The Glasshouse hosts meetings for 14 to 17 people around a boardroom table, day conferences and dinners for up to 80 seated, receptions for up to 100 standing and weddings with a ceremony outdoors on its roof. The hotel is The Glasshouse, Autograph Collection, a five-star address at 2 Greenside Place in the center of Edinburgh, right below Calton Hill.
Seminars and company events
The hotel has five event rooms on 346 square meters in total: three boardrooms and two event suites. Its events team builds day delegate packages around a meeting and adds catering, a drinks reception or an evening on the roof. The largest room, the Calton Suite, opens straight onto the two-acre roof garden, so a working session can end outdoors with a view over the city. In summer the garden also hosts private barbecues for teams and clients, with grilled meat, seafood and vegetarian dishes served to share. All rooms are in the same building as the bedrooms, which keeps a small board or management meeting together from breakfast to the last drink.
Weddings and receptions
Couples can marry outdoors in the roof garden, among its lawn, pergola and balcony, then hold the reception in the Calton Suite for up to 80 seated or 100 standing. Smaller private rooms suit rehearsal dinners or a small wedding party. A dedicated wedding team handles planning, and the menu is written for each wedding with seasonal produce from local suppliers.
Rooms and capacities
The Calton Suite, set on the roof garden, is a bright room for 80 seated or 100 standing. The Boardroom, above reception, sits behind the original church windows and seats 17 boardroom style. The Louis Stevenson and Walter Scott rooms, on the second floor, are twin meeting rooms for 14 each around a boardroom table. Floor plans and a capacity chart are available from the hotel.
Accommodation
The hotel has rooms and suites on site, each named after a Scottish distillery and decorated with work by the Edinburgh artist Liana Moran. Some open directly onto the roof garden; balcony rooms look across the rooftops toward the Firth of Forth.
Catering
Catering is in-house. The Snug, the whisky bar and lounge, holds more than 200 Scotch whiskies and serves Scottish dishes, afternoon tea and monthly tastings with distilleries. Breakfast is served in the Brasserie, which faces Calton Hill.
History and setting
The front of the hotel is the 1846 facade of the former Lady Glenorchy Church, kept and joined to a modern glass building behind it. The roof garden is enclosed by old stone walls and open to the sky.
Getting there
Edinburgh Waverley station is a short walk away, at the foot of Calton Hill. Edinburgh Airport is reached by tram or taxi.
