We booked to stay here for 5 nights. On arrival at the hotel on Friday night and after paying the bill upfront, we were then informed that the hotel was not available to us for 5 nights and that we would have to move to their sister hotel on York Place on Monday morning for our last 2 nights. I... more

Stayed at the Ballantrae for two nights in December for our wedding anniversary, the hotel is very nice, clean, fantastic sized room. Staff are very friendly, breakfast was excellent. Plenty tea / coffee etc in the room. Nice bar downstairs with reasonable prices. The only drawback we found was the car parking, the only spaces available were for permit holders,... more

Room is big and tidy It's Buffet breakfast is highly recommended.. more

My partner and I stayed at this hotel whilst I was attending a conference. We found the location to be very central. The rooms very clean and the staff very friendly. Beena, the Manager was always smiling and all in all the hotel has a homely atmosphere. We are coming back for new year and have already booked our room.... more

We stayed at the Ballantrae West End Hotel for two nights in July for my partner's birthday. Our stay was OK, there were both positives and negatives about our stay. We arrived early and we wanted to leave our bags at the hotel but there was not a designated room for our luggage like most hotels so we had to... more

I don´t understand the positive reviews on this hotel. My parents, my sister and my brother-in-law visited me in Edinburgh and stayed in this horrible hotel. They booked 2 double rooms and got an appartement. Normally thats great and a lot of luck. But not in this case. My parents are in their mid sixties and had to walk into... more

Can't understand all the good reviews on this hotel, apart from the location there is not alot going for it. The room we had was very small and cramped, and the shower was the worst I’ve ever seen in any hotel, it would have been quicker to stand out in the rain to shower its that bad. The breakfast was... more

ten minutes walk from princes st. and just off the main bus route with buses every 1-2 mins. a beuatiful building and great staff, i thourougly recommend. more

Me and my boyfriend stayed at this hotel for one night at the start of the month and it was fabulous. The location was brilliant as its a quiet road but only a 5 minute walk to the end of Princes street and 2 minutes to Haymarket Station. We got a great price booking through laterooms and Sally at the... more