We have stayed at the Kelvin four times and will stay there again when we go back to Glasgow next year. The staff is really helpful, the room my sister and I have been given was great. This hotel is in our favorite part of the city and also on a major bus line so it is easy to get any where in Glasgow.

Thoroughly enjoyed my 3 day stay in this hotel! It deserves more than it is rated: really clean, excellent bkfast, friendly staff, cable tv, all for a bargain price! It was so homely. Recommended for those who going to the vicinity around uni of glasgow and located in a pleasant area with shops, restaurants, supermarkets. only a short bus ride to the city centre too!

Stayed here after been let down by the Botanic Hotel opposite.
In fact it was closed, even though we had reserved a room for two nights.
This hotel saved the day. The staff are super friendly and helpful.
The rooms are spotless. Breakfast excellent. Also there is a small car park to the rear on a first come first served basis. Still better than nothing at all.
Also reasonably priced for the excellent location and closeness to all amenities.

The university is in walking distance, and its close to the underground which connectes you to the city centre.

If you cannot find anywhere else to stay it may be OK. And from other reviews I gather that some rooms may be better than the one I had. However, I think that there are better accommodations around for a similiar price.

I haven't seen much of the staff, so I cannot make any comments on that.
All I can say is that I wasn't too pleased when the cleaning woman started hoovering my room with an enormous hoover at 8:20 in the morning when I came back from breakfast. She was a bit in my way when I wanted to get ready to go out to university.
I wonder what she would have done if I had still been asleep and also what people in the adjacent rooms would think of the noise.
I still wonder about the moist duvet after she left. It seemed she had sprayed some cleaner over it.

You are asked to pay upon arrival so make sure you got enough cash on you when you arrive if you do not wish to pay by credit card.

When booking make sure which room you get. I had a standard single room in the basement, which was acceptably clean but had not been aired for a while. It smelled of smoke and chemicals (Paint but also whatever they use to clean could have added to it). Anyway, the window did not open very much and the smell gave me quite a headache.

The toilet and shower are OK but cramped in somwhere underneath the stair - adding to the dungeon-feeling of the basement.

A phone is in the hall - which is handy, but can be loud as well and woke everyone up in the middle of the night.

The breakfast was OK.