Rennie Mackintosh Central Hotel

DON'T DO IT!!...a dirty,dingy little doorway between shops. up TWO flights of stairs just to get to reception!! then a further THREE flights to get to the room (no lift). once in the room the first thing to hit you is the smell then the delightfull decor (moldy walls, peeling wallpaper, broken furniture, makeshift improvements out of bare m.d.f.) then the bathroom...dirty shower cubicle,broken shower control, toilet cleaner squirted all over the toilet seat and what looked like dried blood or tomato sauce splattered on the walls. the... more

Was disappointed to see that far from the classy pic on the internet this was a shabby little doorway with thee ONLY reference to Charles Rennie being the flower design on the broken door window!!! Not wanting to judge a book by its cover we entered. It was dusty and pretty smelly, the man at reception asked us if we wanted to see our rooms before we paid!!!! and thank goodness he did. We went up endless stairs that felt like climbing a helter skelter the only diffrence is the ones on the helter skelter are not broke and you... more

Whether or not it is cheap, this "hotel" was terrible. Arrived in the dark to find the tasteful Rennie Mackintosh window in the door was smashed. Up some flights of stairs to the reception, where we got our key to a third floor room and had to traipse a further two flights of stairs (no lift!!). Couldn't find anything "Rennie Mackintosh" about this hotel apart from light fittings on the staircase. Our room had peeling wallpaper, bad furniture, and a bread roll and half bag of crisps were left in the wardrobe (cleaning maid!?!?!).<br... more

Central, and reasonably priced, but dreadfully noisy, with a 24-hour lounge, so hardly slept at all. Breakfast good, with friendly waiting staff, but reception not very helpful. I couldn't honestly recommend it.