I had the great honour of attending the Scottish meet (review to follow) and, because Scotland is not on my doorstep, I decided it would be better if I stayed over. As I had to work on the Saturday night I stayed the Friday. I wanted a central hotel and, after much deliberation and talks with my lovely friend and fellow Ciao mate Pauline99 aka Pauline, we jointly decided on The Jury's Inn.

First Impressions.
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The hotel is situated on a main road and is very close to the River Clyde. The view over the bridge is wonderful. The front of the hotel is well appointed and gives the impression of a large modern building. There is a ramp up to the large double glass front doors, which is excellent for disabled travellers. Reception is directly in front of the main doors and has a lower section of desk to the right, which is ideal if you are in a wheelchair. The reception staff were polite. (I am going to touch on the subject of booking in later in this piece.) I explained I had made an online reservation and gave my name. After tapping on the computer he gave me my room card key and wrote the number of my room on it. I asked what room Pauline was in and was told that they could not divulge that information, so full marks on security. The young man offered to ring the room for me, which he did, and passed me the phone. After a short conversation I proceeded to my room.

Amenities.
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The hotel has two places to eat. One is an 'a la carte' restaurant serving international cuisine, modern English and traditional Scottish meals and the other is a licensed bar where you can get snacks or bar meals. The hotel also caters for vegetarians.
I cannot comment on the service in any of these places as I did not use them but I will cover breakfast later on.
The hotel does not accept pets but welcomes children.
It has outstanding disabled amenities.
It is open all year round but not at Christmas (their words, not mine) and is available for private functions.
There is no parking at the hotel but there is an NCP car park just to the left and across the road from the hotel where you can park for £5.00 for 24 hours. However, do remember to get your parking ticket stamped before you put it in the machine to pay or you will get charged full price. If the attendant had not been there when I was at the machine and retrieved my ticket for me I would have ended up paying £17.80. Yet another thing the chap on reception failed to mention.

Conclusion.
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I have said that I will cover a few points that I

Pictures of Jurys Inn, Glasgow

The view from my room.

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Message from the management
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Because of the excellent disabled features of this hotel I did not want to put anyone off staying so I asked the Hotel for a quote. They read the review and were kind enough to get back to me.
Re the noise...Everything possible is done to provide rooms that are noise free and these are secondary double gazed, they are checked at all times of the day and night and if found to be noisy are fitted with said double glazing.
Re the staff...The staff are well trained but obviously on this occasion I did not recieve the kind of attention that Jurys/doyle would have liked and therefore the staff will be asked about it and where needed re-trained.
The manager I spoke to was very charming and offered a free stay at any of the jurys/doyle Hotels. He did not need to do this and I was delighted. As to whether I take up his offer remains to be seen. If I do I will definately be doing another review.
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Thank you for taking the time to speak with me yesterday. Your article is detailed and will be used as a training tool for the staff and management team.