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Dakota, Glasgow

179 West Regent Street, Glasgow, G2 4DP, United Kingdom. (show on map)

Expert reviews

Lonely Planet review:

“Suave and seductive in dark wood and grey tones, Dakota carries a strong design concept from low-lit basement restaurant to light-filled suites. Rooms are very spacious and feature appealing sitting areas as well as inviting beds.”

Fodors review:

“At this extremely stylish addition to Glasgow’s hotel scene, the textured, neutral decor creates a restful, subdued atmosphere. That feeling continues in guest rooms that are beautifully decorated in soft browns and white.”

Telegraph review:

“One of the classiest hotels in Glasgow, an impressive addition to the Dakota brand created by Glaswegian hotelier Ken McCulloch and his designer wife Amanda. An old Works and Pension building in the city centre transformed into a stylish modern boutique hotel offering affordable luxury and excellent cuisine.”

Guest rating

This an aggregated customer review rating of Dakota, Glasgow. We have taken customer review ratings from hotel booking sites, search engines, the official hotel website and other travel platforms. This is the average of all those ratings. We only list places that have a customer review rating of at least 4.0 out of 5.0

4.7 out of 5.0

Ranked 1st in Glasgow

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What guests liked

All you need to know

Dakota Hotels are a prominent hospitality chain in the UK, boasting 5 establishments spread throughout the region, each featuring a grill restaurant in the style of a brasserie.

The Glasgow hotel is a remarkable 83-room property equipped with smart TVs, rapid internet connectivity, private bathrooms, and monsoon showers. Its external architecture would seamlessly blend into a metropolis like New York or Chicago, all while preserving its Scottish allure.

An elegant menu is available at The Grill, the hotel’s onsite dining facility, and the contemporary bar is home to an exclusive Champagne Room and cigar terrace, providing a wide range of cocktails and wines.

Dakota enjoys a strategic position in the heart of the city, less than a mile from railway stations and the Hydro event space. Additionally, it’s just a short stroll away from the city’s retail sector and cultural points of interest.

 

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Location

Recent guest reviews

4.0
Denamur

7 October 2025

Very good

Liked the help the Baggage Handler gave us on information, directions, how to access a taxi, etc.

Staff didn't inform me breakfast was included, so we didn't order mains at breakfast, but got charged for them on checkout. Place is really dark inside, even with adequate lighting. Felt like a nightclub. Hotel is located in the middle of nowhere. Yes, it was central, but the place was deserted, like the Financial District in San Francisco, after hour and weekends.

5.0
Michael

6 October 2025

Couldn’t ask for better

Modern clean and great staff

Nice big rooms

4.5
Angela

6 October 2025

Fabulous

Mini bar supplies on the house. Comfortable bed, coffee machine and great cocktail bar

4.5
Ronald

5 October 2025

Fabulous

The room was large and comfortable. The bathroom was also very large and clean. The room decor was unique. The bedding was excellent.

There wasn't a power outlet in the bathroom.

5.0
Alexander

3 October 2025

As a regular visitor I am never disappointed with the hotel and its staff

Great Hotel and wonderful staff

Full English breakfast a bit sparse

4.5
Andrew

30 September 2025

Would highly recommend this to anyone?

The room was so comfortable

No facilities like a gym

5.0
Martyn

29 September 2025

Exceptional

Nice hotel food was great

5.0
Shona

28 September 2025

Fabulous hotel ❤️x

Lovely big room with everything you need ❤️x

4.5
Jacqueline

28 September 2025

Fabulous

Good position within walking distance of most things in Glasgow.

Decor and lighting dark making it slightly difficult to find your way around!

4.0
Susan

28 September 2025

Very good

Newer, clean. Nice room.

Felt too far away from the heart of the city.

4.5
Stuart

28 September 2025

Fabulous

Attention to detail outstanding. Definitely be back

No bath

4.5
Tim

27 September 2025

Very tasteful hotel and room, very comfortable stay. Too isolated from restaurants, etc., and rom li

Beds extremely comfortable. Very spacious room, tastefully decorated. Very pleasant and responsive staff.

Location is separated from the most active areas of downtown. Lighting in the room was too dim, even with every light on. Still needed a flashlight to find dark items of clothing.

5.0
Andrea

27 September 2025

Very comfortable with cosy, intimate ambience. Great Wifi for business -Download & upload fast.

