Is Arden Guest House, Craigmillar Castle Edinburgh pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking at Arden Guest House, Craigmillar Castle Edinburgh?

Self parking is free at this property.

What time is check-in at Arden Guest House, Craigmillar Castle Edinburgh?

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: 7:00 PM. A fee applies for early check-in (subject to availability).

What time is check-out at Arden Guest House, Craigmillar Castle Edinburgh?

Check-out is at 10:30 AM. Late check-out is available for a fee (subject to availability).

Where is Arden Guest House, Craigmillar Castle Edinburgh located?

Located in The Inch, this golf guesthouse is 0.6 mi (1 km) from Royal Infirmary and within 3 mi (5 km) of Royal Mile and Edinburgh Castle. University of Edinburgh and Princes Street are also within 3 mi (5 km).

10/10 Excellent

Michele

Sep 26, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness

Nice location with easy bus access.

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Emily

Aug 17, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities

Comfortable bed, lovely staff, and great location

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Angela

Oct 23, 2025

There was a very small parking area to the rear. The property entrance hall and stairwell need refurbishing - large stained areas on carpet. Room was adequate and beds were comfortable. No disturbance but a lingering smell in room, partly a drain smell from shower. Needed a spare key for my son butvthere wasn't one. Good, frequent bus system, into Edinbugh, from stops very close by.

Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2025

6/10 Okay

Peter

Aug 14, 2025

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

Onsite parking was extremely limited. Busy road. Convenient for taking the bus. Bed was comfortable. Room needs some TLC (paint, dusting/mold in bathroom). Difficult checking in if you can’t phone to be let in (out of country phone didn’t have calling in UK).

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

2/10 Terrible

Mathew

Aug 11, 2025

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Massively overpriced, run down could clearly hear people in other rooms. Extremely disappointing.

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

4/10 Poor

Andres

Aug 11, 2025

Liked: Staff & service

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

This property screams for some reparations and renovations. It has good potential, but the current owners must update the hotel like, NOW! And, I feel sorry for the staff. two kind ladies who can't even breath on how busy they are. I hope OYO hotels stop being so greedy and staff properly this hotel and renovate it as soon as possible.

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Emma

Jun 17, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Breakfast was wonderful & staff were lovely!

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Jun 6, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

One nighter

Some beds were soft. Some were hard. The continental breakfast was good and had plenty to offer. The ladies were friendly! :)

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

Martina

Dec 2, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Nice place at Edinburgh

Good place and great choice for Edinburgh. Room is "brittish", so can´t really compare to "western" hotels. But it have it´straits. Eletric cattle on room with cofea and tee is great"

Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2024

4/10 Poor

Matthew Alexander

May 24, 2024

Disliked: Staff & service

No where near castle cannot even see it

No where neat castle average room location ok you can do better

Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Neil

Oct 16, 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Good breakfast. Car park. Bus stop nearby to Edinburgh. Local shops nearby for fish and chips and snacks. Information pack in room and other leaflets were available

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022

6/10 Okay

Marie

Dec 12, 2023

Liked: Staff & service

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

Great location-average accommodation

Location was excellent with good bus connections to Edinburgh. The accommodation was comfortable enough although the TV screen was very small with a poor picture. Wallpaper was peeling from the walls which detracted from the ambience. Also the fsct that there was seldom someone on the property was not good.

Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Apr 15, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Not too bad with the price!

Overall it's not too bad with the price. Continental breakfast included, not too far from town centre with nearby bus stops (only 1-2 mins walk). Just the building is old with so much noises appearing from the floor whenever someone walks on upper floor or the stairs.

Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023

4/10 Poor

Leandro

Jun 25, 2024

Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort

Bad experience

The room's floor makes a big noise, the wall does not avoid the noise that comes from outside. The bathroom is small. The room was not cleaned every day. The breakfast was nice.

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2024

4/10 Poor

Heather

Jul 24, 2024

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Disappointing stay

For the cost, give this one a skip. The place is very run down, very smelly (maybe a plumbing issue?), WiFi was intermittent, and check in process was sketchy and unclear. Continental breakfast was decent, so that was a plus (cereal, toast, boiled egg)… Honestly, was ready to leave first thing in the morning. Would not have stayed a second night if we had booked longer.

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

Margie

Jul 26, 2023

ok in a pinch, like we were. No one to greet us. Toilet was under a sloped ceiling that made it very awkward.

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Douglas

Mar 16, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

2/10 Terrible

Graeme

Jul 18, 2024

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

You couldn’t pay me to stay here

Upon arriving at this place it looked just worn down, the room we were given was nothing like the internet pictures, no bed head but a faded mark on the wall where one used to be, the wall paper was all torn and marked, the carpet was filthy and the room smelt like wet dog. The wall around the window had black mould. The wall mounted 12” tv was too small to watch unless you sat on the corner of the bed. Decided to leave after first night.

