Virgin Hotels Glasgow

Virgin Hotels Glasgow opened on the banks of the Clyde in August 2023, its first Scottish property and only its second in Europe. The purpose-built hotel brings 240 of Virgin's signature 'Chambers' rooms and a multi-venue dining line-up led by Commons Club to the city's riverside.

The place

The hotel sits on Clyde Street on the banks of the River Clyde in Glasgow city centre, part of the same stretch of waterfront regeneration as its Clayton Hotel neighbour.

The concept

Virgin Hotels Glasgow, which opened on 21 August 2023, is a purpose-built property developed with Silk Property Group and Twenty First Architects, with guestrooms designed by London firm Four-by-Two under the direction of Virgin Hotels' creative director Teddy Mayer. It is Virgin Hotels' second European property and its first in Scotland. The hotel is built around Virgin's signature 'Chambers' room concept — wood sliding doors separating a sleep and lounge area from a dressing zone, deliberately engineered to feel larger than the square footage suggests — applied here across 240 rooms and suites with local, Clydeside-referencing design details layered over the brand's standard playbook.

Dining & wellness

Commons Club, the flagship all-day restaurant and bar, anchors the hotel's food and drink offer, alongside the rooftop-style Highyard. Further outlets — the Funny Library Coffee Shop and the Rocks on Fox Street whisky bar — were slated to open after the hotel's launch.