We booked last minute as our poorly dog had been referred to the Edinburgh vet hospital. We just needed a bed for the night and to save us a long morning drive.
The hotel is advertised as dog friendly on Expedia but NOT dog friendly on their own website.
We called the hotel and as no one was on reception, got out through to the London hotel who told us Edinburgh was not dog friendly.
I had to speak to Expedia customer support (I wanted to cancel and book dog friendly) who told me it was dog friendly, I explained my conversation with the employee and the chains own website so they got through to someone and it was confirmed dog friendly. This is all around 6/7pm on the night we had a 3 hour drive to get there. This held up our departure to actually go to the hotel.
Then, on arrival, with our poor scared dog and her crate etc, the front door was locked, no buzzer, just a mobile phone number that you couldn’t call, only WhatsApp. It’s now 11pm because of our delay in leaving and we’re now trapped outside. By chance, guests returned and we got in. There was actually a staff member a couple of meters from reception/ but they were behind a pillar not looking out, not visible.
The whole experience was awful.
Just skip this place and stay at the other end of the town at the new ‘the resident’ apart-hotel.
Absolute chalk and cheese in terms of service, it’s a beautiful new place and was a much better experience.