April 30 2025

Mosaic Architecture & Design have followed up their work delivering a new restaurant on Glasgow's Miller Street with a companion venture below ground.

The subterranean bar and restaurant has again been delivered by Scoop Restaurant Group to provide a music-centric destination with a sound system and DJ box in tandem with Margo.

Sebb's works with features such as a central brick arch and vaulted ceiling to provide ambience, complemented by red and dark brown leather booth seating, red metal high stools, coloured tiles and parquet flooring. As a stand-alone venture passersby are ushered into the depths by a bright red door and neon signage to an intimate space decorated by shelves of vinyl records.

Stuart Black, studio director at Mosaic, said: “When designing Sebb’s we looked to pay homage to Glasgow’s rich heritage of dancehalls, social clubs and waterholes. “Sebb’s may be the newest venue we have designed for Scoop to date, however, I think we have been successful in designing a space that feels like ‘it’s always been there’ and has a fair bit of Glaswegian heart and soul.” 

Sebb’s owner Jonathan MacDonald added: “A bold orange steel staircase descends into the basement space past a one-meter diameter porthole window which we had cored through a brick wall to give guests a view into the cocktail lab as they enter.

“The bright RAL colour of the staircase is used as an accent throughout the space on skirtings, furniture frames, trims and bespoke door ironmongery. The interior has lots of curves and retro touches, like diner style fixed seating, Formica tabletops, and fully tiled vanity units with handwash troughs.

“Stuart has used sapele wood panelling reminiscent of a mid-century pub for the bar front, gantry, walls and DJ booth. The retro theme continues with the big, statement refurbished ‘shark fin’ JBL speakers which are suspended either side of the DJ booth amongst the shelves of vinyl records."

White strip lights are integrated within the vaulted ceiling to illuminate the brickwork with an amber glow. 

3 Comments

#1 Posted by Roddy_ on 30 Apr 2025 at 22:09 PM

I was fairly critical of the work done on Margo - which I didn't think really followed through on the designer's clear influence and departure points. This is much more successful, possibly due to the more compressed and intimate space.There is warmth on both floor and ceiling. And nice to see the playful touches of colour and highlights.
It sort of reminds me of those uber-cool bars that sprang up in Glasgow in the wake of 1990 - like Bar Ten or Maxaluna (remember that one) or even the Muji shop now occupied by Cas Art - perhaps not exactly in style but in attitude.
Props to the designers.

#2 Posted by Nairn's Bairn on 1 May 2025 at 15:50 PM

With the orange industrial elements and subterranean location, this should be the destination of choice for hip Glasgow Subway workers.

#3 Posted by Mark on 4 May 2025 at 22:25 PM

I'll bet the seat backs of those banquettes are as uncomfortable as you-know-what if you were to spend more than a few minutes leaning against them.

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