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3.0 of 5
24 Royal Terrace, Edinburgh EH7 5AH, Scotland
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Ailsa Craig Hotel
Ranked #99 of 140 hotels in Edinburgh
3.5 of 5 stars 81 Reviews
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“Perfect location”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 1 February 2012
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Pleasant hotel in an ideal situation 5 mins from the bottom of Princes Street.
We had a double en suite basement room which was small, however we knew this when we booked and it wasn't a problem, location being more important than room size and who goes away to sit in your hotel room anyway? It had a very new looking bathroom with a shower that was always nice and hot, and a flat screen tv (although we never switched it on). Fresh towels and bed linen every morning.
Breakfast was substantial and tasty, choice of fruit and cereal and fruit juices, tea and coffee and cooked "Scottish" breakfast. Staff were always friendly and helpful and greeted you whenever you walked into or left the hotel.

  • Stayed January 2012, travelled as a couple
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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“Fantastic staff made my girlfriend and I feel incredibly welcome, couldn't do enough to please.”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 19 January 2012
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person found this review helpful

First holiday with my girlfriend, they organized fresh flowers bouqet for her and ice bucket and champagne flutes for our arrival. They even put on a supper at 1am for late night arrivals. most attractions within 10-15 mins walk. I would recomend it to any one visiting Edinburgh.

  • Stayed December 2011
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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Clevedon, United Kingdom
2 reviews
“Excellent, relaxing atmosphere”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 5 December 2011

This was a great hotel from the time we arrived staff were so helpful and could not do enough to make our stay memorable. We had a basement room but would recommend you stay on another level it was comfortable, clean and we only paid cheap so excellent value for money. Breakfast was really good can recommend the full breakfast and the porridge was best I have tasted. Special thanks to Christine for arranging a beautiful meal in the Mussel & Steak bar superb food and arranged a taxi for us nothing was to much trouble. Great location for sight seeing or anything else in Edinburgh in quiet location but not to far away from anything. Massive thank you to you all.

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  • Stayed December 2011, travelled with friends
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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Chichester, United Kingdom
1 review
“Nice Hotel, Great Staff”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 15 November 2011

Myself and two friends have recently finished a two night stay at the Ailsa Craig Hotel on arrival we were greated and cheaked in by Alan, Once cheaked in we were impressed to find our room was large, clean and tidy. After a sound nights sleep by all we tried the breakfast which was also very good and the staff were all very efficient. We would like to say thank you to Alan and all the staff for making our stay a pleasent one. When in edinburgh we will be shore to book again.

  • Stayed November 2011, travelled with friends
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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7 reviews 7 reviews
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9 helpful votes 9 helpful votes
“"Great hotel, excellent staff"”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 7 November 2011
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We were moved to Ailsa Craig from another hotel after a booking mixup. The staff at Ailsa Craig were lovely and replied to my emails very quickly. We requested early check-in as were heading for a wedding and they had our room ready for just gone 11am! Hotel was very clean and nice and quiet during the night.

Royal terrace is a very quiet street but still quite close to the main tourist areas. Although we didn't take the car it looks like there is free car parking on the street from Friday evening through the weekend.

Breakfast was included and you could help yourself to cereal and juice and the cooked breakfast was done by order. All in all very pleasent stay and we'll be back.

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  • Stayed November 2011, travelled as a couple
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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Address: 24 Royal Terrace, Edinburgh EH7 5AH, Scotland
Price range (per night):* INR4,313 - 14,395

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