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Ron Mackenna

Critic · Journalist — Glasgow and west of Scotland restaurants; scored, visit-based criticism across the whole price range, takeaways included.

The Herald's restaurant critic, with his own author profile and a long run in the Best of Scotland section. The reviews are scored out of 30 across food, service, price and atmosphere, written first-person from a visit, and specific about what arrived and what it cost. He goes where scored critics usually do not: hot pot canteens, kebab counters and shawarma houses get the same rubric as dining rooms, which is exactly the spread docs/RANKING.md needs and most critics do not supply.

Their own reviews and picks.

Their own judgment, in their own words, by the piece it appeared in.

• The Herald, Best of Scotland (scored 24/30; food 7/10, service 5/5, price 4/5, atmosphere 4/5) ↗their review · 2023-10
  • C'mon Inn Hot Pot & Korean BBQCity Centre

    “so deeply flavoured are those broths - the tom yum is masterfully sour”

• The Herald, Best of Scotland, JOINT review of Shawarma King and Lazord, scored 25/30 across the pair (food 9/10, atmosphere 5/5, service 4/5, price 4/5, menu 3/5). The score is not attributable to either venue alone ↗their review · 2023-02
  • Lazord Syrian Street FoodCity Centre

    “probably, my favourite kebab shop in all of kebaborama-central, aka Glasgow”

  • Shawarma KingMerchant City

    “They win awards here. For good reason. And yet ... Not better than Lazord. Just different”