Located just 1.5 km from the historic fortress "Edinburgh Castle", the 3-star Balmore Guest House Edinburgh offers access to tourist attractions throughout Edinburgh. This Edinburgh guest house features 66 rooms and such amenities as a luggage room.
The centre of Edinburgh can be reached within a 20-minute walk, and natural attractions like Gorgie City Farm are nearly a 20-minute walk away. Guests can visit the good old-fashioned Cameo Cinema, which is merely 350 metres away, and the Grassmarket which is within reach of the Balmore Guest House Edinburgh. There is the Museum of Edinburgh approximately a 5-minute ride away. The hotel is located 5 km from Edinburgh airport and around 600 metres from Brougham Street bus stop.
The allergy-friendly rooms are equipped with a flat-screen TV with satellite channels as well as tea and coffee making equipment. Bathrooms come with a separate toilet and a shower, along with hair dryers and complimentary toiletries.
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7.3
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Facilities
Internet access
Free Wi-Fi in rooms
Parking
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Services
VIP check-in/ -out
Express check-in/ -out
24-hour security
Luggage storage
Housekeeping
Tours/Ticket assistance
Kitchen features
Electric kettle
Leisure facilities
Garden area
Room features
Heating
Tea and coffee facilities
Bathroom features
Free toiletries
Devices
Flat-screen TV
General facilities
No smoking on site
Allergy-free rooms
Smoke detectors
Fire extinguishers
Key access
Pets
No pets allowed
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Local attractions
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
2.6 km
Edinburgh Castle
900 m
Scottish National Gallery Of Modern Art
1.5 km
Edinburgh Festival Theatre
1.4 km
Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC)
550 m
Newhaven Heritage Museum
4.4 km
Armstrong's
1.1 km
Airports
Edinburgh
14 km
Train stations
Haymarket Train Station
1 km
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Jake
2024-03-13
7/10
The rooms are impeccably clean with lovely beds and smoke detectors.
Reginald
2024-03-04
6/10
The location was great and incredible, on a handy bus route, convenient to go everywhere. Besides, we were close enough to restaurants, gardens, and a resturant. Lovely bed, room was exceptionally clean, with central heating, tea and coffee making equipment, and TV.
Some people working there were quite rude.
Gordon
2024-02-29
7/10
Incredibly beautiful place with private parking, so don't hesitate to come here by car.
Matt
2024-02-08
7/10
The venue is stunningly beautiful, clean and the location is marvellous short walk to the centre and most attractions and wall. A special thanks to great and lovely staff.
David
2024-02-02
6/10
Excellent people working here, great place. Neat and airy room with fresh soft linen as expected.
No breakfast at all.
Charles
2024-01-31
7/10
Great-sized rooms with central heating, coffee/tea makers, and television, very clean beds. Good position very close to the old town, in the nice quiet area.
Albert
2024-01-24
9/10
Everything was very good, personnel was very, very nice and polite. The rooms were spotlessly clean and huge with 2 double beds, you feel like home. This hotel was set in a central area not far from both the Old Town, and a central area of town.
Ricky
2023-12-31
7/10
Thoroughly enjoyed the place, it was lovely and worked for me. Stayed in spotlessly clean and huge room with 2 double beds.
Dean
2023-12-18
9/10
Everything was very good, excellent location on a street on a meter, the staff were welcoming. The room was exceptionally clean and huge with a double bed, ideal for me. Could use central heating, tea and coffee making equipment, and TV. Truly enjoyed my time here.
Stephen
2023-12-03
9/10
Fantastic rooms with full cooked breakfast and great staff.
Daniel
2023-12-03
8/10
Its location to edge of the tiles was good. Plus, main attraction such as an Emigration gallery was 3 km from this hotel.
Robert
2023-11-29
9/10
The hotel was placed in the central location on a handy bus route.
Luke
2023-11-25
9/10
The venue was fairly clean and the staff were great. Appreciated our room, it was quiet and perfect and had tea/coffee, a kettle, and a phone. The daily breakfast was satisfactory with a banana, orange juice and brioche. The location was stunning close to the centre.
John
2023-11-05
7/10
The rooms were a decent size and airy in general, with full cooked breakfast. The location was great and easy as for me. It was very comfortable 1 day, would stay here again.
Helen
2023-10-30
7/10
Magnificent location and fairly clean place, I enjoyed pretty friendly staff. I booked great-sized room with central heating, coffee/tea makers, and television. The bed was very clean, like a cloud.
The staff - some of them were not very helpful.
Joyce
2023-10-28
8/10
Had a perfectly pleasant stay during our trip. The staff helped us and were efficient and excellent. The location was absolutely perfect close to centre. We greatly enjoyed this hotel and will be back when in Edinburgh.
