Cairn Hotel - Edinburgh

I have very good impression about the high cost perfomance. The water volume of toilet and shower were nothing to criticize, and sheets of bed was clean, and the central heating was enough. As only the drainage of shower had problem, I noticed. But they solved in same day. The robby and restaurant had good atomosphere. I would like to stay if I have chance.

Hotel reception person is good attitude when I arrived too late time this accommodation.Room is crean and with bathroom.And very resonable !!My favorite hotel in Edinburgh.

The hotel was a short walk from Waverly Station but I reccomment hiring a cab for the trip from the station. We found the hotel to be worn but comfortable and enjoyed our stay.

The hotel is quite tidy and clean, but the location is a little bit far from the Waverly Train Station.

First time stay, will probably stay again ad it's good value for money

The hotel is located close to the Princess Street just 10 walking minutes away from Edinburgh Waverly Station. This is a great plus. The offered service is good value for money the restaurant offers a good choice of continetal and Scottish breakfast. Some rooms got new bathroom interieurs others have a early 90s standard. If you want to explore Most of the main attractions in Edinburgh and don't want to spent a fortune for your stay this is your choice. I would like to extend my destinct compliments to Stuart who staffed the bar and reception at night.

Booked a double room for 4 nights, only to find myself in a palatial room with three beds and a better bathroom than I have at home! Was a treat to have so much space and myself and my partner really made sure I enjoyed it. Beds and bedding weren't amazing but did the job - only disappointment really was the lack of TV channels in the room, we only had terrestrial reception!

Very wellcome and nice staff, breakfast is a bit overpriced at 9.50 pounds for Scottish breakfast, considering 2 mins. down the road you get a more substantial one for only 2.79!! Overall, location is ideal in a quita and secure area very close to all amenities.

We were well pleased with this hotel. It is basic, but clean and more than adequate for our needs. The location is excellent, an easy walk to major sites, and right by a bus stop for those who want to minimize their walking. We were impressed with the quietness of the street. WiFi worked well and was free, which is certainly not universally true at UK hotels.

The hotel is situated in a optimal place for visiting Edinburgh with a good price; 15' min to Royal Mile with Carlton Hill very close. Near also to Hertz (picardy place) for hiring a car.

Good relationship between price and quality, good position respect the city centre,

Staff was friendly and helpful. Ample breakfast provided in a pleasant area. Our room faced the garden, which was green and luxurious, a big plus for we travelers from Arizona. Also near theater district, restaurants and bus routes. We would recommend this hotel. Could have used a shelf of some kind IN the shower.

Remove moquette from ground please!it's horrible and dirty

Good location. Ok facilities. Unwelcoming, unfriendly, unreasonable staff. No respect for privacy: walking into the room without knocking or warning. Abusive: they wouldn't give us a room (booked months in advance) before 2.30pm. Then the next morning they force us (rudely) to evacuate by 11am.

Overall I had a pleasant stay in this hotel. However I didn't think the quality of the hotel matched the price. I stayed in two different rooms while there. The double room was much nicer and cleaner than the single room i stayed in but I paid more when staying in the single room.

Good place ,near the center and very quiet but the room isnot spacious and the breakfast expensive

The toilet WAS NOT CLEAN when we got the room. The bed had cookie crumbs UNDER the duvet, which means THEY DIDN'T CHANGE THE BED LINEN! Dusty room on a noisy corridor. Staff was friendly and helpful.

Very helpful staff

A little hotel in the old town. Your can reach the centre in 10 minutes. perfect. The room was very quiet, but unfortunatly in the cellar.

Nice place to stay, few minutes walk from city centre, just in front of Carlton Hill, nice staff and great breakfeast

A VERY GOOD HOTEL THAT I HAVE USED MANY TIMES IN THE PAST I HAVE ALWAYS FOUND THE HOTE TO BE OF EXCELLANT VALUE AND THE STAFF VERY HELPFUL

The only drawback was our room located at the far end of the basement level, needed to walk downstairs. BTW friendly and helpful staff!

The hotel is located in a very central area, but despite this the room was very quiet, only a bit small, but ok. The staff was very nice and welcoming. The only thing we can complain about was that the hot water tap did not work very well, but apart from that we had no problems whatsoever. I think that Hotel Cairn has a pretty good price/quality ratio. I recommend it if you want a quiet place that's also within walking distance from the centre.

Will be back to Edinburgh for sure. Location of this hotel is excellent. Easy to find and thankfully not too far from everything. Room was very spacious and light. Much appreciated generous Tea & Coffee facilities in room. Bathroom spotless. Not too keen on the very noticeable damp patch beside main window in room. Understandable for a building of it's time to show some signs of dilapidation but certainly not for the business that is now making money there. Just 5 TV channels was a bit of a shock. Never made breakfast. Great city to visit. Heartily recommend Browns brasserie for brunch though.

