Cecchini's Restaurant & Bar — Restaurant in Scotland

This place is a disappointment. Went there for a Valentine's dinner with my husband and won't be coming back, at least not for food. Upon reading the reviews, I gave the place the benefit of the doubt but please, pay attention to the reviews in this case.

We ordered a sharing platter antipasti for £17. Now, I am not petty and generally we get our bang for the buck, but it was not the case here. For £17 a lá carte starter, we got 18 half-slices of stale bread (8 white, 8 wholemeal, 2 garlic), 2 pieces of parma ham, 2 pieces of italian salami and 6 pieces of sausage, accompanied by 50-75ml of balsamic, 50-75ml of olive oil, and some olives soaked in more oil. Essentially paid £17 for half a loaf of bread and an absolute tonne of oil. My Cecchini pizza had more parma ham on it than the starter. The only reason why I counted the slices was because it did not seem appropriate for £17 sharing starter.

The girls/waitresses were all polite and nice, except for a gentleman (owner/manager [?]) who has no idea that a little smile goes a long way.

The additional toppings on pizza are also coming at an outrageous price - I've asked for extra chillies (£1.75, and my husband added peperoni for £2.20). Also, the pizza.... If youre looking for a nice, fluffy sourdough neapolitan/italian style pizza, you will be deeply disappointed. This was a Domino's thin crust base. Weird, huh?

In a nutshell, I am giving this place 1/5, and the only reason is nice staff and relatively decent atmosphere, thats the 1 point of 5 here. The owner of this place definitely has a lot to learn. I've never been here, and apparently the place is open since the 80s, but whoever is managing it now is not...

Last night my fiancé took me out for a meal here to celebrate our anniversary, we couldn’t have had a better time.

The service, staff, atmosphere, booking experience, pricing were all on point. But the food, that was top tier.

As a picky eater AND a vegetarian, it always comes as a nice surprise when I am happy with what I ordered. But to then have exceeded that hope with exceptional quality and attention put into the food, that you can’t beat. When I checked to ensure no Parmesan was added to my meal (resturants often don’t realise that the process to make it isn’t vegetarian), they were on point and even checked again to ensure I didn’t want any added after my meal was served. The dessert menu wasn’t clear on what was vegetarian or not, so when I asked they were happy to confirm my cheesecake was vegetarian (yay!).

My fiancé (who is much less picky & a meat eater) had the same praises as I to give. He even went as far as to say “this is the best soup I’ve ever had” and “this is my favourite restaurant”.

We will be back, many more times. Thank you to the entire staff for such a wonderful...

I have been here a couple of times with family and certainly not my choice after my 1st encounter ! If you're lucky enough to get the correct dish / meal that you ordered & I would put a large bet on the fact you will have to send it back to the kitchen !! It is most likely to come to you either raw or not properly cooked . The possibility of the combination of both with the bonus of it tasting not right ( OFF ! ) if you're lucky . Some of the staff are pleasant enough but watch out for the 50% of staff that are either down right obnoxious & most definitely rude , in manners , personality & attitude.. The setting is nice enough but the seating arrangements are not !! Watch out for this also .. Don't think that you're going to get any discount for any of their mistakes / faults .. A cracking view into the harbour only let down by the Management, chefs & waiting staff ! Try at your own risk .. I'm sorry the 1 star should have been 4 or 5 for the setting but -1 for the actual...