Margo is a contemporary restaurant at 68 Miller Street in Glasgow's Merchant City. Diners can reserve a table or sit at the kitchen counter, where the open format brings them closer to the pace and detail of service.
The menu is designed for flexible ordering, beginning with snacks, bread and smaller plates before moving into more substantial dishes. Seasonal vegetables, seafood and meat are treated with influences that range across the Mediterranean, North Africa and East Asia.
Larger preparations such as whole fish, duck or a cut of beef can be shared across the table, while individual dishes and vegetable sides allow each group to shape its own meal. Vegetarian and vegan choices are clearly integrated rather than confined to a separate afterthought.
Desserts combine familiar comforts with fruit, spices and Scottish ingredients, and the drinks list is built to accompany the varied food. Margo suits both an exploratory meal made from many plates and a simpler lunch centred on one or two dishes.
Address: 68 Miller Street, Glasgow G1 1DT, Scotland
Margo Merchant City Menu
Starters
Malted focaccia with e.v.o.o
[vg] [2]
Malted focaccia with whipped butter
[v] [2,7]
Lucques olives from carcassonne
[vg] [14]
Chipsticks with taramasalata
[5, 7]
Chipsticks red pepper and seaweed
[vg] [13, 14]
Tempus smoked coppa
Merguez sausage, charred turkish pepper and mint za’atar
[12, 14]
Beef tartare, watercress and egg yolk
[2, 4, 9, 13, 14]
Isle of wight tomatoes, salmorejo and hung buttermilk
[v] [2, 7, 14]
Cured chalkstream trout, tiger milk and salted melon
[5, 7, 13, 14]
White crab vol-au-vent, brown crab royale, apple and pickled cucumber
[2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 14]
Shetland mussels with breton cider and sobrasada on toast
[2, 7, 8, 14]
Grilled courgette, green harissa, white soy and pine nut
[vg] [2, 9, 10, 13, 14]
Spiced golden beetroot, amba and whipped feta
[v] [7, 9, 14]
Mains
Grilled mackerel, puttanesca, nocellara del belice olives and rouille
[2, 4, 5, 9, 14]
Skate wing, ‘nduja beurre blanc and barbecued tomato
[5, 7, 14]
Rump fillet, beer and miso glaze, chimichurri
[7, 9, 13, 14]
Confit lamb shoulder, apricot koshō, aubergine purée and ras el hanout
[7, 14]
Pork belly, caramelised fennel, morcilla and black garlic ketchup
[1, 7, 13, 14]
Parisian gnocchi, dolcelatte, mushroom xo, girolles and pickled walnuts
[v] [2, 4, 7, 10, 13, 14]
Charred cauliflower, chilli, sunflower seed dukkah and tahini
[vg] [2, 12, 13, 14]
Half creedy carver duck cassoulet, farce, bitter leaves and brandy prunes
[1, 2, 4, 9, 14]
600g aberdeen angus sirloin on the bone, sauce margo
[1, 5, 7, 9, 14]
Fish of the day
please see server for details Price: POA
Sides
Chips with lemon and parsley aïoli
[v] [4]
Barbecued hispi cabbage, castelfranco and caesar dressing
[2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 14]
Spinach with margo ‘boursin’
[v] [7]
Dressed gem leaves
[vg] [9, 14]
Grilled sprouting broccoli, romesco and smoked almonds
[vg] [10, 14]
Desserts
Bare bones chocolate nemesis, vanilla ice cream
[v] [4, 7]
Hazelnut and brown butter frangipane, cherry compote, griottine sorbet
[v] [2, 4, 7, 10]
Raspberry cranachan, white chocolate, whisky and candied oats
[2, 4, 7, 14]
Scottish strawberries and shiso pavlova, crème fraîche ice cream
[v] [4, 7]
Margo cheese selection
jersey gouda, fourme d’ambert and délice de bourgogne [2, 4, 7, 14]
Ice cream and sorbets
see server
Kids Menu
Tomato and red pepper orecchiette
(vg) [2, 14]
Chicken milanese with tomato orecchiette
[2, 4]
Panko cod, chips and peas
[1, 4, 5, 7]
Vanilla ice cream, chocolate sauce
[4, 7]
Dessert Cocktails
Chocolate and cherry
cognac, dark chocolate, cherry cordial [14]
Raspberry espresso martini
woodford bourbon, chambord, lucky tonka, thomsons espresso [14]
Banoffee treacle
discarded banana rum, banana, pedro ximénez [7, 14]
Old fashioned
woodford bourbon, sugar, bitters [14]