I started working at the Art House Hostel for Richard Lo in Mid December 2011. My name is Richard also, but please don't confuse me with him. From the very beginning I saw a genuine good hostel in the making but past behavior by the owners let this property down. Richard Lo and Jon Joice have a past together. At... More

unclean, Jon the owner was hitting on my 15 year old daughter. Dirty showerrooms, Poor management of cleaning routines ie can't get to showers and toilets while staff are attending to them. two out of 4 mornings no breakfast provided. Noisey outside as pubs kick out and people retun after 2am with a supodidky 1am curfew. over all a nightmare.... More

My brother and I were travelling through Scotland and stayed at Art House for a few nights. The room was gorgeous and the beds comfy, one of the nicest hostel rooms I have stayed in. Unfortunately on arrival we were subjected to a 20 minute rant by JonJo about how he is the next Richard Branson and how he is... More

I got back from edinburgh on monday. I stayed for 4 nights and was very satisfied with the art house hostel. I thought it was clean and had a homy touch to it. It has a big living room with internet access, a ton of movies and a beamer. Big kitchen, too. They have like 6 toasters, which i liked,... More

Art house hostel, felt more like a home than a hostel. The place is really nice and clean. I stayed there for 2 nights and couldn't be more happier. They also have home cinema should you feel like not doing anything like i did for my last night in edinburgh. The bathroom was clean unlike some hostel i stayed in,... More

unclean hostel, owner very rude. would not recommend a stay here, there is a lot of better places in Edinburgh, cleaner and with friendlier staff. It is not centrally located either which could pose a problem and there is only one toilet in the whole hostel for use by guests, which is in no way appropriate. More

Just back from a stay in edinburgh. we booked this hostel as we were arriving into the city very late, and nowhere elsewould accept the late book in, so in fairness to the manager on the place (young Oz guy), he stayed up to check us in. On our first night there we had no problems but on the next... More

I went on this trip with 7 friends. 3 being fellow nurses, one accountant and 2 engineers etc. We arrived in the hostel and from the moment we arrived the hostel owner was rude. He said he disliked the Irish. He ran up the staris into my female bedroom while we were getting changed and ran in saying we were... More

DON’T STAY HERE unless you want abuse. I called twice to tell them I was coming by bike, and when I got there they said they have no bike storage. When I tried to problem-solve, the owner yelled at me to leave, swore at me, shoved me (I'm female), threw my bike around, and screamed at me to take my... More