The guesthouse has one of the best English breakfasts we ever had during our UK trip. Good breakfast kick start a good day! :) Our room is situated on the second floor, first room facing the back garden. Very quiet. Nice & big room for both my wife and me thou' the bathroom is a bit small, but we are not fussy about it.

The downside is that Ardenlee Guesthouse is about 200-300m away from Princes Street. For travelers walking to the guesthouse, be aware of the up slopes and down slopes towards the guesthouse. Especially those who are carrying huge backpacks or big luggages or older folks. Maybe too tedious. It is best to take a bus. 1-2 bus stops away.

Overall, we love this guesthouse!

Tucked away in the New Town of Edinburgh (for those people who don't know the city, the 'New Town' is nearly 300 years old!) is the Ardenlee. I spent four nights there in October 2011, in the attic room (the one sticking out at the top on the photo!). It's a small, perfectly formed, single room - although it's up a LOT of quite steep stairs! The bathroom, which is very well appointed, is shared with another room, and situated on the floor below, with the breakfast room a floor below that.

Kay and Kenny were great hosts - helpful and accomodating, without being intrusive - and the rest of the staff were friendly and efficient. Breakfast was great - served quickly and efficiently, and excellent quality.

The Ardenlee itself is in a small street just off Dundas Street, which leads straight up to Princes Street and Waverley Railway Station. If, however, you want a different (more interesting) route, you can turn left when coming out of the house, when a short walk leads you to King George V Park. A signposted, traffic free (apart from bikes...) stroll leads you up through the park, to a Georgian crescent, from where it's an easy, interesting, walk to St. Andrews Square (good for local buses), Princes Street (good for...road works, but I'm sure they'll finish the tram system eventually), and Waverley (good for trains, and the tour buses). It's a roughly 20 minute walk - Dundas Street is a little quicker, but much less interesting - you also have less chance of being run over!

I'd definitely stay at the Ardenlee again - it's comfortable, very reasonably priced, and offers easy access to the city from a very pretty area.

Kay and Kenny are gracious and welcoming but low key hosts. It felt like we were staying with family. The ceilings are high, our room was spacious, and though the bathroom was small it was perfectly adequate. It is at the bottom of a long hill that leads up to the train station and central city, but there is a bus stop a few steps away. The breakfasts were generous and delicious with a lot of hot and cold options. At the end of our stay, we left a camera in a store downtown and had to leave very early in the morning. Our hosts were quite reassuring that it would be found, and in fact called the next morning on our behalf, located the camera and picked it up, and posted it to us. In the meantime, they called to arrange transportation to the airport for us. All much more than ever expected. They are truly lovely and caring and you can't ask for better.

I have to admit: this review is biased. I had booked a single with shared facilites. A couple of days before arrival I had hurt my back real bad, which I mentioned upon arrival. Without a blink the proprietor immediately suggested that I take the apartment. It felt like being home. If you're with a family, its a great place to stay. The breakfast was good, location is okay. If you don't like street sounds, ask for a room at the back. Nice walk uphill (about 10 mins.) to town. Botanic Gardens and Leith Walk close by.