Railway Hotel PRICE SHOCK - Glasgow Grand Central Review
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- čas přidán 8. 06. 2024
- Unveiling Glasgow's Hotel Gem: Grand Central Hotel for an unbeatable price!
Luxury doesn't have to break the bank! In this episode, we're checking into Glasgow's historic Grand Central Hotel for a ridiculously affordable price.
Expect a tour of a luxury room, a glimpse of the fabulous central staircase and it's chandelier, a peek at the celebrity-filled Wall of Fame, and a nightcap in the glamorous Champagne Central Bar.
Plus, we'll be raving about one of the best hotel breakfasts I've ever had! Believe it or not, all this came in at a surprisingly low price - an absolute steal!
This is the first of an occasional series of videos about the famous British Railway Hotels.
00:00 Glasgow Central Railway Station - Glasgow Grand Central Hotel
01:15 About the famous British Railway Hotels
03:07 Central Staircase and Superb Chandelier
04:50 Room Tour - Premium Double
08:15 HOW MUCH? You're joking!
09:13 Champagne Central Bar
11:01 Breakfast and it's DELICIOUS
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I’m in Glasgow a lot, but as I live in Edinburgh I rarely need to stay overnight. I’ve been in the Champagne Central a few times, but always thought the hotel was uber expensive. This has been a real eye opener. So much space and luxury for that type of money.
Well done you and well done Glasgow Grand Central.
I was the same. I'm used to the Railway Hotels like The Balmoral in Edinburgh and The Landmark in London being eye-wateringly expensive which is why I was so shocked (and delighted) by the prices at Grand Central.
Brought back many memories when I worked as a receptionist and I was delighted the layout was basically the same as it was then. The amount of times I was up and down those stairs to the first floor certainly kept me fit. Thank you for letting me refresh those memories of the 70s.
Thanks so much for watching and also for sharing your memories! 😀
Everything about this place was just fantastic and so much history. Definitely added to the list!
Cheers Steve. That wall of fame was incredible. 😀
JFK actually made his first ever public speech in Central. His dad was US ambassador at the time and JFK was despatched to escort the bodies from the sinking of the SS Athenia back home. All the American dead were laid out on the station concourse and JFK did a 'thank you for your kindness' type speech for the way Glasgow had looked after them. So there we go, the time JFK stayed in Glasgow Central hotel
That's really interesting stuff. The stories these hotels can tell! And there's probably more secrets too! Thanks for sharing. 😀
Stayed there in the late eighties, we were absolutely exhausted and had run ourselves out of cash. We were utterly grateful that they took travelers checks. And it was a nice stay with an included continental breakfast.
Thanks so much for watching! Gosh, I remember my mum running around trying to find places that took traveller’s cheques! Do they even exist anymore? 🤔😂
I can distinctly remember that back in the sixties the Champagne Bar was where there was a team of people putting destination boards into the windows (each had all the stopping points). I'm pretty sure that if you count the windows you'll find there's one for each platform. Quite a transformation!
Oh that’s absolutely fascinating! Love it! Thanks for watching. 😀
I remember this too. As a child standing watching the men lift the boards to the windows. Waiting patiently on your board being put up
How things have changed! 😀
I remember that as being the building next to the hotel, mid station concourse above where the M&S food store is now. At some time in the 80's it moved to the electronic scoreboard type we see today at the head of platforms 1,2 &.3. .
Thanks! 🙏🏻
Stayed in Voco Grand Central, in January for 3 nights, when up visiting friends/family in the Glasgow area. Concur with all you said Roger about the hotel, including the breakfasts! Have booked further stays for later on this year. And yes, miss squared sausage, but have no problems with links! Thanks for vlog on this impressive hotel, and was also impressed with the room price! Nice one Roger! 😊 👍
Cheers, Alan! Glad you had a good stay and are heading back for more! 🍳🥓
Does the hotel cater for disabled guests?
There's a famous photo of a very young Diego Maradona leaning out a window overlooking Hope St after an Argentina fixture at Hampden Park, mid 70's.
