A noisy stay at a more centrally located hotel necessitated resiting for the remainder of my stay as it was not feasible to get up tired every morning. Priceline decided this would be it.

What works:
* an excessively comfortable pair of beds with more pillows than bed (this is probably the heavily advertised Marriott Bed that is premiering in the UK currently, and akin to the Heavenly Bed in the US)
* a tea pot! Nothing more smashing than a hot clean scrub and hot tea after a night filled with uninterrupted refreshing sleep
* premium toiletries from Aromatherapy and thick absorbent fresh smelling towels
* courteous check in and housekeeping staff

What does not work:
* insufficient back up (assigned) rooms for an executive suite upgrade
* egregiously overpriced breakfast at the week end (however, with a set of conference bus loads disembarking, this would seem a good cost point for them)
* a brisk twenty (20) minute walk from Queen Street station or George Square; about 5 minutes from Central Station. Portions of the walk are dodgy after midnight, keeping in mind that portions of nearly any metropolitan walk are dodgy after midnight. You will see the intriguing SAS Radisson hotel face en route to Central Station

My tea pot had been pre-used and not washed upon check in. Upon bringing this to the attention of housekeeping, it was replaced in 60 seconds.

The front desk receptionist erroneously issued me a service number for my airline (for confirmation 24 hours before departure) when the free phone number was specifically requested, which ended up costing several inevitable pounds.

The minibar is one of those fancy ones with sensors - should you inadvertently move things about or, gasp, displace them to store your own materials, the sensors go bonkers and will not only charge you for the materials moved but also shut the refrigeration mechanism completely. This is clearly spelt out on the inside upper portion of the door - but I did not expect this. Upon realizing this before check out, charges were promptly erased without question. I guess this happens often.

I would definitely stay at this property should I return to Glasgow, taking adequate precautions to spring in advance for the Executive level of room and use my own mobile as per usual for all calls.

Recently stayed here, ended up with bed bug bites after one night,

Marriot admitted that there was bed bugs in the room but didn't even offer a refund.

Hotel was nice otherwise, but totally ruined by poor cleaning standards. Glad I never ate any food from there cafe would probably have got food poisoning!!

This hotel has excellant beds and very friendly staff.

My senior parents traveled with us and the airline broke my dad's wheelchair. The hotel very kindly loaned us the use of theirs without charge for 5 days until his new one arrived. They offered help in any way we required it. The food was ok, but it was a full Scottish breakfast buffet. The breakfast was also part of our hotel package. Wonderful reception staff and waitresses in the dining room. The hotel rooms were the same as the Marriott at Crystal City in Washington DC (a 4-5 star and this was a 3). Very nicely appointed and very comfortable beds.

The hotel is not located next to any resturants or shops that is within a few blocks. There is 1 Italian place but friends said they didn't like it. It is a few blocks from a food store and about 1/2 a mile to the Glasgow Central Station. Be prepared to pay 3-5 pounds for a taxi.

Since this was our first trip to Scotland let me warn families - there are very few hotels/B&Bs that will allow a family of 4 to stay in the same room (especially teenagers). Rollaways are age limited to 12 years old. This hotel had 2 double queen beds in the 2 rooms that we got for the 6 of us.

Recently I booked myself into this hotel to stay a few nights, and they offered an executive room for GBP 114 which I took. But I got there only to find one of the smallest rooms I've stayed in ever, with the ceiling so low one could hardly breathe, no toilet paper, a drink bar with warm drinks because it was turned off, and a bathroom in poor state. And as usual with Marriott hotels, the whole bed full of cushions giving no place to sleep, and super-expensive internet connection at GBP 6 per hour (which definitely should be included in an executive room rate). Needless to say, I checked out after one night, found another hotel (Novotel) for half the price but much better. Marriott? Not if I can avoid it.