Edinburgh joined the select posse of UK towns and cities with a Hotel du Vin in late 2008, and its sheer, well-executed reliability has made it a discreet...
11 Bristo Place
Aficionados will know Missoni as an Italian fashion house, celebrated for its bold colours and designs. However, it's branched out of late, most recently...
1 George IV Bridge
A New Town Georgian fantasy of a hotel, the Howard occupies three adjacent buildings that date to the 1820s. You can almost imagine King George IV fiddling...
34 Great King Street
Efficient, reasonable value, mere seconds from the Royal Mile and with few defining characteristics, this branch of the midmarket Ibis tends to inspire...
6 Hunter SquareOpened in 1999 to capitalise on the other developments around Holyrood, chief among them the Scottish Parliament, the Macdonald has always had a business...
81 Holyrood RoadThere are now 12 Malmaison hotels across the UK, but this property was the first to arrive. Launched in 1994, it's housed in a former seaman's mission in a...
1 Tower PlaceThe designer hotel concept came to Edinburgh way back in 1995, when the Point opened on Bread Street. Award-winning in its day, it's since been refurbished...
34 Bread StreetNovotel's central-Edinburgh property is pretty typical of the chain: clean, straightforward and moderately modern rooms; a small pool, with a sauna and a...
80 Lauriston Place
Technically not in Leith but at Newhaven, a little way west, this is simply another functional Premier Inn but with a rare waterfront position. It's tucked...
51-53 Newhaven Place
Like all members of this chain, Edinburgh's Premier Inn is a budget bed box where form is usurped by function, but this one delivers thanks to its fairly...
82 Lauriston Place
Set in parkland just south of Arthur's Seat, the main building here dates to 1687. Much of its original, last-gasp-Jacobean character remains, from the...
Priestfield RoadSympathetic in situ or just historical pastiche? Originally the Scandic Crown, this hotel divided opinion when it opened just over 20 years ago. Either way,...
80 High StreetThe Roxburghe is a deceptively large venue with an elegant address, no distance at all from the west end of Princes Street. Lurking away behind the...
38 Charlotte Square
Discreetly tucked away on a side road in Newington, the Salisbury merits praise for the standard of accommodation ('now' meets 'then' decor with all mod...
43-45 Salisbury Road
Not to be confused with the Salisbury relatively nearby, Salisbury Green opened for business in 2006. It's an impressive mid 18th-century residence, which...
Pollock Halls