"The whole hotel was very clean, proximity to abundant public transport, 30 minute walk to Princes Gardens, close to the center"
"Worth the price. close proximity to the city centre, easy access to the hotel by public transport, and hotel is quite clean"
Nestled in Newington, which is a neighbourhood of southern Edinburgh, Scotland, the 3-star Allison House 17 Edinburgh hotel is around a 20-minute walk from The Meadows. The hotel offers street parking on site.
Located only 1.7 km from the award winning Surgeons' Hall Museums, this smoke-free hotel is also 2.7 km from Edinburgh Waverley railway station. The Allison House 17 is 100 metres from Mayfield Gardens bus stop and in close proximity to St Marks Unitarian Church. Guests might also enjoy proximity to Samson's Ribs, situated approximately 20 minutes' walk away. There is the green Flag park "Princes Street Gardens" 2.6 km from this accommodation.
The hotel offers 18 rooms with coffee/tea making machines, and such modern conveniences as a flat-screen TV with satellite channels. An iron and ironing board are featured for guests' comfort. En-suite bathrooms come with a separate toilet, a shower, and a rainfall showerhead as well as a hairdryer and bath sheets.
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7.7
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Holyrood House
2.2 km
Royal Lyceum Theatre
2.4 km
Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC)
2.7 km
Calton Hill
2.5 km
Princes Mall
2.6 km
Scott Monument
2.7 km
Edinburgh Castle
2.4 km
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Edinburgh
23 km
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Edinburgh Waverley Railway Station
2.4 km
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The hotel offers 18 rooms with coffee/tea making machines, and such modern conveniences as a flat-screen TV with satellite channels. An iron and ironing board are featured for guests' comfort. En-suite bathrooms come with a separate toilet, a shower, and a rainfall showerhead as well as a hairdryer and bath sheets.
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Andy
2024-03-30
8/10
Amazing central location and very good and really kind staff. 5 minutes walk from The Cavern Club.
Brian
2024-03-16
9/10
Good food in the restaurant, nice hot breakfast with cereal and delicious freshly baked croissants and cheeses. Magnificent, amazing location close enough to town to use public transport.
Chris
2024-02-11
7/10
So many choices for breakfast: cereal and cheese. The most important - fantastic location happy to walk or use local buses.
Charles
2024-02-09
7/10
The breakfast in the morning was nice hot and complete with cheeses, delicious freshly baked croissants and cereal.
Alexander
2024-02-04
8/10
A wide array of food for breakfast including cereal and cheese. Budget standard queen room with tea and a large double bed with a window plus cosy atmosphere. Marvellous central location and wonderful breakfast.
Mary
2024-01-30
7/10
The breakfast has hot and gorgeous options with lovely fresh fruit, cheeses, delicious freshly baked croissants.
Rachel
2024-01-24
9/10
Appetising food, excellent service and lovely view over garden. En suite and modern room with an exceptionally comfortable bed.
William
2024-01-14
8/10
The breakfast had variety of food, like cereal and cheese. It was in the central location to the city centre of Edinburg.
Kenneth
2024-01-14
7/10
Truly enjoyed how the well heated and new-fashioned standard twin room with twin beds was arranged when we arrived. This fabulous and pleasant hotel had a central setting to main shopping area.
Alexander
2023-12-22
9/10
The location of the property was wonderful and stunning, close to downtown with easy access to public transport.
Sam
2023-12-20
9/10
The hotel was attractive, it had a perfect and stunning location next to Princes Street, bus stop with regular buses and reasonable restuarants. Cereal and cheese were good and overall there was a wide range of food.
Alexander
2023-12-16
7/10
The breakfast was good hot and lovely with cereals and cheese available. Really enjoyed well heated and new-fashioned standard twin room with tell beds, wouldn't mind staying there all day.
Derek
2023-12-06
7/10
The breakfast has hot options: cereals and cheese. The room is well heated with a lovely view to garden. The location is wonderful and fantastic, within a close distance from Prestonfield Golf Club.
Margaret
2023-11-21
8/10
Really enjoyed the stay, it was special for a second night.
Samuel
2023-11-12
7/10
The breakfast was enjoyable, it had good meals. Our guest room was equipped with a queen size bed, a private bathroom, interesting view. The location was amazing in front of bus stop and the staff here was absolutely friendly.
Walter
2023-11-01
7/10
Cereal and cheese served for breakfast were good. Loved the queen room I was given, it had a TV set and a kettle. The location was nice and perfect, overlooking the garden.
Alice
2023-11-01
9/10
The location was stunning for our christmas. The hotel was set in a nice quiet area.
Charles
2023-10-24
5/10
We greatly enjoyed rooms with tea and coffee making facilities. The breakfast was wonderful and offered cereal and cheese. Had a special stay for a second night, and would stay here again.
Even though everything was perfect, some of the staff were not particularly friendly.
James
2023-10-21
9/10
The location was good and beds were exceptionally comfortable. The free parking was onsite, great service.
