High Street Apartment

Location: 227 High Street, Edinburgh, gb

Star Rating: 8 Stars

Property Type: Apartments

About this Property

Important Information

Policies

Check-in: 03:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Check-out: 10:00 AM

Amenities & Facilities

• Non-smoking rooms
• Non-smoking throughout
• Free wired internet
• Internet access

Rooms Available

• Apartment

  2 Twin Beds, 1 King Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

  Overlooking the city

  
  

  Layout - 2 bedrooms

  Internet - Free WiFi

  Entertainment - 30-inch TV with digital channels

  Food & Drink - Kitchen with refrigerator, stovetop, oven, and microwave

  Sleep - Bed sheets

  Bathroom - Private bathroom, deep soaking bathtub

  Practical - Washer/dryer, iron/ironing board, and highchair

  Comfort - Heating

  Non-Smoking

  Max Occupancy: 5 (5 Adults)

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • TV
  • Hair dryer
  • Refrigerator
  • Microwave
  • Dishwasher
  • Washing machine
  • Private bathroom
  • Heating
  • Kitchen
  • Electric kettle
  • Oven
  • Stovetop
  • Toaster
  • Free WiFi
  • Deep soaking bathtub
  • Bedsheets provided
  • Highchair
  • Freezer
  • Travel crib

• Three-Bedroom Apartment

  This spacious apartment consists of 1 living room, 3 separate bedrooms and 1 bathroom with a hairdryer. In the kitchen, guests will find a stovetop, a refrigerator, a dishwasher and an oven. The apartment provides a washing machine, a tea and coffee maker, a seating area, a TV, as well as city views. The unit offers 5 beds.

  Max Occupancy: 5 (5 Adults)

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • TV
  • Hair dryer
  • Refrigerator
  • Seating Area
  • DVD player
  • Toilet
  • Microwave
  • Dishwasher
  • Washing machine
  • Private bathroom
  • Heating
  • Kitchen
  • Dining area
  • Electric kettle
  • Tumble dryer
  • Oven
  • Stovetop
  • Toaster
  • Coffee machine
  • Linen
  • Dining table
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only
  • Wine glasses
  • Cots
  • Key access

