Glasgow Marriott, Scotland, United Kingdom [Master Thread]
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They've been doing the drinks/food at the weekend now for a couple of years - the lounge can get very mobbed on a Saturday night!
If you are there on a Wednesday night, they do spirits in the lounge too.
If you are there on a Wednesday night, they do spirits in the lounge too.
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I stay at this hotel about once per year.
On the most recent stay (this month) I felt that the breakfast offering in the lounge was a bit disappointing: scrambled eggs, cereal, bananas/apples/pears, bread, croissant. My memory may be failing but I could have sworn there was a much larger spread in the past.
Overall this hotel is OK - but seems overpriced for what you get (when I booked rooms were 130 GBP per night for the lowest rate).
On the most recent stay (this month) I felt that the breakfast offering in the lounge was a bit disappointing: scrambled eggs, cereal, bananas/apples/pears, bread, croissant. My memory may be failing but I could have sworn there was a much larger spread in the past.
Overall this hotel is OK - but seems overpriced for what you get (when I booked rooms were 130 GBP per night for the lowest rate).
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There was (you got more hot food) but they were following orders from on high to reduce the offering there - hence why we go do the restaurant for breakfast rather than the lounge. At the start of the year, they weren't going to be doing any breakfast there at all (and stopped for a bit) but by the time of our next stay, breakfast was back, albeit more on the scale you see in the lounges in America.
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Glasgow City Centre is a relatively small place, in my opinion the walking distance is 6 of one, half a dozen of the other.
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Since this is the UK, both would give the F&B credit to Platinums so question is whether the lounge breakfast is any good? Most recent post above wasn't very complimentary.
Otherwise I might just save the GBP 15 and get something outside.
Otherwise I might just save the GBP 15 and get something outside.
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Last time I stayed at the Marriott, you could have a full monty breakfast in the downstairs restaurant. Don't know if they still do that for Plats. In terms of distance, both are about the same distance from the centre.
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We are room only this weekend and will head downstairs for breakfast there rather than go to the lounge.
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No, they have cut back on what you get in the lounge - fine if you want a quick continental breakfast, but if you want the full Scottish simply head to the restaurant instead.
We are room only this weekend and will head downstairs for breakfast there rather than go to the lounge.
We are room only this weekend and will head downstairs for breakfast there rather than go to the lounge.