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Opinions TERRACE HOTEL Edinburgh
Members' reviews on TERRACE HOTEL
3.9/5
17 reviews
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The ratings and reviews below reflect the subjective opinions of members and not the opinion of The Little Witty.
Visited in february 2024
Service was superb ,we were treated like a guest ,,For eg infact the owner helped us in taking our boarding pass print out...... Centrally located everything easily accessible
Visited in december 2023
Soluzione ottima per visitare Edinburgh senza spendere grosse cifre. Rapporto qualità/prezzo ottimo, circa 1km dal centro città con fermata del bus nei pressi dell'hotel. Personale della strutta cordiale e professionale.
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Visited in october 2023
Stayed in a basic attic room. Nice thing about the top floor was you didn’t have to worry about people walking above you as the floors sounded like you could hear easily from the floor above. The room actually had two skylights, which I thought I wasn’t even going to get a window so that was a plus. Clean rooms, simple breakfast offered, decent wifi. They were very flexible with an early check in and accommodating as well. In a quiet neighborhood, not too much around other than a park and residential buildings. Small neighborhood down the road and about a 20min walk to the center or the train/bus stations
Visited in october 2023
Very nasty manager/owner
Visited in october 2023
One of the weirdest hotel experiences I've ever had; this place is still in lockdown-mode.
Upon arrival, my wife and I were immediately inundated by all sorts of wonky and wayward signs explaining the things we are not allowed to do at any given moment, and while the front doors were open, the secondary doors into the actual hotel were locked. Stuck in this vacant hotel purgatory felt like a cross between Willy Wonka's chocolate factory and the Overlook Hotel from 'The Shining'.
After ringing the bell (as instructed by one of the many bizarre signs posted all over this lobby), we were greeted by a breathless woman who'd just run up a flight of stairs to unlock the front door for us. Explaining that she does not work for the hotel directly, but is a caterer, she gave us our keys and some sort of excel spreadsheet. The spreadsheet in question was columned by days and rowed by breakfast items; we were to tick which items we would like and return the form to the eternally-vacant lobby by no later than 10pm.
The woman, who was very polite and clearly embarrassed to be explaining this complicated Rube Goldberg-esque breakfast ordering scenario to us, informed us that the owner "was having a bit of a break". I paused for a moment before asking "a mental break?" while looking at this spreadsheet, but she gently corrected me that the owner is in fact on a holiday... Oops! An easy mistake to make given the circumstances, wouldn't you agree?
Hauling ourselves up three flights of stairs (not a problem for us, but you may want to consider this in case of mobility issues), we entered our room. Spacious *enough* and pleasant *enough*, I don't have much to praise or complain about. The view over Royal Terrace road was very pleasant.
Fantastic location, only a handful of minutes away from Holyrood Palace and - more importantly - Holyrood Park, my wife and I were left theorizing for our entire trip how much better this hotel would be if it were run by people who were not on "a bit of a break", especially one as long and extended as this!
Outside of meeting the caterer upon arriving, we never ran into another single soul here that was not a fellow traveller. And yes, we did manage to hand in our homework before 10pm each night, waking to find that (presumably) Santa had come to our door and dropped off our requested breakfasts. And honestly, this is where I'm torn; the price to stay here is almost unbeatable, but it's such a bizarre and pathetic little breakfast (pre-packaged fruit juices, crackers, fruits, etc), that it makes me wish they'd have knocked 10 pounds off per night and not even bother with this service. At any rate, the energy bars and juice boxes made for good portable refuelling on our hikes through Holyrood Park and the city proper.
Leaving felt almost as bizarre as arriving, as you deposit your keys on a vacant table and leave without seeing or speaking to anyone, we felt a bit like criminals fleeing the scene of a crime. But, considering this gorgeous old row house with a fully stocked dining area, lounge areas and grand architecture is being used in such an awkward, bizarre way, I'd argue this is the crime we were fleeing from.
