Le Set opened on Thursday (24 September), transforming the former October restaurant space at the top of the Buchanan Street landmark into a 200-capacity destination built around dinner, cocktails, live music, DJs and dancing.

The concept is the second hospitality project from the former footballer and Open Goal founder and his long-time friend and business partner Jordan Allan, following the success of Italian restaurant Grosso on Duke Street.

Grosso was created as an informal neighbourhood restaurant in Dennistoun. Le Set is a new opening in the heart of Glasgow city centre.

Ferry and Allan have looked to the kind of dinner-to-dancing restaurants found in London, Marbella and Ibiza, with the aim of creating somewhere people can arrive for dinner and remain until the end of the night.

A statement marble bar dominates the newly redesigned Penthouse, alongside an integrated DJ booth, darker finishes and lighting intended to change as the room moves from restaurant into late-night venue.

Ferry said: “We wanted to create somewhere you could book for dinner and know that was your whole night sorted.

“The food has to be strong enough to make people come in for that alone, but after that we want the room to keep building around you.

“You start with a drink at the bar, the music lifts, the sax comes in, people stay for another bottle and then suddenly everyone’s up dancing.

“That’s the bit we’ve been obsessed with. We don’t want people thinking about where they’re going next. If we get Le Set right, they won’t need to.”

The food operation has been placed in the hands of chef Nick Rietz, previously a chef at Two Fat Ladies before creating Bilson Eleven in Dennistoun, which was included in the Michelin Guide.

Earlier in his career he also spent time at Hof van Cleve in Belgium when the restaurant held three Michelin stars. Le Set

His Le Set menu is based around small sharing plates, substantial mains and larger dishes designed for the table.

Among the signature dishes is Le Set Lobster French Toast at £25, made with a whole glazed lobster tail, brioche French toast and yuzu relish before being smoked to order.

Miso Black Cod costs £32 and comes with a maple-miso glaze, edamame, pickled vegetables and seaweed butter, while a 16oz Chateaubriand is available for £32 for one or £62 to share. Le Set

Other dishes include Wagyu, lobster and halloumi tacos, crab rostis with sweetcorn, ginger and lime ricotta, beef tartare with aged soy, wasabi and confit egg yolk, and chargrilled chicken skewers.

One of the more extravagant sides is the Millionaire Fries, finished with fresh truffle and caviar.

The £25 “Bolly and a Bump” pairs a glass of Bollinger Champagne with caviar, while the cocktail list includes Dirty and Espresso Martinis, a Yuzu Highball and the Le Set Spicy Margarita.

Music is intended to be as central to Le Set as the food.

Glasgow DJ and producer Illyus Barrientos has been brought in to curate the venue's soundtrack through his So Serious Artists operation.

Barrientos has played internationally at venues including Hï Ibiza, Ushuaïa, Fabric, Printworks and The Warehouse Project and will oversee Le Set's resident DJs, alongside live saxophone performances. Le Set

The individual resident DJ line-up has not yet been publicly detailed, but the idea is that the music gradually intensifies rather than the restaurant suddenly turning into a nightclub at a fixed time.

Allan said: “Nick’s food is a huge part of that, as are the drinks and the music. Illyus and his DJs understand exactly how to build a room without forcing it, and that was important to us.

“The atmosphere should evolve naturally. You come for dinner, but the night just keeps going.”

Le Set occupies the prominent rooftop hospitality space previously home to October at Princes Square, overlooking the atrium of one of Glasgow city centre's best-known shopping and leisure buildings.

Ferry and Allan first revealed their plans during the summer, describing the former October site as one of Glasgow's most recognisable hospitality spaces and promising to completely reimagine it.

Around 200 people can be accommodated across seated and standing areas and the development was expected to create more than 25 jobs. Glasgow Foodie

Le Set is now open from noon, seven days a week. Food is intended to lead the earlier part of the day before the atmosphere changes through cocktails, live sax and DJs, with dancing continuing until 1am.

A limited number of bar tables are also being held back for walk-ins each evening.