Owner Darren Bernardi has re-opened a new Mikaku in the next-door premises at 45 Queen Street Glasgow following a £150k refurbishment of the Japanese restaurant’s interior which now resembles a Tokyo street. Lockdown happened six weeks into the build forcing the team to down tools and delaying the project.
Darren told DRAM, “The restaurant is now over two floors and we have gone from 64 covers to 125, although with Covid-19 restrictions and social distancing we are accommodating 70 to 80. We have also combined what were three kitchens into one.
“There’s a dedicated cocktail bar on the mezzanine, but we are still fine-tuning this and if customers want to eat on this floor they can.
“We could have opened sooner but I held back so that I could take things slowly and not make any mistakes.”
Darren also owns and operates the city’s La Cheetah and Max’s Bar & Grill.
