Top 10 The Braid Hills Hotels

The location is very good. It's just outside the train station. The room is also good. The breakfast is also delicious. The service is very good and very welcoming. It's very close to the attractions and can be reached on foot. I will choose this place again next time I come to Edinburgh.

Staff very friendly and cant do enough for you, we’d only been in the room about 10 minutes and we got a text asking if everything was okay with the room. It was our anniversary so it was a lovely touch to get a piece of cake and a card in the room. Bed was really comfy and a lovely size room, we had everything we needed. Hotel is in a very good location and the bar / restaurant is definitely worth a visit, food very tasty and very attentive staff. Would definitely stay at this hotel again.

Nice hotel, the size of the room was great and it was cleaned propertly. The food was fantastic at ”Eve”, I recommend the sharing plate IF you go there. Take a drink and go up to the rooftop, magnific view over the city!

Beware if you have any request or emergency with the apartment out with office hours because you’re very much left to your own devices at least that was our experience. We stayed for one night at apartment 23/3 on Queen Street, Edinburgh on 23rd May. We were a party of 4 adults, one couple & two singles plus baby. The apartment had two double beds and a sofa bed so the couple plus their baby were to have one of the double bedrooms one of the singles the other double bed and the other single guest was to sleep on the sofa bed. However, once we saw to our surprise that no sheets or towels had been provided for the sofa bed, we called the emergency number just after 5pm. After a long wait someone answered, the situation was explained and the lady said she‘d check with her manager about providing sheets and revert. She did so about an hour later to say nothing could be done until the following morning when the office re-opened at 9am but we had to check out an hour later. This meant one of the party had to sleep on the sofa bed, in their day clothes, with a borrowed pillow and blanket from one of the bedrooms. The apartment cost £183 for the night and we feel, at that price, sheets should automatically have been provided for the sofa bed but, apparently, there is an extra charge of £15!. We‘d have been prepared to pay that charge but were not given the opportunity to do so. We called Destiny Scotland a couple of times after our stay - a manager was to call back but never did. This is a service industry company which should cater to guests needs and requests out with normal hours but they didn‘t. There was more than enough time to rectify the situation during all of Sunday late afternoon and evening but they didn‘t seem to care and were happy enough to ignore their guests request for action to be taken to remedy the situation. Our stay was very much marred by this experience and by the follow up communication with the office. Whilst the apartment itself was spacious and comfortable enough the abysmal customer service means we cannot recommend this company or it‘s accommodation.

Except that it's hard to find, there is a very small doorway, you can't see it carefully, and there is nothing wrong with it. There is no reception, just contact the administrator through the small phone at the door, and he will tell you your apartment number and entry code. It is very close to Calton Hill, and all major attractions in Edinburgh can be visited on legs except for the Arthur’s Crown.

We walked to the hotel from the station and found it hard to find the sign is very small but this was our only disappointment. Check in was swift the place was clean and the rooms spacious with no noise in the evening. The breakfast was amazing you could help yourself from the buffet or have fresh delivered to your table. The staff were friendly and efficient. We would definetely stay again amazing and relaxing.

The hotel was converted from a private villa of the old duke hundreds of years ago. The room is small, there is no way to an extra bed, but the environment is very good. The large lawn at the entrance of the hotel is a golf course. The hotel also has a lot of peacocks flying around, and there is a yellow, black and two cows in the cattle farm. Children are more happy to play inside. A lot of people also came to have afternoon tea, and I also booked a private room where the Queen was said to have had afternoon tea. In short, staying here is quite leisurely, and taxis to Edinburgh city centre are less than 10 minutes away.

It is still very good. The location is very good. There is a shopping mall downstairs. It is very close to the train station and is very convenient. The hotel facilities are also very new. The service attitude is very good. You can overlook the scenery on the top floor.

We stayed here three nights in August and thoroughly enjoyed our stay. The family room was beautiful. It slept four comfortably and has one and a half bathrooms. It was very quiet. It was not inexpensive, but reasonable based on the prices of other hotels in Edinburgh in August. It is close to the train station, many restaurants and many of the the sights of the city. The hotel is an odd layout, but we loved that. (I wish we had the time to see a movie in the fancy theatre!) The construction around the hotel is not the hotel’s fault. Our email explained where the alternative entrance was so we knew where to have our cab drop us off. We found the staff helpful and professional. We arrived in the morning after a flight. They kept our bags for us and called us when the room was ready.

First visit - comfortable room after a problem with the first room offered so we were eventually moved after some complaining. Bathroom OK but could do with a bigger towel rail. Housekeeping was good. Restaurant good but expensive. Unfortunately there was a gin festival all week outside the hotel and although on 5th Floor - noisy music all day long and evening. Staff were great. Expensive to park your car.