“A beautiful, historic castle outside Edinburgh. Room was very nice--bed comfortable, bathroom clean and roomy enough. Restaurant in the basement is a "must do." Steaks are cooked over a wood fire. Food was superb. Only negative was that I learned if you don't book directly with Melville Castle then breakfast is not included. I used a Expedia to book, so no breakfast included, which didn't seem right given the room prices. Overall a great experience. My wife and I would like to return sometime.”
“It's a hard hotel to be rated as the room we booked was misleading in Expedia, it was far worse, smaller, dated than in the pictures and description. There were only two rooms at that corner, far away from other rooms, looks like a one star hotel room. The other rooms were nice though, together with very nice library, lobby, activity rooms, which made our room even more pathatic. We would have paid more for a better room if not being misled by Expedia description, as the hotel itself was quite...
“Property more than met our expectations. Food was very good and reasonably priced. The staff were very friendly and helpful. Would stay aga in if we needed to be in the area”
“Nice location. The room was very clean. However there was no lift, which was so uncomfortable. We had to go up and down stairs carrying heavy luggage without any help.”
“Pros
Large room
Comfortable bed
Plenty of parking spaces
Convenient for buses into Edinburgh
Restaurant staff quick and efficient
Hotel and Gym Reception staff pleasant and helpful
Cons
Room too warm and you can't open the windows
Ironing board propped up in the corner of the room
Small chest of drawers is useless for drinks as it's less than 2ft high
Cups in room too small
Room only had one chair to sit on
Only one hand towel in bathroom for 2 guests
No decaffeinated drinks in either the room...