Albert
2023-10-12
7/10
The room was big size with necessary amenities, the staff was courteous.
Arthur
2023-10-12
7/10
Comfy bed in guest room with a TV set and a kettle. Nice quiet area, nice and perfect location, next to bus stop with regular buses, park and all the most popular sights direct from the house.
Kevin
2023-08-31
9/10
This place was pleasant in general with a pleasant staff team. Nice hot and wonderful breakfast, with fine cereals and cheese. Easy check-in and good service.
Denis
2023-08-07
8/10
The breakfast with cereal was enjoyable. The hotel was in an exceptionally nice and absolutely perfect location very close to the town centre / rail station. It was surely a pleasant stay for a second night.
Tom
2023-08-03
9/10
Booked a standard twin room with a work desk, multi-channel TV, and ironing facilities. The staff were superfriendly and the restaurant was good. I really enjoyed that the hotel was 23 minutes drive from the airport.
Dennis
2023-07-31
7/10
Got the same well heated and modern standard twin room with a box booked online, loved that. The service was good with an easy check-in. The location was stunning, to centre in front, convenient to go everywhere. I also had quick access to Craigmillar Park Church.
Joe
2023-07-30
9/10
It has clean facilities and amazing location very close to bus stops.
Graham
2023-07-29
9/10
Particularly good and unbeatable location very close to the city centre, Victorian style building. A wide range of food at the nice hot and wonderful breakfast.
Nicholas
2023-07-21
7/10
A wide range of meals for breakfast, including cereals and cheese. Airy and compact room with the view to the garden, magnificent position.
Simon
2023-07-21
8/10
The units were airy with "private bathroom ". The staff are accommodating, the location is unbeatable.
Peter
2023-07-20
8/10
I got nice hot breakfasts with cereal, delicious freshly baked croissants plus cheeses. The location was amazing and gorgeous and the services were good.
Ben
2023-07-09
8/10
The staff are accommodating and outstandingly accommodating, giving their best to make the stay an enjoyable experience.
Jane
2023-06-24
7/10
The comfort triple room was en suite and modern with a beautiful view.
George
2023-06-23
7/10
The standard queen room with the view to the garden, facilities worked for us.
William
2023-06-22
9/10
The rooms were big size and very specious equipped with an absolutely HUGE bed, interesting view, for example.
John
2023-06-22
8/10
I have stayed in the standard twin room with a work desk, multi-channel TV and ironing facilities.
Harry
2023-06-02
8/10
Unbeatable, stunning location in Newington district adjacent to the main gallery, the Cameron Toll shopping centre, and the market. Wonderfully friendly staff onsite.
Daniel
2023-05-31
9/10
Everything was perfect, even so a few employees were not so friendly. The room was big size and very specious and complete with a private bathroom, I had everything needed. The food was delicious with a wide range of choice!
Bruce
2023-05-14
7/10
Well, it was a very nice stay for a second night. The location seemed marvellous and decent close to to park. Moreover, it's really close to public transport or a taxi and garden.
Jacqueline
2023-05-04
9/10
Everything was amazing, the wifi was great. The room was en suite with an exceptionally comfortable bed and the staff were super-friendly. The breakfast was hot and gorgeous and cereal and cheese were available.
Paul
2023-04-07
7/10
This hotel had a central position in the basement thin wall everything you hear cheat on prices. I tried some drinks at bar Leslies Bar, located 5 minutes walk away.
John
2023-03-27
9/10
A good service and enjoyable breakfast. Compact, neat unit with a separate toilet as well as very comfy bed. Delicious cereal and cheese at breakfast. Welcoming staff; easy check in. Easy central location, so close to the centre, Edinburgh and the bus stop.
Leon
2023-03-21
7/10
The place was fairly clean, I booked the standard queen room with garden views, everything was perfect. The location was good and the free parking was on-site.
Edward
2023-03-15
5/10
The location was stunning for christmas in Edinburgh. Easily reached Voujon, located at a walking distance from the hotel, had lunch/dinner there.
The staff was not so friendly.
John
2023-03-03
9/10
Clean place with garden views and fantastically friendly staff. Good hot and gorgeous breakfast, charming little guest room. Good cereal and cheese for breakfast.
Arthur
2023-02-26
7/10
I was upgraded to a new-fashioned comfort triple room with a single bed. The location in a nice quiet area was stunning and there were a shopping centre and a market nearby.
The hotel staff was not particularly friendly.
Humphrey
2023-02-18
5/10
The place was fairly clean and we loved single room. There were a work desk, a coffee/tea maker and a flat-screen TV with satellite channels in the room, really enjoyed that.
Some of the staff were kind of rude.
Peter
2023-01-09
9/10
En suite room with a shared bathroom.
Kirsty
2023-01-08
9/10
Everything was perfect, had a very relaxing stay for the price. The location was marvellous and brilliant, to tourist destinations! Spent our evenings in nearby Leslies Bar enjoying drinks and atmosphere.