Howard
2023-10-22
8/10
Asked for quadruple room and it was spotless and airy for 2 chairs. An electric kettle, central heating, and television were included and the staff were superfriendly and polite people who also let us leave our bags for the last day after check-out.
James
2023-10-18
7/10
I would recommend the place. The property was fairly clean with polite and accommodating staff.
Mark
2023-10-13
7/10
The breakfast was satisfactory with orange juice and a piece of brioche, for example and had something for everyone.
Geoffrey
2023-10-07
8/10
Satisfactory breakfast with juice and bananas and brioche, worth to decide on it.
David
2023-10-06
9/10
Had very comfortable experience, the room I stayed in was spotlessly clean and huge with 2 double beds, tea making facilities, as for instance.
Wilfred
2023-09-28
9/10
The place is brilliant and great and has excellent location fab close to castle. Great people are working. The units are quiet in quaint bed & breakfast.
Michael
2023-09-26
8/10
Very welcoming staff, good breakfast, fantastic location very close to the city centre and castle, and the city center.
Russell
2023-09-19
8/10
Satisfactory breakfasts with a banana and brioche and juice, the facilities were very good!
Dan
2023-09-14
9/10
The breakfast was satisfactory and provided with bananas, orange juice plus chocolate croissants. The location of the property was great, near to city center.
Nathan
2023-08-27
8/10
Brilliant place, polite staff who also let us leave our bags for the last day after check-out. Great and magnificent location close to city center in a nice quiet area. Besides, very convenient to a good old-fashioned cinema.
Bobby
2023-08-23
5/10
Fairly clean and the staff was pretty friendly. The room was great-sized, it had central heating, coffee/tea makers, and television. The beds were very clean, everything was very good. This was a good location just next door to all major sites and centre of Edinburgh. Also, The Real Mary King's Close was 2 km away from the hotel.
Some of the staff were not very helpful.
Philip
2023-08-19
7/10
The rooms are lovely looking and great-sized with full cooked breakfast, and the location is magnificent to everything you need to visit. Nice touch to have central heating, coffee/tea makers, and television. Fairly clean place, will come back.
John
2023-08-11
7/10
The positives include perfect location and parking on-site. The airport is 15 km away.
Alison
2023-07-26
8/10
Family atmosphere, efficient employees who also let us leave our bags for the last day after check-out. Nice looking units with fresh soft linen. Location - perfect not far from restaurant.
Pamela
2023-07-26
9/10
The room we booked was spotlessly clean with full cooked breakfast, wooden floors, for example, overall the experience was great.
Victor
2023-07-08
9/10
Great place with extremely friendly employees who also let us leave our bags for the last day after check-out. Perfect location to Edinburgh airport, just 20 minutes by car. Great choice for trip.
Donald
2023-07-02
8/10
Perfectly clean and huge room with 2 double beds, quaint Bed, for instance, and smoke detectors too for guests' safety.
Rosalind
2023-06-27
8/10
Exceptionally clean rooms in quaint bed & breakfast, felt like home. It had really good facilities in the bathroom: a shower, a hair dryer, and fresh towels.
Harold
2023-06-04
9/10
The room was spotlessly clean, had essentials, like a shower, a hair dryer and fresh towels.
Roger
2023-05-25
9/10
Everything was very good, nice location right by the city centre and castle and the main attractions of Edinburgh, very welcoming staff. The bed was lovely, and the room itself was very good. The restaurant had hot food.
Ray
2023-05-23
8/10
Good, satisfactory breakfasts, everyone can find something. The venue is placed in a central position in a side street over the weekend.
Brian
2023-05-22
8/10
Nice looking units with 2 beds and excellent staff.
Nigel
2023-05-01
7/10
We got good sized room with a carton of juice and single bed. Everywhere there was clean, the staff were fairly friendly people who also let us leave our bags for the last day after check-out.
David
2023-04-24
8/10
Had a great stay here. I appreciated stunning location and how the place is clean. The staff were welcoming at all times, the rooms was spotless and airy. The breakfast here was satisfactory with a banana and juice.
Dennis
2023-04-12
9/10
Particularly good and perfect location to a resturant, easy to get anywhere. Also - not far from Balmore, the Sir Walter Scott monument and both the Old Town. Good sized room and central heating, coffee/tea makers and television inside.
Roy
2023-04-10
9/10
The breakfast offered was satisfactory with orange juice, a banana plus brioche.
Adrian
2023-03-19
7/10
Nice bed, fine room with central heating, coffee/tea makers and television. Marvellous and incredible location right next to The Links.