I hope for a return to form for this hotel, because older photos really did make it look like a warm, pleasant place to stay.
Upon arrival, my wife and I were immediately inundated by all sorts of wonky and wayward signs explaining the things we are not allowed to do at any given moment, and while the front doors were open, the secondary doors into the actual hotel were locked. Stuck in this vacant hotel purgatory felt like a cross between Willy Wonka's chocolate factory and the Overlook Hotel from 'The Shining'.
After ringing the bell (as instructed by one of the many bizarre signs posted all over this lobby), we were greeted by a breathless woman who'd just run up a flight of stairs to unlock the front door for us. Explaining that she does not work for the hotel directly, but is a caterer, she gave us our keys and some sort of excel spreadsheet. The spreadsheet in question was columned by days and rowed by breakfast items; we were to tick which items we would like and return the form to the eternally-vacant lobby by no later than 10pm.
The woman, who was very polite and clearly embarrassed to be explaining this complicated Rube Goldberg-esque breakfast ordering scenario to us, informed us that the owner "was having a bit of a break". I paused for a moment before asking "a mental break?" while looking at this spreadsheet, but she gently corrected me that the owner is in fact on a holiday... Oops! An easy mistake to make given the circumstances, wouldn't you agree?
Hauling ourselves up three flights of stairs (not a problem for us, but you may want to consider this in case of mobility issues), we entered our room. Spacious *enough* and pleasant *enough*, I don't have much to praise or complain about. The view over Royal Terrace road was very pleasant.
Fantastic location, only a handful of minutes away from Holyrood Palace and - more importantly - Holyrood Park, my wife and I were left theorizing for our entire trip how much better this hotel would be if it were run by people who were not on "a bit of a break", especially one as long and extended as this!
Outside of meeting the caterer upon arriving, we never ran into another single soul here that was not a fellow traveller. And yes, we did manage to hand in our homework before 10pm each night, waking to find that (presumably) Santa had come to our door and dropped off our requested breakfasts. And honestly, this is where I'm torn; the price to stay here is almost unbeatable, but it's such a bizarre and pathetic little breakfast (pre-packaged fruit juices, crackers, fruits, etc), that it makes me wish they'd have knocked 10 pounds off per night and not even bother with this service. At any rate, the energy bars and juice boxes made for good portable refuelling on our hikes through Holyrood Park and the city proper.
Leaving felt almost as bizarre as arriving, as you deposit your keys on a vacant table and leave without seeing or speaking to anyone, we felt a bit like criminals fleeing the scene of a crime. But, considering this gorgeous old row house with a fully stocked dining area, lounge areas and grand architecture is being used in such an awkward, bizarre way, I'd argue this is the crime we were fleeing from.
I hope for a return to form for this hotel, because older photos really did make it look like a warm, pleasant place to stay.
Visited in september 2023
Comfortable, nice rooms and location
Visited in september 2023
Hier ist die Zeit stehen geblieben! In relativ zentraler Lage von Edinburgh in viktorianisch anmutendem Gebäude. Erstaunlich große Zimmer mit typisch britisch-minimalistischer Ausstattung: großes Bett, Schreibtisch, bequeme Sessel. Außer dem guten Internet hat sich gefühlt seit 30 Jahren nichts geändert! Bad mit Duschvorhang und dem typisch britischen Durchlauferhitzer in der Dusche, der notorisch schwer zu bedienen ist (schmaler Grad zwischen eiskalt und brühend heiß).
Der Gastwirtin fiel es sehr schwer, sich ein Lächeln abzuringen. Von Freundlichkeit keine Spur! Abends war ein detailliertes Formular (jeder Bürokrat hätte seine wahre Freude daran!) zu den Frühstücksoptionen auszufüllen. Am nächsten Morgen wurde dann eine lieblos gepackte Papiertüte mit abgepackten Dingen vor die Zimmertür gestellt. Trotz des detaillierten Fragebogens passierten häufig Fehler. Von drei Tagen hatten wir nur an einem Tag das Frühstück, wie wir es bestellt hatten.
