Alba House Hotel

Absolutely beautiful house chosen by us to stay at for a mini break as a base to discover Edinburgh, such a lovely warm welcome by Kath and really helpful pointers on finding our way around via the endless buses, the house is large and spotless, parking spaces for 5 cars, bus stop almost outside the door and the room we had was rear facing on the first floor and was lovely and spacious, very comfy, quiet and a modern bathroom with shower. We will return and we will book here too, the only thing I would like added to the experience at Alba House would be a cooked breakfast to the morning menu even at additional cost but the continental breakfast was just fine to start your day on. 10/10 from us, got home earlier today and already pine to return.

We had a lovely double room on the main floor facing the back of the house. Cath was a gracious hostess, helping us get oriented to the city and showing us how to use the public bus systems. The continental breakfasts were delicious and filling. Highly recommend for couples or solo travelers.

Have just stayed at Alba House for 2 nights and would recommend here to anyone travelling to Edinburgh, as well as definitely staying here again if/when I come back to Edinburgh myself! The b&b is about a 30 minute walk or small bus ride from the centre, but a bit away from all the hustle and bustle too which was nice. Our room was spacious and clean and the hosts couldn’t of been more friendly and helpful, nothing was an issue including even being able to check in earlier than we thought, and also being able to leave our luggage with them too. The continental breakfast was also really big and plentiful and kept us well fuelled up for the start of a day of busy Edinburgh exploring! Thankyou so much for everything!

Marketed as a classic room with coombed ceiling - should have read - converted attic room only accessed via extremely steep dangerous twisty stairs. Severely restricted headroom (badly hurt my head). Room was extremely hot (not helped by noisy boiler in bathroom) so had to have all windows and veluxes open so very noisy (owner said - that’s what you get when you book a hotel on a main bus route). Thermostat in the bedroom (hidden in a wooden box) randomly buzzed on and off all night. Wall between next room was paper thin so you can hear every conversation, TV programme and everything else! Bathroom was bland, dingy, with no shower and just not cared for. Breakfast was very basic.