Edinburgh hotels in Old Town

Pros: Location, price and affordability, cool design, friendly staff, open lounge/bar/restaurant with good hours. Quiet rooms!

Cons: AWFUL WiFi- we resorted to paying roaming charges on our mobile phone b/c we needed to get online. No phone in room to call to lobby? Very little lounging furniture-even an extra armchair or loveseat would be nice. Name 'Motel One' cud be better:)

Pros: Location was great...very central. Breakfast was very good although would have preferred the eggs to be kept warm :}

Cons: Wifi and mobile receptions was very bad in the rooms in cockburn street...the other rooms did not have the same problem.

Pros: Hotel location comfy and clean

Cons: Would of been nice not to have my jacket pinched of a bar stool while having a drink

Pros: Near the station and central to everything. Loved the atmosphere. Enjoyed sitting in the bar having a drink and looking out at the beginning of the Royal Mile. Near some wonderful restaurants. Our room was large and very clean.

Pros: Central and cheap

Cons: Lovely central hotel

Pros: Immaculate, friendly staff who were very welcoming. The room was well fitted out and very comfortable. An excellent hairdryer!

Pros: Clean fresh room , friendly staff with excellent location c

Cons: No where to hang clothes

Pros: Great location, good price, nice design, great shower

Cons: Warm, distance from reception, air con not working/switched off. Why only continental breakfast, where’s the cooked option in the UK?

Pros: Everything else was excellent, the Rooms are lovely and the shower was fab

Cons: Breakfast is expensive for what it is,

Pros: it only took me less than 5 min to find this hotel when a got out of Waverly station. and this place is in old town, close to the royal mile and Edinburgh castle.

Pros: Very quiet room. Clean and well decorated. Great location

Cons: Would have liked a bar fridge, and better tea selection.

Pros: The location is excellent, both for seeing the city, and for transport (the airport bus stops 100 meters from the door, and the Waverley station entrance is not much farther

Pros: Lovely room, comfortable bed, good shower, helpful staff

Cons: Breakfast should have been included. Also no coffee maker in room

Pros: Grand cafe food and complementary whisky in the room

Cons: Breakfast variety

Pros: The location is perfect for exploring the city

Cons: The breakfast was disappointing and far from traditional

Pros: Room was lovely comfortable bed great facilities

Cons: Not keen on the breakfast menu

Pros: Very good location!

Cons: Breakfast not included in expensive hotel price

Pros: Location & rooms

Cons: No good in-house restaurant

Pros: The location was good and the bed was comfy.

Cons: The facilities badly need to be upgraded. The building has nice bones but it is tattered and worn out. There was extensive mold growth in our bathroom window all up onto the ceiling. It looked like it had been painted over instead of remediated. The shower/tub drained very slowly and the water was lukewarm. The room did not feel clean and the carpets seemed dirty. Also the breakfast had lots to offer but it was not good quality. This hotel is very over- priced and I would not stay here again.

Pros: The staff were very helpful & friendly, the facilities in the room were excellent.

Cons: I found the switching for the lights a little strange

Pros: The staff was amazing, friendly, answered all questions we had before we got there.

Cons: Nothing, again the staff at the Scotsman was awesome!

Pros: We had a warm welcome and our room was ready although we came one hour earlier as planned. The location is simply perfect and we love the newly opened 'The Grand Cafe' for Snacks, Dinner & Drinks. Thank you. We will return soon for a longer visit.

Cons: -

Pros: Great location. Good breakfast; lot of variety.

Cons: Renovations in progress. Understandable situation.

Pros: The location is excellent, right next to the train station, although it's maybe not so obvious how to get into the hotel (I went up the Scotsman steps which may not have been necessary). The room was very luxurious and really lived up to the "Deluxe" billing. The staff were very friendly and helpful and managed to accommodate my request to check in a little early.

Cons: For the price, and it was quite expensive, I would have expected to have had breakfast included. There was some renovation work ongoing at the time which spoiled the finesse a little, but didn't detract from a very pleasant stay.

Pros: location

Cons: food and swimming pool

Pros: The team at Apex went above and beyond to meet a few unexpected needs due to an injury incurred before arrival. They secured a parking spot, provided a wheel chair and an accessible room. They really were amazing!

Pros: The Hotel is located in a great spot! Close to restaurants and lots of main attractions, hop on hop off bus stop right in front of hotel. The staff was very pleasant and customer service was good.

Cons: It is a little outdated, they are in the works of renovation. clean bed, shower and bathrooms need a deep thorough cleaning not just wiping down BUT scrubbing with disinfectants.

Pros: Breakfast was great - generous portions plus the buffet. The staff was exemplary - couldn't be more friendly and helpful and professional

Cons: The tub was deep which is nice for a bath but a little tricky stepping out after a shower - as long as you are careful not a problem

Pros: Staff were lovely.

Cons: Looking a bit tired. Desk in room had big scratch on it. Also, on a previous stay breakfast was on the top floor which was lovely. This time we were in the lower part of the ground floor restaurant. The continental breakfast choice was quite poor considering the price. The toast was merely warmed up bread and coffee wasn't particularly hot. My elderly parents in their 80s, who were also staying, were unable to shower as they couldn't get in or out of the very steep sided bath.

