I saw a review for Tutti Fruitti on yelp and given that it is very very close to home knew that it…read morewasn't going to be long before I was causing massive queues trying to decide what to order. As it turned out I decided on a sundae pretty quickly and it was g who took ages debating whether he wanted a sundae or a cone. Smudge was rather easier as soon as she saw Nutella ice cream she was sorted and when it came in a teddy bear cone she was over the moon and quiet - we'd go again just for the ensuing 10 minute peace! I ordered the hot fudge and toffee sundae and g the hot caramel shortcake sundae and made sure to say that they were to sit in. My main reason for wanting a sundae is the cool glass and the amazingly long spoon. So after a considerable wait when they arrived in plastic take away cups with plastic spoons I was a little gutted. To be honest the sundaes were pretty crap. Just cheap syrup, vanilla ice cream that I couldn't taste because of the syrup, a lump of costco cake and tonnes of squirty cream. I feel a bit mean complaining about a £3.50 sundae the clue should have been in the price, but I left wishing that I'd just had a cone. I'll go again. The range of ice creams is great and next time I going to stick to what I know and stand at the counter for hours trying to decide which flavour I want.

Behind a retail park, tucked in amoungst the maze that is Hamilton's one way system is not where I…read morewould expect to find a gem of an ice cream place. But that is what Equi's is. There is also a chip shop and a bit to sit in. Unfortunately, I have never sampled either of those so this review is all about ice cream. I'm sure I should dazzle you with some facts about how long they have been established and all the awards they have won. But I can't. See when I go to Equi's all I'm thinking about is which flavour is going in ma belly. With two cabinets to chose from it takes me quite a while picking which of the 20 odd flavours to eat. It's why I take smudge, people are far more forgiving of indecision from a small person. But it's rather unfair seeing as she decides in nano-seconds and never suffers from selectors-doubt. This visit I chose a chocolate dipped cone of cherry vanilla ice-cream, g got a chocolate dipped cone of mango ice-cream and smudge a tub of chocolate ice-cream. It was a very quiet journey home with with everybody concentrating far too hard on their ice creams to risk melt related wastage on conversation. Equi's ice cream is creamy, soft and the flavours are always perfect. Punchy, strong and guaranteeing that I'll be back soon.

Don't have much to say about Equi's, except from the fact it's absolutely amazing and the ice cream…read morethey sell is glorious! Equi's has been there for as long as I can remember, and has both an ice cream parlour section to the store, and a wee cafe/restaurant section which has a basic chip shop/traditional cafe type menu! Don't understand how this place has a one star review from someone, you cannot beat the ice cream from here!

I feel obliged to offer my opinion on this place, as a keen consumer of the ole fish and chips…read morecombo. There's only a few chip shops in Motherwell which, naturally, I have reviewed. Chiefly Onesti's and The Rex. Time to complete the epic saga. Marcantonio's or 'Marr-keys' rests beside Wok Express near Motherwell Library on Hamilton Road, in shouting distance of a few pubs which gets them alot of business. They thrive on the squad of schoolies from Dalziel High School down the road though at lunch time. I dare anyone to try get served in here at lunchtime. The food is great, and not as expensive as other chip shops, with a constant wee production line waiting for you in the hot plate. Sometimes the chips aren't piping hot, but that's about all I have to say as a negative point. They also do a half a fish supper type contraption which is becoming more and more common which I won't argue with one bit. The ice cream, as has been mentioned, is also excellent. There's also something slightly nice about the wee box they give you your food in with Marcantonio's on it, as if they take a wee bit more pride in their business than other places. No reason why they shouldn't either.

Marcantonios is a little chippy quite out of the way from the other chip shops in Motherwell. They…read moresell everything you would expect and it is cheaper than others that seem to have raised the price year on year. There isn't much else to say about the place that hasn't been said already, the only thing being that they seem to have fresher chips than the others. NIce and crispy.

Amazing whiskey selection…read more Over 1700 different whiskeys open as of the time of this review. Haggis here is also really damned good.

