Situated near the bottom of the royal mile, it’s the perfect hotel if you’re driving and you want to be city central.
Parking was just £15 a day for guests, the railway is a 5 min walk if we wanted to venture out without the car, but you are in walking distance for most of Edinburgh.
We had the superior room which was very good. Secondary glazing did not stop all the street noise, but they do supply earplugs which we did use.
The bathroom
Is very small- the shower is awesome - great for long hair!!! Good pressure and easy to use. Very easy to use. Bad layout though as the glass shield door doesn’t really stop the water getting on the floor. There are free standing toiletries which are all lovely - but there are three bottles attached to the wall and they are not easy to use. Badly placed as when you finally get the nozzle to work it shoots out at a rate of Knott’s in the opposite direction to which you’re prepared for.
Nice big cozy towels though.
Rooms are lovely and clean, good room service. Comfortable bed although the beds are two singles put together with a dip in the middle.
Free bottles of water each day which were very handy with water and fruit available in the lobby. The stairs are hard to find and not labelled which is not good I think.
Swimming pool is quite small, but it’s a nice spa area with places to sit.
We had breakfast one morning which was very nice - but it’s expensive compared to what you can get down the road. Although the automatic pancake maker is worth checking out.