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Lychee Oriental

Chinese, Thai and Japanese cooking under chef Jimmy Lee on Mitchell Street, named one of the UK's top 25 Chinese restaurants in 2018.

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Lychee Oriental serves Chinese, Thai and Japanese cooking in a refurbished listed building on Mitchell Street, a short walk from Buchanan Street, and it is led by the award-winning chef Jimmy Lee.

In its first years it was named one of the top 25 Chinese restaurants in the UK by the Sunday Times, in 2018, and Glasgow's best Chinese restaurant a year later.

The kitchen makes all its stocks and sauces from scratch, and buys its meat, vegetables and seafood fresh and local. The menu is long and full of house specialities: dim sum and spring rolls, crispy duck, salt and chilli dishes, chicken satay with peanut sauce, noodles and sizzling platters to share, with an unusually good gluten-free menu. The room is dark and glamorous, with booths, a lit logo on the wall and a well-stocked bar for cocktails. There is also a takeaway, and a second Lychee on the south side. It opens every day from noon until nine.

Round the cornerTabacA small, candlelit cocktail bar on Mitchell Lane, making its own cocktails, named one of Glasgow's most romantic bars.1 min by roadSee itA golden cocktail with a lemon twist held at the bar.
Before you go

Lychee Oriental is open every day from noon to 9pm, to eat in or take away.

Hours
Daily, 12:00 to 21:00.
Where
59 Mitchell Street, G1 3LN.

Opening hours

Their website
Monday
noon–9pm
Tuesday
noon–9pm
Wednesday
noon–9pm
Thursday
noon–9pm
Friday
noon–9pm
Saturday
noon–9pm
Sunday
noon–9pm
Where it is

59 Mitchell Street, off Buchanan Street.

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  4. PanangPanangSharing plates from across Asia and handcrafted cocktails on St Vincent Street, under a ceiling of hundreds of silk lanterns.Under a mile1 min by road
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Directions
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