Ivy- Braveheart Guest House

although reception closes early, landlord is patient to email me room & keys messages before 6 pm. the Old building in a Good Location. room is cold cuz 2 heatings cannot work well, so feel a little bit unsatisfied.

The bed was so comfy I asked if I can take it home couldn't fault the room at all fresh n clean and I stayed two nights got fresh towels the manager was helpful with the tv and it was easy to find from the train station. The hotel messages you on email or booking com and you can contact them back through that service

Upon arriving, we realised it was the wrong location for us. The owner provided the steps to request a cancellation and refund. This is a guest house not a hotel, my mistake, but great owner full of recommendations for food and places to visit

Comfortable stay. Central location just 5mins to the city centre. Our landlord let us arrive 2 hours early to check in and was very helpful. The room was nice with tartan bed sheets, tub, tea and coffee facilities and a nice clean bathroom. A good hotel for couples. Thanks!

Basic room which has seen better days. Tiny en suite, but did the job. Average level of cleaning and care. It is on a fairly busy road and as it was warm we had to keep the window open. There aren’t any curtains, just wooden shutters, which We had to leave open slightly to keep the air flowing so couldn’t shut out the traffic noise or the early morning light. Everything was done via messages including getting your room key from a coded box, which is fine as long as you don’t have any questions. Location is fine if you don’t mind a 15 min Ish walk to the Royal Mile.

Well this was definitely a night to remember, not sure we want to tho. So after a double booking on our original hotel, *********** gave us this guest house as an alternative. Let's start with the good points, it was withing a 15 to 20 min walk from Princess St so central enough to be a good location! That's where the good points end. Like a lot of guest houses in big city's it looked OK nothing startling but as you would expect, we went inside and to be fair was again like most a little bit on the tatty side but your not staying in a fancy hotel and it's not about the lobby or stairs it's about your room. We climbed the stairs to the first floor and found our room no 15 great! We unlocked the door and entered to be hit with what instantly smelled like bleach, but there was something not right with it, it was so strong but there was something mixed in with the bleach smell, we looked around and the room is extremely dated but on the surface looked clean, we dumped our stuff and went to the ensuite for the toilet before we headed to the Christmas markets and wow!!!! The smell intensified. We headed out and done the Christmas markets, had a couple of drinks and headed back to be honest forgetting about the smell until we entered the room again and boom it hit us again this weird bleachy smell it actually made us feel sick and a bit nauseous but knowing I'd had a drink we were stuck! The more we spent time in there the more you can tell that the bleach smell is trying to hide another unknown smell. We eventually after a fair few more wines fell asleep or passed out not sure, we woke in the morning opened the shutters and in the daylight seen the stains on the side of the mattress, we checked out and for the rest of the day could smell this awful smell on our clothes, we did not find the cause of the smell as to be honest I didn't want to know. If your a fan of the films Trainspotting and Hostel and fancy a slice of them in real life then this is the place for you, but if your moderately sane with even just the slightest sence of smell avoid!!!!! Just to add insult to injury it was £172 per night for to be honest a £20 per night at most guest house, please do yourself a favour and save your money buy a sleeping bag and camp down with the others sleeping in doorways you will thank me.