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

4/10 Poor

Jennifer

Apr 13, 2025

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities

I was expecting a total horror show based on the reviews describing the condition of the property, but honestly the room was fine. Yes, it's dated and old, and not in the best condition, but it's fine. The sheets and towels were clean, the beds were fine. There's a simple breakfast served by a lovely woman for an hour in the morning, which is also included in the price. It was easy to catch the bus to and from Old Town. The low rating comes from the terrible check-in experience. There is no front desk, so everything is done remotely. Despite completing all pre check-in steps, I was never sent an access code, and no one ever responded to my messages via chat or email. There's a phone number posted on the door you can call if you have issues during check-in, but it's completely useless for travellers from out of the country with no local SIM. I had to be let in by a fellow guest after sitting outside the door for half an hour, so I got lucky there. Due to this difficulty during check-in and absolutely no response from the hosts, I cannot recommend staying at this property. Take your money and stay elsewhere.

Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Emma

Oct 2, 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Good Basic Accommodation

The accommodation was fine if a little cramped. The bathroom was spotless but there were some mould marks on the walls in the bedroom and dust/dirt down the sides of furniture. Bedding was clean and fresh and beds were very comfortable. It was all very dated but great for the price we paid. Shower was surprisingly powerful - excellent. TV didn't work but there was free WiFi. We arrived very late (after 10pm) and it was just a keypad with the room key hanging up where anyone could access it. Breakfast was continental style and quite basic but we were impressed with the fresh cafetiere of coffee and the lovely attentive member of staff in the morning.

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

2/10 Terrible

Kimberly

Jun 24, 2023

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Traveler Beware!

Terrible! What a waste of money! The accommodations are old, filthy, and unsafe. I would not recommend this place to anyone. We didn't even end up staying here the 2nd night because it was so bad. The carpets look burnt, the lock to our door was broken and taped, it was noisy (right next to the street and people in the guest house were coming and going all night long), and the beds were so uncomfortable. When we reached out to the property, they told us we were liars. It was one of the worst lodging experiences I have ever had.

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

6/10 Okay

Barbara

Jul 19, 2022

Liked: Staff & service

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

We had a double room with one double bed and 2 single beds. It was hot, there was only one fan and the windows were broken. The most disappointing thing however, was the fact that the bathroom was not only tiny, but full of mold. It was just disgusting. Also my husband is 6’3 and my son is 6’7 and the bathroom slopes down toward the toilet, so they could not physically stand up to pee, and when you sat on the toilet the toilet lid would flip forward and hit you in the back. The staff (who you only see at breakfast) was nice enough, but the place is incredibly run down and in dire need of repair.

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2022

2/10 Terrible

Jorie

Aug 25, 2024

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

This was the worst place we stayed in all of the UK while we traveled for 2 weeks. The advertisement makes it sound like it's the guest house of Craigmiller Castle... it is NOT. The blinds didn't close so a street light poured in all night long directly outside the window- we had to use bath towels to block some of the light which was unsuccessful. The shower was disgusting- none of us would even use it. I stepped on broken glass left in a bathroom (clearly the bath wasn't cleaned well) and no one would respond to my contact about the issue. There was no one on staff when we checked in and could only communicate via a Ring doorbell. The breakfast cereal offered was clumped and old. The price I paid was for what I thought was part of a castle- do NOT waste your money!!

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Dec 20, 2022

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Poor

Room was dated, with the wallpaper peeling off and mould on the windows and walls. Dust in the corners of the ceilings. The bathroom looked fairly new however the shower head was covered in limescale and so sprayed everywhere. They towel rail was also hanging off of the wall. The bed was two single mattresses, one of which was obviously very old in that you were lying down in to a worn down hole. The staff were friendly however I didn’t appreciate the knock on the door to remind us to leave 15 minutes prior to check out time. The location was ideal as well as the parking however I wouldn’t book again.

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022

2/10 Terrible

Jim

Aug 24, 2024

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

This was the worst b and b I've ever stayed in. The outside was reflected on the inside, the stair carpet was dirty with holes even to the point of wood showing from behind it. The room (6)carpet was filthy too with stains all over, I have photos to prove it. The TV didn't work the bedside lamps were old and worn and thread bare, there was scuffs around the wall paper and the skirting boards needed a good paint. The bathroom if that's what you can call it was so small and just very grubby looking. We were meant to stay 2 nights but just left after breakfast which was extremely poor even for a continental style.. Pre packed shop bought waffles and croissants, what I believed to have been hard boiled eggs and baby bell cheese out but not refrigerated with yogurts also out and tinned fruit uncovered....pot of tea with 1 tea bag between 2 people.. Very poor!

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

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