Thank you all for your suggestions. After much reviewing of the various hotel options, we finally settled on the Carleton George.

Sheila, I'll email you directly for your Word document.

The restaurant suggestions were also welcome and I'll add them to my list.

Any other recommendations or suggestions would be most welcome.

Thanks again,
Kiddo

Cheap & fun - the Wee Curry Shop on Buccleuch Street (the one on Ashton Lane is posher).

Best curry I've had - Mother India.

Posh - Etain.

Hope you like the Carlton George.

I am going to Roganos this Friday night and The Ubiquitous Chip on Saturday night.

Please let us know what you think of both restaurants, caryspall.

We used to like the Chip but haven't been for a few years, & I read a bad review last year. You may like to get there early to have a drink in the Wee Bar (its actual name !) upstairs.

Rogano's has just changed hands but too recently for it to have any effect yet I think.

Both are quite atmospheric.

I just returned from a trip that included 10 days in Glasgow (have been there several times before). We stayed at self catering accommodations, so ate in for most breakfasts, and some dinners.

My very favorite restaurant has always been the Wee Curry Shop mentioned by caroline_edinburgh. I ate there twice this trip. It is tiny, although the week we were there they installed little shelves over the tables - finally have somewhere to put the wonderful H2O pitchers. Because it is so small, the menu is quite limited, but everything we've ever ordered there has been tasty. The pakoras are a wonderful starter - very spicy and not at all greasy.

I was excited to finally try Mother India (which is the mother restaurant to the two Wee Curry ones). The menu was excellent and the food was really great. I had fish, which I enjoyed immensely.

We ate Chinese at Loon Fung. My companions enjoyed their meals, but I didn't end up liking what I ordered. Also the service was noticeably slow.

We had Italian at Ristorante Caprese, at the top of Buchanan Street. This is a family run Italian trattoria - complete with red checked tablecloths. The food was really good and the service friendly and attentive.

We had a large group dinner at the Oran Mor, which is a converted church. It has a bar, restaurant and pub. It was a nice day, and the outside patio was hopping. We ate downstairs (the pub menu). I enjoyed my haggis, neeps and tatties, and the sticky toffee pudding was really nice.

I hope to post a little trip report in the next few days. My main activities: the Barras, the Kelvingrove, the Burrell Collection, St. Mungo's (Glasgow Cathedral), and the World Pipe Band Championships on Glasgow Green. Additionally I attended the Bridge of Alan Highland Games, and took a day trip to Edinburgh.

Looking forward to your trip report, noe847 !

If you come back at a time of year when it's running, Oran Mor's 'A Play, A Pie and A Pint' season is good fun.

You've got to visit the Horseshoe Bar, very traditional pub with a great open fire in the city centre.
Il Pavone in Princess Square is a very nice place to have lunch but a little over priced. Another great place is the Battlefield Rest but you would need to book a couple of days in advance.
Carlton George is a great choice by the way, the restaurant is very nice as well at the hotel and you'll really enjoy the breakfast, haggis available every day which is top quality

One MUST SEE attraction that I haven't noticed being mentioned yet, is to take a tour of the interior of Glasgow City Hall. While the exterior is OK, the interior is gorgeous if you love marble. In Europe only the Vatican has more marble in its interior.

I also loved all of the Mackintosh sights (including Hill House in Helensburgh) and the Burrell collection.

tudorterrace222,

Just to clear something up - I think we have a wee bit of a transatlantic language misunderstanding here

The building you're talking about is actually called the City Chambers (although in a US city it would be called City Hall).

If you asked to be directed to the City Hall in Glasgow you would end up at the concert venue which is the home of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra - a nice newly renovated building but not a patch on the City Chambers which, as you say, is well worth seeing.

Jim