Situated within a 7-km distance of the Royal Yacht Britannia, the cosy 2-star Twin Lions Hotel Edinburgh features Wi-Fi in public areas and street parking on site. The family-owned hotel is in the Murrayfield district, approximately a 10-minute ride from such natural sights as the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
The hotel is about 5 km from Edinburgh airport and 4.1 km from such cultural venues as the combined National Museum of Scotland. The Twin Lions Edinburgh provides history lovers with proximity to the historic fortress "Edinburgh Castle" (3.4 km) and the 16th-century Palace of Holyroodhouse (6 km). The Parish Church of St Cuthbert is nearly a 15-minute drive away, while Edinburgh Waverley train station is situated 4.1 km from the accommodation. You can catch the bus at Belmont Crescent bus stop, just moments from this Edinburgh hotel.
The rooms at the Twin Lions are en suite and fitted with free wireless internet and a flat-screen TV with satellite channels as well as an electric kettle. There is also an en-suite bathroom. Guests will also appreciate castle views from these compact rooms.
A full Scottish breakfast can be enjoyed at the property. Drinks are available at the lounge bar. The bar area includes a lounge. While staying at Twin Lions Hotel, guests can choose from dining options nearby, such as Grasslands Restaurant, located only 50 metres away, or Cocobean Catering & Cafe at a 5-minute walking distance.
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6.6
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Based on 1285 reviews
Facilities
Internet access
Wi-Fi
Parking
Parking
Sports & entertainments
Golf course
Services
24-hour reception
24-hour security
Luggage storage
Housekeeping
Tours/Ticket assistance
Eating places
Bar/ Lounge area
Kitchen features
Electric kettle
Leisure facilities
Leisure/ TV room
Facilities for disabled guests
Rooms/ Facilities for disabled
Room features
Heating
Bathroom features
Free toiletries
Devices
Flat-screen TV
Decor
Carpeted floor
General facilities
No smoking on site
Smoke detectors
Fire extinguishers
Key access
Pets
No pets allowed
6.6
Pleasant
Based on 1285 reviews
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Local attractions
Edinburgh Zoo
900 m
Scottish National Gallery Of Modern Art
2 km
Scott Monument
3.4 km
Holyrood House
4 km
Omni Centre Edinburgh
4.5 km
Scottish Gems
4.3 km
King's Theatre
3.2 km
Airports
Edinburgh
9 km
Train stations
Slateford Train Station
2.1 km
6.6
Pleasant
Based on 1285 reviews
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The rooms at the Twin Lions are en suite and fitted with free wireless internet and a flat-screen TV with satellite channels as well as an electric kettle. There is also an en-suite bathroom. Guests will also appreciate castle views from these compact rooms.
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6.6
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Michael
2024-06-11
9/10
Pleasant property with a sensational breakfast. Very helpful and excellent staff at all times. All in all excellent and perfect setting right by centre of town, a local restaurant and bus links into town.
Frank
2024-06-05
5/10
The rooms were perfectly clean with a shared bathroom and had all necessary facilities.
The staff we met were absolutely rude.
Thomas
2024-04-17
9/10
Pleasant place, accommodating staff. Impeccably clean unit with castle view, shared bathroom plus double bed.
Eric
2024-04-03
9/10
I really enjoyed this nice little place, stayed there for 1 night. The staff was superfriendly, very pleasant, nothing to complain about. I got an immaculately clean and airy room with castle view. The location was fab for walking around English lights festival.
Steve
2024-03-19
9/10
No complaints, it was dope! The staff was kind and really kind, which completely made a really great experience for us. Great position was an added bonus. What's more, there was Sea Life Blackpool Aquarium relatively near the hotel.
Robert
2024-03-18
7/10
I have stayed in the guest room with shared bathroom. Everyone is accommodating and owner too. The location nearby a bus station is marvellous and fab.
William
2024-03-17
7/10
Good food and warm drinks.
