I stayed in Thistle Glasgow for 4 nights and found it be excellent. I honestly couldnt fault it, from check in right through to check out. On check in the girl was very friendly and asked if we had any special requests, she also pointed out the special menu in the restaurant, which we decided to book.
We stayed in one of the newly refurbished rooms on the 7th floor, well worth the uograde fee. The room has a huge plasma tv on the wall and also has a walk in shower. The decor is very modern.The hotel has obviously had a major face lift and i would disregard some of the bad reviews on here as i find them to be unfounded. The restaurant was busy but this did not seem to affect the service that we received, the food was lovely and quite reasonable.Breakfast in the morning was also hassle free with a great choice of fruit and cereals or if you wanted to go the whole hog you could have a full scottish breakfast. The gym is small but well equipped, the pool is also larger than i expected.
The hotel also has a huge undergrond car park which is at a fee of £5, bargain for city centre parking!! (however it was free with my upgraded room!)
The location is fantastic for shopping, pubs and clubs. Great transport links, really close to cowcaddens subway station.
I have even booked a xmas party night at this hotel on the strength of this stay, the service i received was second to none and i will definetly stay here again.

Glasgow is practically a Scottish version of Leeds, and coming from West Yorkshire, this is not ideal, but the good thing is, Edinburgh is a short train journey away. The hotel is brilliantly located, we went for 2 nights, a weekend when there was a biig football game on so traffic was heaving on the way in, BUT once into town, it is very easy to get to the hotel and park up underground. Location, it is great, a short walk away from all the shops and both the train stations, and the concierge helped us with everything, even locations and sites in Edinburgh, what he didn't know wasn't worth knowing. Very helpful guy. Food was indifferent, wasn't too impressed with breakfast, above average, but the haggis spring rolls in the bar are to die for. One thing, do not order the pineapple dessert, all you get are 2 wafer thin slices of pineapple with what I can describe as a slight presence of sauce, on the whole, the meal in the restaurant are again above average. Staff were very helpful and friendly and even built up a rapport with the concierge, very likeable guy, saved us a lot of time looking for things, he gave us a map and circled things of interest for us. If Glasgow isn't your cup of tea, do not discount this hotel as the train stations are withing 10 minutes walk and easy access to go see the sights, also if you are wanting Edinburgh, at times I have looked for hotels here and struggled, I would really consider this hotel as an alternative, a bit far out, but for the sake of a 3/4 hr train journey, not end of the world. Room was big, we got a deluxe king, had a distant city view, the air con didn't work, we reported it a few times but wasn't repaired, was annoying, other than that, was a really nice stay and I would consider stopping here again if I do stop in Glasgow again, would be one of the first hotels I would check and compare prices to others.

I was booked into this hotel by a company to attend a meeting in Glasgow. Hotel quite handy for centre of Glasgow; but nowhere near confrence centre. I attended with my husband and we had a standard double room that had been refurbished. Check in fine and staff helpful and pleasant. Parking under hotel, fine and £5 per night. Room small and bed tiny. Bathroom small and v shabby and poorly equipped e.g. nearly no toiletries and not enough towels for 2 people. V dingy room really. Breakfast dreadful - a mixture of tinned fruit (nothing fresh apart from the odd orange) and poor choice of food. Had to wait for toast to come - small racks of thin barely charred cheap bread. Waited for coffee and tea both mornings. V small gym upstairs aircon broken - so nearly died of heat stroke. Small pool that was ok. Would never come again. real find was nice family run Italian restaurant over road Pavarrottis would recommend.

I stay at the Thistle quite regularly through work and have to say, would be disappointed if on holiday. The rooms are ok - although their pillows are like sleeping on concrete - but lack any charm or character. I often end up walking up the stairs as the lifts have been out of action on 2 out od my last 3 visits. The choice at breakfast is pretty good and the bar is a standard hotel bar - lacking in any real atmostphere but a short walk home!
It's not a bad hotel but it's not great. For a 1 night visit, it's acceptable but I would be very disappointed if I had to stay more than a couple of nights.