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Access Guide

The Mackintosh Tearooms

The Mackintosh Tearooms reopened in 2018 after four years of extensive conservation work funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Now cared for by the National Trust for Scotland, the 200-seat main tearoom serves lunches and afternoons teas in some of the most beautiful interiors in Glasgow, including the Front Saloon, Back Saloon, and Gallery. If you require a more private or corporate experience, a modern Boardroom and AV Theatre are now available to hire alongside the historic Billiard room.

Expert guides deliver tours of the building seven days a week, allowing you to explore the many floors of the iconic Mackintosh Tearooms and discover the history of this remarkable building while admiring its beautifully restored interiors. Your tour includes access to exclusive spaces such as the Billiard Room and the opulent Salon de Luxe. There is also an interactive exhibition telling the story of local entrepreneur Miss Kate Cranston and her unique collaboration with Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his wife Margaret Macdonald.

This integral part of Glasgow’s history is a must see for any food lover or architecture fan looking for the ultimate Charles Rennie Mackintosh experience.

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  • Margaret Macdonald Gesso panel in the Salon de Luxe

  • An ornate mental structure hangs from the ceiling. At the entre is a class vase filled with white flowers. The walls are ornately decorated with plasterwork in the Charles Rennie Mackintosh style

  • Traditional tearooms ornately plastered walls painted in cream with accents of mauve surround tables that are laid with crip white linen and delectate blue and white cups and saucers. Above an ornate metal and glass structure hangs from the ceiling and is filled with white flowers.

  • Mackintosh Tearoom window dressed with white muslin curtains with an Mackintosh style pint and green screen print.

  • Table set for afternoon tea with blue and white linen a tablecloth and blue and white cups, saucers, plates and teapot. A backdrop of a cream wooden wall inset with stained glass windows.

  • Souvenir gift shop.

  • Tearoom gallery with mauve walls, ornate banister and glass lights hanging from the ceiling.

  • Dark walls with white writing tell the story of the tearooms. One wall has shelves of loose tea in jars that are light up from behind. Net to this is a range of traditional dress items from the 1900s. In the centre of the space is a wooden table with small wooden boxes of tea and interactive items.

  • The Boardroom at The Mackintosh Tearooms - Light, modern boardroom with pale grey seats surrounding a light wooden table. White walls with black mental frame shelves hung. One wall has a mural of a map of Glasgow.

  • Light modern meeting room with pale wooden flooring, white table and chairs and floor to ceiling windows with black shutters.

  • The Mackintosh Tearooms sign