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Willow Tea Rooms
217 Sauchiehall StreetTel: +44 (0)141-332-0521
Open: Mon - Sat 9.00am - 5.00pm,
Sun 11.00am - 4.15pm
Facilities Refreshments available
Designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh in 1904, the world renowned Willow Tearooms in Glasgow’s Sauhiehall Street and Buchanan Street remain open today, serving an exquisite range of cakes, pastries and beverages to patrons who are keen to dine in Edwardian splendour. Visitors to the Willow Tea Rooms can take tea as they did in the same preserved rooms in 1904.
The Willow Tea Room in Sauchiehall Street was the only eatery where Rennie Mackintosh took full command over every aspect of its architectural design, interior and exterior. He even had impetus in the design of cutlery and waitresses' dresses. This fine establishment is named after the street where it is situated whereby the name Sauchiehall derives from the Scottish Gaelic, meaning alley of the willows. Willow wood finishing is featured throughout the building.
The Room de Luxe is by far the most lavish interior created by Mackintosh, featuring ornate silver furnishings and leaded glasswork. His designs and interior finishing were so exclusive that customers were willing to pay an extra penny for their pot of tea. The Gallery Room juxtaposes the Room de Luxe with completely different furnishings and a darker, more masculine interior.
Over in the other side of town, The Willow Tea Rooms in Glasgow's bustling Buchanan Street was opened in 1997 adjacent to the Cranston's original Buchanan Tea Rooms, visitors to Glasgow can further experience the beauty of Mackintosh's ingenious interior designs at the White Dining Room and Chinese Room which Mackintosh created for Cranston's Tea Rooms in nearby Ingram Street.
Since it opened in August 1997, the Willow Tea Rooms in Buchanan Street is a tranquil sanctuary for local shoppers and business people alike and has proved to be equally popular with Mackintosh aficionados. Similar to its older Sauchiehall Street sister, both rooms have contrasting designs representing masculinity and femininity.
Visitors are offered an extensive menu of pastries and cakes, fine teas from Ceylon and China as well as an exclusive selection of Scottish savoury and fish dishes to whet your appetite. Both tearooms are home to a gift gallery and where patrons can browse through the select range of furniture and other household goods recreated to Mackintosh's original designs. Gifts can be purchased online and can be delivered worldwide.
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