Thomas
2023-03-12
9/10
It was an incredibly beautiful and brilliant hotel in a nice quiet area, really close to the town centre, many attractions, and buses to anywhere in city. I enjoyed central heating, coffee/tea makers and television in the great-sized room. The location was particularly good and absolutely perfect and beds were very clean.
James
2023-03-11
7/10
All in all, it's incredibly beautiful place that has very, very nice and welcoming staff who also let us leave our bags for the last day after check-out.
Steve
2023-03-10
9/10
Fairly quiet unit with single bed, a window to the garden, for example.
Jerry
2023-02-28
9/10
All the facilities are very good, clean hotel, its location is marvellous in a side street over the weekend.
Rory
2023-01-16
9/10
I was offered a satisfactory breakfast with chocolate croissants and a piece of brioche, as for instance. The location was stunning, relatively close to a standing tower.
Glyn
2023-01-14
9/10
Our stay was good and we will be back. The hotel was located not far from city centre, a central area and the castle. The atmosphere created was family.
Julian
2022-12-23
8/10
Airy and warm rooms with juice, felt like home. It was spotless and pleasant to come back to. Marvellous location close to old town was a plus.
Sophie
2022-12-20
7/10
Loved Edinburgh, the hotel was brilliant in place. The room was airy, with a separate bathroom. Btw it included central heating, coffee/tea makers and television. The staff was amicable and we will come back.
Jessica
2022-12-17
9/10
We had a satisfactory breakfast with orange juice, bananas and brioche included.
Adam
2022-12-11
8/10
We were there for 1 day, everything was really good, liked its magnificent location near to city centre and shops and old town.
Denis
2022-12-08
7/10
Marvellous location for my purpose, clean place. Excellent bedroom. Exceptionally comfortable beds & excellant and accommodating employees who also let me leave my bags for the last day after check-out.
Harry
2022-12-02
8/10
The stay was really great. It was clean in the hotel. The breakfast was satisfactory and the staff was polite.
Duncan
2022-11-26
8/10
The hotel was clean with excellent staff members. The rooms with 2 double beds, fresh soft linen, for instance were airy.
David
2022-11-20
9/10
Units with 2 double beds.
Tom
2022-11-15
7/10
The hotel had a decent position, in place. For dinner, we went to Berger & Stak, it was a short walk to the venue.
The location was pretty bad.
John
2022-11-11
8/10
We had satisfactory breakfasts with brioche and juice, for example. Overall rooms were huge and had central heating, coffee/tea makers and television.
James
2022-11-09
8/10
Everything looks great. The bathroom is best. The location is incredible and easy, very close to the old town. New Lee On, where you can eat, is a 10-15 minute walk from from here. The restaurant attached makes hot food.
William
2022-11-01
9/10
Fairly clean hotel in marvellous location in Edinburgh. Efficient staff who also let us leave our bags for the last day after check-out onsite.
Frederick
2022-10-24
9/10
Thank you for a really great stay. Cheerful staff, the hotel is fairly clean and location perfect. The beds are exceptionally comfortable to sleep on. The best thing is location - very close to public transport as well as the main attractions. It's a walking distance from Akva, good for a little drink.
Tommy
2022-10-17
9/10
We're satisfied with it and will come back. The rooms are fine and they have central heating, coffee/tea makers and television.
Mark
2022-10-14
8/10
I loved the hotel, it was fairly clean with efficient staff who also let us leave our bags for the last day after check-out. The location was unbeatable - walking distance to everywhere I wanted to go. The property was in a nice quiet area.
Rachel
2022-10-03
8/10
Cheerful stuff who also let us leave our bags for the last day after check-out.
Alan
2022-09-30
9/10
Everything was perfect, even so we stayed for 4 nights only. The room was huge for 2 chairs and had central heating, television and tea/coffee making equipment. The staff members were accommodating and superfriendly.
Chris
2022-08-24
9/10
Polite staff who also let us leave our bags for the last day after check-out and good Wi-Fi.
Graeme
2022-08-21
8/10
I loved the room with fresh soft linen, the bed was exceptionally comfortable. And the facilities were very good.
Joseph
2022-08-18
9/10
Appreciated our stay, had fine 1 day overall. The room we booked was cleaned and available with full cooked breakfast. A shower, hairdryers and bath sheets were very handy.
David
2022-07-29
9/10
We only stayed here for 2 nights, as we didn't have time, though everything was good. The location was stunning, around 10-15 minutes walk from Co-op Food.
Henry
2022-07-23
8/10
Came in Edinburgh to relax and have fun, this Victorian hotel was excellent base for doing it. The staff was professional & efficient.
Edward
2022-07-12
8/10
Had fine stay in a long time. The hotel had a central location and it was just walking distance from The Links. Plus it was max 5 mins walk to the lake.
