Ketchup restaurant review glasgow August 12

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Ketchup Westend

Posted by on August 12, 2013 in BurgerRestaurants, West End Restaurant | 1 Comment

Yesterday I blogged about my trip to Alea Casino on Saturday night where I had a great night on the tables, but man did I pay for it on Sunday morning. After scoffing down a cocktail or 3 too many I woke the morning after feeling…erm…..tender??!! I decided that there was only 1 way to revive myself, with a delicious burger…it was kill me or cure me time and I couldn’t of picked a better time to visit Ketchup for the first time.
I had been waiting for some time to visit Ketchup located on the uber cool and trendy cobbled Ashton Lane. With its black and white checkered floor, red booths and high tables dotted around it was definitely channelling cool modern American dinner, and it did it very well. My favourite feature was the feature wall of bottles full of  Ketchup’s special tomato sauce which are available for you to purchase to take home.
We were lucky to get in just before all the tables filled up thankfully, because by now I’ll be honest I thought I was going to be the first person in history to die of a hangover. We were seated by a really lovely waitress who promptly told us the milkshake of the week….White Chocolate and Raspberry ( don’t mind if I do – make mine a double) and the burger of the week which consisted of mushrooms so I was never going to order that.
While waiting for my milkshake of the week to arrive we perused the menu….now if you’re not into burgers this is absolutely not the food spot for you. There are beef burgers….chicken burgers….lamb burgers…fish finger burgers….burger…burgers..bur…. you get the idea! Now what really really peaked my interest was that you can upgrade any beef burger to a Kobe beef burger for an additional £9.95, I love Kobe steak so this was a must for me.
I decided in keeping with the kill me or cure me theme I would go for the Egg on Your Face burger which consists of Fried Egg, Black Pudding, Potato Scone & Bacon with a dollop of HP. It’s worth noting that you have to order your chips separately – annoying but the waitress did prompt us to order them which was very helpful.
Only one word can describe the feast that arrived in front of me – WOW! it was a burger and a half! Let’s get my tiny tiny niggle out the way first before I start waxing lyrical about this burger. I had to eat the burger with a fork and knife because it was impossible to pick up, like I said a tiny niggle. Now lets talk burger, it was gorgeous, the beef which is sourced from celebrity Scottish butcher Simon Howie was tasty, juicy and so well seasoned. The toppings were perfect for my ‘something has curler up and died in my stomach’ feeling, they weren’t greasy in anyway just soft and tender with egg yolk flowing down them all like lava…yum yum YUM!
The milkshake was so nice and such a huge portion, served in an old fashioned milk bottle it really ticked all the boxes for me, flavoursome and not too thick. I would absolutely order this special again.
My only real issue with the experience was my 14 year old nice wanted an ice cream to take away which is an option on the menu. The large portion of ice cream was promptly delivered in a carry out milkshake cup, after sitting for about 3 minutes with no spoon I caught someones attention to ask for a spoon only to be told there was no take out spoons. Had we been advised of this when we ordered it we probably wouldn’t of bothered with ice cream and as a result had to sit while she every so slowly munched her way through it.
This didn’t detract too much from my delicious burger extravaganza and I will definitely be back really soon to try some other burgers.
Verdict -CURED!