decided to stay here due to the inexpensive price and it included a hot breakfast. once we got there we had to wait at the door while we called the owner on his phone to open it for us. even though we had booked a room with a double and one single with a baby cot he gave us our choice of rooms and showed us 3 rooms that were completely different from eachother so it was nice to be able to pick :) we decided on one that had a sea view and was on the top in the corner and during our 3 night stay we heard not a peep from anyone else! The day we arrived was boxing day (so almost no one works....) which meant that the chef for the place had gone home and dinner was not available through the hotel which we were dissapointed about since we'd already oggled the menu online! It's really close to the city center of portobello (which was nice because we then needed to scavange for a place to eat) finally settling on pizza hut (how unsatisfying...). the next morning there was confusion over the hot breakfast so wen ended up just having the continental that everyone gets anyways until we could sort it out with the owner whose daughter was getting married on the 28th (so he was too busy). we never got to talk to him again but DID get it sorted out only to have a mediochre breakfast. flat square sausage, flat square hashbrowns, slice of potato cake, beans, tomato and egg. the bus line stops right outside the hotel so the next morning all we had to do was just walk out the front door! since we had a late lunch, the hotel restraunt was closed, again, before we were ready to eat (only open from 6 to 8) so we went and got kebabs from down the road and ate it in the hotel bar area which is cozy. the beds were super comfy and they delivered and set up a baby cot. it was SUPER windy when we were there and since the place is 300 years old, it wasnt well insulated so teh small bathroom was super cold! it was newly redone so all the rooms are en-suite which is a nice IDEA but when half a mm of a knob turn makes the difference between freezing and boiling, showers are a daunting task.