My family of five (three teenage boys) stayed at the Dene Guest House for four nights in August during the wildly crowded but entertaining Fringe Festival. Our room, on the third and top floor of the guest house had a queen bed, two twins and a twin roll-away and there was still plenty of room to move around! There is no elevator so the climb up to the floor was a bit tiring. The room overlooked the backyards of the other town homes, but we found watching drying laundry and neighborhood cats relaxing. The room had comfortable beds, flat screen TV, coffee table with instant coffee, tea, packages of cookies, and electric tea kettle. The small in-room bathroom had great hot water pressure. The breakfast room, which was filled with beautiful natural light, had about 6 dining tables, a small sitting area, and free wi-fi. As soon as you sat at a table, Trini and her staff of friendly servers would bring a basket of toast and offer coffee, tea or hot cocoa. You could choose from a menu of simple but delicious hot breakfasts from oatmeal to eggs, sausages, and hash browns. A self-service buffet had dry cereals, fruit, yogurt, soft cheese, orange juice and milk. The guest house was a 15 minute uphill walk to Edinburgh Castle but there was easy access to taxis or buses. The neighborhood had many restaurants, art galleries, and antique shops. On our last day in Edinburgh, Trini held our luggage downstairs after check-out to give us a few last hours of sightseeing before we caught our afternoon train leaving Edinburgh, a new favorite city.

This new town-located guest house is a no-frills basic guest house. But the excellent service and numerous accommodating staff make up for the spartan rooms. It's an excellent location for walking (3/4-mile) to the major sights of old-town Edinburgh and (1/4-mile) to the botanical gardens—which are a fabulous.

A warm, cosy place in an excellent location in New Town with a a ton of great little restaurants and shops right there. Breakfasts were generous, and the breakfast room is beautiful. A couple of words of warning, especially for those with kids: street-facing rooms are noisy at night if the window is open, and you will have to choose between quiet and fresh air. I suspect garden view rooms are much better. Also, the rooms appear to vary in style and esthetic appeal: one of our rooms was very nice and inviting, the other felt kind of like a large closet with a window. The charge is per person, not per room (at least we paid more for the less interesting room). Having said that, we enjoyed staying at Dene House and are especially grateful for the wonderful hospitality we received, which cannot be faulted.

The guest house is wonderfully run by Trini, who is an example of hospitality, good sense of humour and professionalism. She manages a team that ensures one's stay runs smoothly from beginning to end.
The guest house is in a very quiet are yet super close to the city centre and bus routes. There are several restaurants, take aways, convenient stores nearby so everything is conveniently located and close by for the traveller.

The guest house is in great condition, the rooms and toilets are super clean and nicely decorated.

the manager (Trini) is also very helpful giving you information about the city, where to go, what to do etc. and this helps a lot, specially when you dont know the city at all!

Loved it! Will be back!