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Enjoy tea in a a room designed by one of Scotland's premier artisans: Charels Rennie Mackintosh.
Breakfast Leave a Comment Theme: OtherAddress: Sauchiehall Street (in the shopping distict)
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Willow tea room. Not really favourite, but one that I went to with some expectations.
Mackintosh influenced design. Perhaps Mackintosh fans will love it. Leave a Comment Theme: OtherDirections: Along the shopping street (Saucheihall), above the jewellery shop.Other Contact: Very small place with limited se
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Rennie did a beautiful dream on the decor here .It is splendid and a little theatrical.
It is more tea and scones than meals although you can have meals Theme: BakeryPrice: less than US$10 » Currency ConverterComparison: less expensive than averageAddress: Sauchiehall Street (in the shopping distict)
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Opened in 1904, this establishment is very famous with it's link to local artist Charles Rennie Mackintosh. He designed the main dining room (the white room) and the famous high backed chairs that furnish it. Whilst the building now is not his original work, it's has been recreated to his design and certainly looks great, with a bonus that you can enjoy it over afternoon tea, or a clotted cream scone. Leave a Comment
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The main reason this place is so popular is, I'm sure, partly thanks to Charles Renee MacIntoshs influence on the place. However it is still a cafe and jewellery/gift shop and was one of the stops during the recent VT meet - for a little snack to keep us going to dinner! Lovely decor and they have quite an extensive menu of teas [loads of flavours] coffees and snacks of varying kinds. We all headed straight for the cakes it seemed!
Well worth a visit as a break from sightseeing or shopping!
I had a lovely mug of hot chocolate, not being a tea or coffee drinker, and a slice of caramel shortcake that proved to be delicious! Leave a Comment Theme: LocalPrice: less than US$10 » Currency ConverterComparison: less expensive than averageAddress: Sauchiehall Street (in the shopping distict)
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This tea room offers large plates of traditional Scottish food along with regular cafe foods. It has a wide selection of teas and when I went there with my parents they said "This is the best coffee I've had in the UK" (We did have some bad coffees though...)
The furniture makes you feel like you're sitting on a throne, with very high backed chairs and soft benches by the windows. A lovely place to have a relaxing and posh feeling meal or just a drink.
You must try the hot milk with honey and nutmeg, it is fantastic (and it does come out really hot, not just lukewarm). Delicious and only £1.85.
The coffee is quite good too (excellent by British standards) and is only £1.95
You should also try the Scottish smoked salmon in some form, it is quite superb and obviously far superior to the Scottish smoked salmon from the local supermarket back home! Theme: OtherPrice: US$11-20 » Currency ConverterComparison: less expensive than averageAddress: 97 Buchanan Street (near Central Station)Phone: 01412 045 242Directions: Go up the main shopping streets near Glasgow Central Station, it's on the left.Website: www.willowtearooms.co.uk
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The Willow Tearoom is a great cafe/restaurant but also really a must see. the tearoom is an authentic reconstruction of the tearoom that Charles Rennie Mackintosh designed and furnished for restaurateur Kate Cranston in 1904. He was given the freedom to do just what he wanted and everything - from the chairs to the spoons and the uniforms- were his own design. The restaurant is above a jewellers shop, but you can even see the mark of Mackintosh on the first floor windows. The restaurant is formed as a gallery around the shop so you look down into the shop. This makes the restaurant small and it does get VERY busy. you can also buy copies of the menu and "CR mackintosh" gifts in the restaurant. If you have a visitor information folder of Glasgow and there were vouchers for 10% off various things including the Tearoom so it is worth calling into the tourist centre and picking up one of these folders.
We went to the Willow tearooms at:
217 Sauchiehall street.
but there is also one on Buchanan street
We had planned on a coffee and sandwich or the all day breakfast but when we saw jacket potatoes and haggis we went for that and i must say that it was the best haggis we had on the trip. They do a great "afternoon tea" as well (Sandwiches and cakes) ..... I saw it because the people on the next table took that. Leave a Comment
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This is a branch of the famous Willow Tea Rooms - this one is located on Buchanan Street.
It was a late afternoon when we made our visit and the tea room was very busy - there was a queue and there was an even longer queue when we sat down.
Good atmosphere!
Historical Note: Miss Kate Cranston opened a tea room in 1903 and had commissioned Charles Rennie Mackintosh to design the interior. She owned three other tea rooms, and now the two still in existence are similar in style.
Originally they stemmed from the Temperance Movement - that is they were agaisnt drinking alcohol. They offered seperate sex rooms and became very popular although very much peculiar to Glasgow.
try at least one of their many cakes. Leave a Comment
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