Nook

Nook is a multi-storey restaurant and bar at Craid Road – but it could very well double up as a contemporary art gallery. The otherworldly space is gritty and industrial, mixed in with thrifted vintage furniture and artworks done by the brand’s in-house artist. On the first floor, try plates of modern European and Asian-inspired dishes, like the heirloom tomatoes and burrata ($24), which sees an interesting use of aromatic tarragon sorbet and quinoa puffs for added texture. The Aqina organic chicken ($42) with Koshihikari rice ($18) is the chef’s reinterpretation of chicken rice. The chicken is dry-aged for seven days for a greater depth of flavour, and the rice is topped with torched pieces of chicken cockscomb. The second floor of the establishment houses the cocktail bar Nowhere, which shakes up fresh tipples like Garden ($23) with Hendricks, apricot, elderflower, green apple, cucumber, mint and lime; and Chichi ($23) which mixes vodka with watermelon, coconut, pineapple and lime.