn't like. some of their dishes use a combination of favourite scottish ingredients such as arbroath smokies, haggis & black pudding with traditional italian ingredients making the b. rest definitely not a run of the mill italian. their mussels are the best i've had in glasgow and their award winning pizzas are superior to anything i've had in my travels to italy over the years. ilovetheir pasta dishes and my husband's favourite is the home made pate followed by the haggis cannelloni - my dad extols the virtues of their spaghetti meatballs and my mum loves the pork milanese and the warm crepe with honeycomb ice cream. the desserts are all home made and their strawberry pavlova is just wonderful. the waiters are incredibly efficient, never rushing you and you can sit for hours with a coffee watching the world (well battlefield cross!) go by. i have never had to send a dish back or complain once - about anything.
i would put my hand on my heart and say this is honestly the best italian restaurant in glasgow.