The Merchant Lodge, Glasgow

...bored at work searching on the Internet for a reasonably priced hotel in Glasgow within walking distance of the train station and the conference venue. There was quite a selection, but it seemed that the Merchant Lodge hotel would suit me nicely in terms of location and cost (£50 B&B). A couple of weeks prior to the event, disaster struck in our charity (perhaps a year down the line when everything is sorted I will review what can go wrong in small ...
...Being able to cancel the hotel up to 48 hours before (the conference wouldn't have been refunded but I didn't pay for that) I had time to decide, but in the end I thought the trip would do me good, and I had never been to Glasgow before. Wednesday 17th was my last day at work before the conference and then a week's holiday, so I boarded the 17:30 from Carlisle to Glasgow (rather than the 17:27 from Carlisle to home in Workington) in a happy holiday ...

marymoose99 27.10.2007 · Read full review
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Review of The Merchant Lodge, Glasgow

...looking for one thing from the hotel room, somewhere to sleep after a gig. And that was where the problem started. Our room was across from a night club and it had a late licence. Now whilst I expect some noise, to be hearing the on street conversation , rows, singing etc etc onto 4am it was very excesive. I did speak to the manager she said "that it is a city centre hotel", "we get about twenty complaints a week", "we speak to the council every ...
...about the noise". The manager was assertive verging on the aggressive and did offer me the address to complain to the council. The manager was quite happy to argue infront of other customers and it did seem like a well rehearsed arguement. Actually it is no surprise they ask for payment before, because they would not have got a penny from me. I do not think my expectations are too high, the hotel need to decide wether they want to close the offending ...

clemon1974 20.06.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Merchant Lodge, Glasgow