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Reviews of The Royal Scots Club Edinburgh

3 out of 5
The Royal Scots Club Edinburgh
29-31 Abercromby Place, Edinburgh, Scotland

Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

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9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Staff & service

9.0/10

Amenities

9.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Raymond

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This historically beautiful building is amazing, The hotel is decorated with rich history.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

4/10 Poor

Carol

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
My twin room as a solo traveler was way down in the basement and the staff kept leaving cleaning supplies around the door, were talking and blocking my door, generally disrespected it was a guest space. Felt like I was shoved in the servants quarters. However the bathroom was nice and the breakfast was good, location was interesting. Would not repeat my stay there.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Michele

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

4/10 Poor

Alison, Vancouver

Very disappointed with the accommodations- picture shows a lovey historic building however the rooms are below ground- very small and dingy. Very expensive for what we experienced Rooms were serviced however teas were not replenished Staff were cold and did not inquire about the quality of our stay The apartments were also disconnected from the actual club so no easy to access Overall too expensive for the accommodations, lack of amenities and poor service
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Donald Anthony Geoffrey

Travelled with partner
Liked: Amenities
Classic historic hotel in New Town, Edinburgh. Small, but great atmosphere and restaurant. Good food and fabulous breakfast.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Bivash

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Easy walk to st Andrew’s square. They give bathroom slippers :). Staff is very friendly
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Digna

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Excellent staff, good location, many restaurant options, but the hotel does not have air conditioning
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

ROBERT NEWELL

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
My wife and I have been to Edinburgh several times, and this was the best stay we've had. No complaints, and will be our preferred stay next time.
Stayed 6 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Matthew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great property and beautiful room with a great tub!!!
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Stephanie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jessica

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Samantha

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff are always fantastic! Great location, clean and very quiet, we will be back for sure! Thank you!
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Mingyuan

Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Diane

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Far enough away from the hustle and bustle of the Royal Mile and Princes St but close enough to stroll to these places. Several cute shops around. We stayed in one of the basement flats and it was super quiet
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Christine

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Amenities
The room was in the basement with people walking by our window. The dining was exquisite. The parking extremely expensive and difficult to obtain.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Madeline

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The area and accommodations were very nice. I was traveling by myself and felt very safe and comfortable during my stay. Hotel is in a great walking area as well for both food and shopping!
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Changsheng

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The hotel sits on a street with lots of nice buildings. Friendly staff. Walkable to the train station and many restaurants. Love the buffet breakfast at the hotel. Great view from the window of the dinning room. Will stay again if come back to Edinburg.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jerry, New York

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I stayed at the Royal Scots Club eight years ago, and enjoyed it enough I wanted to return for at least one night my second trip to Scotland. Imagine my surprise to find that the hotel had been renovated, and that everything I enjoyed the first time was not only still there, but better. A lovely tub, a comfortable and nicely furnished room, and the atmosphere of a travel experience unique to the wonderful city and country in which I found myself. Perfection.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Jonathan

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice historic space
Great historic building with lots of atmosphere, nice rooms with comfy beds, friendly and helpful staff, good value. Really nice common spaces and a very nice breakfast. Nice location across from a park and view from the room was very nice. But paper-thin walls and loud drunken altercations among other guests definitely made it hard to sleep at night.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Pleasant stay in ideal central area!
A very pleasant stay in this centrally located hotel, within easy walking distance of the main tourist sites, shopping area and restaurants. The room was clean, comfortable and a reasonable size, representing very good value for the price. The only issue we had was being located directly below a staff service area which meant that we were woken very early, when the cleaning shift began! Generally, however, would happily recommend
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Elaine

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A beautiful hotel with lovely staff
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Narongchai

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed at this Scottish style hotel. The staff are very friendly and welcoming. The room is clean and large. The bed is very comfortable.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Lynette

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Stephen

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Classic style in the heart of the city
Swapped to the RSC at late notice and wasn’t disappointed; welcoming, clean, comfortable and a good breakfast.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Raymond

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Difficult to fault…excellent hotel.. Will be my go to place in Edinburgh 👍
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

George

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice clean place with great staff
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Morgan

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

James

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Hotel was clean, comfortable, well appointed and had a well cared for feel. Room was very small and staff were efficient but not welcoming.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Findlay

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
2 night stay
Excellent stay. Comfy bed, room and nice bathroom. Really clean. Friendly staff Loved my stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Martin

Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

john

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved our stay at the Royal Scot. Comfortable rooms with all the facilities you need for a weekend stay. Lots of history in the main building and a very welcoming staff.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Janell