Guest Reviews

• Andre (9/5): Beste Lage - Top Lage ! Defekte Lampen und strapazierter Geschirrspüler - wlan fiel ständig aus .
• Silvia (8/5): - Top Lage, bequeme Betten und grosses Wohnzimmer/Küche War schmudelig und hatte eher abgenutzte Möbel und Einrichtung (eher lieblos). Abwaschmaschine hatte Defekte.
• Kerstin (3/5): Die Lage der Wohnung ist super, aber die Wohnung sehr in die Jahre gekommen! - Die Betten waren noch das bequemste in der Wohnung! Der Boden war mit zahlreichen Löchern übersät. Am Schlimmsten war das Loch im Schlafzimmer mit den 2 Betten, wenn man da rein getreten ist, was in der Mitte des Zimmers nicht unmöglich war, konnte man sich den Fuß brechen oder mindestens die Bänder dehnen. Das 2. Schlafzimmer war eine kleine Kombüse mit Loch in der Decke, welches unsachmässig vernagelt war. Die Couchen im Wohnraum waren sehr dreckig und auch nicht gereinigt worden. Das Sammelsurium der Küchenutensilien ließ auch zu wünschen übrig, nicht alles für 5 Personen vorhanden. Der Backofen funktionierte nicht, da dort ein Code nicht zurück gesetzt worden ist. Die Schlüsselübergabe war eine Katastrophe, zum einen waren die 10 Tresore nicht beschriftet, somit musste man den Code 10 x eingegeben, und dann haben wir mit Hilfe von anderen Bewohnern sowie mit Videocall-Anruf in der Zentrale endlich nach 45 Minuten den Schlüssel erhalten. Das angeblich kostenlose WLAN musste bezahlt werden!
• Paul (8/5): -
• Samantha (8/5): -
• Mike (4/5): Beyond disappointing...save your money people...find another option. - The location is why I booked the property. Another reason was it was termed a 'luxury' apartment. Not sure who decided this apartment could possibly be considered luxury. It is tired, grubby with multiple broken or worn elements that looking back at reviews have been ongoing for a long time. Money grabbing owners with zero consideration for those coming to Edinburgh. I'd say the word disgraceful to describe this property is being nice. Everything to be honest. Might be wise for the owners to actually visit their apartment. It is grubby & tired. So many items are broken (wi-fi, TV, fridge, dishwasher, lamps, windows etc) The furniture is the cheapest possible, so uncomfortable. TBF the bathrooms are decent but really is about it. How can you possibly call this luxury? Bit of an insult. I travel the world for work & leisure and stay in endless temp accommodation options, I'm directly guided in good faith by what I read in the property description, this was probably the most shameless con I've come across. Whoever owns this place needs to spend some time & money doing the right thing.
• Paula (7/5): Great location apartment needs some TLC, but the stairs weren’t - Location Stairs
• Edwin (5/5): Verjaardag van oudste zoon - De locatie was super, midden in het centrum, makkelijk om over al naar toe te lopen. Er was veel stuk, de banken waren ingezakt en de vaatwasser was gedeeltelijk stuk. Alles is niet goed onderhouden
• Katrin (5/5): Ich würde mir leider nächstes Mal eine andere Unterkunft aussuchen. - Die Lage, es lag sehr zentral in der Wunderschönen Altstadt Es war das ein oder andere sehr in die Jahre gekommen. Der Fußoden, die Spülmaschine war zum Teil kaputt(abgebrochene Räder, die Abstellkammern waren mit zurückgelassenem Krempel voll gestopft. Es gab nur einen Satz Schlüssel bei 5 Leuten etwas schwierig und die Türklingel funktionierte auch nicht. Woher der Gestank im Treppenhaus kam …. Keine Ahnung
• Marcsó (9/5): Újra ezt választanám - Központba volt minden közelben megtalálható. Gördülékeny kommunikáció gyorsan válaszolt minden kérdésunkre.
• Michael (10/5): -
• ANDRES (8/5): No hay mejor ubicación. - La Ubicación es inmejorable, está a pocos metros de la catedral y de Mary King Close, enfrente de donde salen los free tours. El apartamento está super bien equipado, tiene de todo. Creo que es una opción genial para partir desde ahí y ver la ciudad. Estaba bien limpio y es muy bonito. Y creo que el precio está bastante ajustado para como está de cara la ciudad. Totalmente recomendable. La escalera y portal son un poco cutres, pero eso cambia tal como entras en el apartamento. Por ponerle alguna pega, el suelo cuando cruje al andar por el pasillo, pero es normal, ya que es un edificio super antiguo. Lo único malo es que es un cuarto piso sin ascensor y cuando llegas cansado de andar todo el día, se te hace eterno, aunque ya te lo avisan en el anuncio. Por el resto no puedo decir nada malo del apartamento.
• Emma (10/5): -
