What’s the vibe?
The latest opening from the Scoop restaurant group (the team behind Glasgow favourites Ox and Finch and Ka Pao), Sebb’s is set to be the Glasgow date spot – think low lighting, comfy booths and great tunes played by a rotating selection of DJs (including some impressive names, like local favourite Hayley Zalassi). If Carrie Bradshaw ever found herself in Glasgow, she’d make a beeline for Sebb’s.
What should I order?
Cocktails here are a must. There’s a dedicated cocktail kitchen and even if you’re not stopping in for dinner, you can book a table for drinks. There’s a long list of house specials, but make sure to try the white linen (made with rum, yuzushu, elderflower, jasmine, absinthe, and a couple of sliced grapes as a garnish) and the miso and malt old fashioned (featuring miso and brown butter whisky, passionfruit, and a Guinness reduction).
For the food, we started with raw oysters with peri peri, but you could also have them grilled with spiced lamb fat. Then, it’s on to the sharing plates – all tasty, and with a focus on food cooked over flames. The tequila verdita cod ceviche was a bright and zingy standout, as was the jerk spiced pork neck, but the vegetarian options (for us, a tandoori celeriac and grilled cauliflower) lacked some of the impact of the other dishes, so I’m not sure this is the place to bring a fully vegetarian love interest. Do order dessert – the delicious barbecued plums, coconut yoghurt and pistachios are neither too sweet nor too heavy (and who wants to feel bogged down at the end of a date?).
What are the prices like?
Cocktails sit at £9-11, and the sharing plates range from £6.50-18 for the picanha steak, although most sit closer to the £10 mark.
What’s nearby?
Immediately above Sebb’s you’ll find Margo (another recent opening from the Scoop team) where by all reports, the cooking is also exceptional. For a little culture, the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) is nearby, or for more cocktails, The Absent Ear is just around the corner.