Old Waverley Hotel

The hotel exceeded our expectations. The location was fantastic. Walkable to the royal Mile and the Edinburgh castle. Plenty of restaurants within walking distance and the airport bus literally dropped us off one block from the hotel. We will definitely stay here again. The rooms are very small but they were clean and the water was hot. Excellent location if you’re looking for a central spot and you need a good place to sleep.

I love to stay at the Waverley but this time the room and bathroom were very small. This morning on my last day the housekeeping were banging doors and vacuuming at 8am. I would think other guests would complain

Central to tourist area. Very nice helpful staff. Only fault was WiFi connection was quite poor.

Room was spacious and clean. Great location for sightseeing. I enjoyed my stay

Location of the hotel is excellent. Old town, shops and restaurants are on the door step. We did not have a WiFi in our room for our 3days stay and the staff was not attentive and helpful. Overall we were happy and would stay there again.

I stayed at the Old Waverly Hotel with my daughter for a sightseeing trip in Edinburgh. You really can't beat the location. I had an amazing view of the castle from my room. It was an easy walk over to the old town. I also had easy access to multiple restaurants, pubs and stores. The City Link bus from the airport dropped directly in front of my hotel and the train station was across the street. Finally the tourist bus was a 2 min walk up to St Andrew's square. The people who worked there were friendly and the room came well equipped with coffee. It was clean and comfortable. Extra points for having cookies with the coffee service! I know they had a restaurant but I ended up just walking to local spots to eat so we never eat there. This is not the Balmoral. It is somewhere between a 3 and 4 star hotel. It is a clean, safe hotel with a great location. My only negative for the hotel was the shower and the wifi. You have to have an engineering degree to get the shower to work and even then it was not a great experience. Very narrow, low pressure and the water temperature just kept going up and down in the morning. I never got the Wi-Fi to show up for my phone but I was on the top floor so maybe that was it. But basically no Wifi. But outside of that a solid hotel if safe, clean and location are your priorities.

Clean room, bath was a bonus, cleaned daily and fresh towels. The staff were all friendly. The hotel is right on Princes Street, at breakfast if you got certain windows you had a great view of the castle and Scott’s monument. The train station was across the road. Breakfast was ok, not many options. There was construction work going on right outside our window from 6am in the mornings.

Our room was very bright and clean and the bed was very comfy. There was a nice deep bath and the heating was set just right. Staff were polite and helpful and the breakfast was good.

The room was very tired, no seals on the door and the window was drafty so it banged all night. Road and hotel was extremely noisy all night plus bin Lorry collected glass bottles at 5:00 am so no sleep. Breakfast was really good though.

Room was very spacious, very comfortable - the beds are very nice, with fluffy duvets. When we walked in we were so relieved to have such a nice space. The bathroom was also spacious, although the tub is quite narrow and it was hard to stand flat in it. The hotel itself is situated perfectly for access to everything, including seconds away from a direct bus or tram to the airport! The breakfast in the morning was great, lots of options. The staff were helpful and friendly. Would definitely stay where again. Lift was small and slow, but that is not atypical for the old world. Our room was also noisy because we got the echo of the alley as we were on the corner we hear all the hooting and hollering until the wee hours of the night and then a 6am garbage truck or something every morning!

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The staff were very helpful from the outset a d offered advice on the local area/city. Room was very clean and comfortable.

Lovely staff. Clean room.

Room and food My husband cut his foot on cracked tile in bathroom luckily I had my manicure set so got the piece of tile out off his foot The whole hotel and room was dated Plus the warkmen we’re throwing rubbish and furniture from upstairs fire escape into skips so we couldn’t relax with noiss

Room extremely clean and fantastic cleaning staff refilling tea, biscuits and getting new towls. Also a great breakfast area with a good selection of hot and cold food and a great view outside onto the princes street

Spotlessly clean Staff amazing. Room amazing big and clean

We loved our stay here! GREAT location and wonderful lunch service! Room was quaint and cozy!

Clean location

Friendly staff, breakfast good, pleasant stay

The room was very clean and staff was very friendly and helpful