Macdonald Houstoun House

Beautiful grounds, lovely staff

Liked: We love it here and it’s our go to for a visit to Edinburgh. Beautiful grounds and the staff here are so lovely (always) !
Disliked: This visit wasn’t so comfortable unfortunately. We paid for and upgrade to a tower room (have stayed in the honeymoon suite and rooms outside the tower). Room no 20. Very very dusty, the bathroom was not clean - hairs and dirt on the floor - the previous guest’s towel still on the back of the bathroom door. Had a bath but noticed the dust behind the sink (wow) so decided to get out. Breakfast is usually good. I think the hotel was quiet so the buffet selection was not great. My partner had the full English - he enjoyed it - I opted for the avocado toast which was a mistake - I couldn’t get the knife through the toast and honestly you could have used it to help build a wall. So for £6.50 extra I had the smallest egg and a tomato. Weirdly every time we are there we have to ask for toast. Went to go for an early morning swim (before breakfast), but we write stood there for nearly 15 mins and no one was there despite other people being in the pool. Due to our schedule we had to abandon the idea. Hopefully the comments will be taken on board by the time we have our next visit !

Poor

Poor

Excellent

Liked: Breakfast was very good
Disliked: More vegan choices please

Passable

Liked: Friendly and helpful staffBeautiful grounds
Disliked: No phone in roomCarpet in the bedroomNo mini fridgeNo lifts or porterage service (our room was on the 3rd floor). Assistance with suitcases would have been appreciated.

Houdtoun...we have a problem

Liked: The staff
Disliked: The poor quality of the hotel

A solid option if pool...

Liked: Parking at the propertyThe swimming poolFriendly staffThe hotel is close to Edinburgh airport
Disliked: For the price we paid, I would have expected a nicer room, better facilities and a better breakfast. It is not that they were bad, but other hotels we visited during our scotland trip had much nicer rooms, better facilities and more breakfast options for a substantially lower price per night. In the end, I feel like you pay a lot to get access to the swimming pool and gym cause the rest is only mediocre

Superb

Liked: Hotel was lovely, as were the staff. The breakfast and dinner were good quality too.Good standard tennis court and beautiful grounds.
Disliked: I travelled with my teenage son, so booked a twin room, I was offered an up grade, but this was to a king room (we didn't want to share a bed), so stuck with the twin. I had expected two three foot beds. Instead, they were two foot six, which is very narrow for an adult and nearly full-grown teen boy.

Good