Heather
2024-03-15
7/10
Spotlessly clean and en suite room. A wide array of good food.
James
2024-03-04
7/10
We booked twin room with shared bathroom and appreciated it. The location was excellent - ease of access to an art gallery. All the staff was very very helpful.
Marcus
2024-02-12
7/10
Good value and pretty standard place, private parking, helpful stuff. Excellant location near Murrayfield Stadium, airport and city centre, so many buses and a regular city link bus, and the center of Edinburgh. A wide range of outstanding food for meals.
Will
2024-02-11
8/10
Make sure you stay in the queen room with a double bed, castle view, for instance. The hotel offers a lot of food that was outstanding.
Maggie
2024-01-26
7/10
Exceptionally nice staff and the location was marvellous. The breakfast was satisfactory, had a great selection of options.
Matthew
2024-01-15
9/10
The room was quiet and bright, had an electric kettle, central heating, and a flat-screen TV with satellite channels. We enjoyed having a Jacuzzi bath. The hotel was in a fab location next to public transport, buses right at the doorway for sightseeing and Edinburgh town centre. The atmosphere created was family.
Louis
2024-01-12
7/10
Sensational breakfast with plenty of options, pleasant and immaculately clean place. Choose double room with a double bed squashed in, a bathroom plus bunkbeds to sleeping. What an excellent staff! Lovely variety at breakfast. Location - magnificent and fab, just next door to the railway station and £ 10 in a taxi.
Eva
2024-01-10
7/10
Immaculately clean place with city views and lovely friendly staff.
Kelly
2024-01-06
7/10
We spent 1 night in family room with shared bathroom, a double bed squashed in plus bunkbeds to sleeping. The food was lovely, with lots of options.
John
2023-12-05
9/10
One of the advantages - brand-new and tidy rooms; they included a shower and nice towels.
John
2023-11-22
8/10
The property is pleasant and the staff is excellent. Its rooms are compact with bunkbeds to sleeping, a double bed squashed in plus castle view. Thanks guys for the service!
Kieran
2023-11-19
8/10
Outstandingly accommodating staff, en suite rooms with shared bathroom, double bed and bunkbeds to sleeping.
Paul
2023-10-20
8/10
The rooms were airy for double bed provided, the staff were amiable. It had a great selection of facilities, including an electric kettle, central heating, and a work desk etc.
Bill
2023-10-18
7/10
Appreciated our spotless room equipped with double bed, a shared bathroom, for instance. The stay was pleasant because of the fab location of the property.
Arthur
2023-10-14
8/10
The location was MARVELLOUS - just off airport and city centre as well as Murrayfield Stadium.
Rebecca
2023-10-11
9/10
The location to Edinburgh Waverley train station was particularly good and perfect. The breakfast was good and provided with 1 banana and juice, as example. All the employees were efficient and hospitable.
Tom
2023-09-27
9/10
Everything was overall clean and good. Magnificent spot just off buses right at the doorway for sightseeing, Murrayfield and public transport. Extremely friendly, helpful staff towards all guests.
Hannah
2023-09-18
8/10
Pleasant staff, they know their business. The units are spotlessly clean for double bed provided. The price is just right - £ 69.
David
2023-09-09
6/10
It was excellent home base for an overnight stay. The rooms were spotless and brand-new with a double bed, shared bathroom and bunkbeds to sleeping. The staff were very very helpful and accommodating the whole time. The hotel was in a magnificent and fantastic location, to a local restaurant which was nt very good.
The breakfast we ordered was quite poor.
Oliver
2023-09-01
8/10
We spend 1 night in Edinburgh lovely.
Ben
2023-08-26
8/10
The room was compact & en suite with a double bed squashed in, a shared bathroom plus bunkbeds to sleeping. The food was lovely - lots of options.
