The tagline for Lucky 7 really should be, "what do you expect for £4?". A sandwich from Pret costs about as much as a lunch entree here, but the difference is you'll actually enjoy your sandwich.
The lunch menu is small (fair enough) and featured some good veggie and vegan options. Not surprisingly most dishes are budget home cooking meals: casseroles, fish and chips, a burger. The decor of the place is I think trying to match the home cooking menu: an affectation for peeling, multi layered wallpapers done in muted antique-y, tea stained colours. It's like dining in a place that's being renovated as you eat.
Mr A opted for a special (£9) of the day, a dish of curried lentils and chorizo. I went for the wild mushroom risotto (£4) off the veggie menu, which to me was the more creative of the two. The lentil dish was described as a "sort of dahl" to us by our waiter, he recommended a side of potatoes to round it out.
My entree was sized normally, I thought this was a refreshing change from the mega sized portions you get in some places. Mr A being a big eater was alarmed, but as his special entree was dinner sized, there was a plentiful amount of lentils in his bowl. What wasn't plentiful at all was any concept of seasoning; where was the curry? How much chorizo was actually in there, a cm sized piece? 'Cause it was totally lacking in any chorizo flavour. How about some good ol salt and pepper? My risotto was similarly disappointing: wet, bland and lacking in any depth of flavour promised by the billing of wild mushrooms.
I don't think a return visit to Lucky 7 is in the cards for these diners. I'm sure the students whose self catering options are pot noodles and tinned spaghetti on toast will keep coming back for the cheap deals, we'll leave them to it.
Lucky 7 Canteen
166 Bath Street
Glasgow
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