Well I am ashamed after reading the plethora of excellent reviews for 2012 to date and it is only February not to have written a review before. I notice a lot the of reviews below are from new visitors but my husband and I first stayed in the Old Waverley in October 2005 for the weekend to celebrate his birthday and have been going back ever since - so maybe you might like the opinion of a pair of veterans as it were! As mentioned by many, the hotel is right on Princes Street in an ideal position for exploring the city but especially when travelling to Edinburgh by train - you are out of Waverley station and at reception in 5 minutes. Apart from the original birthday stay we now stay for our anniversary in February as a couple, for the Fringe/Tattoo in August with family and have even done a Hogmanay with, a then, teenage son!. On each and every visit the staff have been a credit to the hotel. We always stay DBB and the food has always been excellent, with fresh local produce (earlier reviewer mentioned lack of scottishness on menu, think you were just unfortunate with the menu at your time of stay). The hotel oozes character and the refurbishments we have seen over the years are sympathetic to the age of the building. I think the main things to remember though are, this is a 3 star hotel (if you want more there is a 4 or even 5 star hotel in the group) and, it is an old building, so will not have all mod cons. That said, we only ever feel as if we have had 5 star service from all the hard working staff, and we just love the character of the place so we are a little bias We are looking forward to our 4 night stay at the end of the month to celebrate our sliver wedding and I know other family members are looking forward to another tattoo weekend in August. So Old Waverley as far as we are concerned just keep on doing what you are doing and I am sure you will contiune to get many more return customers.