The Ivy reopens in Glasgow with an Ivy Asia debut

The Ivy Collection reopens in Glasgow on 20 October, trading its old Buchanan Street address for a Grade A-listed former bank on St Vincent Place, with a second concept, The Ivy Asia, making its Scottish debut inside the same building.

The Ivy Glasgow Brasserie served its last dish on Buchanan Street on 4 October. Its replacement sits at 30-40 St Vincent Place, in a building dating to the 1870s that once housed a branch of the Clydesdale Bank.

The new site holds two separate restaurants under one roof: The Ivy Glasgow Brasserie, with 175 covers, and The Ivy Asia Glasgow, with 90 covers — the Asian-fusion concept's first restaurant in Scotland. Together they total 265 covers and create 90 jobs.

Every detail has been considered to create a memorable experience from the moment you arrive.

Planning permission for the redevelopment was approved by Glasgow City Council earlier this year, clearing the way for a heritage conversion rather than a new build.

Two restaurants inside a former bank

The Brasserie keeps the building's vaulted ceilings and a glass dome, both left largely as found. A tree rises above a central bar, ringed by columns, artwork and upholstered seating. Above the reception desk hangs the restored clock from the bank's old teller room, built in Ayr in 1837.

The Ivy Asia side is a different register: an illuminated jade-coloured floor, bamboo detailing, lanterns and velvet furniture. Interior and art consultant Adam Ellis worked on both rooms. The Ivy Asia already runs sites in London; Glasgow is its first outside England.

Olivia Wong, senior general manager at The Ivy Glasgow, called the move "an exciting new chapter for The Ivy Glasgow." She added: "Every detail has been considered to create a memorable experience from the moment you arrive."

A bigger bet behind the brand

The expansion follows a change further up the ownership chain. Richard Caring's Caprice Holdings, the Ivy Collection's parent, sold a majority stake earlier this year to Diafa, an investment firm backed by Abu Dhabi's IHC.

Pairing a brasserie with an Ivy Asia inside one larger building is a format the group has used elsewhere to fill bigger sites with two kitchens and two price points instead of one.

Richer owners, a bigger room, same brand: Glasgow finds out from Thursday whether the move was worth the upheaval.