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1 St Albans Road, Edinburgh EH9 2PA, Scotland
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2.5 of 5 stars 5 Reviews
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“The worse place I've ever been in”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 25 September 2007
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This guest house is terrible. The worse i've ever been in.
We hired a triple room (3 boys in Edinburgh for a rugby game). 2 of them had to share a bed. We had to suffer the slaging of the staff. That was the last time we saw "the staff" (by the way, they don't speak english!).
We were told the front door was closing at 11 pm, but there would be some one to open it, whenever we would be back. At 5pm the door was closed, nobody was there to open it, so we had to wait for 20 min to get in (we opened it ourselves, as if we were thieves).
There are no cupboards in the room or any facilities to leave clothes, the tv doesn't work... Terrible.
And finally the bathroom (if it can be called a bathroom).
It's a shared single bathroom for 8 rooms.
It's impossible to lock the door... so it's usual to enter it while another guest is in.
The tub is full of hairs, and stains (disgusting), plus it doesn't drain off correctly, so if you dare to have a shower, you might find yourself with your feet in a puddle of dirt.
The toilet doesn't flush either... So we rather used pub's ones than the lodge's...
And all this for the amount of 225 euro/night in a triple room!
Shame on the Lodge!

  • Liked — Nothing. Not even the blankets were correct.
  • Disliked — The bathroom, the room, the beds.. the matress were torture
  • Stayed September 2007, travelled with friends
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 1 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
    • 1 of 5 stars Business service (e.g., internet access)
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north yorkshire
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4 helpful votes 4 helpful votes
“Please Mr Fawlty - all is forgiven!”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 12 February 2007
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This is the most appalling place I have ever stayed in. Unfortunately I did not read the previous review before I booked. I hope you are not as unfortunate.

There was no-one to let us in and the door was locked! We had to call a number written on a scrap of paper taped to the door. 15 minutes and 2 phone calls later we were let in and shown to our room. The carpets were stained, the room was tiny (not what we were expecting). There was no milk for tea and the window only opened after a struggle. Breakfast was a farce, we were driven to another hotel and deposited unceremoniously at the door, on arrival we had to wait to be seated for 20 mins in a packed foyer as other hotel guests from other hotels were carted in. The seating was allocated on one in and one out basis. There is no mention of the breakfast but it is a choice of eggs and toast or toast and eggs.
Please don't stay here, it's really the worst place I have ever stayed in. I have never written a review before in my life but I wanted to warn as many people as I could.

  • Liked — Nothing
  • Disliked — Everything
  • Stayed February 2007, travelled as a couple
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 2 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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1 of 5 stars Reviewed 9 August 2006
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This place ranks as the worst place we have ever stayed. On arrival the door was locked, a message on the door said "ring the bell", but no bell on the door!!!, All the carpets were heavily stained. The internal door knob came off in my wife's hand, she couldn't open the door - not very good if there was a fire. and the windows did not open enough to escape through. There was no milk withe the tea making facilty, we had to ask for it, the towels were dirty and another couple we met had the same problems. Breakfast didn't start until 0930, after the owners had cooked breakfast at their other hotel. As the onwers are Muslims they would not cook bacon or sausage ( this was not mentioned at time of booking). Because they owners did not stay in the Lodge, there were drunks making nosie all night, running up and down stairs and slaming doors.
When we complained to the owner in the morning he didn't give a dam.
WARNING do not stay there.

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“Un agujero infecto. Sucio, caro y malo.”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 5 March 2012
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  • Stayed February 2012, travelled with friends
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 1 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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Linz
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“einfach nur mies!!!”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 May 2007
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    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
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1 St Albans Road, Edinburgh EH9 2PA, Scotland
Price range (per night):* INR1,400 - 4,537

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