Corner Shop
Conor McGeady opened this room because, in his words,
there's not the kind of Spanish restaurants in Glasgow that we like to see,and thirteen months later it took New Business of the Year at the 2025 SLTN Awards (SLTN).
Why go
McGeady runs the floor with 18 years behind him at Fallachan Kitchen, The Gannet and Brett, plus a spell in the wine trade, and he co-owns the place with Matthew Mustard of Grain and Grind and Gary McKernan (Larder). The wine-trade half of that CV is why the list refuses to match the kitchen: the food is Basque and Catalan while the bottles run old world and new world,
conventional and natural. What comes out of the pass is cure and fire rather than a tapas checklist. Grilled chorizo toast arrives under a Basque cider sage sauce, squid goes over coals for the encebollado, and asparagus is held in escabeche (SLTN). In March 2026 it was the only Glasgow restaurant among five Scottish names on Conde Nast Traveller's best new UK openings list (DRAM).
Order this / avoid
- Order: the monkfish at GBP 12. The Skinny called it
the standout dish,
and the reason is the construction:it's a combo of tail and cheek, with one served as a perfectly cooked fillet and the other chopped and mixed with herbs and chilli and placed on top.
3 Then the albondiga at GBP 6, a single cylindrical meatball in tomato and chilli sauce under aioli. - Avoid: the croquetas de jamon at GBP 8. The crust was rated and the price was not: they
fall harder into the 'expensive' column than the one big meatball.
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What locals & experts say
- The Skinny, Peter Simpson (26 May 2025), on the leeks: grilled leeks with romesco at GBP 10 have
a nice sweetness to the sauce and some incredible crunch from the nuts, but maybe needs a touch more char to really help them fall apart on the fork.
3 - SLTN Awards 2025: New Business of the Year, reported by Dave Hunter with McGeady's reaction:
It was really emotional. It was overwhelming for us.
2 - Conde Nast Traveller, best new UK openings 2026: one of five Scottish entries, alongside Moss, Nishiki, Norah and Vinette, all four in Edinburgh.5
- Conor McGeady on price, in his own words:
We're affordable but we're in no way the cheapest restaurant in Glasgow.
2 - Food hygiene, checked: Pass, inspected 17 September 2025.7
- Local rec: Jeff's save. He left no note on it.
Good to know
- Timing: seven days, noon to 11pm, and to midnight on Friday and Saturday. It opened five days a week in 2025 and got to seven, which McGeady said was the plan.
- Booking: through the venue's own site, and worth doing. The room seats 39.
- Lunch: two courses for GBP 20, with house wine at GBP 5 a glass, which is the cheapest way into the kitchen.
- Where it is: the corner of Old Dumbarton Road in Yorkhill, in the unit that was Grain and Grind, a short walk from the Kelvin Hall and the riverside museums.
- Beyond this room: the same three opened Next Door in the former Marchtown site on Pollokshaws Road in Strathbungo, built around cocktails and small plates rather than a copy of this one.
Jeff's take (his words)
- Note: "New up and coming from Conor Mcgeady who is a top drinks specialist and fun guy to hang out with. Go, get some small plates and drinks some wine and be transported to a small taste of Spain."
Verdict
must-visit — Plan around it. Jeff (first-hand, 2026-07-30) names it as one of the two places he would actually send someone to third in Glasgow, ahead of the shawarma counters. Corner Shop is a small room doing a short, sharp menu with real intent, priced for a Tuesday rather than an occasion.