Stan
2023-08-18
7/10
I thoroughly enjoyed this excellent value and quiet little hotel, it did not disappoint. I was here for the early flight, everything was great. The location was great and fab for Edinburgh, so close to buses right at the doorway for sightseeing and the airport, murrayfield, the zoo and the airport and centre of Edinburgh. All the staff was pleasant, tackled my issues. Good breakfast options, the food was outstanding.
Jonathan
2023-08-15
7/10
It was a suitable place for the early flight, had very pleasant time. Marvellous location, the staff were incredibly nice.
Ronald
2023-08-13
8/10
They provided a good breakfast with 1 orange juice and 1 banana, as example. The location seemed particularly good and perfect on bus links into town.
Derek
2023-08-05
7/10
There were an electric kettle, central heating and a work desk in the rooms, which made them spotlessly clean. The bed was very comfy; and there was a bath.
David
2023-08-02
8/10
Great value place to stay 2 km away from a sports stadium. Good and gorgeous meals. Got spotless and compact room with castle view, a bathroom, for example. Pleasant overnight experience and extremely friendly and excellent staff. Marvellous, magnificent location close enough to a local restaurant, buses right at the doorway for sightseeing and the airport, and Edinburgh town centre.
Rose
2023-07-15
7/10
Immaculately clean place with excellent staff members and city views. Sensational breakfast, airy king room. Very very good building, magnificent and fab location just next door to Edinburgh Zoo, centre of town, and buses right at the doorway for sightseeing and the airport.
Jay
2023-07-12
8/10
The location of the property was good and absolutely perfect as we were not far from the city centre, and Murrayfield Stadium. Murrayfield district was worth exploring.
Ann
2023-07-11
7/10
Plenty of lovely food, I appreciated it. The personnel was outstandingly accommodating and incredibly nice. It was based in very good building in a marvellous and unbeatable location, in a taxi to grass market.
Kevin
2023-06-10
8/10
Marvellous location in Edinburgh close to the buses as well as centre of Edinburgh. Situated only 1 km from Red Panda. Sensational breakfast with 1 orange juice and 1 banana, as for instance and very welcoming staff.
Don
2023-05-30
9/10
Every detail was good and I enjoyed it. The breakfast served was satisfactory, everything you could wish for, with juice and 1 banana, for example. An electric kettle, central heating, and a work desk were available in my double room. The staff were fantastic friendly and helpful and the location was fab local to the zoo.
Shaun
2023-05-02
9/10
We spent 1 night in queen room with a shared bathroom. The location was fantastic, not too far from a large parkland zoo.
Michael
2023-04-28
9/10
This is a hotel go-to for Edinburgh! It is an ideal base for an overnight stay. The location is incredible and fab, to center of city.
James
2023-04-20
9/10
An excellent value hotel, my first choice in Edinburgh. Decent place for overnight stay in Edinburgh. Brand-new, spotless room with a shared bathroom. Fab location close to the airport with views of the castle. Based really close to centre of town, the center of Edinburgh and buses right at the doorway for sightseeing.
Pat
2023-04-18
6/10
Make sure to get queen room with castle view and a bathroom plus double bed. The staff is excellent. The location of the venue is magnificent, not far from buses right at the doorway for sightseeing as well as main areas: D
Quite poor breakfast, it should be much better.
Stephanie
2023-04-06
7/10
Super friendly staff and great value place. All in all good value. Impeccably clean units with a shared bathroom and a double bed squashed in plus bunkbeds to sleeping.
Alex
2023-03-28
7/10
The breakfast I had was satisfactory with juice and 1 banana, for instance. Stayed at a bright room with shared bathroom, a double bed squashed in, castle view.
James
2023-03-27
8/10
Location: the hotel was near airport, Edinburgh and Murrayfield Stadium. All of the staff members were welcoming and pleasant. The room was spotless and offered an electric kettle, central heating and a work desk.
James
2023-03-23
8/10
The place was recently refurbished and impeccably clean. Welcoming and pleasant team, they made me feel welcome. I booked an en suite and bright room complete with shared bathroom, bunkbeds to sleeping, for example. The location of the hotel was marvellous and incredible - relatively close to a sports stadium.
