Courtyard Edinburgh

"Gate 1 uses this hotel so there were lots of tour groups here. Check in can be slow and the area to wait is small. Overall I would have given this hotel a higher rating but we had to change rooms at 1am due to a broken water pipe that affected our original corner room and 3 others. We were awakened by fireworks nearby so when we got up we had no electricity and our floor was flooded. Luckily there was just enough vacant rooms to accommodate everyone but our new room was smaller. Housekeeping then skipped our new room the next day for cleaning since their list had it as unoccupied. We had to call down to get clean towels. Thanks to the housekeeping manager for helping us. The highlight of the stay was the breakfast buffet. Staff were super friendly and the selection of foods was excellent."

"Great location. Staff is friendly, accommodating and attentive. Reanna communicated with us on the Marriott messaging app and sorted our two reservations and offered to upgrade us to a larger, King bedded room on a higher floor. Melt stored our luggage until our room was ready at about 2pm. Recommend you request a room on floors 6 and above with nicer views. Rooms below that face the rear hill. Buffet breakfast is 20 Euros if you book in advance but 25 if you go without advance booking. Very clean room. Small bathroom with very small sink, and half door shower (common in Europe). Housekeeping service each day of the stay (didn't need to request) is very good. Espresso machine with variety of coffee (perhaps because of the upgrade)."

"For a Courtyard level/tier property, this one is quite exceptional. I travel frequently for business and often stay at St Regis, Four Seasons, Park Hyatt nd the like, so I was very pleasantly surprised with this hotel. 1. Location - centrally located to make walking around the city centre very easy. It's also located across from the tram station (3 min walk away) so taking the tram to/from the airport is so easy. There are grocery stores within a 5mjn walk too to grab snacks, water etc (Tesco Express and Sainsbury) 2. Rooms - for this category of hotel, the rooms are pretty large, with a proper desk and chair (even in some 5* hotels like W, there are no proper desks!) The bathroom is also pretty big - tiny sink but they provide good quality shampoo, conditioner, body wash, hand soap and lotion. You would never find this in a Courtyard in North America! Towels are thick and don't feel like sand paper (you'd be surprised at quality of towels at similar tiered hotels elsewhere!) and there's a mini fridge to keep your snacks and drinks cold. Overall, a good stay here - good value for money. I would book again."