Internationally known for its restaurant selections and star ratings, the Michelin Guide has in recent years built an independent global hotel selection featuring over 7,000 properties located in over 125 countries. Just like the stars indicate the best culinary experiences, their Michelin Keys highlight the most outstanding stays within the guide’s hotel selection.
The Michelin Guide is all set to make an addition to its list of awards as it unveils its first global Michelin Key Selection, set to be revealed on October 8. Following the rollout of key distinctions in 15 top travel destinations throughout 2024 and early 2025, this marks the debut of a worldwide selection celebrating the most outstanding hotels across the globe, to help travellers discover the best hotel experiences around the world.
All hotel recommendations are carefully evaluated by The Michelin Guide Inspectors following five universal criteria to establish a new global standard. Glasgow hotels were among the first to be recommended on the launch of the guide in the UK and Ireland. Introducing their selections, the guide said: “These are places that significantly add to your experience as a traveller, each vetted by our hotel experts and judged excellent in five categories: architecture and interior design; quality and consistency of service; overall personality and character; value for the price; and a significant contribution to the guest experience in a particular setting.” You can find the hotel guide here.
Currently, two hotels near Glasgow hold the One Michelin Key distinction, defined as “a very special stay” - Andy Murray’s Cromlix in Dunblane and Dumfries House Lodges: “This is for a hotel with its own character and personality. It may break the mould, offer something different, or simply be one of the best of its type. The service always goes the extra mile and provides significantly more than similarly priced establishments.”
You can see what the Michelin inspectors have to say about hotels in and around Glasgow below.
13. The Gleneagles Hotel - 50 minutes from Glasgow
"Though its grand scale and its strong sense of tradition may seem imposing, Gleneagles is really no more formal than any private country club, and the staff's particular brand of Scottish hospitality is more warm and hearty than gruff. The guest rooms are decorated in the prevailing Scottish hotel style, with minimal, muted colors and rich antiques and fabrics creating a strange contrast, a blend of old-world opulence and modern Zen. "There are three restaurants, including the Michelin-starred Andrew Fairlie at Gleneagles, where the cuisine is "unashamedly French but with a Scottish twist." For those in search of unashamedly Scottish fare, there is Strathearn, which does have a dress code (leave the denim in your room). The informal Dormy overlooks the golf courses, and The Club is the fun, contemporary venue." | Gleneagles
14. Dumfries House Lodge - 50 minutes from Glasgow
"The monumental Palladian edifice that is Dumfries House itself is an attraction owned and managed by the King’s Foundation; the Dumfries House Lodge stands on the same 2,000-acre estate, and comprises an old factor’s house and a pair of freestanding cottages, all of them restored in a style that’s true to the property’s 18th-century origins. Elsewhere on the estate you’ll find the highly regarded Woodlands restaurant, as well as endless opportunities for rambling through the gardens and grounds." | Dumfries House Lodge