Altura , Skirving St, Shawlands, Glasgow 22.02.11
A business meeting brought me to Altura in Shawlands for lunch, Occupying the old Spaghettis restaurant in Skirving St above the beanscene coffee shop. I had heard little about this relatively new comer to the South side dining scene.
As we walked down Skirving St I was amazed how much the street had changed in such a short time with Delis, Coffee Shops, Gift shops and even a antiquarian book shop it reminded me of the west end.
We walked into the dining room of Altura and quickly realised we were the only people there, after asking someone of they were opened we were shown to a table by the window and given the set lunch/pre theatre menus at £8.95.
The menu was a mix of the odd seafood dish and the usual Italian fayre seen in every Italian in the city.
I went for the mussels (£2.95 supplement) and a main course of Chicken in a white wine and tomato sauce with peppers. The mussels arrived and were very nice, they were very fresh and the light sauce they were served in was excellent. The only drawback was there was no bread to finish off the liquid.
After a short wait the main course arrived, it was basically an Italian chicken and tomato stew which was again tasty enough, the flavour of garlic and wine came through and it was a very good stew, however I felt the green beans and carrots were a bit of an afterthought to fill the plate.
The chef proprietor came out to ask how the meal was going which was a nice touch and the service on a whole was excellent. We were of course the only people in the place and i would have been worried if we received anything but.
A final bill of £25.00 with soft drinks and coffees offered reasonable value for lunch. The food was tasty enough but nothing special and with another 3 italian restaurants within a stones throw i just feel they will need to do a bit more to stay alive.
Maybe i will go back on a weekend for dinner to see if anything changes.
Rating out of 100
68/100
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