Pros: Property was so close to everything. We had amazing views of the castle. We enjoyed the pool and spa facilities as well.

Cons: We found the breakfast to be really expensive and not worth the money that was spent.

Pros: the staff, the fabulous location, the breakfast incredible

Cons: the bathtub floor was not skidproof,and hte tub entry was rather high to step over.

Pros: Excellent stay, brilliant views of Edinburgh castle from our room. Very clean and overall we really enjoyed our stay great location.

Pros: Great location to visit the castle.

Pros: The location.

Cons: The shower. Was hard to keep water off the floor. I'd suggest adding a shower curtain. It was just too difficult to not get water on the floor.

Pros: Apex Grassmarket was great. 5 star all the way.

Cons: Taxi mistakenly let us off at Apex International next door where we were greeted as lepers and quickly shown the side door exit to an alley!

Pros: Menu not what states on website . Although great sausages , coffee and orange juice.

Cons: Only a few staff serving , more watching them (management no doubt) .

Pros: I liked the location because it is in the old town and it is very close to the castle The room was pretty. The breakfast was good.

Cons: One of the elevator was broken The staff seemed not enough as we had to wait several times to be served at reception.

Pros: Location Heating in bathroom floor

Cons: Breakfast needs improvement Lack of management

Pros: The location in Old Town was right off the Royal Mile. Easy walking distance to the Castle and most attractions. The staff were very friendly and were quite good at recommending great restaurants and getting us reservations. There are a bunch of excellent restaurants within a short distance from the hotel: Howie's, Mussels & Steak, The Outsider.

Cons: The bedroom end tables in our room were very low compared to the height of the bed. A bit unusual. Other that that small detail we enjoyed our stay immensely.

Pros: Absolutely loved our stay here - the whole vibe was very modern, staff were so helpful and friendly, rooms are gorgeous, views out of this world & perfect central location

Cons: One teeny tiny complaint was that the mirrors in the bathrooms/sliding doors had splash marks on & were dirty

Pros: Hotel is in a great location, the staff is great and the property is very well maintained. And the jars of candy at the reception area were a nice daily bonus! Our room had a great view of the city. The bar is fun on weekends.

Cons: Rooms have almost no drawer or shelf space. There is adequate hanging room, but plan to live out of your suitcase.

Pros: Room was very comfortable. Staff very helpful. Overall a very enjoyable stay.

Cons: Nothing I didn't like but if your asking. Most people leave the Hotel for breakfast. I presume this is due to cost.

Pros: The breakfast was excellent but on 2 out of our 3 mornings the breakfast staff were very inattentive.

Cons: The lift was diabolical. It seemed like was only one lift for the hotel which was very poor. We were travelling with my elderly parents, otherwise we would have taken the stairs. On booking I requested ajoining rooms, again as we were with my parents. We were given rooms 3 floors apart!

Pros: The room has a wonderfully commanding view of the spires of the old town and the sea. The 180 degree view .... was amazing! We had room 503....it’s large and modern with a Pepto Bizmol pink bathroom and heated bathroom floor.

Cons: A lot was terrible at this hotel. The absence of a doorman to help with your luggage upon arrival or to hail a cab was just awful. The parking garage is a few blocks away which is Extremely inconvenient. The staff was DREADFUL except the lad who we gave our key to as we left. The room was frigid and the heat was turned off each day. The lights are run by the room card inserted in a slot by the door. This sometimes worked ....most of the time it didn’t. We had to ask twice for them to clean the room. The room service menu needs better descriptions of the food. The club sandwich had the crust cut off and had a fried egg on it.... besides that it fell apart in your hands. Lol ! We were told breakfast went to 10:30 am but when we got there at 10:10 am they told us breakfast was over.... I literally pleaded that We we’re told breakfast went to 10:30.... we felt like they did us a favor feeding us!!! Every employee we met you felt like they could care less and were really not helpful. We met a couple who had been looking for their room for literally over an hour before we showed them where their room was. The elevator was always full of guests complaining. But the final straw was we went out to dinner and looked forward to eating the chocolates we received when we arrived but they were GONE. We called the desk to ask for another sack of chocolate..... it took hours and 3 phone calls . We expected to do laundry but with the awful service we decided not to risk it!!! At the heart of any hotel is the service and that is sadly missing at the Radisson Collective! This was by far the worst service of ANY hotel on our trip.

Pros: Room quality was excellent as was the location

Cons: Room temperature was a little too high

Pros: Best sleep I’ve had in a long time and the room had beautiful views

Pros: Rooms were lovely and beds very comfy. Bathroom very modern and shower was amazing.

Cons: Requested an iron in the room prior to arrival but it wasn't there. The heating came on at 6am and was very noisy. This woke my partner and I up and we couldn't get back to sleep with the noise. The tea/coffee machine in the room did not work. Left my straighteners behind in the room but when I contacted the hotel to enquire about this they said they checked and they were not there. That is a mystery to me.

Pros: The location was great!

Cons: The breakfast was quite bad, I got hair in the breakfast bacon.... The room was dirty when we arrived and it was stop in the sink that no one did anything about but after two days. The bed was loud when you moved at night. I actually expected a higher standard for this price.