A very comfortable quiet central location with luxurious rooms and excellent wifi for an international business meeting by Zoom. Staff were very professional and welcoming. Rooms were very quiet, bathrooms very modern, bedding was superb. The most comfortable hotel bed I have slept in.

The decor is very dark and lighting very low and zone dependent ie downlights over breakfast tables and bedrooms dark if searching thrugh a suitcase. Adds to the ambiance but the interior designer forgot that people over 50 need more light. When you have to take our your iPhone torch to read the coffee pods or look in your suitcase, there's not enough light.

5.0
Linda

25 September 2025

Exceptional

Everything was great. Beautiful room, nice staff, good food. Loved the mini bar and the other goodies in the room.

The bar service was a little slow. Maybe it was a busy night.

4.0
Alastair

25 September 2025

Great location, very clean and comfy and quite expensive

Rooms were very comfy and good coffee machine

Price of breakfast

4.0
Susan

25 September 2025

Modern comfort

Very spacious room and well equipped bathroom. Comfortable bed. Nice small details in well placed lighting (including well lit desk area I would have appreciated if working). Freshly cooked breakfast. Staff all pleasant.

Shame that 'the library' where I was looking forward to enjoying a drink, was shut for private function whole evening of my stay. Hotel was quite difficult to find on foot due to odd (non chronological) numbering on street (and no-one local seemed to know where it was!)

5.0
Hugh

24 September 2025

Lovely

Lovely room felt relaxed

Adding service with no notice made drink prices a bit expensive

5.0
Heather

24 September 2025

Our stay was brilliant well looked after by Stephanie Higgins she went above and beyond and everyone else made us very

Everything

I loved everything about it

4.5
Drew

22 September 2025

Fabulous

Room ery comfortable staff very friendly Food first class

Expensive for room only Saturday

4.0
Angus

22 September 2025

Good level of service

Well soundproofed bedroom Comfortable beds Good showers Good food

N/A

5.0
Camille

22 September 2025

Wonderful, clean and comfortable

Great location and exceptional staff !!

Wish there was an onsite gym

5.0
Marr

16 September 2025

Best hotel I have ever stayed at and can’t wait to book my next trip here

Beautiful, clean room that I couldn’t fault in the slightest! Amazing comfy bed with out of this world, cloud like pillows, was so clean I couldn’t find one bit of dirt or dust and what a treat to have not only sky tv in the room but the full movie package, making this room so comfortable and like being at home I don’t think I could ever stay somewhere else!!!

I have not one complaint!!!! Amazing!!!

5.0
Elizabeth

15 September 2025

Welcoming staff in modern, comfortable building.

Staff was wonderful—check-in, bellman, Jack’s Bar—all cheerful, friendly, helpful. Modern, spacious, comfortable—great shower.

Location could be better.

4.5
William

11 September 2025

Will stay there again if I’m in Glasgow.

Sophisticated hotel. Excellent staff, clean and well-appointed room.

Just a couple blocks further away from where I spent most of my time, but still a convenient location.

5.0
Alexander

8 September 2025

Exceptional

Comfortable and easy to use. Very stylish

5.0
Robert

8 September 2025

Fantastic

Sorry did not book any breakfast.i cannot fault anything in the hotel..our stay was fantastic

Nothing

5.0
Elizabeth

7 September 2025

Excellent quality and value for moiney

Everything

5.0
Khizar

7 September 2025

Loved every minute of the stay!

Loved every bit, cleanliness, location, the staff, amazing

A lot of dust floating around, but I don’t think they can do much about that.

4.5
Athalie

7 September 2025

A welcoming hotel

Welcoming staff. Lovely room and very comfortable bed

The hotel still uses small single use plastic bottles for bathroom amenities.

5.0
Charisse

5 September 2025

Exceptional

Staff service and food was fantastic.

5.0
Charlotte

2 September 2025

Exceptional

The hotel was in a great location, and the staff were very helpful.

5.0
Diane

1 September 2025

Fantastic hotel! Brilliant staff & the bed was like sleeping on the clouds 🥰

Stunning hotel!! Beautiful bedroom with thee comfiest bed I’ve ever slept in…..bliss! The staff were absolutely amazing, so friendly & helpful & genuinely warm kind & nothing was a bother. 10/10 x 10 😊

Nothing

5.0
Stereorockphonics

31 August 2025

Gorgeous hotel - we will be back!

