Kuta

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This review is taken from the current (2012) edition.

Bar Kuta is the latest addition to the group of Glasgow venues operated by owner Alan Tomkins, an impressive array already including notables like Urban Bar & Brasserie and Booly Mardy’s. Kuta’s sleek contemporary interior certainly achieves it’s intended pre-club feel but there’s more to the bar than that, with an appealing Asian Fusion menu being served until 10pm every night. The chicken satay skewers arrive with a sauce as flavoursome as you’d find in any dedicated Asian restaurant. Even the more traditional offerings like burger or steak come with the twist of added spice and sweet potato chips. The star of the show, however, is the extensive cocktail menu and, at 2-for-1 from Sunday to Thursday, it’s hard to knock their value and the general skill in preparation, as in the refreshing Ginger Bison – though a pedant (of which the cocktail world is full) might have wished for a slice of lime on the side.

• High point: Tangy and refreshing cocktails
• Low point: Lack of old-school fruit decoration on cocktails