Malmaison Glasgow

“Very Nice Boutique Hotel Slightly Off the Beaten Path”

We finished off a 2-week trip to Scotland with 2 nights at the Malmaison in Glasgow. It's a very nice boutique hotel, converted from a church where, likely, we were sleeping where monks used to sleep. The room itself was unique. We had a suite which was 2 floors! It was very nicely appointed, and … more

We finished off a 2-week trip to Scotland with 2 nights at the Malmaison in Glasgow. It's a very nice boutique hotel, converted from a church where, likely, we were sleeping where monks used to sleep. The room itself was unique. We had a suite which was 2 floors! It was very nicely appointed, and unlike any room we'd stayed in before. The bed was in an upstairs loft-like area which overlooked the living room space below. The bathroom/shower is also downstairs, so we found, for the most part, we were only upstairs to sleep, and all of our clothing, bathroom stuff, etc were downstairs. Everything was comfortable and nice. (We loved the little pig statue in the room.) We had skylights which had shades we could control with wall switches. The location is okay...it's about a 10-minute+ walk to the center of downtown (Buchanan Street, the train station and subway stations) and down a hill...so not so bad walking to those areas, but coming back from them it's up a hill with nothing particularly close to the hotel itself. For us it wasn't a bad walk, but the hotel is not exactly in the middle of things. The breakfast was good and included a plentiful continental buffet selection (including a super-automatic espresso machine to get any coffee drink you wanted), plus you could order prepared foods from the menu. I had porridge both mornings, which came with berries and honey (though the first time they forgot to bring them and brought a side of berries and honey to add in, and the second night it was a berry compote already mixed in with the honey). My wife got the French Toast both mornings, which was among the best French toasts either of us has ever had. We spent a little time at the bar thanks to our free drinks they gave us as a gift for opting not to have the room serviced. Whiskey selection was limited (especially for Scotland), but the bartender was very nice and spent some time talking with us, which we really enjoyed. The bonus to it being slightly off the beaten path was that it was quiet. We liked it here and might stay here again if we found ourselves back in Glasgow.

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