Santa Lucia Merchant City Glasgow
Opening Hours
- Monday: 12:00 – 9:30 PM
- Tuesday: 12:00 – 9:30 PM
- Wednesday: 12:00 – 9:30 PM
- Thursday: 12:00 – 9:30 PM
- Friday: 12:00 – 10:30 PM
- Saturday: 12:00 – 10:30 PM
- Sunday: 12:00 – 9:30 PM
Overview
Santa Lucia Merchant City, located at 68 Ingram Street in the heart of Glasgow's Merchant City, is an authentic Italian restaurant that has established itself as one of the city's premier destinations for genuine Italian cuisine. With an impressive 4.7-star rating, Santa Lucia brings the warmth and culinary traditions of Italy to Glasgow, creating an unforgettable dining experience in a vibrant setting. The restaurant offers a comprehensive menu of classic and contemporary Italian dishes, from authentic pasta and risotto to wood-fired pizzas, seafood specialties, and traditional Italian mains. Their commitment to using quality ingredients and time-honoured Italian cooking techniques ensures every dish delivers authentic flavours that transport diners to Italy. The extensive menu caters to all tastes, whether you're craving traditional favourites like Spaghetti Carbonara and Margherita pizza, or exploring more adventurous Italian cuisine. Beyond exceptional food, Santa Lucia creates a lively atmosphere, particularly on Friday nights when live music enhances the dining experience from 7pm onwards. The restaurant's elegant yet welcoming interior provides the perfect setting for intimate dinners, family celebrations, or group bookings. Operating Sunday through Thursday from 12pm until 9:30pm, and extending until 10pm on Fridays and Saturdays, Santa Lucia accommodates both lunch and dinner service. The restaurant also offers gift vouchers for those looking to share the Italian dining experience with others, and caters for group bookings and private functions. With multiple locations across Glasgow (including West End, Deli, and Merchant City), Santa Lucia has become synonymous with quality Italian dining in the city, combining authentic cuisine, excellent service, and a genuine Italian atmosphere that has earned them a loyal following.
What People Are Saying
Santa Lucia Merchant City Glasgow has established itself as one of Glasgow's most celebrated Italian restaurants, consistently earning exceptional praise for its delicious Italian food, excellent service, and charming atmosphere. The restaurant has been described as really lovely, quality Italian dining experience, and truly authentic Italian experience, with reviewers consistently awarding it five-star ratings and expressing their eagerness to return.
The food at Santa Lucia receives outstanding reviews, with dishes consistently described as superb, very delicious, well presented, delicious, impeccable, and featuring the best pizza and pasta in Glasgow. The restaurant offers a good value set menu option for 1/2/3 courses, as well as vegan, gluten-free menu, and single course options, providing variety and accommodation for different dietary needs. Specific dishes receive particular acclaim, with the bruschetta with cherry tomatoes described as yummy, linguine with tomatoes receiving positive feedback, and the tiramisu described as perfect. The pizza and pasta are described as the best in Glasgow, and the food quality is such that reviewers note it really felt like a truly authentic Italian experience.
Service at Santa Lucia is consistently praised as excellent, excellent friendly, tentative and friendly, and very nice and friendly. Individual staff members like Paulina and the older manager/owner receive specific commendations for excellent friendly service. The staff's ability to go above and beyond is particularly noted, with one reviewer mentioning that they put in a request for a quieter area for their daughter struggling with busy areas, and the staff went above and beyond making sure she was comfortable, making her evening feel so special. The kids meals came out as soon as they were ready, demonstrating attention to family needs.
The restaurant's atmosphere receives consistent praise, with reviewers describing it as charming, lovely, fresh and modern decor, and featuring a corner site that makes the whole place light and bright, even as clouds roll in. The atmosphere contributes to making evenings special and creating a truly authentic Italian experience.
The restaurant's drink menu receives positive feedback, described as good, adding to the overall experience.
Value is consistently praised, with reviewers describing prices as very reasonable and noting the good value set menu options, creating excellent value for the quality offered.
For visitors to Glasgow, Santa Lucia has become a destination that many feel is essential to experience, with reviewers describing it as the best evening, nothing short of amazing, and noting that if they stayed in Glasgow they would be here all the time. The restaurant's ability to deliver delicious Italian food, excellent service, and a charming atmosphere has earned it a reputation as the best pizza and pasta in Glasgow. Whether you're seeking a quality Italian dining experience, the best pizza and pasta, excellent service, or simply a lovely restaurant experience, Santa Lucia consistently delivers experiences that reviewers describe as superb, amazing, and highly recommended. The combination of quality food, excellent service, charming atmosphere, dietary accommodation, and reasonable prices makes it a standout and highly recommended establishment in Glasgow's Italian dining scene.
Reviews
Superb lunch yesterday, good value set menu option for 1/2/3 courses, as well as vegan, AND, gluten free menu, and single course options. We arrived at 12pm opening so it was very quiet but as we ate it soon filled up with diners. Excellent friendly service from our server Paulina, and the older manager/owner(?) The decor is fresh and modern, and the corner site makes the whole place light and bright, even as the clouds rolled in.
Read on Google MapsWe had our first visit here last evening and have to say if we stayed in Glasgow we would be here all of the time. I had put in a request for a quieter area if possible due to our daughter struggling with busy areas. They went above and beyond making sure she was comfortable and it made her evening to feel so special. The food was 10 out of 10 for all meals, the kids came out as soon as it was ready. Really the best evening.
Read on Google MapsA really lovely Italian in central Glasgow. A charming atmosphere. Excellent service Delicious Italian food. I had a yummy bruschetta with cherry tomatoes, a linguine with more tomatoes, and a perfect tiramisu. Prices very reasonable. Good drink menu too. I will definitely return here when in Glasgow.
Read on Google Mapsfood was very delicious and well presented. staff were very nice and friendly, would definitely recommend going .
Read on Google MapsWhat a lovely restaurant and quality Italian dining experience. My boyfriend and I had dinner here for our anniversary and it was nothing short of amazing. The atmosphere is lovely inside, service was tentative and friendly, and the food was impeccable. We thoroughly enjoyed our food really felt like a truly authentic Italian experience. We would say it was the best pizza and pasta we’ve had in Glasgow 🍕🍝 will definitely be back and recommend highly ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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