Gene
2022-07-08
8/10
It's wonderful base for visiting some must see attractions in Edinburgh.
Ivan
2022-06-18
8/10
Great hotel with welcoming staff who also let us leave our bags for the last day after check-out, everything was great. The breakfast was satisfactory, perfect to start our day. The location was brilliant, approx 10-15 minutes' walk from Co-op Food. This venue was set in a fairly nice area;)))
David
2022-05-21
7/10
It is brilliant hotel, I loved marvellous location and airy rooms.
Emily
2022-03-26
8/10
It's clean, perfect staff and location.
Mark
2022-02-28
9/10
Clean hotel with supper friendly staff and tasty breakfasts.
Violet
2022-02-10
9/10
Had really great stay for this whole time, the staff were welcoming, location was perfect and opposite the Sir Walter Scott monument. The full cooked breakfast was included and had variety of food.
Charles
2022-01-29
9/10
Clean hotel in a beautiful building near a beautiful area close to the city centre and the old town and restaurants. Airy huge rooms, clean bathroom, savoury breakfast.
Matthew
2022-01-28
8/10
Overall, it's lovely place for exploring Edinburgh attractions. Plenty of options for breakfast including cereal and fruit.
Amy
2021-12-05
8/10
We liked this convenient place and its handy location. The people working here were delightful and outstandingly accommodating.
Adrian
2021-11-26
9/10
Our stay here was really enjoyable, fantastic base for exploring Edinburgh. Magnificent location, very close to a lovely garden. We liked the Chinese cuisine in the restaurant. All facilities were good too.
Stephen
2021-11-14
8/10
Highly recommended for a short break. No words to describe how I really enjoyed staff and location.
Graham
2021-11-08
8/10
Polite staff, perfectly pleasant stay, very good bedroom. Reasonably priced hotel with a very efficient service.
Everything was fine except the room that definitely could have been cleaned.
Leonard
2021-10-07
8/10
This place was neat and had great staff and location. Rooms with comfortable beds and Ironing facilities plus a private bathroom.
Gertrude
2021-09-23
7/10
Brilliant staff, appealing hotel, food was fresh, too. Compact room and a perfect bed. Unbeatable location, within walking distance of a traditional theatre. There was a small garden in the venue.
George
2021-08-27
9/10
Prime location, reasonably spacious property, super comfy beds. The full cooked breakfast included lots of meals. Elegant style hotel with stylish furniture in the rooms. Also, venue was 1 mile away from a green Flag park.
John
2021-08-22
7/10
Comfy hotel was fairly clean, the location was fab. Perfect service within 0.5 miles of the airport. I loved my stay: the room was brilliant, the staff were happy to help to make me feel welcome.
Robert
2021-08-13
9/10
Location and staff were awsome, but most important - the hotel was neat.
Thomas
2021-08-08
9/10
It was reasonably priced. Everything was so perfect in this cosy hotel. Warm room and en-suite, extremely comfortable bed. The venue was in a central setting. Besides, the area was pretty quiet, next to a comfortable arthouse cinema.
John
2021-07-31
7/10
well laid out room, ideal location and pleasant enough personnel. the staff made my stay enjoyable. quite big suite and super comfortable bed. had modern bathroom. found in the central area.
Well decorated hotel with very central position, good value. Really nice stay, generous sized room, approaching staff. Found in a safe area...
Sam
2021-02-15
8/10
Breakfast was lovely, room was such huge, silent and quite clean. We loved DELIGHTFUL views. Superb service provided too. We tried to use free wifi in all rooms.
Charlie
2020-12-12
8/10
Nice bed, excellent breakfast. Definitely value for money, would stay here again.
Jamie
2020-10-17
9/10
the staff were lovely, breakfast was satisfactory. we greatly enjoyed to chill in the nearby the blackbird.
Cecil
2020-04-16
8/10
There was a satisfactory breakfast. Our window was facing the garden...
Tommy
2020-04-12
8/10
We think the beds were big. Go to Indaba, situated near the apartment and prepare to have an awesome time. We greatly enjoyed our stay.
David
2020-04-11
9/10
Only 1 km from princes street. Free Wi-Fi was available in the rooms.
Sandy
2020-03-09
9/10
The GREAT location. The university of edinburgh is just around the corner. Make sure you go and visit The Blackbird, placed in front of the apartment. We got excellent prices.
Jimmy
2020-02-11
9/10
The breakfast was satisfying, not to be missed. Location right by edinburgh castle. We enjoyed our experience here.
Russell
2020-01-12
8/10
Set adjacent to edinburgh castle. The bathroom was equipped with a shower. The bed was comfortable. Good breakfasts.
