Castle View Guest House  

People there is very friend... I like and I want be back again.

To find a family room big enough to have our three children with us.

The noise!!!Bars in the street, so a lot of noise to very late in the night.

We booked a big room with 2 double beds, on single and a sofa bed. This was ideal for our family, 2 adults and 4 children. There was a lovely shower. We loved the location in the centre of Edinburgh as we wanted to explore the city.

There is no private car parking.

Castle View Guest House has a fantastic location. You can see the castle from the street and from some of the rooms. My sister and I stayed in the 'Balmore' room. It was a triple room with one double and a single bed - so we had lots of space :) It was on 3rd or 4th floor, so we had a great view to the castle! The room was tidy and clean. There was towels, shampoo, shower gel and body lotion. A little flatscreen tv, kettle + coffee, the, cookies and some sweets. Breakfast was inclusive - and it was okay.

The ventilator in the bathroom was a bit noisy. A little noice from the street!

It is nice to have tea and coffee whenever you like and the guesthouse is quite central for everything you need.

There was to many stairs however we did know that as I had read the reviews

The bed was extremely comfortable and the room very pleasant. You got the impression that you really were a guest and treated as such.

Everything was great!

A bit querky but would stay there again and have already recommended to friends of mine who are planning a visit. Staff very friendly and helpful. Breakfast is very good. Only slight gripe I have is that I couldn't sleep as building noisy but it is listed so have to accept bumps and creaking but worse a very noisy plumbing system.

A bit noisy at times especially the plumbing system.

I like that it was in the center of town.

My name is pavlos lydakis and I made a booking to castle view hotel for 3 adults and two children. 15 days before we fly ,we sent email to change the booking because we cancel one adult and the price for two adults and two children room it was cheaper than the first one. We never receive your answer in the two days you have said. We arrived at the hotel and the manager of hotel said that he already knew about the change of the booking but we had to pay the money for 6 person room. Im not happy with this progress and I want you to do something for it. That means that I want my extra money back that I paid. We stayed 6 nights and they never change the sheets only towels. The building was so old that when you were walking in the room you had the feeling of earthquake. The windows were very old so noise and wind passed through inside the room.

The Castle View Guest House was very conveniently located to see the sights of Edinburgh and to the town centre with shops and restaurants close by It was easy to find although car parking was located about a 10 minute walk away. The breakfasts were good although possibly a little understaffed when the dining room was full. Generally staff were very helpful.

No onsite parking

Location and cost

Lovely reception from Jerry who was very friendly and helpful. Room clean and spacious. All areas clean and bed comfortable.

Breakfast staff were not friendly and tables nor being cleared with guests having to sit at tables not cleared. Guests had to ask for cutlery. Enough staff on hand to cope, so no excuses there. Breakfast busy, but staff not intuitive or helpful. Pity about this.

Very friendly and tidy. Excellent location for shopping and pub drinks.