Royal British Hotel Edinburgh

I booked this hotel on the spur of the moment, without having any previous knowledge of it; after reading a few negative reviews on other websites I started to wish I had done a little more research before booking. However when I arrived I was pleasantly surprised. I have stayed here twice now and although the rooms are a little drab and could use some updating, they were clean and had everthing I needed; hair dryer, TV, tea/coffee/milk/shortbread - all replenished every day. On my first stay I had a small single room and on the second, an executive twin room with a huge window overlooking Princes Street Gardens and Edinburgh Castle. Oddly enough, in both ...  Read the complete review

Travelling for business is a bit of a novelty for me, so when a colleague asked me to join him in Edinburgh for a new business pitch, I was delighted. (Then I discovered the meeting was on my birthday - well, hey ho - I can think of worse places to spend my birthday than Edinburgh). Having booked my horrendously expensive train tickets, I then needed to find a hotel. Whilst I was able to claim back both the train and hotel bills on expenses, I was nevertheless aware that I needed to ensure that I wasn't spending too much - both for the sake of my firm, and the sake of my bank balance (as that's where it would be coming from initially). A quick search online led me to ...  Read the complete review