The room was excellent except that the mattress and bed looked very dirty and very very old. They were covered by clean sheets, but the smell made sleep difficult.

We stayed 3 days in Edinburgh. The Hotel is near to the center of the city, so a lot of entertainment, pubs and restaurant are to find in the quarter.

While the rooms are a bit small, the location and price make it unbelievably ideal. If you're visiting Edinburgh, you won't be spending much time in your room anyway. I highly recommend this hotel.

This was the first time I stayed at this hotel, but I enjoyed staying at it. Staff was friendly and competent. The hotel was not located close to the historic area, but I choose this hotel mainly because of the price. Room was clean and breakfast offered was OK.

The Cairn is a nice basic hotel, good breakfast, attentive personnel.

We had a nice, big family room for one adult and two children. We could open the window and we had the look to some trees. We could hear any cars, it was very quiet. We had to walk only 10 minutes to the centre, to the main bus station or to the tourist board. There were also a busstop nearby the hotel. The staff was very friendly at reception and when we had breakfast. We had a wonderful time and I would recommend the hotel to friends. The bathroom was small but with bath and all was new and well working.

Rooms are basic but clean, with new painting and new carpets. Attentive and friendly staff. A short walk to central Edinburgh. Quiet neighbourhood. A budget hotel, ideal for a night resting after a sightseeing day.

Very difficult to get to the rooms - narrow stairs - corridors like a labyrinth - rooms very small - installations in the bathroom very inconvenient - employees friendly

The breakfast (which was not included in the room price) was 'adequate', but not of the standard you expect in Scotland. Cooked breakfast on cold plate, so bacon (one small rasher, tomato (one small slice of tomato) was cold on arrival. The sausages were 'catering' with no flavour. Yoghurts poor quality. Nasty packs of marmelade with no orange in them. Just not a very good experience and I would not have it were I to go back there. Bathrooms - no handle in bath, felt dangerous and no hairdryer. But very well positioned. Rooms good sized and beds comfortable. If you have a lot of luggage it would be difficult becasue of all the stairs and passageways (no porterage).

Cairn hotel was ideal for our stay in Edinburgh right next to the centre. Real value for money

This is a good option as it is close to all the sights, the room comfortable and the service good. However, it isn't particularly quiet so keep this in mind if you're a light sleeper. Late night/early morning revellers walk past and loiter outside.

A handy spot to stay in Edinburgh.

Great quality for a low price! We stayed for three nights. The room was very clean and cosy, though pretty basic (as expected at the price). A good central location for sightseers, a short walk to central Edinburgh, Princes Street and Waverley Station.

I am pleasantly surprised with the quality that I got at this hotel. The bathroom is fantastic - ultra modern. The surrounding is quiet and only 5 minutes walk to major shopping centers. I will certainly stay here again whenever I go down to Edinburgh. The staf worth mentioning, they will try to accomodate every requests. Highly recommended..!!

It's soooooooo good that I would like to take one more night there if possible~~~:)

It might be the overall price of Britain but it is somewhat expensive. Though I enjoyed stying there and breakfast was good.

Excellent breakfast menu included in the price!

Facilities was not bad regarding to price but hot water was not hot enough. Possibly some person can be satisfied with that temperature however not all user.

Good old town location. Approximately a 20 minute walk to the Royal Mile Street even closer to Princess Street. Hotel is a bit worn but not too bad for the price. No liftif that is important. Staff was helpful. We would stay there again.

The Cairn is within 5-10 minutes walking distance from city center, train station, and 5 minutes more to Royal Mile. There are restaurants and some shops in immediate area. Staff are very friendly and helpful althought sometimes desk staff did not have enough knowledge of city to be helpful with specific questions. But, the main tourist information is in city center a short walk away. They do have high speed wireless internet but it is not in all of the rooms in the main hotel. It is in the lobby there that has comfortable furniture for checking emails, etc. The hotel "annex" rooms which are across the street have high speed in all of the rooms at least as far as I know. I would certainly recommend the Cairn for reasonably priced accomodations. I am traveling alone and spent 6 nights there. Also, I booked for 3 nights initially and was able to negotiate part of the room price down for the next 3 nights.

We stayed hére one more nignt the price was différent 60l reserved by venere 70l taking room at the hotel

This was our first time in Edinburgh and Cairn hotel is pretty close to Princes St. and city center (20 min. walk, not 10 min.). Very quiet location and we had a very nice room. The scaffolding in front of the building is a little off putting at first, seems like it's been there for years since I read the reviews which already mentioned it before deciding on this hotel. There is no elevator but our room was on the 2nd floor so it wasn't much of a struggle. The front desk employees were always nice and ready to answer any questions. Best of all, breakfast consisted on hot and cold choices which included eggs, bacon and sausage as well as cereals. We had a very nice stay and would recommend this hotel to anyone travelling to Edinburgh.

