Watch: Inside plans for new city centre underground bar and restaurant

A cocktail lab, wine taps, bar snacks and DJ booth, the team are breaking out of their comfort zone to realise their wish list for the new venue focusing on late night entertainment, bringing a new experience to the city centre. 

Kieran McKay, Sebb’s General Manager, and Scoop’s Head of Drinks, Alasdair Shaw, will head up the cocktail programme. For Sebb’s, they have designed a comprehensive list of cocktails batched in the mixology kitchen, including spritzes, sours, and signature ‘sippers’. 

These include a White Linen Fizz (rum, yuzushu sake, elderflower, jasmine, absinthe), an Apple and Celery Gimlet (gin, apple, celery and tomato, garnished with togarashi), and a Miso Old Fashioned (miso and brown butter whisky with passionfruit, garnished with miso fudge). Kieran was one of the original members of the Ox and Finch team in 2014, later joining Ka Pao Glasgow where he would become General Manager and play a key role in shaping the cocktail offering, while Alasdair joined the local restaurant group as Head of Drinks this year, having honed his experience at some of Glasgow’s best bars and restaurants, including award-winning whisky and cocktail pub The Gate. 

A range of alcoholic slushies will feature Strawberry Margarita and Piña Colada variations, both of which can be layered in a playful twist on the Miami Vice, while signature house shots will include a Pickleback and an M&M (frozen mezcal and amaro montenegro). A selection of low-intervention European wines will be available on draught, ranging from rosé from Languedoc to Gruner Veltliner from Austria, as well as a selection of beers.

We spoke to Kieran in the venue ahead of the opening: “It is a blend between a cocktail bar, restaurant and record/vinyl kind of music venue. We’re going to have our own cocktail lab within the site and getting some specialist equipment in there. Going to have the kitchen, all cooking over coal grills with influence from different cuisines. 

“Upstairs is your structured sit down dinner. It’s what we do very well as a company. We have Of and Finch, we have Ka Pao we know how to do that, we know how to serve people. We are switching it up here, we’re going to go out of our comfort zone and do something we’ve not done before. With a bit more focus on the vibe with the music and stuff going on.”

Sebb’s will take inspiration from the vinyl bars of Europe with seating for 68, with a further 12 covers in the private dining room, ‘The Record Room’. The vaulted brick ceiling brings an industrial feel to the space, softened by comfortable booth seating and accents of coloured tiles.

A dedicated viewing window looks onto the mixology room, while the open kitchen is centred around an expansive charcoal grill to give guests a glimpse of the live fire cooking. Tables will be available to book, with space also left for walk-ins.

Sebb’s will open on Monday 25th November at 68 Miller Street, G1 1DT.