The Times
Chitra Ramaswamy revisited Finnieston’s “ur-example” of the casual restaurant – the sort of place that is “universally loved” and sets the trends others follow. Ox and Finch opened 10 years ago as the debut from the Scoff group (which now has Ka Pao, Margo and Sebb’s to its name), and has reopened after a six-month refurb with a “talented” head chef in Craig Nelson (returning to the kitchen after a stint at The Ledbury in London), and “a brand-new, smoking hot, soon to be replicated up and down the country, menu”.
Its best plate is cod on wild garlic salsa verde “with hen of the wood mushrooms that have been compressed and dressed in some sort of umami vinegary sorcery to make them taste like the mushroomiest mushroom of your life… I can’t stop thinking about this dish. I’m obsessed.”
“What a perfect restaurant,” Chitra concluded. “What a comeback. Bring on the next ten years.”
Chitra Ramaswamy - 2025-05-18
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