That’s cool! Cheers! 😀
Great advert for the Glasgow Central Hotel, looks fabulous with character...
Thanks for watching! 😀
My partner and I used to stay nearly every weekend when we would travel up from Ayr to go clubbing at night and shopping in the day. I didn't know it was 4 stars it was just logistics. Great memories 😊
Thanks for sharing your memories and for watching the video! 😀
I worked for British Transport Hotels 1978/80 at The Caledonian Hotel Edinburgh as a Chef. The training was fantastic and they sent me to Telford College to get my City and Guilds. Sir Peter Parker was Chairman father of Nathaniel Parker. If you look up the Edinburgh evening paper and check the Hotels 75th anniversary there’s photos of me giving out free mince pies and punch.
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Wow that's fascinating, Andrew. Thanks for sharing your memories. So many people have afffection for The Cally!
I worked at the Caley in the winter of 79 - 80 with Davie Bruce in the Pastry. Bill Milne was the head chef, a real gentleman.
Good to see that you CAN get a bargain in a top class hotel. Looking forward to more of these, Roger. Cheers!
Thanks so much for watching, Ian. 😀
great video as per, stunning hotel and brilliant prices, looking forward to more of these hotel videos 🤩🤩
Thanks very much! Looking forward to doing more, too! 😀
Hello Roger, excellent introduction to your new railway hotels series. Yes the breakfast looks fabulous and the accommodation rate (at the time you stayed) was outstanding ... especially when compared to London rates. What amazes me is how much guest space was provided in days gone by. I particularly liked the grand staircase ... today's modern hotels use that space to squeeze in more rooms !
Thanks Alex. Those grand staircases are fabulous, but you’re right. Today all you get are functional concrete steps behind a fire door! 😮
I stayed in this hotel many many years ago before the renovation maybe some 20 years ago. It was one of the biggest hotel room that I even stayed in and I can see that the rooms are still very large. Breakfast looks fantastic
Thanks so much.
There's a lift in the hotel for the less abled and two fantastic halls for conference and ballroom. Cheers Scotrail #YesScots
The Ballroom looked pretty cool but it was too dark to film it! 😀
@RogEdwardsTV Pity. There Ballroom is a beauty. I've been to two functions there over the last fours years. The staff are great.
Rog, they were not "British Railway Hotels" but actually "British Transport Hotels" and I should know having been an hotel management trainee with them for four and a half years back in the 1970's. I worked in 10 of their 34 hotels. The Central Hotel had a fantastic restaurant called "Malmaison".
It was absolutely amazing and I had the privilege of seeing "upstairs " and "downstairs " when I was a restaurant cashier. The calm splendour of the restaurant and the intense professional work ethic under Chef Labatte.
Thanks for that. Must have been a great experience to work in so many of the hotels. Which was your favourite? 🤔😀
@@christinarankin192 BTH had easily by a country mile the best chefs in Britain for any hotel group. Of course, there were a few other notable chefs around, but not as such a large combined group.
@@RogEdwardsTV BTH management training was regarded as the pinnacle of the industry, head and shoulders above any other company and streets ahead of any university degree course. It's difficult to pinpoint a favourite hotel as such because what I remember the most are the people I worked with and was very lucky to have worked with, I should add. It was these experienced staff members that taught me the integral mechanics of the trade. For the "favourite" I probably should say it was Gleneagles, but it wasn't and I have much better and pleasant memories of stints at the Tregenna Castle way down in St. Ives, Adelphi, Liverpool, the Welcombe in Statford-upon-Avon, the Royal Station in Newcastle, the Grosvenor at Victoria London, Station Hotel in Aberdeen, Old Course in St. Andrews and the North British in Glasgow, too. BTH were really good to work for and they also sent me away for a year's cross-training to the fabulous InterContinental in what was then known as West Berlin, where I would earn more per night on tips than I would earn per week with BTH. Back then West Berlin was the show piece of the western world and operated 24 hours. I would leave work at 2am and go clubbing till 8am. Unbelievable.
