Hospitality in full bloom at ‘Let Glasgow Flourish’ awards

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Hospitality businesses swept the board at this year’s Incorporation of Gardeners of Glasgow ‘Let Glasgow Flourish’ awards which celebrate the floral and horticultural displays put on by businesses in the city.

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Hadi from Meze Meze and usta with his award

Finnieston-based Meze Meze and its sister restaurant usta scooped the top award, The Robertson Silver Spade, for their magnificent floral displays. Other restaurant winners included Gloriosa, Elena’s, The Butchershop, Mharsanta and Amore. The Ben Nevis, Dram, The Steps Bar, The Maltman, Citation, The Corinthian Club and Piper Whisky Bar were among some of the prize-winning bars. Hotels Radisson RED, Kimpton Blythswood Square, Malmaison and Argyll Hotel were also winners.

Meze Meze & usta owner, Hadi Seyed Tabatabaeyan, said, We’re delighted to have won The Robertson Silver Spade at the Let Glasgow Flourish awards.  We’re really proud of our floral displays at Meze Meze and usta and aspire to play our part in making Glasgow a flourishing and welcoming place for local, national and international visitors.”

This year’s judging extended to the south side, and the Victoria Bar, and Queen’s Park Café picked up Gold awards with Hugs and Mugs café winning silver and the Brooklyn Café and The GRIND House taking home bronze awards.

Janet Pierotti, Deacon of the Incorporation of Gardeners of Glasgow, said,  “We’re thrilled to present this year’s Let Glasgow Flourish awards. Many congratulations to Meze Meze and usta on winning the Robertson Silver Spade and to all the gold, silver and bronze winners.  The awards are now in their 41st year and this year’s event is our biggest in recent years.  We were delighted that so many businesses and other organisations could come along. We’d like to extend a huge thanks to all of them for taking part and helping make our city a blooming and welcoming place for visitors and locals to enjoy.”

The awards were launched in 1983 by the Incorporation of Gardeners of Glasgow and the Robertson Silver Spade was first awarded in 1992.  The Incorporation of Gardeners of Glasgow was founded around 1605 as a trade guild to protect the gardening and horticulture trade in the city. It now operates solely as a charity, giving significant grants each year to not-for-profit gardening projects in the city, recently including support for projects at The Beatson, as well as The Children’s Wood in the North Kelvinside area. The Incorporation also provides study bursaries to gardening and horticultural students.

The full list of award winners is as follows:

‘LET GLASGOW FLOURISH’ AWARD WINNERS 2023 (AWARDED FEBRUARY 2024)
BRONZE

Brooklyn Café

Florida Park

Gildeas Solicitors

Hampton Court Guest House

Kimpton Blythswood Square

Koolba

Merchant Chippie

Rab Ha’s

Radisson RED

The Arlington

The Ben Nevis

The Doublet

The Drum and Monkey

The Griffin

The Grumpy Barista

The McMillan

The Robertson Trust

The State Bar

Westbourne Medical Studios

SILVER

Mharsanta

The Corinthian Club

Holy Cross Parish Church

Clockwork Bar and Restaurant

Molly Malone’s

The Horseshoe Bar

aBode Hotel

Kothel

The Hengler’s Circus

Woolgar Hunter

La Vita Pizzeria

Piper Whisky Bar

Malmaison Hotel

The Citizen

Bread Meats Bread

Connelly’s

The Maltman

Cairns Bar

Café Andaluz

Times Square

The Crystal Palace

The Steps Bar

Sandyford Henderson Memorial Church

The Islay Inn

Murphy’s Pakora Bar

Baitul Rahman Mosque

The Butchershop

Gloriosa

Virgin Money

The GRIND House

St Ninian’s Episcopal Church

Queen of the South Hair and Beauty

ApparelXchange CIC

Hugs & Mugs

Citation

St Andrews West Church and Renfield Centre

Pavement

GOLD

Argyll Hotel

Elena’s

Dram

Browns

Gurdwara Guru Granth Sahib

Minnesota Fats Snooker Club

The Ivy

Queen’s Park Café

Amore

HF Group

Victoria Bar

ROBERTSON SILVER SPADE

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