Britannia Edinburgh Hotel

Heads up, finding reception and getting checked-in might take ages. There were no windows in my room, hotel wifi was almost out for two days and almost zero mobile network coverage in my room.

Hotel is close enough to Edinburgh's main attractions, you could even get there walking 20-30 minutes from the hotel. Hotel has old facilities and the room has a smell. Also, the toilet wasn't working properly and I had to flush several times to make it work.

Ground floor room 2 was next to a door from reception, never had 30 minutes sleep all night

Once we got here we were waiting a while whilst the receptionist spoke to her friend, this happened a couple of times. We checked in, got to our room and found the door wedged open with dirty linen and rubbish bags. The worker fixed this as soon as I let them know, however it wasn’t very nice or safe to see our room open. There were 3 plugs in the room on the other side to the beds which wasn’t great. We paid for no window, and got a window with a lovely view which was nice, however the free wifi advertised didn’t reach our room which wasn’t great. After the first night we got back and found our window handle had fallen off, and wouldn’t close. This meant we could hear outside very well, and the cold was getting in. We told reception who said someone would be in to fix it the next morning, however they weren’t and had to put up with this for the rest of trip. Little disclaimer, check in’s at 4, you can check in early but it costs £10, and they don’t open the bar til 5 so not much to do if you’re waiting. Last thing, there seemed to ALWAYS (no matter what time) be black bin bags full of rubbish, glasses on the floor, and dirty linen on floor.

Unfortunately hotel was a total disappointment for me. The check-in starts at 16:00 which is so late and when you want to check-in earlier they request 10£. There is no free of charge wifi in the rooms, you need to buy it for approx. 7£ (not even sure how long you can use, probably an hour). Only free wifi one can use is in the lobby. Location is not bad but you need to walk a lot on the cobblestones to reach the hotel and it’s quite a journey on a hill. If you have heavy luggages with wheels, it’s better to take a cab… Most of the rooms were still in renovation and they only have electronic heaters, which most of them unplugged so once you get into your room be ready to freeze first. It’s an old hotel, looking nice from outside but overall it doesn’t worth the price you pay.

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Old hotel was clean but it had what we needed. Clean, large room, reasonably priced, close to dean village, close to hay market.

Location is way too far from the bus stops, you’ll be walking 13-15mins. Hotel lobby is at the back, you need to pass by the parking drive way. Location might work with you if you’ll be taking uber most of the time. They provide luggage storage. Our room was in the lower ground, no windows, if you’re claustrophobic then this is not the room for you. Going to the room is like a maze. The room is average but it’s clean enough. They provide hair dryer, fan, iron and towels.

Great location, adjacent to Dean Village. Easy walk into the centre. Lots of restaurants nearby.