Bill’s Restaurants have opened their first Scottish outlet in Glasgow’s West Nile Street. Situated immediately adjacent to Las Iguanas, the new Bill’s restaurant and bar, which has the slogan “From breakfast to bedtime, and everything in between, opened on 30th March. Although this is the first Scottish outlet, the group already have nearly 60 down South. The business was set up by greengrocer Bill Collison in 2001 in Lewes – after severe flooding damaged his greengrocer business, and was sold in 2008 to a duo backed by Richard Caring. Today the company is run by joint-md’s Robert Moretti and Scott Macdonald, who have more than doubled the size of the company in the last two years. Founder Bill Collison says of the new Glasgow restaurant, “We’ve uncovered lots of original brickwork and panels in this old stone building in the centre of the city. With other restaurants winking at us all around, we’re hoping to fit in alongside them all, while offering something a little bit different. Here’s hoping the good folk of Glasgow will enjoy getting to know us.”
He continues, “I think what makes us a bit different is the effort we put into everything, from the menus and staff training, to me picking bits and pieces up from auctions and antique fairs to give the restaurant a really welcoming feel. Bill’s has a real bustle during the day and then, come the evening, we get the candelabras glowing and it’s a really different vibe.”
