Allison House 16 Guesthouse

Dissapointed!

Simple, clean, up to date, affordable, EXCELLENT public transport

clean, safe. room was spacious in all the right ways. quiet neighborhood. lovely stash of coffees and teas with a kettle!

Room 46. Patio door did not lock just on a restrictor for security, creaky floorboards in neighbouring room, extractor fan in bathroom didn’t work. Hard to find on a busy road in the dark gas to drive around and eventually park 5 minutes away and walk back.

The room was a little too warm other than that it was fine

Good

I would not have booked here had I known that the doors don't lock. There is one key for all the doors, and everyone receives a copy of this key. Anyone can open the door to your room at night or while you are out. There isn't even a safe in the room to secure your valuables. Ridiculously unsafe, how hard could it be to put locks on the doors? It is also not staffed at all at night. Further, the listing did not say that there was no bathroom for the room. There is a bathroom across the hall (again no lock) so you have to take all your clothes and toiletries with you into the common area to use the bathroom. Some rooms have a bathroom, but you have no way to know beforehand what you're getting. The room is hot with no way to ventilate other than a window with no screen, letting in moths and mosquitos. No breakfast items which are pictured in the listing. Location is not particularly walkable. 35 minute walk to Royal Mile and the castle. This would have been fine if the price reflected this. You pay hotel prices for what is less than a usual hostel experience. At least the room was clean.

The bed was small, but very comfortable, although the room was extremely hot and stuffy with just a heavy duvet on the bed. A fan was provided. The internet speed was almost non existent. The room was small with no storage facilities for clothing. The bathroom was clean and adequate, although the shower door didn't close properly and the extractor fan didnt work. There was one small bottle of water provided, but it appeared to have been there for sometime as it had rust on the inside of the lid. Getting access was easy enough with the lockbox. Parking consists of two spaces only. The website gives incorrect information regarding parking and restaurant facilities. There is no restaurant or food available.

Large but very hot room and no way to cool it. Staff unavailable 7pm -8am so very unhelpful unless emergency. No fridge to store food. Bathroom sink so small could not fill kettle and drain completely open. Found old orange peelings under bed. Bed reasonably comfortable but very warm quilt, no sheet, only one pillow.

Woken up two days running by someone playing around with cutlery being very noisy and there were a lot of ants around the floor. Shame as it's a nice enough place.

No air circulation

The manager was very helpful and kind. He responded to our requests immediately. Toilet flush was difficult to operate. The unit needed more hangers for towels and storage space in the bathroom.

No remote for the tv. Bathroom was dim and needed a light above the mirror and faucets were difficult to turn on and off.

The room was small but clean. The bed was comfortable and well made up. Travel into the city was easy due to several buses passing the property. There is definitely not enough parking and a lot of the side roads are permit holders only. The shower was pretty useless, it would only run scalding hot or freezing cold. The staff arrive around 8am and proceeded to shout or talk very loudly to each other, or on the phone. This ensures that you get no further sleep. Take earplugs! We were on the ground floor, which was lucky as there is no lift and people were struggling with their luggage.

We enjoyed our stay here (5 nights). The rooms are small but clean. It is located close to 2 bus stops so we were able to get to everywhere we wanted to go easily. Highly recommend!

The property itself was very good, but I would have appreciated it being made clear that breakfast was not included.

The room was really bright and airy and my bed & pillows were very comfy. The bathroom was very clean, but in my whole 3 nights there I couldn’t find an ambient temperature for the shower - only very hot or very cold. This was very frustrating! Additionally the room didn’t have a safe and the hotel only provides cover up to £50 in the case of theft etc, and there wasn’t a door sign to ask the cleaner/housekeeper to not come in. This meant that you had to take all your valuables everywhere with you, which isn’t always viable. Would be a lot better with a safe and with the option of asking for / not for housekeeping.

It was easy to find (first to Scotland too), well maintained, friendly staff and location was great!

Room was too hot & no staff to consult.Also could hear person snoring in next room for whole night.

Very comfortable bed with a small but modern bathroom. Great assistance from Colin and others of the staff regarding late arriving luggage. He also kindly loaned me a phone charger for the period of my stay.