Brett

This compact wine bar-restaurant is the younger, chiller sibling of the Michelin-starred Cail Bruich, ten minutes’ walk down Great Western Road. It’s headed by the talented Ronan Shaftoe, formerly of a Michelin-starred establishment in Hong Kong, and the focus is on natural wines and a concise but serious food offering, with zeitgeisty fire-cooking to the fore. Bright, buzzy, with wine glasses glinting from the ceiling, the space is dominated by a large counter wrapping a bustling open kitchen, adding to a theatrical vibe.

A new bistro is set to be opened in Glasgow’s West End by the owners of Brett and Michelin Star restaurant Cail Bruich. Planning approval to use an empty site at 364 Great Western Road as an off-licence, with food and drink, has been granted by Glasgow City Council. Plans, submitted on the company’s behalf, stated Bar Brett (Concrete Egg Ltd) currently has “an established premises, with an off-licence, that operates from 321 Great Western Road”.

Natural wine and food cooked over open fire - Bar Brett would be a perfect fit in East London, and even among the heavyweights of wine bar cuisine it would more than hold its own. The team keeps things simple from Monday to Wednesday with yakitori nights, but later in the week there’s a wider range of smartly-curated small plates. It’s pretty cosy inside with only a handful of tables up for grabs, but if you can get one, you won’t regret it.

The team here works solely with product-focused wine makers and suppliers to create an eclectic selection of natural, low-intervention wines that they offer both in their restaurant and wine shop. Their wines are all handpicked and highlight specialist wines from small producers that aren’t readily available anywhere else in the city. Better yet, Brett only sells wines from producers who farm grapes using regenerative working practices.

Alternatively, quaint Vietnamese spot Hanoi Bike Shop (8 Ruthven Ln) does a truly brilliant bowl of pho, while Brett (321 Great Western Rd) is big on charcoal grilling and natural wines. If you want to get fancy, try out Ka Pao’s pan-Asian sharing plates (26 Vinicombe St), Crabshakk and its incredible range of fishy treats (18 Vinicombe St), or the refined plant-based dining at Sylvan (20 Woodlands Rd).

When in “The Dear Green Place”, make time to visit other venues in the group, being Bar Brett, where Ronan Shaftoe, ex of Yardbird, Hong Kong serves yakitori, Sunday to Tuesday. Then there’s the all-day Epicures in the heart of Hyndland, and, just opened, Shucks, a fish brasserie with Champagne trolley.

From the team behind Michelin-starred Cail Bruich, Epicures and Brett, Shucks describes itself as “a relaxed seafood restaurant serving up the very best fresh produce from Scottish waters, alongside an elegant wine and champagne bar in the heart of Hyndland in Glasgow’s west end”.

* Brett now bills itself as a modern European restaurant serving a conventional three-course carte rather than a series of global small plates. Watch for a new review coming soon. * Brett is the colloquial name for rogue yeasts t… Read more

Found in the basement of a former garage from the 1900s, this exciting restaurant just off Byres Road was praised by the guide for its "vibrant, colourful sharing dishes from South East Asia

Serving natural wines and small plates cooked over fire, Brett’s menu is created by the team behind Michelin-starred Cail Bruich. Check out barbrett.co.uk to find out more.

West End eatery Brett is owned by star-winning Cail Bruich owners and is a swanky wine bar serving 15 perfected dishes.