Cosmo Restaurants

I love this buffet restaurant and it is by far the best one in Glasgow for buffet-​style food, variety, décor and service. I am writing for the evening selection as I’m told this is the best time to go as lunch is a bit of a half-​hearted affair but woah, in the evening, the place is alive! Cosmo is the «Willy Wonka» of buffet places — bigger, grander, more, more, more and they have unlimited teppanyaki and Mexican grill to order. Drinks have free refills for those hardcore ‘bru drinkers. You have the Asian section which includes Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Malaysian & Indian — that’s chow mein, sushi, curry, dim sum, squid and naans — freshly made! Then there is the Mexican section with their delicious grilled meats, there’s a European Section for your pizzas, pastas and roasts, a section of salads and finally, the dessert section filled with its colourful array of cakes, jellies, pastries, sweets, creams, puddings, ice cream, fruits and a chocolate fountain! Occasionally, if you’re lucky they might have tong sui — a sweet liquid dessert popular in China, they make a good one! Although, like a unicorn, I only saw it once during my visits. What I also like about Cosmo is their military operation. Now I know you’re probably asking, Who cares? Well, weirdos like me, really. In between mouthfuls of dim sum or coconut cream cubes (2 of my faves here!), I am amazed by the efficiency and communication of the staff — just as well as they need it here with their popularity! You sit down, then there is a server just pooft. there, asking what you would like to drink and if you need help with navigating the buffet. A table leaves, you blink an eye and the table is magically cleared! They are the most efficient oompaloompas I’ve ever seen! Amazeballs. Cosmo falls short of 5 stars because I am a privileged son of a bumble bee and have been to this one jaw droppingly amazing buffet restaurant in a sky scraper in Hong Kong that is now forever shrouded in mystery in my feeble mind. If Cosmo started serving traditional Chinese soup or full french style cakes displayed on pedestals or have the biggest juiciest pineapple chunks for the chocolate fountain, or a full mountain of expertly cut and display sashimi of everything, then knock the fat kid over I bow down with 5 stars… If you want to do some serious eating, Cosmos is the place in Glasgow — go forth and enjoy!

First visit I found the service to be terrible and the food average
Second visit I was just treated to more of the same
Third was the last time I ever go
They brought the wrong flavour kids drink eventually after 15mins of waiting, the soft drink glasses never did appear so had to go to the bar myself to request them
Also asked 3 times for the bill which never arrived and finally on the fourth time and almost 20mins of waiting just to pay them I got it and took it back to the table
The team walk around moody, uninterested and unapproachable
They constantly pass the buck on responsibility if your request for something has gone unanswered
… And still don’t help sort your issue
They had enough chances … Plenty of eateries in silver burn more deserving of my money

I am not a big can of this place, had to go as it was a family get together over Xmas which another family member booked. I had been twice before and both to ilea said it would go back but gave it another chance the second time which wasn’t a good idea. Nothing much had changed on the third visit, although it seemed like thy refreshed the food more. The first annoyance was they didn’t have our group booking, we arrived 10mins early too and had to wait 15mins until the set up a table for us all. Even though they should have had out booking it was nice of them to fit us in as the Que was right out the door (as always). Another nice tough was someone popping over every now and again to check if you need anything else and to check if we had any issues. The place is constantly full to the brim, maybe it’s just the weekend times that I have been but if you don’t book be prepared to wait (standing) in a looooong que. They do have seats near the actual tills but you have a stairwell to get up first. I would advise to book in advance of you want to try it out. So on to the food options, you basically have everything you can imagine. Chinese, Indian, Italian, Japanese, British etc etc and a selection of deserts and chocolate fountain.

Well ive been now not really anything to boast about food was ok bit expensive for what we had. Nice and clean and staff nice but a bit too busy for me, tables very close together. Will I go back :((

If you prefer quantity over quality, Cosmo is the place for you. However I would much rather a delicious high quality meal of a smaller quantity for my money.
The place is absolutely huge and really nicely decorated. They offer a selection of Chinese, Indian, Sushi, a Hot plate with fresh Steak and Prawns, Soups, Dumplings, Barbeque, Italian, Salads and some specials. Only a selection of these is open at the lunchtime service.
This is one of the ‘better’ buffets. Food is constantly being changed over by staff and the temperature being checked. You can see some of the food being made fresh by the chefs behind the stations but they do use a lot of canned sauces etc.
My little one loves it because he can get endless chicken nuggets, pizza etc but I really don’t rate it. I’d never go out my way to go here but one of the nicer places to try if u fancy a buffet selection.

This is a world buffet, but it seems a bit more classier than the ones I’ve been to before. We’d gone on a Friday evening and had not realised how busy it would be. There was a huge queue and we waited roughly 20 minutes to be seated.
The Asian dishes were my favourite. I thought they did authentic Chinese and Indian dishes. They also had crispy duck/​pancakes/​spring onions/​cucumber and hoi sin sauce.
There was a dim sum section with the barbecue pork buns, the prawn dumpling, the beef dumpling and a few others. Unfortunately the barbecue pork buns were a bit dry. They were probably steamed too long!
There was a live cook station and you could choose the meat and it would be freshly prepared. I had the steak the first time and it was perfectly cooked and tender. The second time I got the scallops. They looked wonderful but they were awfully chewy and probably over cooked!
There was too much food on display and I never got round to the Mexican, Italian and British!
I skipped ahead to the dessert and loaded my plate with lots of little choices. There’s a huge chocolate fountain with sweets and marshmallows.
I would go back if I’m shopping in Silverburn again. I would not wait in a queue again for it though!

Cosmos is a world buffet bar, sound enticing so far? Probably not, but in saying that it is one with a few differences. Firstly it feels a bit more high-​end, better-​appointed than most, with a darkened interior and comfortable booths. Secondly it’s got more exotic dishes than the other world buffet places I’ve been in. Here’s a quick roundup of the some of the cuisines: Chinese, Thai, Japanese, Korean, Singaporean, Vietnamese, Malaysian, Indian, Moroccan, Italian, Mexican, Caribbean, and of course British. And it’s not just the cuisines that are different it’s the range of preparation methods, you can choose from raw, grilled, skewered and steamed, as well as your simmered standard. This restaurant even has a chocolate fountain and live cooking stations, and that’s not describing the produce, thankfully!
I always stick in a central ridge of rice, that means I can have two saucy dishes in each plateful with the minimum of contamination! I started with Beef in Black Bean Sauce and the Moroccan Lamb. The Beef in Black Bean sauce I wish had the ginger component too, it still packed decent flavour though, but it was only lukewarm, the Moroccan Lamb was warmer. It came on the bone, but one was so smashed there were little pieces of bone I had to remove from my mouth manually. Not ideal but again quite tasty. My next two dishes were Thai Spicy Chicken Meatballs and Beef Dum Curry — dum refers to the cooking method apparently. The meatball sauce was a bit thin, but the meatballs were spicy, although not really moreish and therefore a bit too many in quantity. My fault for being greedy I guess! The beef curry was not bad at all, rich and soft with an easy spiciness.
If you fancy a buffet, it’s a good shout, and as buffet restaurants go this may well be my favourite one.

I have awarded them 5 stars as the place is spotless staff are amazing and friendly it’s got to be the best I have tasted in along time great for kids which is a bonus something for everyone even the most fussiest of eaters like myself