Van Winkle – BBQ Grill – Barrowlands

1. This place was awesome. Really nice food, great cocktails and lovely staff. 10/10 would return.
   The only down side is a automatic gratuity. Ive have given a proper tip but the mandatory 10% added to the bill is irritating

2. Came in off the cuff, wasn’t planned but it was a pleasant surprise.
   The football was on that day so place was pretty busy, something definitely to be aware of as others came in afterwards and had to sit outside in their covered area.

   We got 10 wings, buttermilk tenders, pulled pork with fries and onion rings.

   The wings were a great size, none of these tiny half sized ones but the full thing, they were fried with a crust and coated with sauce of your choice. I went with classic buffalo and it was good. It also came with a nice blue cheese dipping sauce and some celery sticks.
   This was a messy dish but very nice, very happy for the £13

   The onion rings were a good portion, they looked oily so took them out their dish and put them on a plate with a napkin to make sure, they were in fact very crispy and stayed crispy the entire time. Actually up there with some of the best I’ve had so bravo.

   The Mrs had Tenders and pulled pork fries, never tried the tenders but the pulled pork was nice and smoky. Wasn’t just a soggy mess that so many are so that was good. Fries were a bit meh though

   Had a pint of shandy since was driving, really enjoyed it. Nice and refreshing but a fiver for a pint of T😬 defo not going to be a cheap place to drink that’s for sure.

3. Find the fried food oily And greasy.

   At first taste, the fried chicken and fries are not bad but at the end it feels very greasy.

   Skip the onion rings. Feels just big slic of onion wrapped with batter. Nothing much

4. 5 stars for the staff and place. 1 for the food. I came in the first time about 6 months ago and had a really good fried chicken meal.
   This time, super disappointed. It was so so so so greasy. I’m still tasting it and I ate it yesterday.
   The onion rings are massive (looks good) but covered in greasy/buttery batter that it’s like eating oil soaked bread, even the chicken burger bun was oily and greasy to the touch – I had to wipe it with a napkin, then just left it uneaten anyway.
   The chicken itself was tasty but I had to take off the crust (greasy again).
   The staff are great – super friendly and welcoming. The venue itself is nice. Location great across from Barrowlands.
   Won’t be back, unfortunately

5. Absolute gem of a place. Was actually heading to the west end branch but I’m SO glad we came to this one. The service (a young man with tied up hair and a white Lush t shirt) was AMAZING – what a credit to you he is! A warm, hearty welcome. Nothing was too much trouble! Delicious food, clean bar… highly highly recommend this place. We are visiting from England and gutted this is nowhere near local to us. Thanks for ending our day in Glasgow on such an amazingly positive note! From Redcar, England 🙂

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