The Craibstone Suites

It was within 5 mins of restaurants bars etc. Beautiful entrance.

On entry to a beautifully plush reception area we were looking forward to seeing our superior executive suite. For 4* we were rather disappointed. Our suite was more like a travel lodge room with a living area. The strong smell of curry (obviously cooked previously in the living area) was not very welcoming. The mattress was rock hard with a very thin quilt. Everything was clean however the bathroom had areas of black mould and the wall tile feature panel was dirty. We paid for late checkout (£10 for an extra hour). We were woken with a member of staff entering our room at approx 9.30ish. No reason was given for this after she exited quickly with an apology. Having had a late night we tried to get an extra hours sleep before getting ready to leave. This was impossible due to the banging of pipes in bathroom radiator, vacuum cleaning and constant banging about from the cleaners. Staying in hotels regularly with work this was not the best experience and in hindsight there were certainly better deals on better accommodation available when we booked. The location is good but our suite was definitely nothing more than a 3* basic room with a separate are for a couch and small kitchen area. Bedroom was also very small and with dark fire doors was rather oppressive. We unfortunately are not encouraged to book again.