Expert reviews
“This former church is a longtime favourite for its decadent decor and plush lines. Stylish rooms with mood lighting have a dark, brooding tone and opulent furnishings.”
“Nothing orthodox about this former Greek Orthodox Church, transformed into a stylish modern boutique hotel in a city centre location. There’s a lively lounge bar, excellent brasserie dining and a casual bar.”
What guests liked
- Friendly staff
- Boutique style
- Top location
- Lovely room
- Comfortable beds
All you need to know
Located on 278 West George Street in the Glasgow City center, this four-star establishment is the definition of luxury and hospitality. Malmaison Hotel is regarded as one of the best in the city due to its high-quality services rendered to guests staying in the hotel rooms. The hotel was converted from a church, and the design of the church is still evident in the architecture of the hotel. Malmaison Hotel blends perfectly the typical boutique style with the original church features to create an ambiance suitable for a comfortable stay. The atmosphere of the hotel is welcoming, and guests will feel at home by the friendliness of the staff working in the hotel.
The hotel offers luxury accommodation options such as deluxe club, club double rooms, and standard twin rooms. These room options are all fitted with standard amenities and services with a little extra in the special rooms. The hotel rooms are all furnished with modern décor and fitted with the most exquisite furniture used in hotels.
Amenities such as free Wi-Fi, a flat-screen TV with satellite channels and air conditioning. The private bathrooms feature thoughtful touches such as free toiletries and bathroom slippers. The bedroom features a comfy bed that is perfect for a good night’s rest after a long day and a pillow menu designed for comfort.
The hotel is located close to the city commercial and business district while George Square is 500 m away from Malmaison Hotel.
Enjoy the best of Glasgow from the rooms of Malmaison Hotel.
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Location
Recent guest reviews
1 August 2025
Nice vibe, but loud wooden floors
I liked that they provided a cot for the baby, even though he just slept in the big bed with us. The reception lent us a uk plug for free. The fridge was big enough for a few water and soda bottles. Nice and sizeable desk to work on a laptop. Very high ceiling, the room was nice and big. I liked the overall vibe of the room and the dark theme.
The floor is wooden so it creaks with every step and you can hear people walking around. The creaking is very loud. It was frustrating with a sleeping baby that naps during the day. I did not like the ceiling lights, it was a spotlight at the center of the room. The water temperature in the shower was not great, but it was fixed by a plumber later in our stay.
29 July 2025
Great stay
Central location, the main area of Glasgow was in walking distance and local transport. Bed was comfortable. Enjoyed having a fridge.
29 July 2025
Lovely hotel
Nice hotel, spacious and comfortable room.
The room was a bit dark.
27 July 2025
Nice stay
Overall it was all fine - not outstanding but decent.
Nothing.
27 July 2025
Very good
Bed and pillows were super comfy
Nothing
27 July 2025
Great
As we had a very early flight it was wonderful to have breakfast bought to our room at 3.30am.
26 July 2025
Very good
Lovely quirky feel
Restaurant was very average, staff didn't to like us for some reason. Linguine was small and not filling.
24 July 2025
Lovely hotel, excellent reception staff. Location too far away from centre
Excellent reception staff, went above and beyond to help us with directions, transport links and recommendations for nails!
Male bar staff was rude when I asked a meal plain....he tutted as if this was too much hassle. Also refused to sell alcohol to my daughter (aged 18) unfortunately we did not bring her ID so this kind of ruined the evening so we went elsewhere.
23 July 2025
Great staff and location
Staff were lovely and the location was great
Too hot, even with the fan. I had expected air conditioning. The room was quite small, and the art was questionable. I'd go as far as saying one piece was disturbing. We didn't think it was great value for money, but for it's central location, maybe we were expecting too much. We had expected something smaller and more boutique.
22 July 2025
End of Scotland trip
Great location, lovely clean room, welcoming and helpful reception staff, stayed at many Malmaison, never disappointed.
Returned for a nightcap, ordered 2 Irish coffee after asking the bar keeper if she new how to make one, she said of course and asked us to sit down, it looked like she googled it and brought 2 x latte with Bushmills, absolutely terrible, we did show her a picture and told her how to make one and she did offer to get her supervisor but we declined and went to bed. Please just say no, if you can't make a drink
22 July 2025
Excellent boutique hotel, convenient location
Excellent boutique hotel, spacious rooms
Steep stairs to rooms, no lift to first floor. Tricky with multiple bags. Arrangements for parking with Q-Park several streets away down a steep hill. Concession system/QR code doesn't work
21 July 2025
Very good
Central
20 July 2025
Glasgow at your door
Location was central to train station, parks and restaurants..