Thomas
2023-01-02
7/10
What a magnificent location to bus stops! Besides, very convenient to Craigmillar Park Church. Plenty of options for breakfast including cereals and cheese.
Bernard
2022-12-06
9/10
Good stay, as always. A cosy base for a short stay.
Edward
2022-12-03
9/10
Appreciated the single room, felt like we were home. The hotel was in a central setting in a quiet area.
Geoffrey
2022-11-09
8/10
I really enjoyed the food, it was delicious. I had an en suite and huge room. Central location was a plus. The hotel was in a very quiet area.
Philip
2022-11-08
8/10
The twin room I got was complete with private bathroom and very nice view plus a separate toilet. Having a shower, a hair dryer and bath sheets was a bonus. It had central location close to Craigmillar Park Church. The staff were unobtrusive and amicable in case of questions.
Colin
2022-11-08
8/10
We booked double room, it was budget.
Norman
2022-11-06
8/10
The room was spotless, with comfortable decor and a work desk, multi-channel TV and a coffeemaker for our comfort. The view over garden was great, thoroughly enjoyed it.
Henry
2022-10-16
9/10
The location was brilliant and easy, close to St Marks Unitarian Church. The most important was the staff - unobtrusive and attentive people. The double room was budget, very well taken care of.
Craig
2022-09-30
7/10
Cosy base for a short stay, felt like home. Btw, the airport was 25 km away. The room was immaculate and spotless with a work desk, multi-channel TV and a coffeemaker. The beds were big and the view over garden was great.
Henry
2022-09-20
8/10
We were given a double room, it was huge and budget. The bed was exceptionally comfortable & the staff was attentive: )
Charles
2022-09-16
8/10
They gave us a twin room with very nice view, a separate toilet and the garden. A shower, a hair dryer and bath sheets were available there.
John
2022-09-14
9/10
Had a very relaxing stay for the price & would stay here again. The double room was budget, included central heating, iron/ironing board, tea and coffee making equipment. The hotel's location was central, in a really silent area. Besides, we were next to the city center, Edinburgh and centre.
Geoffrey
2022-08-23
8/10
Had brilliant location cLOSE TO CENTRE, near Earthy Foods & Goods.
June
2022-05-31
8/10
Liked my very pleasant stay in time. The staff was wonderful and attentive, everything was perfect.
Frank
2022-04-13
9/10
Possibly the best and really comfortable stay for next time. The employees were attentive and amicable.
Unfortunately Wi-Fi was very spotty.
William
2022-04-02
8/10
I loved the place, its fantastic staff and location.
Francis
2022-03-26
9/10
Fairly clean and humble place, has great views over garden. The units are budget, spotless.
James
2022-03-15
9/10
I liked the property and very good location and rooms. The restaurant was nice, it had delicious meals. Had a such great time.
Lucy
2022-03-10
8/10
Spotless descent accommodation with adorable staff and absolutely perfect location close to city centre. The pool was excellent and there were a whirlpool and a sauna.
Paul
2021-12-31
9/10
Accommodating service, staff is extremely polite. Spectacular location, within walking distance of Craigmillar Park Church.
Darrell
2021-11-26
9/10
The hotel is CUTE and clean, everything is great.
David
2021-10-09
8/10
Lovely views, sensational breakfast. Airy and individual room with coffee, WiFi and terrace. Restaurant on site was outstanding.
Nick
2021-09-29
9/10
The location was unbelievable and the staff was flexible during the whole stay! I enjoyed a convenient decor and white furniture. Healthy and yummy food, top-notch service.
Harry
2021-09-01
8/10
Everything was modern and loved my stay there. Staff was approaching and responsive to requests. The room was very specious and functional as I wanted. Breakfast was scrumptious - plenty of dishes. The hotel was cute little and in a central location.
Charles
2021-07-31
9/10
Low-budget place to stay while travelling around Edinburgh. Everything was so perfect as expected. Breakfasts were ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL and included cheese and cereals. Big beds, very stylish rooms - we enjoyed it.
Dudley
2021-07-28
8/10
Everywhere was immaculately clean, staff were polite, good sized bed. Comprehensive breakfast, good service. A secluded beach, fantastic view.
Walter
2021-07-26
9/10
I liked this hotel, its top location & very helpful stuff. They made my stay relaxing.
John
2021-06-23
8/10
I loved amicable staff, brilliant location.
James
2021-05-28
9/10
Very decent location, apologetic staff, wonderful breakfast. The staff did all they can for an amazing stay.
Margaret
2021-05-12
8/10
Everything was fine, it had okay location and staff. The room was cleaned every day and available with a separate toilet and very nice view and twin beds too. The hotel was in a fantastic area.
Robert
2021-04-13
9/10
We really enjoyed front counter staff and the bed was wonderfully comfortable! King room was such excellent, charming little, with reasonably sized bathroom. Extremely convenient location, Edinburgh airport was 25 km away.
Richard
2020-02-11
7/10
We visited one of our favorite spots arthur's seat that was so close to the hotel. The rooms met all requests. We stayed for city trip and will be back.
