One of the most popular type of restaurants in Glasgow is Italian. When I choose to go to an Italian restaurant I always end up going to the same ones. One I haven't tried before is ASK Italian. Located in the city centre just across from the Cineworld cinema it looks very modern and open feel to it.
Serving up a range of bread and nibbles, starters, pizzas (prima, calzone and classic), pasta (pasta fresca, classic, alforno), risotto and meat, fish and salads. ASK Italian also serves up specials, kids menus and usual drinks and desserts,
When I went to ASK Italian, I went for lunch of a group of 6. We ordered starters of 2 types of garlic bread, normal and the speciale which the special was just with different cheese folded in between the bread, fontal cheese and chilli baked dough balls and also calamari. First thoughts on when the food arrived is that we ordered too much as we expected the portion sizes to be smaller so it was perfect as we all shared. Both the garlic breads were really good, not too much garlic and the cheese in the speciale was not too much. The dough balls were also nice and better when dipped with balsamic vinegar. The calamari on the other hand was ok. I personally could only taste the batter that was around the calamari. For the mains, 5 of us got pasta and one got a calzone. The mains included: argosta e gamberoni, fettuccine bolognese, linguine con frutti di mare, penne al pollo della casa and calzone carne piccante. The presentation of the food was well presented. I ordered the fettuccine bolognese. After the starter I was pretty much full which may be the reason why I was a little disappointed with my main. I was hoping that the bolognese would be full of flavor but mines lacked. The pasta itself was also overcooked in my opinion and others felt the same.
Overall, the service we got was very good. This Italian restaurant itself also looks good with nice interior and open space. The food was ok. I have been to other Italian restaurants that I feel are a lot better and would recommend other places to go to than ASK Italian.
3 Port Dundas Place
Glasgow
G2 3LD
askitalian.co.uk