Fascinating stuff. Thanks for sharing.
Another great video Rog, just as a thought, have you thought about the Queen’s hotel in Leeds to review? Anyway I think I may stay in that hotel in Glasgow now. Keep up the great videos.
Hi James - I'll definitely do the Queens in Leeds at some point, probably sooner rather than later. I went to Leeds Uni (a very long time ago) and went to a few dos there so it will be interesting to see what it's like now. Thanks for watching. 😀
I’ve stayed in a lot of Glasgow hotels but never this one, time to put it on my bucket list,
Thanks for watching! Definitely worth a stay! 😀
I love the interior of the Central Hotel. A Star Trek club I attended used to meet where the Champagne Bar is now, before the hotel was sold and refurbished (and then sold and refurbished again!). A friend stayed there last year so I get a peek in at the rooms when we met in town. I very much prefer square sausage to links!
Thank for watching and for sharing your memories! 😀
That is so damn cool Roger! Thanks for sharing this, hopefully we can stay here on our next visit North of the Boarder!
Thanks so much, guys! 🏢😀
What a great review, took my partner for a bottle of wine and she loved it, would never have thought about going in there, in fact I did not know it existed, 👍
Glad you enjoyed it! Yes - it's a great place to go for a drink or meal as well as an overnight stay! Thanks for watching. 😀🏢
Great video, Rog! I love the interior of the hotel, and the room looks pretty decent!
Very nice hotel!
I was very impressed. Thanks, Reece. 😀
Stayed there with my dad 40 or so years ago, was blown away by the luxury and the very reasonable price. I though it was far superior and cheaper than the one in Victoria.
The station hotel in Newcastle is also very impressive and well preserved.
Thanks for watching Andrew and sharing your memories. The Newcastle Hotel is similarly priced so I'll be interested to see how it compares.
Excellent video😍
Thanks so much! 😀
Stay in Ayr hotel next. Ive heard mixed things about it to being a very warm place to to be to its very drafty of late and the pints are stoory.
Yeah I read those stories too! 😰
Excellent review Roger, beautiful hotel for sure and reasonably priced, unlike some of its siblings with extortionate pricing, great breakfast choices to , I'll look forward to your next one 👍
Thanks very much Robert. The Grand Central was phenomenal value!
Nice hotel the breakfast looks good
Thanks for watching. 😀
Never stayed there but been there for Doctor Who and Star Trek Conventions in the late 1990s into early 2000s
I went to a Doctor Who Convention at The Adelphi in Liverpool in the 1990s - that’s also a British Transport Hotel! 😂😂
Star Trek doctor who this a studenty Chanel 🤔🤔up the road ffs
Did the same, every month for “The Away team”
Stayed here recently (March 2023) and enjoyed it. Breakfast ok but best thing is location and convenience. Champagne in Champagne Central is over priced. Nice staff.
Thanks for sharing! 😀
My Mum and Dad have stayed over at the Inverness Station Royal Highland Hotel. They seemed to like it, I thought it looked dated. Absolutely no views over the station at all despite being on one side of the station. The prices particularly at dinner time was frankly eye watering, especially considering there are plenty of choices around the hotel itself. Though the food was nice and well presented. The building itself desperately needing some TLC and a lick of paint particularly on its windows desperately needed. Always really busy. Aberdeen’s Station Hotel also similar
Thanks so much for the information. These hotels have been refurbished so many times over the years, some more often than others. Hope these get the treatment soon!
I have stayed, only one night but loved it!
Glad you enjoyed it. Great hotel. Thanks for watching.
@RogVlogs, please don't forget to visit the Royal Victoria Hotel in Sheffield which was originally the Victoria Station Hotel built by the Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway
Yes, the Sheffield hotel is on my list. I think (though I would have to check) that there is still an operational Paternoster lift in the University Library building and I’d like to see, and ride on, that too! 😀
Stayed there with family many years ago when It was a basic Holiday Inn. Today'it's been upgraded to an upmarket Crowne Plaza !