Richard
2023-03-09
9/10
The location offered was marvellous adjacent to so many buses and a regular city link bus as well as center of city. Murrayfield district was worth staying in.
Charles
2023-02-26
8/10
My 1 night in Edinburgh were really comfortable. The folks working here were kind. My queen room was airy with an electric kettle, central heating and a work desk. A bath in the communal bathroom was a plus. The location was marvellous, not too far from an 82 - acre non - profit zoological park.
Aaron
2023-02-08
8/10
Our spotless and en suite room was equipped with the basics like an electric kettle, central heating and TV. Btw, the airport was 0.5 km away.
Alan
2023-02-07
7/10
The room is spotless and en suite, comes with shared bathroom and bunkbeds to sleeping.
Kate
2023-02-02
7/10
Worth it, good value. Nice building and rooms with a bathroom. Superfriendly staff throughout. Lovely bar area.
Vic
2023-01-26
9/10
Pleasant and newly decorated accommodation with magnificent setting close enough to city center. What an amicable and efficient staff.
Bryan
2023-01-14
7/10
The room was bright and tidy and complete with a Jacuzzi bath. There were an electric kettle, central heating and a TV set, which was great.
Billy
2023-01-07
7/10
We came to Edinburgh for an overnight stay, everything was excellent. We liked rooms with a bathroom.
The staff was extremely rude.
Richard
2022-12-24
9/10
Breakfast with 1 orange juice and 1 banana, for instance. Location not far from main areas in Edinburgh, the airport and Murrayfield.
David
2022-12-14
7/10
The weather was lovely, had great stay. It was really good value. Booked a room for double bed provided. Loved the location in a Chinese restaurant. Further, it was short walk to Murrayfield Stadium and a taxi and bus links into town. The restaurant was not too far from the hotel.
They served quite poor breakfast, it can be way much better.
Jenny
2022-11-29
7/10
The staff were welcoming, efficient, did all they can for a good stay.
Garry
2022-11-12
8/10
The staff was welcoming and the place was clean. The hotel had a magnificent location in centre of city staff. Besides, it was not far from the airport and frequent buses and Edinburgh.
Peter
2022-11-06
7/10
All in all, it was decent place for travelling to Edinburgh. We were given bright room with bunkbeds to sleeping, a double bed squashed in, for instance.
Edmund
2022-10-21
8/10
Newly remodelled and perfectly clean place. En suite room, magnificent location.
John
2022-10-17
8/10
Overall, it's brilliant place for exploring Edinburgh attractions.
Douglas
2022-09-29
5/10
it is a recently refurbished property located in murrayfield district short walk to centre of edinburgh, edinburgh and center of city. the place has marvellous and brilliant location in the area.
The bathrooms are very small.
Henry
2022-09-07
9/10
The room was spotless, airy with shared bathroom.
Alison
2022-08-25
7/10
The location was marvellous and the staff members were accommodating! Besides, Sainsbury's was 2 km away from the venue. In overall the room was neat and bright and with castle view and a double bed squashed in plus bunkbeds to sleeping. Everything seemed great, clean.
Joe
2022-08-24
7/10
Had bright and compact room with castle view, shared bathroom, as for instance for a very comfortable stay.
Chuck
2021-07-18
6/10
Overall a very enjoyable stay - great value, considering prices in other hotels. That hotel was inexpensive, the rooms were tidy and beds were nice. The staff was professional and the service was hospitable at the venue.
The bathroom was dirty.
Edmund
2021-07-11
8/10
I had a warm time, good value. Great family run, neat hotel with stunning location. Exceptionally comfortable beds, Wi-Fi, air conditioning and coffee where a nice touch. A good beach, scenic view.
Jim
2020-10-12
7/10
The hotel seems like a vacation base for the early flight. We had a compact room with mountain view. Apart from that, West Register House was 15 minutes away by driving.