Der Gastwirtin fiel es sehr schwer, sich ein Lächeln abzuringen. Von Freundlichkeit keine Spur! Abends war ein detailliertes Formular (jeder Bürokrat hätte seine wahre Freude daran!) zu den Frühstücksoptionen auszufüllen. Am nächsten Morgen wurde dann eine lieblos gepackte Papiertüte mit abgepackten Dingen vor die Zimmertür gestellt. Trotz des detaillierten Fragebogens passierten häufig Fehler. Von drei Tagen hatten wir nur an einem Tag das Frühstück, wie wir es bestellt hatten.
Visited in september 2023
Der Service ist nicht in Ordnung. Sehr u freundliches Personal.
Frühstück gibt es in einer Papiertüte vor die die Tür gestellt. Wasserkocher kaputt.
Frühstück gibt es in einer Papiertüte vor die die Tür gestellt. Wasserkocher kaputt.
Visited in august 2023
Had a 2 day stay at this hotel for the Edinburgh tattoo lovely clean spacious bathroom with bath and shower was great definitely come again , breakfast was continental which was a first for me I did enjoy thank u so much for our stay ????
Visited in august 2023
2 bust stops from the main center. Big rooms with tranquil and quite atmosphere. I went alone and could no have felt safer. Amazing staff and huge breakfast.
Visited in august 2023
Really sweet hotel, the lady that looked after us was so nice. In a huge old Edinburgh 'house'. Very clean. Location is in a very nice quiet area, 15 min or so walk to Princes Street.
Visited in july 2023
I had no issues with this place, except for one huge thing which is a pretty big one. The walls and ceilings are paper, thin and all night long Somebody was walking around or dragging furniture or something and continued to do so until about 3 AM. this was basically making it impossible to get a good nights sleep until it stopped. I’m guessing this place was not designed to be a hotel originally and has not really been refurbished to be one. It’s that or people here just don’t care about soundproofing things. I have no idea. the woman who appeared to be the manager or person in charge was cordial. Everything was clean. We had a nice view of the garden. I wish we had had access to the garden for breakfast, but for some reason the breakfast room was sealed off from the garden. Anyways, not a terrible place to stay if you’re on a budget especially.
Visited in july 2023
Seems to be and feels also like an old historic house with high, but cosy rooms. You can reach bus and tram to every direction within ten minutes. Nice.
Visited in july 2023
It was lovely stay here
Visited in june 2023
Een mooi hotel met een fijne ruime kamer. Heerlijk bed! Badkamer niet groot maar voldoet prima.. Zaten op de hoogste verdieping dus mooi uitzicht op zee. Nadeel was de klim met een zware koffer de smalle trappen op.. (geen lift aanwezig) .. Gastvrouw erg vriendelijk!! Aanrader
Visited in july 2017
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Sur les hauteurs d'Edimbourg à 20 minutes à pieds des principaux "spots" touristique , un hotel très agréable dans une maison victorienne .
L'accueil des propriétaire n'a pas été des plus chaleureux ; mais pas grave . La chambre était agréable . Nous avions une SDB partagée pour 2 chambres ( ça peut aller) . Petit déjeuner buffet compris avec des produits de base mais rien d'extraordinaire .
Le prix lui est actractif par rapport à la situation centrale .
Possibilité de se garer dans la rue ( payant à partir de 8h30 le matin : 8£ pour 4 heures)
L'accueil des propriétaire n'a pas été des plus chaleureux ; mais pas grave . La chambre était agréable . Nous avions une SDB partagée pour 2 chambres ( ça peut aller) . Petit déjeuner buffet compris avec des produits de base mais rien d'extraordinaire .
Le prix lui est actractif par rapport à la situation centrale .
Possibilité de se garer dans la rue ( payant à partir de 8h30 le matin : 8£ pour 4 heures)
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