We had a relaxed dinner in the sun here. The food was fabulous and the drinks were alright. Our server was super friendly and made the whole experience great. Extra points for not having a ridiculous service charge like other places around, so a tip well deserved. Overall an excellent experience and we'll definitely be back.
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Before you go
- Chef / owner
- Owners Marcello Montahar and Mariano Strazzullo; Encore head chef Ryan McCutcheon; executive head chef Michele
- Opened
- 2023
- Style
- Relaunched October 2026 as Encore by Santa Lucia: Scottish-Italian sharing plates (formerly Santa Lucia Pasta / West End)
- Awards
- AA Rosette (April 2025, as Santa Lucia West End)
- Known for
- AA Rosette Italian cooking, Relaunch as Encore by Santa Lucia
- Signature dishes
- Handmade pasta (legacy Santa Lucia Pasta menu), Neapolitan pizza, Sharing plates / lasagne fritta (Encore)
- Good for
- Sharing plates, Family meals, Date night
- Prices
- Encore sharing plates from about £8 (per relaunch coverage).
- Booking
- Book at encoreglasgow.co.uk or 0141 611 5858. Groups of 5+ may need a deposit (48h cancellation); parties of 7+ should phone.
- Deposit / cancel
- Deposit for groups of five or more; refundable if cancelled at least 48 hours ahead (Santa Lucia group booking policy).
- Closed
- Open daily; Sun-Fri 12pm-9pm, Sat 12pm-10pm (Encore site).
- Getting there
- Kelvinhall Subway is roughly a 3-5 minute walk; Partick station is about 5-10 minutes.
- Also by them
- Santa Lucia Merchant City (68 Ingram St); Santa Lucia 181 Byres Rd; Santa Lucia Hamilton (63B Almada St)
- Also
- Same address and phone as listing; trading name changed to Encore by Santa Lucia from 9 October 2026.
Glasgow restaurant
Santa Lucia West End
Opening hours
- Monday: 12:00 – 9:00 PM
- Tuesday: 12:00 – 9:00 PM
- Wednesday: 12:00 – 9:00 PM
- Thursday: 12:00 – 9:00 PM
- Friday: 12:00 – 10:00 PM
- Saturday: 12:00 – 10:00 PM
- Sunday: 12:00 – 9:00 PM
Overview
The restaurant at 4-6 Byres Road, at the Partick end of the street, opened in September 2023 as Santa Lucia Pasta on the former Tony Macaroni site. Owners Marcello Montahar and Mariano Strazzullo also run Santa Lucia in the Merchant City. It specialised in handmade pasta and later Neapolitan pizza, and in April 2025 won an AA Rosette. Head chef Michele was named in the award coverage. On 9 October 2026 the Byres Road restaurant relaunched as Encore by Santa Lucia. The new concept blends Italian cooking with Scottish produce through sharing plates from about £8. Chef Ryan McCutcheon (formerly Gleneagles and Achray House) heads the kitchen alongside executive head chef Michele. Hours listed for the site are Sunday to Friday noon to 9pm and Saturday noon to 10pm. Book via encoreglasgow.co.uk or call 0141 611 5858 / dine@encoreglasgow.co.uk. Sister Santa Lucia venues remain at 68 Ingram Street (Merchant City), 181 Byres Road and in Hamilton. Groups of five or more may need a deposit; parties of seven or more should phone rather than book online.
Reviews
CIVITAVECCHIA - Requires more spices and sauce preparation. The bacon (pork) bites are very strongly fried, which makes the outer shell fairly hard to get through, but when you bite into the bacon bites, the juicy flavor of the meat with spices comes through and balances everything out. As far as I understand, they didn't add too many spices to the pasta and sauce itself to accent the meat instead, and that gives off a poor reaction to the taste buds. Lasagna Fritta - It's three small pieces of lasagne, and the worst that could happen to it was that it got deep fried, which got rid of most of its moisture, making the dish lose a big portion of its spices and taste. As far as I understand, after they deep-fried the lasagne pieces, they just poured tomato sauce on it (I think the tomato sauce had a big accent of garlic in it as well), but the shocking part was that it came to the table very cold, which gives off the microwaved food situations in Gordon Ramsay's programs. The pasta was cold as well. ( I do know Lasagna fritta is supposed to be like that, but this was very dry and tasteless ) Tiramisu - Has all layers, so far the best thing that my taste buds have tried this evening, but still the mascarpone hasn't been held in the fridge long enough because mascarpone is stretchy rather than easily cut off with the spoon. The lowest layer is fairly tasteless. So far, very average. Antonio is the best waiter in the world, though! I'll learn Italian because of him hahaha Also, the cappuccino was amazing!
Read on Google MapsCame for my graduation meal and had an amazing time. We all had the two course set lunch menu which was amazing value. I had the mussel starter and the prawn linguinie which were both really delicious. We had some cocktails which were all great too! The service was extremely friendly, helpful and attentive and I couldn’t have asked for a better grad meal. Will definitely be back!!
Read on Google MapsThe best italian food I have tasted. The staff were excellent, Giuseppe needs a special mention as his service was 1st class. The other staff I would also mention by name but I never got them. All staff 1st class. Food terrific, service great, value and atmosphere fantastic. I highly recommend.
Read on Google MapsA joint 50th birthday celebration lunch. The staff were excellent and so friendly from the moment we entered until our departure. The food was high quality and so tasty. We will definitely be back.
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