• Caroline (9/5): Spacious flat on Royal Mile - Great location in centre of Royal Mile convenient for Old and New Town venues. Very useful to have two separate shower rooms (each with shower, basin and wc) for each couple. Comfortable living room and well equipped kitchen with microwave, kettle, crockery etc. Top floor location and double glazing meant minimal Festival noise. (Traffic free zone outside meant no noise at all during nighttime and early morning.) Lots of stairs but good for step count and just stopped if needed halfway up! Really enjoyed staying here and have rebooked for next August. Some minor issues: poor lighting in dining area made it impossible to use dining table in the evening for reading etc, (bulb missing from floor lamp); no bin bags, scouring pad/dish cloths provided and some crumbling plaster (viz hole in main bedroom). Also WiFi kept dropping out, necessitating constant reboots. But these issues trumped by the many advantages listed above.
• Donna (8/5): Relaxed and welcoming inside great location - Spacious and the beds comfortable great location everything you need for a relaxed stay. Blind broken in the twin bedroom unable to roll it up. A little tired in places which if fixed would make all the difference. For example the plaster coming off the wall in one of the bedrooms . This did not impact on our stay or enjoyment . The worst thing about the apartment is the flights of stone steps to get to the front door and the not so fresh smell on the stairwell Would stay again and would recommend but you need to be quite fit to tackle the stairs
• Guzin (7/5): - The location was very central to all attractions. The flat was very spacious. The bathroom and toilet were modern and clean. Kitchen supplied with lots of items to use. The walk up to the flat was exhausting, 5 flights of stairs. The flats furniture was either very used or broken. The window in our room and the other bedroom didn't open, and the blinds didn't work. We had holes in ceilings that were either boarded up or just left like that. In our room, it felt like there was a hole in the floor under the carpet. The Internet was very slow and would turn on and off a lot.
• Marjon (7/5): Diep in het hart van Edinburgh met een paar behoorlijke trappen. - De ruimte en de locatie De enorme hoeveelheid trappen , 76 trappen tot de bovenste verdieping. En dat met 3 dames dik boven de 80.
• Deeborah (8/5): We were comfortable and it was a good stay - The location was great The steps up to the apartment are formidable
• Margriet (9/5): Heerlijk appartement - Fijn appartement met goede faciliteiten en op een hele mooie locatie in Edinburgh.
• Tom (9/5): - Four floor walk up.
• Hjalmar (6/5): Ok place, not more - Good layout for a group of friends, with three bedrooms and two bathrooms, as well as a spacious living room connected to the kitchen. The bathrooms were clean and fresh. The internet did not work at all during the first two days. We notified the host and sent a screenshot of a message prompting us to top up funds in order to access data, but the response was that the internet was unlimited — which it clearly wasn’t. On the night of our third day, the Wi-Fi finally started working, but it was extremely slow. At one point, I was alone in the apartment and still unable to perform even the most basic browsing online. Consider the apartment as not having functional internet/Wi-Fi. Poor air quality in the apartment — no functioning ventilation system. Some of the bedrooms lacked blackout blinds altogether. I slept in a room with only a flimsy white blind that was barely attached and let in nearly all the light. The bedroom with two single beds is so small that it’s barely possible to open suitcases. We requested a late check-out more than 6 months before arrival but were denied. We had also asked well in advance for extra keys but still received only one set, which was inconvenient given that we were a group of 5 adult friends. The apartment is located in a very tourist-heavy area, extremely crowded. In the mornings, we were woken up by garbage trucks emptying bins on the street, despite the windows being closed.
• Akam (7/5): Good -
• Marjon (8/5): Very good - De ligging was perfect. De trappen we zaten 5 hoog
• Inge (8/5): Very nice - We stayed here for 4 days. With 5 persons. It was a beautifull location. Communication went smoothly. Apartment was clean and had all equipment. Plenty of room. It was a lovely time. Price was good. Much light through the curtains.
• Carolyn (7/5): Good - The the location was great . The five flights of steps with suitcases . Squeaky beds squeaky floors . Maintenance issues with dishwasher , The utensil drawer was broken . The lighting was poor . The lamp didn’t work . The dryer was in a closest covered with things . Not enough dishwashing tablets coffee tea .
• Creaney-addis (9/5): Amazing - It was lovely to have an apartment to spend with the family and have your own privacy. The apartment was lovely and clean and spacious. The stairs to the apartment were challenging at times when we needed to get suitcases to the apartment.
