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

Arts and Crafts

Adult Art Workshop: Make a Stencilled Fabric Panel with Astrid Weigel

15th February 2025

Mackintosh at the Willow, Glasgow City Centre

Learn how to create a stencilled fabric panel with tutor Astrid Weigel, inspired by Glasgow Style artists such as Margaret Macdonald and George Walton at Mackintosh at the Willow!

Workshops

Family Baking Session: Bake an Ecclefechan Tart with Jaz Spears

22nd February 2025

Mackintosh at the Willow, Glasgow City Centre

In this Family Baking Session at Mackintosh at the Willow their Head of Pastry, Jazmine Spears, will teach you and your family how to make an Ecclefechan Tart.

Arts and Crafts

Adult Art Workshop: Make an Embroidery with Lucy Freeman

15th March 2025

Mackintosh at the Willow, Glasgow City Centre

Learn how to create an embroidery with tutor Lucy Freeman, inspired by Glasgow Style artists such as Ann Macbeth and Jessie Newberry at Mackintosh at the Willow!

Family and Kids

Family Baking Session: Bake Coconut Macaroons with Jaz Spears

29th March 2025

Mackintosh at the Willow, Glasgow City Centre

In this Family Baking Session at Mackintosh at the Willow their Head of Pastry, Jazmine Spears, will teach you and your family how to make Coconut Macaroons.

Family and Kids

Spring Holiday Family Activity: Make a Willow Lightcatcher

Selected dates between 8th April 2025 - 17th April 2025

Mackintosh at the Willow, Glasgow City Centre

Celebrate the brighter days and put a sparkle in your window, come along and make a glittering Willow Lightcatcher, inspired by the chandeliers in the Charles Rennie Mackintosh-designed Salon de Luxe!

Arts and Crafts

Adult Art Workshop: Make a Gesso Panel with Alison McIntosh-Prentice

12th April 2025

Mackintosh at the Willow, Glasgow City Centre

Learn how to create a gesso panel with tutor Alison McIntosh-Prentice, inspired by Glasgow Style artists such as Margaret Macdonald and Charles Rennie Mackintosh at Mackintosh at the Willow!

Family and Kids

Family Baking Session: Bake Empire Biscuits with Jaz Spears

26th April 2025

Mackintosh at the Willow, Glasgow City Centre

In this Family Baking Session at Mackintosh at the Willow their Head of Pastry, Jazmine Spears, will teach you and your family how to make Empire Biscuits.

Workshops

Adult Art Workshop: Make a Silver Beaded Necklace with Laura Murray

17th May 2025

Mackintosh at the Willow, Glasgow City Centre

Learn how to create a beaded silver necklace with tutor Laura Murray, inspired by the colour palette of Margaret Macdonald’s Salon de Luxe gesso panel at Mackintosh at the Willow!

Talks and Lectures

Public Talk: A Talk about the Past, Present, and Potential Futures of Sauchiehall Street with Norry Wilson of Lost Glasgow

18th May 2025

Mackintosh at the Willow, Glasgow City Centre

In this talk event at Mackintosh at the Willow, Norry Wilson of Lost Glasgow will present an illustrated history of Sauchiehall Street, the 'alley of willows'.

Arts and Crafts

Adult Art Workshop: Make Stained Glass with Matthew Donnelly

7th June 2025

Mackintosh at the Willow, Glasgow City Centre

Join Mackintosh at the Willow on Saturday 7th June to make your own Glasgow Style-inspired stained glass window hanger with artist and tutor Matthew Donnelly.

Arts and Crafts

Adult Art Workshop: Make an Embossed Copper Box with Bryony Knox

Selected dates between 19th July 2025 - 15th November 2025

Mackintosh at the Willow, Glasgow City Centre

Join metalworker and tutor Bryony Knox for this workshop at Mackintosh at the Willow and learn how to make your own Glasgow Style-inspired embossed copper box!

Arts and Crafts

Adult Art Workshop: Make a Floral Watercolour with Kayleigh McCallum

9th August 2025

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, at Mackintosh at the Willow!

Workshops

Adult Art Workshop: Make a Hand Bound Book with Toben Lewis

18th October 2025

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, at Mackintosh at the Willow!

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