Just to be clear this is the Edinburgh City B&B on west maitland St and I believe it is affiliated with Festival Apartments. A few small courtesies always go a long way such as replacing the lightbulb after promising to-is it too much to ask to see my face in the bathroom mirror?, giving perhaps a facecloth and hand towel,... More

In case anybody is looking at booking a room at Edimburgh City Bed and Breakfast, forget it. It's not a bed and breakfast. Dirty rooms in a dirty bulding. It's ok for backpackers, and should be not more than 40 pounds 2 persons. The picture of the room on the website (booking.com) looks good, but don't be fooled like I... More

We had the misfortune of booking two double rooms in this b & b for 4 nights. We booked it in January 2008, sent a deposit of 130 euros in February, and arrived in Edinburgh in May only to find out that it has closed down. All the land lines were disconnected, noone was there to answer the door and... More

I booked 10 people in for a hen night in June 07. I live a couple of minutes up the road and was organising the hen weekend, so went in and spoke to the owner a few weeks in advance. He was perfectly pleasant and said they receive a lot of hen/stag parties and that this was no problem. The... More

This Bread and Breakfast was reviewed positively as it was connected with the Castle Bed and Breakfast.. It was close to Princes Street which was advantageous, however it definitely is a *** 3 star. The showers did not work well.. barely a sprinkle.. the rooms were not cleaned thoroughly. One particular morning we had no towels until later morning....would have... More

We have booked this B&B well in advance via Internet. Our room rate was 70 GBP per night, total 490 GBP for 7 nights. Deposit requested was 20%, i.e. 98 GBP, and I was informed that the rest of the sum should be paid in situ by card or cash. I allowed to charge my VISA card for 98 GBP.... More

10 of us had booked into this B&B{and I use the description B&B through gritted teeth}for a hen weekend from Friday to Sunday.When we arrived we were told that the party was to be split between two buildings, across the street from each other, when we objected to this we were told' take it or leave it'by possibly the rudest... More