Alston Bar & Beef

The restaurant specialising in prime Scottish steak produced locally alongside other produce, is complemented by a bar displaying fine and specialist gins.

This 80-seat destination restaurant occupies a set of forgotten arches in the catacombs below Glasgow’s Central Station and is so named after Alston St, the main thoroughfare of Glasgow’s mysterious, forgotten Grahamston Village that stood at the crossroads of the main north-south and east-west axes of Glasgow, and which was built over in the 1800s to create the station.

The design integrates the rich historic layers of the city while adding contemporary elements, creating a brand new state-of-the-art venue that is efficient, innovative and highly atmospheric. The design draws on the rugged history of the station, along with the wider context of Scotland to create a calming retreat that is full of oblique references and layers of interest