Macdonald Holyrood Hotel

Attended hotel as part of a conference. It is a lovely place with great staff who were very friendly and helpful. Parking is valet which was great as I had driven through from Glasgow. One point though — a vegan meal had been requested and they came up with letuce and tomato on bread. I’d like to see their non function menu as although I was very glad for the food by lunch it was a bit disappointing only one option for vegetarian and one for vegan when there were at least seven options for meat eaters. Didnt spoil event (which was amazing!) still hummus isnt difficult to make.

A fine hotel with a great staff in a convenient location. Could you ask for more? The rooms are modern and well appointed. Your just a short walk through a close (alley) from the Royal Mile and all its attractions, from Her Majesty’s Holyrood palace on one end to the Edinburgh Castle on the other. The Rocca restaurant serves wonderful meals (I’d recommend the lamb), and has a good wine list. The real highlight, though, is the staff. Everyone from the bartenders to the concierge went out of their way to ensure our stay was enjoyable. I really can’t say enough about them. If and when we return to Edinburgh we will stay here.

This was a great hotel in a great central location at the bottom of the Royal Mile of Old Town. The rooms are very modern and clean. The shower with the rain nozzle was a pleasurable experience.
The front desk folks will gladly pour you a drink at any hour and let you chill in the spacious lobby.
Its a quick and easy walk to many great sites and pubs. There is also a 24 hr. public parking lot across the street at the Dynamic Earth museum.
The only problem I had was the A/​C in the room was pretty shotty and I happened to be there on the hottest day ever in Scotland, oh well.

This is a great hotel in a perfect location. Also, don’t miss dinner at the Steak and Grill Restaurant. We normally avoid hotel restaurants, but our first night there were were soaked and cold and could not face going outside. The food was local, perfectly prepared, and all around fabulous. We spent the next day looking at menus around town and came back to the Steak and Grill for a second night. Prices were comparable with other places and the food would be hard to beat.

Couldn’t have been better. Our room was HUGE, especially for UK standards, and it was warm and cozy. The concierge was always extremely helpful, and overall, the staff were fantastic. We even ordered room service one night, and the food was great. Not to mention the location, a few minutes walk from Our Dynamic Earth, next door to Parliment, right in front of Arthur’s Seat, and steps away from the Palace. I would stay here again in a heartbeat.

What a fantastical hotel! The staff welcomed me warmly and with enthusiasm. Within walking distance from Arthur’s Seat and central to town and grocery stores close by. The hotel was very clean, the bed extremely comfortable, and the room service very prompt. I will definitely, be returning again.

Clean, spacious room in a hotel with a great location for a fair price for a Tuesday night. Good bar, and great that they have Sky Sports in the rooms. No complaints would stay again.

If you could epitomize the perfect hotel, this would be it. As soon as you walk in here you are met by a lovely concierge and receptionist, marble floors and really elegant seating areas.
they have a brilliant restaurant here too — ok I wouldn’t exactly go out of my way to come here for dinner, but as a hotel restaurant it is a total gem. They have brilliant breakfasts too.
The rooms are lovely too, really big and again follow the elegant theme. They are just right, and the location of the hotel is brilliant. It is far enough away from the city centre to be quiet yet close enough to be there (on foot) within ten minutes! When you step outside this hotel you are met with the best scenery in the city — Arthurs seat is directly opposite, the Parliament is to your left and the wonderful Royal Mile is behind you. Perfect!
If you’re coming to the city, this is definitely where you should stay.

I like visiting here and enjoy sitting in the lobby with the piano and the free newspapers.
I’ve not stayed here but I use the hotel for work where we host training sessions. The function staff are great and can’t do enough for you. Tea and Coffee is always accompanied by fab cakes not crappy biscuits. A couple of the function rooms are quite dark but the one that looks over Arthur’s Seat is nice. The hotel has a pool and a spa which looks great. Parking is not so good, if you want to park your own car you have to use the carpark underneath Dynamic Earth across the road. It’s easier to get them to park your car and haggle over the cost.

We have stayed at the Macdonald Holyrood hotel twice and on both occasions really enjoyed our stay. It is in a very quiet location at the bottom of the Royal Mile so is ideally situated for visiting Holyrood Palace or the Scottish Houses of Parliament. It is a little way away from the main tourist area of the city centre, but it is only a short walk (uphill). It is perhaps more of a business hotel than a tourist hotel. It is a very modern building and is very refined they even have a piano player in the bar in the evenings. As with all Macdonald hotels the breakfast is fabulous.

me and my partner went here for a weekend with my 17 month old son when i booked (over the phone) i was advised that if i payed then i would get the room (family room with single bed) at a rate of £300 b+b, or if i wanted to pay at end of stay it would be £360, so i paid upfront. When we arrived in Edinburgh we called the hotel for directions as their was diversions in place (we found out later, we where a street or 2 away!) the directions given took us 30mins away. we got to the hotel at 9pm and asked for food, we where advised it was only snacks at that time the conceirge was very helpfull in finding us a restaurant that would allow a toddler at that time of night.
No one advised where the breakfast would be nor the times, thus we missed breakfast on the first morning.
The room was not worth the money. they gave us a ‘play pen’ as a cot, with a quilt that was too big for it, which increases the risk of cot death so he slept in the bed with us. Our bed wasnt that great either, u could feel where the 2 single mattresses joined, and also i kept falling into the ditch in the middle, nearly squashing my son in the process. so not much sleep was had.
Our viewout the window was of arthurs seat and of the newspaper building accross the street, whisch someone was always working, we could see them work at their desk, walk to the printers, go for a drink etc and if we could see that, what could they see of us?
Check out was not a nice experience. they made me pay £4 for 20 mins on the net to print of confirmation that i had paid for the rooms, a s they claimed that thier booking agents couldnt take payments over the phone, they had no recollection of the offer for the advance payment. and they kept all my details for another payment to come off my account (including my CV2 code, which is agianst the banking laws) they made me to look like an idiot infront of other guests, and actually insinuated that i was stupid as they dont take payments before a customer stays.
All in all i was dissapointed with my stay at this hotel.

When I entered this hotel I felt as if I should be an offiicial visiting the nearby parliament building or at least the offices of the newspaper across the road.
Situated at the very opposite end of the Royal Mile from the Castle this hotel is very quiet as it’s so far out of the way. Having said that the standards are very high and even when there was a fire alarm in the middle of the night we were treated very well and made to feel wanted.
High quality but maybe not quite right for the tourist just visiting for the weekend.