Hyped steak restaurant brand Flat Iron is opening its first ever location in Scotland

If you ever get a craving for a quality cut of beef, but are unwilling to pay the extortionate prices, just head for your nearest Flat Iron. Since it launched as a modest pop-up above a Shoreditch pub in 2012, Flat Iron has grown into a national chain, now with branches in London, Manchester, Leeds, Cambridge, Brighton and Bristol.

Next year, it’ll make its debut in Scotland. A new Flat Iron steakhouse will open in a heritage four-storey Renaissance building on Glasgow’s West George Street in 2027, a short walk from Queen Street Station. 

The new joint will span two floors with room for 120 diners. Its menu will be very familiar to anyone that’s visited a Flat Iron before – there’ll be ribeye, wagyu and a cheese burger alongside signature Flat Iron sides like the bone marrow garlic mash, beef dripping chops, creamed spinach and truffle macaroni cheese. The all-important sauces to go with your slab of steak include bearnaise, peppercorn, smoked chilli mayo and wild mushroom. 

As for drinks, expect to see Flat Iron’s own Malbec – blended from grapes grown in France’s Limoux region – on the wine list, alongside a selection of draught beers and cocktails. We assume that guests at the new Glasgow branch will also get the complimentary cup of beefy popcorn to kick off their meal and Tahitian vanilla soft-serve ice cream to finish. 

The chain’s ‘head of beef’, Fred Smith, said: ‘We’ve been serving beef from Scotland since the early days of Flat Iron. Opening a restaurant here is a proud moment for us.

‘Our passion for high-quality, accessible steak is at the forefront of everything we do, and we are looking forward to sharing this with guests in Glasgow.’                                 

In the meantime, book a table at one of Time Out’s 30 favourite restaurants in Glasgow. 

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