Been in there once and it was fantastic
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Always worth checking out this hotel for the occasional bargain usually in the midweek .
Definitely my first choice now for a night out in Glasgow! 😀
Looks great
Enjoy Rog. Yeh the staircase
was out of this world
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The staircases in these hotels are always pretty epic. Something you don’t often see in modern hotels! 🏢😀
@@RogEdwardsTV agree. Oldies Best ✌️💕
We might have some of those old railway hotels here in the US. Or rather, hotels built later into existing 19th/20th century stations. The Crawford in Denver and the Curio in St. Louis come to mind. Poke!!!
Is there not one in New York at Grand Central? 🤔
@@RogEdwardsTV Yes! The current Hyatt Grand Central, I've actually stayed there myself. It was the old Commodore Hotel but as you can see it's now all covered in glass and the interiors revamped, so it's not retained its classic look from the old days.
That looks lovely now. Next time I stay over I’ll try here first instead of the Yotel
Thanks for watching. Hope you have a good stay! 😀
Hi Roger... I visit Glasgow quite allot.... hey you got a bargain there mate...£106..... wow !!
Don't forget to let me know when your in Geordie land ..... Richard in Newcastle upon Tyne. 😊
Thanks Richard. Yes, I need to plan another trip to Newcastle soon! 😀
I was there last weekend, beautiful hotel.
Thanks, Tim. Would stay there again in a flash! 😀
Stayed in 2017 for 1 when it was Principle who owned it as I was heading to London the next day, can't remember what kind of room it was but it was about £66/67 I paid, would definitely stay again
Thanks for watching. I think Voco did a fairly extensive refurb when they took over, but it offered good value for money before that as you found. 😀🏢
New drinking game: take a drink every time he widens his eyes! You'd be hammered 3 minutes into the video 😂
I tried Botox. Didn’t work. ☺️
Lived here all my life, but never been in. Cool to see.
😂 Thanks for watching!
I've stayed here several times (before it was a Voco) and it is really nice. To avoid those high prices in London you could try the Grosvenor at Victoria - now called the Clernont or the Hilton London Paddington. They're both lovely old hotels with a lot of history. Maybe not quite as grand as the Renaissance St. Pancras but a lot cheaper!
Thanks for the suggestions! I haven’t looked at the Claremont or the Hilton prices so that a good tip. Cheers! 😀
A hotel in Glasgow station at that price, I'm surprised anybody uses the uncomfortable and over priced Caledonian Sleeper when visiting.
Ha ha! Spot on! 😂
In the 50s & 60s many celebrities used this hotel it was called just central not grand central. To the locals, the centra was admired
Many would people watch in the hope of seeing a celeb they admired.
That Wall of Fame was fascinating for sure! Those rooms could tell some stories! 😀
@@RogEdwardsTV great place for a ghost hunt 🤣😂😂
Scottish Tablet is actually Condensed Milk and sugar. Delicious and creamy but very sweet.
I have it as an occasional treat. Too sweet to have too often, but nice when you do! 😀
@@RogEdwardsTV a little bit goes a long way. 😆🏴
Great work. For Glasgow I recommend The Bellgrove Hotel. The sommelier is excellent.
Thanks very much. 😀
I spent a lovely weekend in the Bellgrove Hotel with my fiancee ; the cuisine was outstanding. I can recommend it.
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Absolutely. The lobster thermidor from The chef of The Blue Lagoon is to die for.
@@RogEdwardsTVThe Bellgrove is/was a dossers hotel in the east end.
This is a magnificent hotel ❤
Thanks so much for watching. 😀🏢
Looks fantastic , be tough to top it on quality and price.
Standard double rooms and single rooms even cheaper! Thanks for watching.
If I'm ever in Glasgow I will try it, home is Bangkok for the last 5 years. Although for £106 quid I stayed in a beautiful heritage hotel suite in Jakarta .
Thanks for watching! I’ve never been to Thailand - definitely on the bucket list.
