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Plates of seafood at Bistro Verde seen from above on a wooden table: langoustines with salad, scallops, smoked salmon bites and a bowl of fries.
Aberdeen

Bistro Verde

An independent seafood restaurant on the Green in the centre of Aberdeen, for oysters, Shetland mussels and its own bouillabaisse.

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Bistro Verde is an independent seafood restaurant on the Green, one of the oldest corners of Aberdeen, just below Union Street.

The menu is all about the sea, made in the kitchen from local ingredients wherever possible. Start with natural oysters, Cullen skink or Shetland mussels in white wine and cream, then go for the house bouillabaisse, with mussels, clams, langoustines, tiger prawns and seasonal fish in a creamy shellfish bisque. Pan-seared scallops come with cauliflower and black pudding, and there's always a board of specials with the day's fresh catch. The bread is from Bandit Bakery, and a pumpkin and mascarpone risotto and ginger beer battered tofu look after anyone who would rather not eat fish. At lunchtime from Wednesday to Saturday there's a set menu of two or three courses. It's open every day but Sunday, so book a table through its website, especially at the weekend.

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Before you go

Lunch from Wednesday to Saturday, dinner every day but Sunday.

Where
Unit 1, 2 The Green, Aberdeen, AB11 6NY.
Open
Monday and Tuesday 5pm to 11pm; Wednesday and Thursday 12pm to 3pm and 5pm to 11pm; Friday and Saturday 12pm to 11pm; closed Sunday.
Lunch
Two courses £29.95, three £36.95 (2026 menu).
Booking
Online, through its website.
Children
Welcome.
Dogs
Not allowed.
Access
A wheelchair-accessible entrance and seating.
Phone
01224 586180

Opening hours

Their website
Monday
5pm–11pm
Tuesday
5pm–11pm
Wednesday
noon–3pm, 5pm–11pm
Thursday
noon–3pm, 5pm–11pm
Friday
noon–11pm
Saturday
noon–11pm
Sunday
Closed

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Where it is

On the Green, below Union Street in the centre of Aberdeen, AB11 6NY.

Close byThe Green and the Merchant Quarter.
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  2. Mural of a girl's face on a curved wall behind lit lamp postsThe GreenOne of the oldest corners of Aberdeen, a cobbled street below Union Street where people lived 8,000 years ago, and where friars later built two friaries and markets were held.Under a mile 1 min by road
  3. Wooden bar with hanging wine glasses, bottles and a lit fireplaceCafé BohemeAn intimate, candlelit French restaurant on cobbled Windmill Brae in Aberdeen, cooking French classics with Scottish produce, listed in the Michelin Guide.Under a mile 3 min by road
  4. Restaurant dining room with globe pendant lights and tall windows overlooking stone wallsMoonfish CaféA relaxed bistro on Correction Wynd in Aberdeen's Merchant Quarter, cooking a short, changing menu of modern British food since 2004.1 mile 4 min by road
  5. Weathered statue and gravestones in a churchyard framed by autumn leavesKirk of St NicholasAberdeen's Mither Kirk in the city centre, a church founded in the 12th century and rebuilt by Gibbs and Simpson, with the largest carillon of bells in Britain.1 mile 4 min by road
  6. Gothic granite façade with pointed arched windows beside Aberdeen Maritime Museum's glass entranceAberdeen Maritime MuseumAberdeen's free museum of the sea on Shiprow, in a 16th-century house and an old church, from clipper ships and fishing to a nine-metre model of an oil platform.1 mile 4 min by road
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