The hotel was spotlessly clean and very comfortable. The staff were very friendly and helpful, we will definitely be back!

Nothing, everything was perfect

5.0
Dave

31 August 2025

We would stay there again and again.!

All the staff were pleasant to talk to and definitely would do anything to make your stay exceptional. The front desk staff, especially Holly, were fantastic. The rooms were quiet, allowing great sleep. The building is located in an area where there's very little street noise at night. It's a 15 minute walk from everything in Glasgow city center.

5.0
Sally

30 August 2025

Luxurious, boujee, friendly and comfortable

Beautiful swanky hotel, very friendly helpful staff, cleanest room I’ve ever stayed in.

Nothing

4.0
Elaine

29 August 2025

Very good

Lovely staff and bar was great

4.5
Gordon

29 August 2025

Fabulous

Absolutely no issue with the breakfast but overpriced for what was on offer. £24pp

4.5
Stephen

27 August 2025

Fabulous

The room upgrade offered was great value, and gave us a lot more space. The Dakota Grill service and food was excellent.

4.0
Sandra

26 August 2025

Very Good

Great location, friendly staff, and very clean.

The room was quite dark. Poor lighting and no obvious power outlet for plugging in a hair dryer where there is good light. Bathrooms are lovely, but a magnifying mirror would be helpful for those of us with poor eyesight who need it to apply makeup. Small but important detail.

4.0
Christopher

22 August 2025

Very good

The bed was very comfortable And the staff were very friendly Hotel very clean

Hotel was up a steep hill from the centre

5.0
Jim

21 August 2025

Exceptional

The place was beautiful and the staff were very helpful and friendly

The bar price

4.5
Uk

19 August 2025

All as expected

Another nice stay at this decent city centre hotel.

5.0
Gary

18 August 2025

Very luxurious rooms, great service, and a scottish breakfast to die for.. see uou VERY soon.

Location and decor

N/A

5.0
Peter

18 August 2025

Exceptional

The contemporary decor, excellent standard of finish along with an extremely comfortable bed and powerful shower. The staff were very attentive. I would definitely stay again.

Not applicable.

5.0
Stephaniedee90

14 August 2025

Great Hotel

I like that the dakota was moody and dimly lit, super clean and great staff.

Nothing

5.0
Christopher

13 August 2025

Exceptional

Really nice upscale hotel. This place feels 5 star and the staff provides that level of service. Room was very large and not even the largest king they have. Housecleaning daily and top notch. I personally love the dark decor it has a level of sophisticated charm and privacy much like some European hotels I’ve been in. Nice bar and restaurant. Friendly staff . I would absolutely only stay here if I come back to Glasgow

If a long stay a gym would be nice

5.0
Younes

12 August 2025

Exceptional

Staff - staff - staff - location - the room 💫

Nothing at all everything is perfect

4.5
Diane

11 August 2025

Fabulous

Easily accessible, great attention to detail, extremely comfortable bed, onsite restaurant and bar, and exceptionally clean with a great vibe. Very helpful staff.

5.0
Emma

11 August 2025

Always sleep so well there

Love the decor and the beds are so comfy.

Nothing it was all fantastic

4.5
Thomas

11 August 2025

Fabulous

Beautiful room, loads of space with a large bathroom, entire dressing room, seating area and big bed. Its a shame we couldn't spend more time there really!

The mood lighting gave great ambience, but not 100% practical when wanting to read a book etc.

Hotel facilities

Food & Drink

  • - Restaurant
  • - Bar
  • - Wine/champagne (additional charge)

Services

  • - Room service
  • - Meeting/banquet facilities (additional charge)
  • - 24-hour front desk
  • - Laundry (additional charge)
  • - Dry cleaning (additional charge)
  • - Express check-in/check-out
  • - Fax/photocopying (additional charge)
  • - Concierge service
  • - Daily housekeeping

Outdoors

  • - Terrace

General

  • - Non-smoking rooms
  • - Facilities for disabled guests
  • - Lift
  • - Heating
  • - Allergy-free room
  • - Non-smoking throughout
  • - Air conditioning
  • - Designated smoking area

Accessibility

  • - Wheelchair accessible
  • - Toilet with grab rails
  • - Higher level toilet
  • - Lower bathroom sink
  • - Emergency cord in bathroom

Miscellaneous

  • - Key card access
  • - Smoke alarms
  • - CCTV in common areas
  • - CCTV outside property
  • - Fire extinguishers
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