• Andrew (9/5): Great central Edinburgh apartment on Royal Mile! - This is a great apartment on the top floor of the tenement right on the Royal Mile, above the Whisky shop and across the road from the world famous Clamshell! View of Arthur's Seat from the living room. Very spacious (there was 4 of us staying) and comfortable. Bit of a trek up the stairwell, but kept us fit. Good kitchen facilities, there are a couple of small supermarkets within a couple of minutes walk so easy to get groceries. Great location to hit up the bars, restaurants and shops in central Edinburgh. The stairs, but whatever! Not an issue for us but maybe if guests are not able bodied.
• Gahagan (4/5): Excellent location, kitchen and bathrooms let down by inadequate management & maintenance - Excellent location and well appointed kitchen & bathrooms. No handles on 3rd bedroom door. Child could lock themselves in. Instruction manuel badly out of date. Wifi moved & disconnected. Lamp in lounge lacked bulb. Surfaces damaged in master bedroom and lounge. Only one set of keys & key safe very difficult to open
• Damien (10/5): Great stay - Great location very well equipped kitchen Very spacious 3-bedroom apartment Very clean, great for a family get away Very quiet at night, the beds are very comfortable A very warm apartment There was nothing I didn't like, but some people might find the flights of stairs to the apartment a bit hard
• Marjorie (9/5): Excellent stay in comfortable accommodation at great location. - Location excellent. Apartment very clean, comfortable and well equipped. Single bedroom a little cramped but otherwise no complaints.
• Deborah (8/5): We loved the old town & the flat was comfy - Excellent location for the activities we had pre booked We wasn't aware the stairs were so steep and there were a lot more than we expected
• Michael (9/5): Great spot for a group of 4-5 - Big fridge, two bathrooms, good open space in the living room, good location. Only 1 set of keys, and up on the top floor.
• Paul (10/5): Amazing few days at the fringe - Location is amazing, close to the castle on the royal mile It’s a lot of steps to get up to the apartment but it keeps you fit!
• Mike (9/5): excellent location - Location Messages from property and Booking dot com re damage insurance …we just got a demand out of nowhere that looked like a scam and the message system with booking was really poor to understand what it was all about Seemed to around and around
• Linda (8/5): Very good - Excellent location right on the Royal Mile. Lots of lovely restaurants just steps away. We did have a problem with the lights in the bathrooms and reported it. This was fixed promptly. There was nothing to dislike.
• Gabriela (8/5): Very good -
• Richard (9/5): Excellent place, fully recommended - Top of a spiral staircase and only one set of keys
• Toby (5/5): Passable - Good location Lights not working throughout the property and some areas could have been cleaner. Only one key which was very annoying despite being told we’d have two.
• Amy-alice (7/5): Good -
• Lynne (5/5): Passable - Location excellent Damaged flooring particularly in the twin bedroom felt unsafe. Apartment quite cold and radiator in lounge not working well. Lamp in lounge not working.
• Nicholas (9/5): Superb -
• Heidi (8/5): Lovely stay in Edinburgh, excellent location. - Location excellent . Good communication to sort any problems out. Unfortunately wrong keys left in key safe, had to call Edinburgh flats. Sofa bed in lounge not comfortable, dipped in middle so only 1 could sleep on it, other beds good.
• Erica (3/5): Made the best of our trip but not very good trying to sort out heating and boiler problems - Very spacious and location was excellent Roof leaked in the single bedroom, no heating and no hot water. We had to call for an engineer to look at the boiler
• Lynne (3/5): Poor - Location was fantastic however as advertised it's not for the faint hearted and the handrail is coming off the wall. The apartment wasn't ready on time and we had to wait for the apartment keys to be handled over. Broken items in the apartment, floorboards missing under the carpet in the hallway (one of our ladies tripped in it). The sofa bed was twisted and dropped at the bottom (not comfy) the topper was too big and had a blood stain on it. The sinks in the bathrooms, one didn't drain well and the other the plug wouldn't stay down. Considering we had to wait I needed to clean the kitchen table and windowsills... It said luxury, being met with a traffic cone outside the door entrance to the apartment said everything that we was going to be greeted with... Hazzard!!!. The smell of weed from the apartment below was very strong and the public access to the apartments is in need of attention... very grotty. We won't be booking here again. Phoned for help/compensation.. nothing just thanks for letting us know.