I was really impressed with Artisan although I was so reluctant to go as it is in a bit of a…read morerubbish area. It deos Scottish food especially at its most succulent and tasty. The restaurant was extremely busy when we were there, but still service was fast and the staff were kind. Go and give this little restaurant a chance, spread the word and let everyone know how good this little restaurant is. It is certainly good to be in a place like Artisan which is excellent in all aspects, just in an undesieable place which might put outsiders take a trip.

I've been going to the hup lee for ages and absolutely LOVE IT my favourite food is the chicken…read moremaryland I HIGHLY recommend it. I have had to stop cause i also found out the at I have celiac. The service is great and very kind people! Basically feels just like what you would expect around you it feels cozy and I just love it so much. definitely go there.

Excellent buffet selection that is fresh and delicious. Service is also good considering it's a…read morebuffet restaurant. Seem to have a lot of problems with their card system and request cash payments only!

I've been before pretty good. My mother did fall outside it and break her arm tho BUT that isn't…read morethere fault. It's quite cozy and the food is tasty! Plus the people are nice

What can I say. I was very ill. Severe allergic reaction due to the wrong food being served. Which…read moreshouldn't have been difficult as there were only 1 other table of diners. Says everything. Legal proceedings are in the pipeline

walked up with my dog on my own , sat down outside and waited an hour without getting served , no…read moresign to say order inside if there was I can't because you do not allow dogs inside , I felt more sorry for the man who sat at the table next to me with his baby and left after around 30mins saying " we are never getting served here are we"abismal

Really great food and service, took us at short notice and it was perfect…read more Decent wine selection

Well, when i heard this place was opening i was ecstatic…read more I'd previously been to the one in Byres road glasgow which was amazing and ever since i had been telling my mum how good the dressing were etc. we love a salad dressing haha. so then i heard this place was opening and i told everyone and couldn't wait.. so it opened and i couldn't wait to go and my perfect opportunity came when my Aunt from Canada was home and we were going for lunch so i suggested here because it had been so yummy in glasgow. We went in August, after it had been opened for 5 weeks, this was so the hype and stuff had calmed down as we hadn't booked. so we went in just the two of us and were greeted by a man who said hello. i asked for a able for 2 and he said whats the name, i told him we had no reservation.... and he seemed so annoyed why this was i dont know? as it was 1pm and the restuarnt was pretty empty except up the back where i guess it family area. so he'll fussed about on the computer trying to find us a table why i dont know as there were plenty clearly available. so a waiter came and took us to our seat. i think it was the owrst seat in the house, a tiny little table right at the back with all the prams at the fire exit... my aunt did say are you serious'? why cant we have a booth and he got flustestered and walked away so rude. so we sat down, i had to sit right in at the table as the waitresses kept asking my to push my chair in so they could get past to get to other tables. seriously? whilst waiting, we were next to 4 family table 2 of whom had big prams and screaming children. they wouldnt move their pram so i could hardly move in my seat. i was so unimpressed we thought about just getting up and leaving. we ordered drinks and they took ages god knows why as the place wasn't busy. i was disappointed there was no lunch menu deals available.. we ordered ceasar salads an i was vamished and looking forward to it, it came out and we both just looked it... then looked at each other. yes it was a large portion, but the lettuce was swimming in dressing so much so it had gone completly soggy, the chicken was so dry and chargrilled it near broke my teeth and well the croutons you could have knocked someone out with them they were that hard. i was so disappointed as id had a completly different experience in glasgow and i felt so silly for having been telling everyone how amazing it was and dragging my aunt to it. we paid the bill grudginly at almost £15. We left. when walking out still no tables were filled out front this enraged me more as we got sat through the back as "these were reserved" well reserved for who those having dinner? all in all wasn't impressed in the slightest. terrible service and attitude. food was not good at all. pricey too. won't be back ever. i'll stick to what i know and travel to Glasgow instead.

I ate at Tony Macaroni twice during my recent stay in Scotland. It's a chain Italian restaurant,…read moreso the food was OK. Both times I had the Insalata Gotardo, which was very fresh. I enjoyed the mix of flavors in the salad, including the large "crouton" topped with the grilled goat cheese. I also ordered a side order of their home made bread the first time, and the rosemary focaccia bread the second time. Both breads were very good. For dessert, the first time my husband and I split a dessert, which name I can't remember, but it was basically fried sweet dough (what we Americans would compare to funnel cake) with chocolate and toffee dipping sauces. I'm a huge chocoholic, and was a little disappointment in the chocolate sauce, but the toffee sauce was excellent! On my second visit, I got the apple crumble with vanilla ice cream. It was hot and crumbly, a dessert I love paired with nice cold ice cream. Our second visit here was actually not planned... we wanted to go somewhere else which didn't have any seating available for us, so we went to Tony Macaroni as a back up. It's not the type of place I'd go out of my way for, but would count on a decent meal when it was convenient.

