Thistle City Inn

People smoking drugs in the building and not being very welcoming, it made my girlfriend feel very unsafe and left a horrible smell .

Very noisy at night due to the pub which was on the street below the bedroom. Triple glazing would be needed. Couldn’t get a good night’s sleep because I kept getting woken up.

Immaculate and very modern

The building itself which had residential people living there. No security lock on main front door to stairwell ( although there is great security on two further inner doors belonging to Thistle). However when we returned around 10pm there were two people sitting on the stairs eating, on the way down to our apartment. My partner placed a heavy chair in front of our bedroom door overnight.

This was the worst place I have ever stayed in. It was never stated anywhere that this was a shared apartment – that only became clear once we arrived. Yes, you get a private shower, but that doesn’t make up for the rest of the experience. The room was absolutely freezing and there was a strong sewage smell that was unbearable. We were told the heating would come on in 10 minutes, but after being out for around 4 hours at the Christmas markets, the radiator was still completely cold. It’s December, the windows are old and poorly insulated, and the room was like an icebox. We tried calling the contact numbers multiple times with no answer and left voicemails. Someone eventually called back saying the owner would arrive at 8pm to fix it. When we returned later that night, the radiator was finally on — but it switched off again during the night, and by morning it was freezing once more. I texted them again and never received a response. Noise is another huge issue. I had read reviews saying it could be noisy, but this was extreme — it honestly sounded like the windows were open. You could hear traffic, construction work, and people outside all night. The main entrance felt very unsafe. The front door was open to anyone, the smell of urine was awful, and on the morning we left there was a man asleep on the stairs. We had to physically step over him just to leave. I would never stay here again and would not recommend it to anyone.

The room was lovely, lots of things provided like toiletries, tea/coffee.

Drug addicts are clearly using the stairwell- we returned to food remnants and drug paraphernalia on the floor outside the apartment and when we were leaving in the morning there was more, plus blood all over the floor outside the apartment. There were also cigarette-ends smoldering on the stairs (maybe dropped from above?) Which we had to stamp out. It’s a real shame because the apartment and rooms are lovely, but we did not feel very safe as the stairwell was not secure.

Facilties, location, staff all exceptional. The room was incredible, very modern and comfortable. Would definitely recommend and consider returning in the future. Room was clean upon entry and had everything we needed. Location was perfect, multiple shops outside the apartment, and is around a 10 minute walk to pretty much everywhere in the city centre.

Only downside would be that if it's noisy outside, the windows are quite thin, so you will most definitely hear everything going on as if it's happening in the room with you; which did make it difficult to sleep, however, that's only really on a night with events on or if there are many pub-goers.