Specific to our room the view was not a wonder to behold
17 July 2025
Nice hotel just a bit pricey for what it was.
In a nice quiet location not far from any local attractions. The staff were very welcoming and pleasant.
The shower didn't work very well Breakfast wasn't the best
17 July 2025
Fabulous
Good location and comfortable room
15 July 2025
Very good
The room was very spacious & the bathroom too.
The location was above 10 minutes from the city centre. The breakfast was poor but the croissants were delicious
7 July 2025
I enjoyed a trouble free time in Glasgow at Malmaison
Staff were welcoming and friendly and happy to help
7 July 2025
Lovely hotel close to town center
Lovely bar with friendly staff
Nothing
5 July 2025
Perfect!
Lovely comfortable room.
4 July 2025
Pleasant
Lovely staff, great location
Some cosmetic work needed (cracked sink and dirt from the aircon unit) but didn’t impact stay and overall great
3 July 2025
Great service from staff
Great location and well appointed rooms
Aircon unit in room too noisy
3 July 2025
Very good
Comfortable bed and lovely stay overall.
3 July 2025
Perfect location friendly staff nice bar
Lovely building but decor was looking a bit tired
As above
1 July 2025
Fabulous
Lovely large, luxurious room, spotlessly clean and fantastic tea and coffee selection. Everything we needed for a lovely stay in Glasgow.
It was a bit of a hike up hill to the hotel from the central station but it was worth it!
1 July 2025
Superb hotel. Great location. Friendly staff
Booked at the last minute but the price was reasonable all things considered. Stunning room, really nicely decorated. Spacious bathroom. Only slight issue was there was no air con in the room which surprised me when you consider this is usually standard in budget hotels. No real complaints tho. Staff on reception were very friendly, helpful and accommodating. Location was brilliant. No onsite parking tho and the nearest car park is 10-15 minute walk away.
No air con in the room.
30 June 2025
Pleasant
The water pressure for sink and shower wasn't very good.
29 June 2025
Good but hot
Lovely old building in a quieter part of Glasgow than I usually stay I.
The window had to be opened by the manager. It was super hot and the room was stuffy and without help from staff the window would t have opened
29 June 2025
Good breakfast & quiet central location.
Spacious room, comfortable beds, nice bathroom
No luggage holders so had to keep bags on floor - not ideal for elderly tr
28 June 2025
Very good
Nice breakfast, we stayed for a gig and the gent on reception was very helpful on telling us how to get there today.
16 June 2025
Pleasant
Modern styling Arran bathroom products
Bad lighting No coffee machine No robes Small room
15 June 2025
Very good
Location
No view and it was very difficult to get the invoice.
13 June 2025
Stylish and comfortable.
Room was on the ground floor. Beautiful decor and bathroom. Bar and dining room are nice. Breakfast menu is exceptional.
Occupants of adjacent room kept banging their door going in and out. My room overlooked a small Carpark between the buildings, very noisy with reversing trucks and sound of recycling glass bins being filled or emptied late at night and early morning. With hindsight, I could have asked to be moved. Lighting in dining room is way to dark for breakfast service.
9 June 2025
Really good stay - slightly out of main drag but a pleasant walk into town
Great old building the staff were really helpful
Nowhere with light to have a drink or eat
7 June 2025
Nice hotel, great staff
Staff were great, super friendly and very helpful. Nice comfortable room. Nice bar and a good breakfast.
It doesn't have a gym or pool, however I knew that before booking.
7 June 2025
One Night Stay. Dinner, Bed, and Breakfast
Dinner was absolutely amazing, Compliments to the chef. Steak cooked to absolute perfection. Loved that Chromecast was available to in the rooms, a great touch.