Great buffet, worth the money, good choice of starters mains and deserts, new owners and new nameread more

This place is TERRIBLE…read more We'd heard good things about this place and living about a 20 minute drive away, in the wild of North Lanarkshire where good Indian food is hard to come by, we decided to give it a try. Parking is an issue from the start - there is very limited space around and no car park. We were lucky and got a space on the street outside someone's house, as someone else was leaving. Upon arrival, we were greeted and shown to a table squeezed in next to the drinks cabinet. The whole ambience of the place is 1980s social club. The tables are very close together and if it had been busy, which it wasn't, it would have been pretty uncomfortable being cheek by jowl with the table next door. The service was atrocious. We were asked by a very young girl what drinks we wanted, and off she went to fetch them. After about 10 minutes, she came back with a tray with our two drinks, and two other drinks, both pints of soft drinks with ice. After depositing our drinks on table, she then dropped the tray, depositing a further two drinks all over our legs and feet. Although she muttered an apology as she wiped it up, there was no attempt made to ask if we needed towels to mop ourselves up, nor did the management seem to be interested. To add insult to injury, we waited at least 15 minutes before we eventually flagged someone down to ask for a menu. A gormless young chap then handed us two paper take-away flyers. At this point, I was thinking about getting up and leaving, but a girl then came over to give us the correct menus and tell us about the buffet. Sadly, we didn't see this girl again during our visit - she seemed to be the only person in the building with more than one brain cell, so she was obviously in high demand. This is also the only time I've ever been to an Indian restaurant and they have clearly been AGAINST you ordering from the a la carte menu! With no further assistance in sight, we eventually just helped ourselves to the buffet - clearly, ordering anything else was not an option, and I was ravenous by this point. The starters were all dried up and lukewarm - if it wasn't for the crudely printed signs, I wouldn't have even been able to identify some of the items. Hats off though for pushing the boundaries of "Indian cuisine" by including fish fingers and chicken nuggets, truly a global experience. The curries themselves were fine - a wide selection was on offer, though mostly chicken based. There were a couple of lamb curries, but as the printed menu only offered mutton, I'm unsure of the veracity of that. There was one dish with prawns in, too. The three curries I sampled were just OK - nothing special at all. The chicken garlic masala was clearly just the garlic mushroom starter with chicken instead of mushrooms - thrifty! Poppadoms, condiments and naan breads were fine and in plentiful supply. We didn't sample the dessert options - we were so thoroughly demoralised by that point, that we couldn't wait to leave. We had to wait what felt like an ice age for our bill to arrive and then someone to find the card machine and the wherewithal to bring it to our table. I would only return here under duress, possibly at knife point.

It was quite late on a Saturday night, Ian was out my neck of the woods and we were mega hungry. I…read morethen remembered Eataliano in Hamilton, I thought some good Italian nosh should satisfy our rumbling stomachs. We arrived just after 9.30pm so we were worried we might be too late as the closing time said 10pm on the door but folks were still being served so I presume it was an 11pm closing. The staff were lovely and accommodating, sitting us down in a wee comfy corner for the two of us. As I was famished I wanted the full 3 course meal. We started off with mozzarella sticks, I can't remember what they called it but it was sticks of yummy battered cheese and dip, then I had the penne carbonara. You could choose the pasta you fancied, penne's one of my favourites. Then for a sweet I had a strawberry sundae, it finished off the meal perfectly. I would definitely come back here as the prices weren't too bad, the décor was smart, especially as it's still fresh and new and of course the food was delicious. One to keep in mind for future tasty food.

This is a very good restaurant. Very good Italian cuisine. I like the atmosphere inside the…read morerestaurant as well. The staff are very friendly. So I would highly recommend this restaurant.