Mackintosh at the Willow

Mackintosh at the Willow includes a 200 seat restaurant in the A listed, internationally recognised, original Willow Tea Rooms Building and our new Visitor Centre next door!

About Mackintosh at the Willow

	217 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow City Centre G2 3EX
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The famous Tea Rooms first opened in 1903 and are of huge importance to Glasgow’s architectural and cultural heritage and are the only surviving Tea Rooms designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh for local entrepreneur and patron Miss Kate Cranston.

Over the years and through various changes of ownership and use, the building had deteriorated until it was purchased in 2014 by The Willow Tea Rooms Trust in order to prevent the forced sale of the building, closure of the Tea Rooms and loss of its contents to collectors.

For the last 4 years it has been undergoing an extensive restoration in order to bring it back to its former glory, to reopen it to the public and create a sustainable future.

Mackintosh at the Willow operates as a social enterprise creating training, learning, employment and other opportunities and support for young people and communities. We’ve worked with The Prince’s Trust and Dumfries House who have recruited and provided training for young people and we’ve created employment, skills development and further training opportunities for them at Mackintosh at the Willow. When you visit, some of our staff who will welcome and serve you and prepare your food are our young trainees, developing their skills and experience and building great careers and opportunities.

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Upcoming Events at Mackintosh at the Willow

Talks and Lectures

A Talk About The Making of Blythswood with Graeme Smith

2nd June 2024

Mackintosh at the Willow, Glasgow City Centre

Join author and campaigner Graeme Smith for a talk on the 'New Town of Blythswood' at Mackintosh at the Willow as part of this year's Glasgow Blythswood Festival!

Arts and Crafts

Make a Stained Glass Window Hanger with Matthew Donnelly

8th June 2024

Mackintosh at the Willow, Glasgow City Centre

Join The Willow Tea Rooms Trust on Saturday 8th June to make your own Glasgow Style-inspired stained glass window hanger with artist and tutor Matthew Donnelly.

Arts and Crafts

Make Batik Fabric with members of the Batik Guild

6th July 2024

Mackintosh at the Willow, Glasgow City Centre

Celebrate the International Year of Batik! Learn how to create batik designs on fabric with tutors from The Batik Guild, inspired by Glasgow Style artists such as Jessie Marion King.

Arts and Crafts

Make a Watercolour Landscape with Kayleigh McCallum

10th August 2024

Mackintosh at the Willow, Glasgow City Centre

Learn how to create a landscape painting in watercolours with tutor Kayleigh McCallum, inspired by Charles Rennie Mackintosh painting of Port-Vendres.

Workshops

Make a Beaded Silver Brooch with Laura Murray

21st September 2024

Mackintosh at the Willow, Glasgow City Centre

Learn how to create a beaded silver brooch with tutor Laura Murray, inspired by the colour palette of Margaret Macdonald’s Salon de Luxe gesso panel.

Workshops

Make a Hand Bound Book with Toben Lewis

26th October 2024

Mackintosh at the Willow, Glasgow City Centre

Learn how to create a hand bound book with tutor Toben Lewis, inspired by Glasgow Style artists such as Talwin Morris and Ethel Larcombe.

Willow Tea Rooms

97 Buchanan Street, Glasgow City Centre G1 3HF

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Kilmurry & Co

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Little Botanica

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Waterstones Byres Road

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Bauhaus Partick

162 Dumbarton Road, Glasgow West End G11 6XE

Located in the West End of Glasgow, where Byres Road meets Dumbarton Road, Bauhaus is a vibrant & lively bar with an impressive beer garden!

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Offshore

3 Gibson Street, Glasgow West End G12 8NU

Offshore Coffee is a local no-fuss coffee shop which has a very relaxed atmosphere and looks forward to welcoming you!

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Loch Lomond Shores

Loch Lomond Shores Ben Lomond Way, Balloch G83 8QL

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Strathclyde University Union

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BAM Glasgow

44 Nithsdale Road, Glasgow South Side G41 2AN

BAM is an independent speciality Coffee and Vintage shop. Serving up espresso from guest roasters and homemade cake alongside a curated selection of handpicked vintage!

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Wild Flours Gluten Free Bakery

526 Kilmarnock Road, Glasgow South Side G43 2BL

Wild Flours is an award winning wheat & gluten free bakery based in the south side of Glasgow.Wild Flours was established in 2013 by mother and son team...

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Gordon St Coffee Glasgow

79 Gordon Street, Glasgow City Centre

Gordon Street Coffee, in Glasgow Central Station, is a small batch coffee producer, roasting all its own coffee on site. Our passionate staff deliver...

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