The Grand Central Hotel | Glasgow

By India Struthers @India_Alexandra

This time last week, ma and I were in rainy, grey, chilly Glasgow. Now, that’s not to say Glasgow is always “rainy, grey, chilly” (although, who am I kidding the West Coast of Scotland does tend to uphold that stereotype), anyway after a rather dreary morning of trudging around Byres Road we came back to the center again, Buchanan Street. With a swift visit to Schuh (my shoes were killing me and I therefore just had to buy a new pair of ‘Kicks’) and a very swift visit into Cos (very disappointing) we were in search of something to quench our thirst. Having been several times to ROGANO we wanted to go somewhere new. Yes, I know what your’e thinking, we do like to stick to what we enjoy so much, but hey! life is an adventure so off we went to a Champagne bar, The Grand Central Hotel’s Champagne Bar to be precise. I said we were keen to try some place new, not necessarily go off the beaten track too much though … a girl needs her bubbles. The Grand Central Hotel used to be known by the original name, The Central Hotel which is part of the railway station on Gordon Street. Originally designed ...