Have you tried Il Capo Airdrie?
📍 Il Capo Airdrie, 121 Hallcraig St, ML6 6AW
It had been a few years since we’d seen some friends, so we decided to head along to Il Capo in Airdrie for a long overdue catch-up over some Italian food.
Our friends had been here a few times before and had recommended it, so I was looking forward to giving it a try for myself.
Thankfully, we weren’t disappointed.
What I Ordered at Il Capo Airdrie
Now, when I go out for a meal, I don’t always bother with the full three courses.
Sometimes a main is more than enough.
Other times, I’ll have a wee starter or squeeze in a dessert if something catches my attention.
But on this particular occasion?
Uncle Ribz was going for the full three-course experience! 😂
And looking back at what I ordered, I certainly wasn’t messing about.
Here’s what I went for:
- Starter – Meatballs
- Main – Chicken stuffed with mozzarella and basil, wrapped in bacon and served with a creamy garlic sauce
- Dessert – Cheesecake
Now, that’s a pretty substantial wee feast!
I decided to kick things off with the meatballs. A good, familiar starter and something I always enjoy seeing on a menu.
Nothing too adventurous to get proceedings underway, but sometimes you just fancy a classic.
Then it was onto the main event.
And honestly, just reading the description of this dish was enough to get my attention.
Chicken stuffed with mozzarella and basil, wrapped in bacon and served with a creamy garlic sauce.
I mean, come on!
Chicken, cheese, bacon and garlic sauce?
That’s practically a checklist of things I enjoy eating. 😂
It’s exactly the sort of combination that’s going to catch my eye when I’m looking through a menu.
And after that fairly substantial main course, there was still one more thing to come.
Cheesecake! 🍰
Because apparently meatballs followed by chicken stuffed with cheese and wrapped in bacon wasn’t quite enough for me.
I still had to make room for dessert.
And if you’ve followed Ribz Reviews for any length of time, you’ll know that cheesecake is something I find particularly difficult to resist.
So there was really no great surprise when that ended up being my final course.
All in all, it was a proper three-course feast, featuring plenty of my favourite things.
Meatballs, chicken, mozzarella, bacon, garlic sauce and cheesecake.
Not exactly a light lunch, was it? 😂
But sometimes when you’re heading out for food, you just want to enjoy yourself and make the most of the occasion.
And with a line-up like that, there was certainly no danger of me leaving hungry!
Meatballs to Start
I started things off with the meatballs, which arrived absolutely caked in cheese.
And you certainly aren’t going to get any complaints from me on that front.
Meatballs, sauce and plenty of melted cheese is a combination that’s pretty difficult to go wrong with and this was a solid start to the meal.
The Star of the Show
The main course was undoubtedly the highlight for me.
I went for chicken stuffed with mozzarella and basil, wrapped in bacon and covered in a creamy garlic sauce.
This was actually the dish our friends recommended, and I’m glad I listened to them.
It probably isn’t something I would have automatically picked from the menu myself, but it ended up being my favourite dish of the entire meal.
That’s a good reminder every now and again that it’s worth getting away from your usual choices and trying something different — especially when someone who’s been before points you in the right direction.
I’d 100% order this again.
Just a Small Piece of Cheesecake…
Obviously, after a starter and a fairly substantial main course, the sensible thing would have been to call it a day.
Instead, I ordered cheesecake.
And what arrived was absolutely gigantic.
Certainly no complaints about portion size here, and it was a pretty good way to finish off the meal.
Final Thoughts on Il Capo Airdrie
This was one of those meals where everyone around the table left happy and there genuinely wasn’t a complaint to be had.
The meatballs were a solid start, the cheesecake certainly wasn’t shy on portion size, but that chicken main course was comfortably the star of the show for me.
It’s something I probably wouldn’t have ordered without the recommendation from our friends, but I’m 100% glad I did.
A good catch-up, plenty of food and another Lanarkshire restaurant ticked off the list.
Il Capo Airdrie was well worth the journey for us.
📍 Il Capo Airdrie, North Lanarkshire
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