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is a unique, cozy option should you find yourself in Edinburgh. It’s walkable to shops and food and in a safe clean area. *you have the option to add breakfast and I would recommend. There isn’t a lot of early food options.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Francis

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing hotel.
This is an exceptional hotel. While not on the main drag, its a beautiful hotel, with a nice bar and restaurant and brilliant staff. The bad points, a standard lamp in the room didnt work (we coped, there were plenty of lights) and the apperitives at dinner turned up while we ordering dessert. Minor things. The Staff were really up to speed, handled anything we asked of them brillantly and the room was amazing. Please don't go - I want to go back and dont want it fully booked.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

alexis

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent gem in Edinburgh
The staff couldn’t of done more so friendly. The bed was so comfy and room had everything in it made our stay much more. We stayed in 34A and being in a different building didn’t cause any fuss still used the main building as normal. The lounge/bar was a quite and relaxing for a drink. breakfast selection had everything you need and more. We stayed as part of a larger group and all our rooms where carefully thought about and our other firends chose to stay in the main building due to having a lift.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Carol-Anne

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very comfortable hotel
Over the years I've stayed at various rooms at the Royal Scots Club Hotel. They are all equally attractive and comfortable. There is a certain calm to the whole place which is also very attractive. The staff are also friendly and efficient.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Nicholas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
An enjoyable stay. Would definitely return
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Linda

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Would definitely return if we are back Edinburgh
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Aneha

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice and quiet room. Was a little noisy at times since the room faced the street on the ground floor. Friendly and helpful staff with warm atmosphere.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ewan

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Liked the old private gentleman club vibe, reception staff very helpful let us keep our bags there after checking out as big wait for train home, breakfast waitress was very gruff though
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

6/10 Okay

Jessica

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Disappointed
Very bummed about our stay at the hotel - we had booked a queen room in advance, and nowhere on the reservation did it mention we would be put in their “Annex” building l, which is just a polite way of saying basement rooms. We didn’t even get to stay in the proper hotel itself, but were instead in a room down the road, situated level with the street which was incredibly noisy and had intermittent wifi signal. And on our second night we had virtually no hot water. The hotel itself did not seem crowded at all on the multiple occasions we went inside the actual building, so it was extremely disappointing to have been shuffled to the outbuilding. And again - this wouldn’t have been an issue if there was transparency while booking - we would have simply opted for another property.
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Coming Back Here For Sure
Loved it. Will go back for another stay.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Grace

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Belle

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

James

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We always stay here when in Edinburgh. Highly recommended.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

6/10 Okay

Keith

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Dirty rooms!
Dirty bathroom and dirty walls beside the bed (cobwebs and ‘dirt’) left us very disappointed with the hotel. Looked like it had not been cleaned in months, judging by the cobwebs that had dust on them!! Surely cleanliness is a basic standard for any hotel, particularly at nearly £200 a night?
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The location was quiet and also convenient for walking to the train station, bus station, or catching the tram. There were several restaurants within walking distance as well. The staff was very helpful if needed. The included breakfast was nice. I also loved the photos and the history to explore in the common areas. Judging from my room, however, the rooms do need a bit of attention. I love the older, cozy feel in hotels with character, but the furniture in my room was simply worn out and uncomfortable to sit on. Lightbulbs were out. I paid extra to book the four poster double room, and my room was nowhere near as nice as the photo provided at the time of booking. I wish I had saved some money and simply booked a standard room. I think the rooms just need someone to come in and make them shine with character and elegance again. I appreciated that they thoughtfully left a fan in closet, as you can't really control the temperature in your room, and the windows only open slightly. In an effort to pack lighter, I was planning to use toiletries provided by the hotels along my journey. Some were missing, such as hair conditioner and body lotion. Just an FYI for your packing. This hotel really could be great with a little update (still preserving the antique character) and a few additional amenities. Again, I only have my room to go on. All in all though, an okay stay. A nice base in a quiet neighborhood, convenient to transport, with a hot breakfast provided.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Keith

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel in the city centre
Really nice hotel in the city centre, nice lounge and dining room. The interior of the hotel is like being in a museum relating to the Royal Scots with numerous pictures and articles about past serving heroes, it’s worth visiting just to read the various articles. We will stay at the hotel again
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

David

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Malcolm Alan

Travelled with partner, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Fantastic historical military establishment. Very clean and reasonably priced. Meals excellent, Staff very friendly; especially Jordyn behind the bar who helped make the stay really enjoyable. Would definitely recommend.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ian

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023