The Glenburn Hotel

Beautiful building high up overlooking the Clyde Our room was huge with very comfortable beds We ate in the restaurant and the food was very good and hot same with the breakfast buffet Lots of choice and quality produce Friendly staff Have stayed here many times but it has improved since bespoke hotels took it over

Room was clean and plenty of space  Good bar and prices and nice view  Didn’t have evening meal but breakfast was very good  we will return

The hotel is in an excellent location but is rather dated. The room was a decent size with good storage, but I could not open a window and it was very hot, also the duvets are winter duvets and, again, were far too hot for mid summer. On the first evening there was no hot water for a shower and reception advised we may have had to run the water for at least 5 minutes!!

Charming old hotel with splendid view over the harbour. Room had a classic yet not dated appearance, bathroom though seemed a little behind the times. All in all great value for money

We visit Rothesay every year and always make a point of having a meal and a few drinks in the Glenburn, due to the good food and fabulous views, however on this visit we were very disappointed. What has happened to your menu? It was very sparse, so much so that 2 of our party opted for just starters as nothing on the mains appealed to them. If we hadn’t pre-booked and walked from town, we would have changed our minds and gone elsewhere. Next visit we will check the menu before booking. Hopefully it will be as good as it used to be. The staff were good as always.

This magnificent building reminds me of a very similar Victorian/Edwardian arhitectural masterpiece in Harrogate appropriately named The Majestic Hotel. The Glenburn Hotel however has the added bonus of an unrivalled seaview from an elevated location. Never have we enjoyed an overnight stay more than here: the Staff were all very helpful and justifiably proud of their hotel; our splendid double, seaview bedroom was spotlessly clean, (Room 109 if you're thinking of booking!) ; the view from the outside, covered terrace unrivalled and the food was tasty and varied. Breakfast choice and presentation in the cavernous dining room was most impressive: (whilst it's hard to gild the lily, we both thought that it would be better to keep the food on the buffet hot by using dry, electric elements rather than the steamers currently used. The mushrooms tend to become waterlogged and the bacon and sausages lose their traditional crispness if exposed to steam. Just a tiny niggle however.) I think it was the famous Dr. Johnson who once remarked: 'If you want to eat well in England, then eat 3 breakfasts a day' . Maybe his travels didn't include Scotland! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 If we could award 6 stars we would have no hesitation in doing so. The only disappointment with this oak-panelled gem is that we failed to meet Queen Victoria or Edward VII on the regal and opulent grand staircase, nor did we encounter any nocturnal 'White Ladies on those endless, newly tartan-carpeted corridors! It's the kind of place I would gladly haunt when I get 'promoted'! But we plan to return in mortal guise well before then, (dv). Our sincere thanks to all the staff who work so hard to make visits to The Glenburn Hotel so very memorable. It's very encouraging to see that such high standards are being maintained in the otherwise dismally run-down town of Rothesay itself, once such a hugely popular holiday resort, but now only showing rare hints of its faded grandeur.