Fraser Suites Edinburgh  

Excellent central location in Edinburgh's old town - major tourist sights like the Castle, Hollyrood Palace, museums, are practically within walking distance. Waverley train station & shopping street are also closeby via a public stair access located at the back of the St Giles street where the hotel is located. Note on the stair access: those with bulky & heavy luggages or walking difficulties should know that it's a good climb up. Top-floor studio suite & its en-suite bathroom (good shower area, with overhead & handheld spray, which is better than taking a bath because one didn't have to climb in & out of a bathtub) were surprisingly large in size. Kitchenette was well-equipped with microwave, fridge, utensils, crockeries, & cleaning stuffs. Window which could be opened to let in fresh air was good especially when it's warm in the room.

The hotel could be very hot & stuffy even when it's cold outside which we realized was due to the use of mainly halogen bulbs for the lighting in the hotel's common areas, corridors & also bedrooms. We always had the bedroom window's wide open to cool the room down. Hotel seemed to be aware of this issue because there was a fan provided in the room when we arrived. Direction info to go to the hotel from Waverley train station could be made more clear in hotel website. We discovered by accident the stair access to the hotel's St Giles street from bottom of hill which is just across from the train station's back entrance. This stair access is an excellent shortcut to get to the shopping street, train station & also where Hop On Hop Off bus tour starts.

Excellent location, great decor and pleasant staff. Because the visit coincided with the Edinburgh festival, the hotel had kindly provided a number of guides and brochures in the room, which was a nice touch.

At £200 plus per night I'd have expected a change of bath towel for each day we were there. I'm rather bored of hotels taking a sanctimonious "save water by using the same towels" stance when we all know that the real motivation is a desire to save on laundry bills. We put our used towels in the bath and returned to find them hung up to dry on the towel rail! There were also a number of stains on the (admittedly high quality) carpet; I wouldn't expect to see this sort of thing in a hotel in this price bracket.

the room was by and large very nice with a big luxurious mattress.excellent shower

as one of the main selling points was the view,our "view"was a derelict building with long grass and large weeds outside the window which was a huge disappointment....also there was a few spotlights in the ceiling not working

We had a fantastic, centrally-located apartment for Hogmanay with 270-degree views over Edinburgh; from the Castle to the Firth of Forth, along Prince Street and across to Carlton Hill. The apartment itself was very well appointed with a wonderful bathroom (great shower but no bath), comfortable bedroom and a useful kitchenette. We really enjoyed our stay.

Just a couple of little things. If I'm paying nearly £400 per night then I don't expect to have to pay £7 extra for internet access. And although there was a small clock/radio with an iPod dock in the bedroom there wasn't a CD or DVD player in the apartment and the TV quality was pretty poor. But small gripes in an otherwise top suite.

Good location for the new years party

Very pricey for what was offered. There was no free wifi in the rooms, there was no internet terminal in the lobby. There was limited information regarding local attractions in the lobby/rooms.

Rooms were extremely comfortable and the bed gave me the best nights sleep in ages was sooooooooooo soft and cozy. Feels very plush in Fraser Suites and you definately will not want to leave once you have stayed there a night. Location second to none. The shower cubicle can fit in about 10 people. Excellent!

no food or drink available apart from breakfast which was very poor. didn't bother staying the second night.

Loved everything about it! Location was perfect. Rooms spacious, clean, stylish and totally value for money. I would not hesitate to go back.

Perfect Location for both new town and old town.

We stayed at Fraser Suite Apartments in November, however, upon arrival we were told that our room was not ready and to come back in an hour. When we did come back we were told that our room still was not ready, we waited in reception and when we did eventually get the key we were told that we would get a complimentry breakfast the next morning. We got the breakfast delivered to our room in the morning, where the hotel tried to charge us for it. Explained the situation to the girl delivering the breakfast. When we checked out we were billed again for the breakfast. Really couldn't be annoyed arguing or explaining the situation again at this point and were in a hurry for out train so just ended up paying for it. This we will not be doing again or staying at this hotel because of this. The breakfast certainly was not worth £15.00 each and there was a £5.00 service charge to get it delivered to our room!! The other thing that I did not like was the two single beds pushed together when we requested a double room.

Perfect location and excellent value for money.

Was very comfortable and no one bothered us, very close to shops and train station.

No parking at hotel, would advise to park at New Street behind waverley station and hotel do offer a discount for this which I thought was very good and is within walking distance so not too bad overall.

Convenient location

Lack of parking and impersonal staff approach

The staff were fantastic. Nothing too much bother. Very professional and friendly. The room was lovely. Very clean and had everything we needed. Fantastic location with lively views. Close to shopping and nightlife. All in walking distance.

A room with a double bed should be just that, a double bed and not two single beds pushed together. Very uncomfortable at times.