Harry’s Dolce Vita is to open in the heart of Glasgow, taking over The Ivy’s current restaurant on Buchanan Street when it relocates next month.
The Italian restaurant brand is preparing to open at 106 Buchanan Street later this year, with recruitment now underway for senior management, kitchen and front-of-house positions at the new Glasgow venue. Job adverts published by Harry’s confirm the exact address and describe the restaurant as a new opening.
The Ivy Buchanan Street will serve customers for the final time on Sunday 4 October before moving around the corner to a much larger new home at 30–40 St Vincent Place. The new Ivy Glasgow Brasserie and Scotland’s first Ivy Asia will both open there on Tuesday 20 October.
Harry’s will then take possession of the 106 Buchanan Street site. The company describes Harry’s as being inspired by “mid-century Italian elegance, combining dark wood interiors and traditional Italian hospitality with a menu placing particular emphasis on pasta and pizza”. Recruitment material for the Glasgow restaurant says it will celebrate “authentic Italian flavours” and is due to open later in 2026.
Harry’s currently operates restaurants in Knightsbridge, Covent Garden, Marylebone, King’s Cross and Victoria in London. Its original Knightsbridge restaurant, close to Harrods, offers all-day Italian dining in Venetian-inspired surroundings.
Menus across the group feature Italian dishes alongside cocktails including Bellinis and Negronis, with Harry’s describing its restaurants as a contemporary take on the glamour of la dolce vita. Signature dishes at the Knightsbridge restaurant include seafood spaghetti and its distinctive Toadstool dessert.
The Ivy originally opened at 106 Buchanan Street on 29 July 2019, transforming the former Nationwide building into a 222-cover restaurant with two bars, private dining and outdoor seating.
The Ivy Asia makes its Scottish debut alongside a new larger home for The Ivy Glasgow Brasserie in the city’s St Vincent Place.
The new destination will bring the two dining concepts together under one roof, with The Ivy Asia Glasgow opening for the first time in Scotland and The Ivy Glasgow Brasserie relocating from its current Buchanan Street home.
The move will create 90 new hospitality jobs and expand The Ivy Collection’s offering to more than 265 covers in the heart of Glasgow’s city centre, with 175 at The Ivy Glasgow Brasserie and 90 at The Ivy Asia Glasgow.
The two restaurants will sit within one of Glasgow’s most striking historic buildings, located between George Square and Buchanan Street and at the centre of the city’s retail and leisure circuit, offering two distinct dining experiences under one roof.
Dating from 1870–1873, the building was originally constructed for the Clydesdale Bank during a period when Glasgow was one of the world’s major commercial centres. It was designed by celebrated Scottish architect John Burnet Sr., whose work also includes Glasgow’s Stock Exchange and Merchants’ House.
Its spectacular former banking hall was inspired by Renaissance Florence, featuring a soaring glass dome, Ionic columns, symmetrical arcades and ornate leaded glazing.