15-05-2025
Ox and Finch, Glasgow, review — what a comeback
It's hardly front page news to say that Ox and Finch — routinely on the list of Glasgow's best restaurants — is … still one of Glasgow's best restaurants. But there's something to be said (that isn't said nearly enough) for the casual restaurants that set the trends, are universally loved, and last the course. Ox and Finch is Scotland's ur-example.
It was just over a decade ago that it opened in a quiet part of quietly-turning-foodie Finnieston with a curious new dining concept called sharing plates. Which is now so ubiquitous it's the ultimate of restaurant clichés. After being closed for refurbishment for six months, Ox and Finch has returned with a zhuzhed-up look, a gifted head chef, Craig Nelson, who returns to Ox