Just back from a weekday city break staying at the scotsman.
Very hard working ,dilligent and friendly staff
The hotels location is perfect iMO.Your literally right across the road from Waverly train station.200m from the Royal Mile and 300m from Princes Street

Check in went really well.Not due to check in till 2pm we arrived in the city at noon but went up to leave our bags at the hotel to do a spot of pub/shopping.Were pleasantly surprised to be told not only was our room ready......they were giving us a free upgrade to a superior room,Excellent!

The room itself was decent enough and the bathroom was huge,
The quirky thing about it is your room door is like a door and a half?! The half being a type of service hatch for room service.We had our breakfast delivered this way (£5 tray cover) and it was popped through piping-hot bang on time as requested.
I can't comment on the dining facilities as we ate out though we did pop in for a nightcap and the bar is a thing of beauty.Architecturally it is gorgeous.
Overall I'd recommend the hotel to anyone largely due to the young and enthusiastic staff.
The only glitch we had was we were charged twice for an item and didn't realise until returning home but one phone call and the staff sorted it and couldn't apologise enough.

Having booked a service flat that proved disappointing, we chose to immediately relocate to a hotel and frankly chose The Scotsman simply because it was one of the first hotels we walked by. Did we get lucky! Explaining our dilemma to Michelle at reception, she acted as though it was her responsibility to salvage our vacation. She offered us three options, all of which she insisted us we view before choosing. We ended up taking a duplex suite with a beautiful view of the castle The rates were excellent and all of the accommodations we saw were large and comfortable. The Scotsman has an honored history, having originally been built as the newspaper of the same name. The architecture and ambience of the hotel are very special, with all of the accommodations being unique.

Breakfast was included in our rate and enormous and cooked to offer. Michael, the delightful young manager in the dining room, is a consummate professional and thoroughly engaged in seeing that all guests needs and preferences are catered to. Room service breakfast was provided with a small service charge and was prompt and excellent.

Notably all of the hotels employees are enthusiastic, caring, cheerful and helpful in a very genuine way. Ivor, the concierge, is not only the jewel in their crown, but the best ambassador The Scotsman, Edinburgh and Scotland could hope for. It was an enormous pleasure to be in his "house", city and country and we look for to returning to all three.

Lovely big room with great solid furniture
Two televisions
Like the spa and swimming pool
Definitely the friendliest staff we have ever seen
Made a great weekend

I never leave reviews on hotels I've stayed at due to lack of time etc, however I feel the Scotsman and its staff deserve it !
I booked the stay or my sister and I for a chill out pamper break, I called hotel prior to our stay and requested twin beds. After being warmly welcomed and our bags lifed to check in we found out we had been upgraded to a beautiful room on the third floor.
Ross from front of house staff took us to our room and showed us around, he told us about the room and what it was before, our room was an editors office, has to be the best room we have stayed in, amazing original features, wood paneling and the most comfortable beds.
We had a few issues with working lights etc, but Ross helped us out and rectifyed our issues straight away, we even got complimentary drinks for the inconvenience.
Ross and the staff made us feel so welcome and looked after us well.
Great hotel, location, charm, staff and service !
We will definitely be back !