• Anonymous (8/5): Comfortable and convenient - The location was perfect. Very comfortable. New, modern bathrooms Because of its location it was quite noisy. The double windows blocked out most of the noise though. It could also do with some repairs here and there. Especially the huge hole in the corridor floor!! Extremely dangerous! I fell down very badly!! Luckily just a few bruises, nothing broken. Please get that fixed!! Also a knob at the door of the small single bedroom would’ve been nice. Was impossible to open once closed.
• Janey (9/5): Superb - Good amount of sofas for a group of 4. Everything was clean. Staff were helpful. The location was great for central Edinburgh. A couple of minor things like some lights not working and door handles missing on the single bedroom. But nothing too bad.
• Alice (7/5): Good - Good location The awful flights of stairs only got I set of keys despite asking for more. Had to keep going up and down those stairs to leave the others in when we went out separately
• Gladys (8/5): Very good -
• Anonymous (8/5): Very good - location and facilities excellent boiler noisy , no signage for lock box and PIN number changed . no sheet for double bed , carpets marked , decor damaged , no interlinked smoke alarms, no battery in heating timer , access to Wi-Fi not found , storage for single bedroom limited , no curtains for master bedroom .
• Paul (8/5): Very good -
• Suzanne (7/5): A great central location to visit Edinburgh, would definitely recommend. - Fantastic location. Spacious flexible apartment, with good facilities. Conflicting information in emails and info folder in apartment. Numerous things broken, or damaged, in apartment on arrival, none that affected our stay but a worry when you've paid a damage deposit. Main problem was a bedroom door without a handle which meant you wouldn't be able to get out of the bedroom if you shut the door!
• Carol (9/5): Superb - Great location. Very comfortable & clean.. 4 flights of stairs but a little bit fitter coming home
• John (10/5): Exceptional - Apartment was great location on high Street. All entertainment at night was easy walking distance. Beds, toilets and lounge were clean and provided a comfortable base for us to come back to. Would book again Apartment is on 4th floor with access via some steep steps. Which makes the climb requiring good energy if you have a heavy suitcase.
• Marymcgrath1964 (6/5): We had a great weekend - Location was great No fire exit and a lot of steps
• Yongcong (10/5): Exceptional -
• Alice (8/5): fabulous stay for a family wedding weekend - location lot of stairs and strong smell of weed permeates from downstairs!🤣
• Fauzana (5/5): As mentioned, the location is perfect. Half of the facilities are good while the other half was not. It’ll be 50:50 for - The location was perfect. Right along High Street/Royal Mile and it is very convient to get to places. Though note that apartment is on the 5th floor/top floor so it is hard to bring big heavy luggages up. But, upon arrival, a downstairs neighbour helped to bring our luggages up? we were very thankful. Wifi is strong. When we arrived, the kitchen sink was already choked and water was leaking all over the kitchen floor. Informed admin and they did arrange for a plumber to check it out. However issue was not fixed and it kinda got worse after that. Waterlogged in the sink, and water kept leaking onto the kitchen floor. We paid for an apartment so that we could cook and do laundry. But because of this, they had to turn off the tap, we couldnt do our laundry and had to limit cooking. The heater wasnt working either. The apartment was nice, we expected all but half of the facilites weren’t working for the high price we paid. Asked for compensation because the facilities needed cannot be used, their response was that this was unpredictable since the previous guest did not face any problems. The thing is? problems were already there when we arrived.
• Alan (10/5): Exceptional - Fantastic apartment in an excellent location! Would definately book this again.
• Annabelle (5/5): Passable -
• Robert (8/5): Very good -
• Pat (10/5): Exceptional -
• Sarah (6/5): Weekend away - The location was amazing and the beds were comfortable. The WiFi coverage was great too and it was easy to find. It is advadvertised as a luxary family apartment so i was a little disappointed to find no toilet roll, hand soap, dish soap or a black bag in the bin. I'm not sure with these simple things missing i would class it as 'luxary'. I would have packed these things in my bag if i had know they were not provided.

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