Celentano’s to open at Arthouse Glasgow in 2026
Celentano’s, the Glasgow restaurant led by Anna and Dean Parker, has confirmed it will open at Arthouse Glasgow in April 2026.
The new site marks the next stage for the restaurant, which first opened in 2021. The move follows the sale of its original home, Cathedral House, in the city’s East End. Celentano’s at Cathedral House will close on December 31, 2025.
A new chapter for Celentano’s
Celentano’s at Arthouse will build on what the restaurant has already become, rather than starting from scratch. The relaxed feel and Italian-influenced cooking that guests know will stay at the heart of the experience, but the new site will give Anna and Dean the space to rethink the look and develop a refreshed menu that reflects where they want to take Celentano’s next.
Dean will continue to cook in the ingredient-led, minimal-waste style that shaped the original restaurant. Many dishes will still be cooked over embers to bring bold, smoky flavours while keeping the produce front and centre. Fermentation and preservation will remain part of the kitchen’s day-to-day rhythm, and nose-to-tail cookery will continue, with whole animals often butchered in-house.
The restaurant’s best-known dishes - from the changing vegetable agnolotti to the malted barley affogato - will return, joined by new plates created specifically for the Arthouse Glasgow opening.
Thirst-quenching drinks
On the drinks side, Anna will keep pushing the low-waste ethos that runs through the kitchen. Seasonal cocktails will again make use of ingredients that might otherwise be thrown away, and most of the liqueurs will continue to be made in-house, including the vermouth for the Celentano’s negroni, the orange liqueur used in margaritas, and the 0% vermouth for the restaurant’s NOgroni.
The small, focused wine list - with wines on tap - will stay centred on biodynamic and organic producers and shift with the seasons.
The new restaurant will seat more than sixty guests on one level, almost doubling the capacity of the original site. A-nrd Studio is leading the redesign, blending Glasgow’s familiar architectural details with modern touches, neutral colours and warmer textiles.
Anna said: “This version of Celentano’s will feel more like us - what we would have envisaged our restaurant like, before we ever opened Celentano’s. Cathedral House was such a great opportunity for us, but there was a limit on how much we could do with the space.
"This time we are starting with a blank canvas, and building up a brand new restaurant - working with unbelievably creative people who have the same vision as us.”
Arthouse Glasgow sits inside a nineteenth-century townhouse in the city centre and will be the first hotel from new British hotel group Oberland. It will include seventy-six en-suite bedrooms across four categories.
Celentano’s at Arthouse Glasgow will open in April 2026.
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