We stayed there at the end of a road trip, just as Voco took it over. Still impressive. But had to laugh. I said to my wife how the halls reminded me of the shining! Haven't heard anyone else say that lol
Ha! Got The Shining vibe as soon as I was in that endless corridor! I wanted a tricycle! 😂
I'm glesga born n bred ,stayed few times in that hotel .it was awrite but stuff for room service extortionate plate of pieces, mental price
I usually try an avoid room service. I went to the Five Guys round the corner! 😊
I stayed there when I went to see Tony Bennett’s 90th birthday concert. I’ve stayed there twice.
Cool! Thanks. 😀
is your youtube video is at glasgow queens street station at 12pm today rog edwards tv?
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please do gleneagles ant turnberry in your railway hotels series !!!!!
Hoping to get round to all of them eventually. Thanks for watching! 😀
There’s obviously some illustrious hotels in there like the Midland Manchester, the Midland St. Pancreas, The Charring Cross Hotel, the Great Western at Paddington etc. Will you be braving the Adephi in Liverpool though???😂
The Adelphi will have to be done! I went to a Doctor Who convention there about 25 years ago and it was falling apart then! 😂😂
Enjoyed this 👌 been from Glasgow I never been in the hotel 🏨 pass by it every other day meant to be haunted 👻
Oh - hadn’t heard any haunted stories! 😂
You're mistaken and have confused with the wrong hotel.
How did you book this? Was it direct with the hotel? Was the rate for a week night stay? How far in advance did you book?
Direct on the hotel website. Mid-week stay. Booked on morning of the day I stayed. 😀
Brilliant thank you, I'll keep checking. 👍
GLASGOW queen street🎉
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Thank you Scotrail #YesScots
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Can't beat a Merlot...good choice! Very good vlog. Large room, well furnished, great breakfast. £106 is an excellent price in a big city.
Thanks so much for watching. Love a glass of Merlot!
Did you book direct?
Yes. Direct was slightly cheaper than via Booking.com. 🏢😀
This was THE a place to stay in Glesca.
After my recent experience it’ll be my first choice in Glasgow from now on! 😀
Lots of hotels in Glasgow so Central cant charge too much. Street noise during night put me off.You didnt say how much the glass of wine was.
£10 for a 250ml glass of wine - pretty much what you’d expect. 🍷
Tks. Scarey prices for wine in some hotels. Paid almost that for wine in the Red Radisson overlooking the Clyde. View made it worth the money though.
I remember climbing out of the window of the room we were in onto the roof for a terrifying view onto the street. I DO NOT recommend that.
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Laurel and Hardy crashed in here a few times!
Yes - there's a photo of them on the Wall of Fame. Can you imagine them pushing their piano up those stairs? 😂
And if you look out the window get a free boxing match on the weekend lol.
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The rug in hallway I know is designed that way but looks soaked in mould
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Looks just like an average normal hotel that isn’t a travel lodge or holiday inn. But I’m in the north east
Thanks for watching.
@@RogEdwardsTV lol. Come further north than the weege next time there’s more to Scotland than Edinburgh and the weege
@lanabmc3519 I was planning to stay in the British Transport Hotel in Perth this week - but only found out when I was booking that they have a minimum 3 night stay. Which I’ve never come across before. 😢 Hope to get to the hotel in Kyle of Lochalsh at some point too!
@@RogEdwardsTV I’m nearer to Inverness than the Kyle but my mums family are islanders so I’m there regularly. If you get better weather than now you’ll enjoy it.
That bottle of champagne at 450 is a favourite of SNP MP’s - Then put down on “expenses” for the taxpayer to pay the bill
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Get to the bloody point you featured people haven' got a spare hour or two to get minor information.
Thanks.
And the shower head looks mingin
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It's a dump - stay away v it
They refurbished it in 2021 - I thought it was quite a nice dump! ☺️
@@RogEdwardsTV still a dump. over priced drinks.dont even get a pint
Yeah, looks like a 'dump' 🙄🙄🙄🤡
So a Scottish hotel is really English???😂😂😂😂
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No. A hotel in Scotland is a Scottish Hotel. Obviously. 😂