I stayed at the Alba just this week. I had the gorgeous contemporary room at the rear of the house although I had a choice of rooms to choose from. It was decorated to a very high standard with the most wonderful 'dinner plate' sized shower head and power shower. Cath the hostess was brilliant, she gave my partner and I all the local bus info to get into town, put the radiators on in our room as it was bitterly cold outside and within minutes we had warmed up. The house has some beautiful period features and is well worth a stay, darned good value actually, and the brekkie was very nice too. I would definately stay there again and have this evening recommended this establishment to some friends going to Edinburgh soon.

Cath was a helpful and gracious host from the moment we stepped through the door. Within minutes we had a good sense of where we were relative to the main attractions of Edinburgh, and how we could most easily reach them by public transport. We had one of the funkier modern rooms upstairs. Despite being winter, we were toasty warm in our quiet room. Breakfast was tasty, and we were even given some gluten free goodies despite not having remembered to pass on this requirement in advance. We both highly recommend Alba house and Edinburgh itself as a great holiday destination.

Christian and Danika

Alba House is a thoroughly comfortable, quiet and peaceful b&b. Breakfast is generous, with very good coffee. I had a room on the top floor that had three lovely skylights, including one in the bathroom, right above the tub -- lovely to have it open while having a bath. Free wi-fi, very easy to use. Great in-room radio. Cathy encourages guests to look round the lovely garden, and there are chairs, etc. for an outdoor picnic if you wish. This was a 45 minute walk or ten minute busride to the University where my conference was held.

We enjoyed our stay at Alba House. Cath, our hostess was wonderful - so friendly and helpful! Lovely, spacious accomodations and delicious breakfasts. We stayed in the front room downstairs and found it to be most comfortable and restful. Great location for transportation with a bus stop nearby. We had a car but did not use it. Cath had the foresight to print bus numbers on Alba House's business card which was very helpful. (Cath also gave us some terrific restaurant recommendations - Amarone and Wild Elephant.) We thoroughly enjoyed our stay at Alba House and would highly recommend it.