The hotel was quite dark decor wise and lighting wise both in the room itself and throughout the corridors. Bathroom not as clean as would have liked. Black curly hairs on toilet (definitely not ours ), Residue of something on the surfaces next to the sink and the fridge didn't keep things cold at all. Breakfast wasn't great, Bacon overcooked as in brick hard, There was a male member of staff in the dining room who was busy setting tables, replenishing items, looking after coffee machine etc. He was extremely busy. However there were two female staff members in the dining room at the desk when we arrived. One asked our room number and showed us to a table and said to help ourselves to continental and someone would be over to take our hot food order soon. They then disappeared into the kitchen, and after waiting a ridiculously long time, the male member of staff came over to take our hot breakfast order. This poor chap was busy enough with what he was doing. Bless him. I went numerous times to try and catch the attention of one of the girls in the kitchen before he came over, but to no avail. They were in the kitchen ( as you look at it from the bar to the right hand side at the back ) eating. They only came out when they saw someone entering the dining room to go to the desk to attend to them. I truly felt bad for your male member of staff as he was literally doing everything, and them not so much. It wasn't very nice to see the female staff members treating a team member this way. Shortly after he had taken our hot breakfast order I think his shift had finished as I saw him with his coat on and leaving. Can you please let him know that we appreciated him and all he was doing to keep on top of things for the guests. Maybe someone should monitor this situation. Thank you Anne
4 June 2025
Lovely stay with good value room
Nice spacious room and pleasant staff
1 June 2025
Excellent.
The suite was absolutely delightful. It was clean and spacious. The staff at the front desk were all lovely, on check-in, when I forgot my key card and at check-out! Breakfast was served in a gorgeous setting.
31 May 2025
Comfortable, nice staff, great location
The whole set-up worked really well
It was very good
31 May 2025
Only book suite if your knees love stairs
Front desk and bar tender were welcoming. Bed comfortable. Great clear instructions about how to get from airport.
Appalling room layout. Bath very difficult to exit safely because of v long glass curtain and no rail to steady exit on. Bathroom badly laid out. We were upgraded (unsolicited because room we had booked was double booked). The suite on level 5 was 2 floors. Upstairs was bed and coffee making things & hairdryer. Downstairs was bathroom (where you use the hairdryer and get water for the kettle)!! Poorly configured.
28 May 2025
Pleasant
A nice hotel in a beautiful building
It just felt really tired and in need or an update
27 May 2025
Liked the room but bathroom and lighting a disappointment
Spacious room
Shower door missing seal, so water leaked a lot over the floor. Extractor fan not working. Minimal hanging space-no hooks. Very dark- quite hard to see
26 May 2025
Nice hotel in a good location with great breakfast
Convenient location, lovely breakfast, comfy bed, friendly staff
My room was particularly dark, with miss match lighting (warm and bright white light bulbs). Unable to order food at the bar past 9.30pm even though you can order food to your room after that time.
26 May 2025
Very accessible and we enjoy the quiet location and proximity to theatre.
Service at front desk was very friendly, the food and the atmosphere in the bar is nice. Lovely cocktails!
The rooms are a little dark: Not much light gets in due to being in the city, so the fact carpeting and soft furnishing is dark too, makes them very dark.
23 May 2025
Lovely breakfast, try the shakshuka! Fab location too.
Breakfast and front of house staff were great
The suite is looking tired, needs an update and that carpet has to go!
20 May 2025
My new ‘goto’ hotel in Glasgow
Modern decor and very comfortable bed
No water in the room
19 May 2025
The Malmason Glasgow experience in glorious May 2025
Almost everything.
The lighting in the restaurant was too dark, I had to use the light on my mobile phone to read the menu.
19 May 2025
Fabulous
Location, room and bed
No air con
18 May 2025
Usual Malmasion high standard.
Location, standard of accommodation.
Bar closing at midnight - even to residents - was disappointing, curtailed our night.
17 May 2025
Comfortable
Location was good staff were helpful
I am poorly sighted and found the lighting poor the amount of noise from neighbouring rooms
Hotel facilities
Food & Drink
- - Restaurant
- - Bar
- - Breakfast in the room
- - Wine/champagne (additional charge)
General
- - Room service
- - Non-smoking rooms
- - Family rooms
- - Safety deposit box
- - Car hire
- - Non-smoking throughout
- - Pet basket
- - Pet bowls
Business facilities
- - Meeting/banquet facilities (additional charge)
- - Fax/photocopying (additional charge)
Reception services
- - 24-hour front desk
- - Luggage storage
Outdoors
- - Garden
Cleaning services
- - Dry cleaning (additional charge)
- - Ironing service (additional charge)
- - Daily housekeeping
Miscellaneous
- - Key access
- - Key card access
- - Fire extinguishers
2 August 2025
Fabulous