The hotel is beeing refurbished at the moment. So it looked like a big construction site from the street. Fortunately it was great from the inside, quiet and roomy. Great breakfast. Only the breakfast room was a bit dirty due to the construction works. Great value for money.

Fan-diddly-tastic

Cairn Hotel is the best place to stay if you are looking for a cheep and comfortable Hotel.

Oh my God..just an overnight!!!I enjoyed even the apple tree at the backyard..and the color of the leeves...I had promised myself come again and stay at least.. a week!!!! must see more of that...mmmmmmm....amazing.... beautiful Scotland... mmmmmm.... friendly and wonderful people...sssssssss.... nice place for a dreamer as I am...

The hotel did not state that they were have building work done on their website. So, when I arrived there was scaffolding along the front of the hotel. My room was at the front of the hotel where all the work was being carried out and was very noisy, with workmen passing by my window. When I went to reception to ask if it would be possible to move rooms although they found me another room they were less than happy at my request. At breakfast time, there didn't seem to be any kind of order of staff present, crockery and cutlery were missing from the tables etc. I would have prefered to have a cooked breakfast but there was no one to ask and when one did appear, she seemed that she couldnt be bothered. I didn't have breakfast there again due to the disarray. I would'nt recommend staying here.

Gutes Haus, ideal fuer Städtetour Edinburgh. Zentral gelegen gute Verkehrsanbindung.

Everything about this hotel was great. 10 minute walk from Princes Street. Clean hotel, quite rooms, great location. Would stay there again.

Booked for 4 nights, but decided to move out after the first. Rooms were small, dirty, noisy and smelly (we changed from the first room we were offered). On the positive side the staff were friendly and obliging. Moved to the Malmaison in Leith, which cost slightly more, but was worth it - although further from the city centre, it was well served by local buses and taxis, and I would heartily recommend it (it is available via Venere, but not as an online booking).

A good tourist base situated close to all attractions. Staff are very helpful but breakfast seems to be a problem when groups are there. The independent visitor seems to take a back seat and doesn't get the service they deserve when groups are there. The reception staff are very helpful and any problems are immediately sorted out.

Utterly terrible hotel - thank God I only stayed one night. A toilet door that jammed from the outside, so I had to get a repairman up at midnight to indulge in a pee! There was a dangerous pool of water around the TV jack on the windowsill, and the TV did not work. After a complaint, the picture was still very fuzzy and it was basically a 1970s TV. The staff were obliging and tried to help, but the owners had put no money into the hotel. Very cold rooms and instant coffee, although a waiter took pity on me and gave me a weak but at least better pot of real coffee. Sweaty sock left under bed by maids (I only discovered as I was leaving). The staircase to the rooms was actually unstable, which is a real health and safety problem. My complaint drew no offer of a refund or anything else - and this dump cost £75, worse than anything I have ever paid for in London. The only good points were the fact they let us leave our luggage there the second day, and it was well located. STAY AWAY FROM THIS ****HOLE.

We came for the rugby match scotland/france,the hotel is close to the center and the pubs and the Murrayfield stadium.Car hire is also close, it is easy to walk to the central area of the city. breakfast is OK, the prices climb high on special events in all the city. WE HAD AN EXCELLENT STAY

It doesnt look much but it has got character and the staff were very good and friendly

ES un hotel bien situado, pero necesita una renovación. Tiene habitaciones que parece han sido renovadas, pero otras no. Son poco espaciosas, con ruidos de cañerias y los baños además de minusculos tienen los platos de ducha o bañeras indecentes. El personal es amable y el desayuno está bien. Para tener la consideración de hotel es cutre.

Our stay at the Cairn was flawless. It is located within easy walking distance of the central Old Town area and Edinburgh Castle. Breakfast was great and the staff very helpful. As with most UK hotels, rooms are pricey for what you get, but the Cairn is well priced for Edinburgh. If forced to make a complaint, the heat was not yet turned on and so we couldn't warm up the room in the morning - but this was very minor.

Excellent overall. Good value for money. Really enjoyed our stay. The only issue was that whilst rooms were generally clean it would appear that the hotel did not have a decent carpet hoover! The hotel is not in the prettiest of locations.

Rooms need renovation. Bed was tired and curtains were old. However, there was TV and en suite.

The hotel is slightly better than an average 1-star hotel. The location was good--about 10 minutes walk from Waverly train station, and on a direct busline to the seaside areas. Breakfast, though not great, was included. The rooms were clean and adequate.

Excelent hotel... but very expensive for the room offered. But this is European style. it is only four blocks from the main entrance to Old Town.

Rooms basic but clean, Friendly staff, Good Breakfast, Good location very Central, Short walk from station would get a cab for the first time we couldnt find location on station map very enjoyable stay would use again

The Cairn Hotel is central, clean and cheap with no frills; it was perfectly comfortable but curiously unwelcoming. It does have reasonably priced single accommodation, which is an advantage.

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