New Glasgow restaurant and late-night destination Le Set has announced its opening date and revealed its first menu.
This latest venture from Si Ferry and business partner Jordan Allan will officially open at the Penthouse in Princes Square on Thursday, 24 September, with reservations opening on Wednesday, 9 September.
Le Set promises to bring together elevated city-centre dining, cocktails, Champagne, live music and late-night dancing, with a concept designed to take guests from lunch and dinner through to 1am without having to leave the venue.
Leading the Le Set kitchen is head chef Nick Rietz, formerly head chef at Glasgow institution Two Fat Ladies and founder of Michelin Guide-listed Bilson Eleven.
Having also worked at Hof van Cleve in Belgium, then one of Europe’s most celebrated three-Michelin-starred restaurants, Rietz is said to bring ‘serious culinary pedigree’ to Le Set, where the menu is being designed to feel indulgent, social and suited to the kind of evening that runs on late into the night.
For opening night, the menu will feature Miso Black Cod, Le Set Lobster French Toast, Wagyu Beef Tacos and Millionaire Fries finished with fresh truffle and caviar.
Alongside the food will be a curated wine, Champagne and cocktail programme featuring classics and Le Set signatures, including ‘Bolly & a Bump’, caviar paired with chilled Bollinger Champagne.
Le Set will be open seven nights a week, beginning with lunch and then dinner before moving into cocktails, live music and DJs until 1am.
As dinner gives way to the late night offer, Le Set hostesses will help build the atmosphere around the room, allowing the venue to shift from restaurant into a late-night party destination.
The venue’s late-night soundtrack will be organised by So Serious Artists, founded by renowned Glasgow-born international DJ and producer Illyus Barrientos, an Ibiza regular whose credits span Hï Ibiza, Ushuaïa, Fabric, Printworks and The Warehouse Project.
The Le Set opening follows a successful first year for Ferry and Allan’s Glasgow restaurant Grosso, on Duke St.
Ferry said: “We wanted to create somewhere you could book for dinner and know that was your whole night sorted. The food has to be strong enough to make people come in for that alone, but after that we want the room to keep building around you.
“You start with a drink at the bar, the music lifts, the sax comes in, people stay for another bottle and then suddenly everyone’s up dancing.
“That’s the bit we’ve been obsessed with. We don’t want people thinking about where they’re going next. If we get Le Set right, they won’t need to.”
Co-founder Allan added: “Grosso gave us a really good sense of what Glasgow responds to, but Le Set is a very different proposition.
“It’s more polished, more layered and much more about the full evening rather than just one part of it.
“Nick’s food is a huge part of that, as are the drinks and the music. Illyus and his DJs understand exactly how to build a room without forcing it, and that was important to us.
“The atmosphere should evolve naturally. You come for dinner, but the night just keeps going.”
Le Set’s opening will be marked by a programme of activity across the September weekend, with a series of food, Champagne, wine and spirits activations planned in partnership with drinks brands including Whispering Angel, Grey Goose and Veuve Clicquot.
