Di Maggio's

In some parts of Italy, children don’t open their Christmas presents until the day of Epiphany on the 6th of January.

Fortunately, around these parts, we don’t have to be so patient before celebrating the season at the Di Maggio’s restaurants.

Available from the 5th until the 23rd of December, this offer is for one person to enjoy a fantastic three course festive menu at one of four of the hugely popular Di Maggio’s restaurants.

Family meal

Lively, friendly and welcoming, the Di Maggio’s restaurants have a well earned reputation for taking great care of their guests.

Dedicated to offering tremendous dining for all the family, they are experts at looking after everyone from youngsters to the young at heart.

Italian American dishes

This tasty Big Deal is for one person to have three courses plus your choice of tea or coffee from the following festive menu.

The deal is available at the following Di Maggio’s: Shawlands, East Kilbride, Theatreland and Royal Exchange Square.

Full listings for available times are given in the fine print.

Great choice of dishes

Starters

Homemade bacon and lentil soup with crusty bread

Prawn cocktail – North Atlantic prawns served on a bed of crisp iceberg lettuce with traditional Marie Rose dressing

Warm goats’ cheese salad – toasted goats’ cheese topped with caramelised onions and toasted pine nuts with seasonal leaves, roasted red peppers and an apple-cider vinaigrette

Minestrone – traditional fresh vegetable & tomato soup with crusty bread

Arancini – crisp-crumbled balls of risotto rice mixed with mozzarella & mushrooms served with caramelised onions, basil oil & Napoli dip

Main courses

Turkey involtino – turkey breast wrapped in bacon, apple and cranberry stuffing, chipolatas, rosemary potatoes, seasonal vegetables, cranberry sauce, rich red wine jus

Salmon salsa rosa – grilled fillet of Scottish salmon with fettuccine pasta in a light white wine cream sauce & cherry tomatoes

Raviola salsa rosa – pasta pillows stuffed with spinach and ricotta in a rich tomato sauce with a touch of cream, wilted spinach & cherry tomatoes

Fettuccine rustica – ground Italian sausage, roasted red peppers, sweet white onion, fresh chilli, rich tomato sauce

Hot & spicy pizza – hand-stretched pizza, our own pizza sauce, melted mozzarella, spicy ground Italian sausage, sweet white onion, roasted mixed peppers, fresh red chillies

Chicken, chestnut & mushroom risotto – creamy arborio risotto rice with roast chicken, chestnuts, woodland mushrooms & shaved Grana Padano

Prime sirloin steak – 250g Scottish sirloin steak served with grilled tomatoes, mushrooms, classic fries and a rice cream & cracked peppercorn sauce (£5 supplement)

Pizza verdure miste – hand-stretched pizza with house recipe pizza sauce and melted mozzarella, topped with baby spinach, courgette ribbons, roasted mixed peppers & spicy Roquito chilli peppers

Desserts

Sticky toffee pudding – dark & sticky toffee pudding served with butterscotch sauce & dairy vanilla ice cream

Red berry cheesecake – creamy vanilla cheesecake served with red berry compote & dairy vanilla ice cream

Christmas sundae – a classic sundae with dairy vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, mini meringues, hot salted caramel sauce & chocolate flake

Tea and coffee is also included.

Happy customers

The Di Maggio’s restaurants are a massive hit with 5pm Restaurant customers and their Big Deals sell like hot cakes. Here are a few quotes left on the 5pm site by diners at the West End Di Maggios:

‘Delighted. Once again we could not fault anything on visiting this restaurant. The staff were very welcoming and attentive to our requests. The food as always was excellent and served piping hot and on beautiful crockery. We will be back again very soon.’ Rating 5/5

‘Excellent meal. We had a lovely meal for my son’s birthday. Once again excellent service, food and value for money.’ Rating 5/5

‘Great family restaurant. Bought the Big Deal and got three courses plus tea/coffee. Good choice on menu, especially for a special offer. We had kids with us so sat next to the playroom which was ideal.’ Rating 5/5

Flexible dining

If you want to enjoy a festive meal with friends, family or work colleagues in December, this Big Deal gives you the choice of having lunch or dinner during the week or at the weekend.

It’s an appetising menu with lots of choices designed to appeal to everybody.

And, unlike some Italian children with superhuman levels of patience, you don’t have to wait until Epiphany to get stuck in.

‘Buon Natale’, as they say in Italy.