We stayed 30/5-03/6. Saved with Senior discount. Otherwise mid-range cost compared to hotels in same area. Right opposite Waverley Station so only 5 minutes walk out of the station to the hotel. It
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has a lift and the lobby is up one flight of steps. Our room was a King Premium (room 202) with view across to The Balmoral Hotel, Festival Village (live music/singers were noisy until 10pm), the castle up on the hill and whole length of Princes Stress served by taxi, tram, buses and endless tour buses. Great view! Hotel was thoroughly clean and we saw cleaners everyday. The staircase was spotless. Very interesting eclectic display of paintings,prints and photos of Scottish dignitaries. Complimentary Scottish crisps, shortbread, Tunnocks chocolate bars, Tropicana orange and water plus no end of tea, coffee, hot chocolate and herbal teas. All replenished every morning. Toiletteries we’re wall mounted ‘Arran - After the Rain’ brand shower gel, shampoo, conditioner in the shower and soap & hand lotion at the sink. Small take out ‘souvenir’ Arran toiletteries were provided too. Only shower caps were provide, no other items. There are plenty of plugs at the desk, which was in a walk way behind the bed headboard area. Plugs at the beside table. Small but sufficient wardrobe (with hair drier, iron and board inside). Chest if drawers with plenty of small draw space. TV was in strange position on top if chest if drawers. Although it swivelled towards the bed/sitting area it was awkward to watch tv. So we didn’t! Bedside lamps were bright and an additional pull-out reading light was great. No newspaper delivered to room. Merely a QR code to download papers, magazines etc on a daily basis. I ended up with 30 magazines to read! No slippers or dressing gown were provided even were on the list in the information on the website. I didn’t take my own, so ended up walking round naked and had to keep the curtains shut! Staff at reception were friendly especially Marina and Linda. Linda was very knowledgeable about Edinburgh. As previously a concierge, she had organised paper street maps, which were a god-send for helping us walk about without getting lost! The restaurant for inclusive breakfast was a separate company on the 1st floor. The food was very basic and limited. As the week went on a slight variety came out. I requested Eggs Benedict with salmon from the menu everyday but there was no salmon every day! The vegetarian full Scottish was different every time I had it and the portion size differed too! Only chocolate chip and blueberry muffins until last day as we left they brought out pain au chocolate. Coffee and hot food served at the table and basic cold selection at two tables in the middle. 9 am was the busy time as most hotel guests went to breakfast at this time but there was always a table available. The staff were friendly and quite efficient but none of them seem to know what food content was and had to go and ask! I ordered mushrooms with fried eggs. 2 eggs arrived on one slice of toast and no mushrooms. Although a toaster was at the central table my eggs would have gone cold had I gone to make more toast! Had I known I would have made hit toast whilst waiting for the eggs. Hubbies poached eggs everyday were over cooked and hard. We booked Twenty for dinner on two evenings. Cocktails were nice and prices not bad. Lobster very expensive. Steak expensive. But all prices matched those if other cities in UK. The steak was top quality and melted in our mouths. The chips were nice but over cooked to crunchy! Peppercorn sauce was more peppercorn oil as very oily and liquid with no peppercorns. Cranachan was delicious but whisky infused Chantilly cream tasted bland and not at all of whisky. [更少]
