The Holiday Inn Express Picardy Place Edinburgh. Its right opposite the Omni Centre, St James Shopping Centre and the Playhouse Theatre, 5 min walk to Princes Street and 10 mins to the Royal Mile so the best location for a city centre break! Hotel is smart and spotlessly clean, rooms spacious, friendly helpful reception staff, car park with limited spaces... more

49 quid for a room for two adults and two children including con breakfast. Clean modern hotel. Great location. Friendly staff. Good selection at breakfast. Walk in rate £199.00 so def book in advance. I love the holiday inn express brand for good quality hotel rooms at great value prices. more

Three of us stayed two nights in a room with a double bed and a sofa bed. The sofa bed was made out when we got there and was comfortable. It made the room a tad bit tight, but it was tolerable. There are plenty of places to eat nearby including the Omni Center and several pubs. There were lots... more

Myself & my partner stayed at the Holiday Inn Express in Picardy Place on 10 March & we loved it. The hotel is centrally located, very near Edinburgh's New Town area. Hotel is housed in a traditionally built Georgian building, with a nice reception and bar to the right of the front entrance. There is also parking immediately oustide the... more

Simple but functional. Had a room on the first floor near the front of the hotel and it was noisy at night with a nightclub nearby and lots of stag/hen parties staggering back in during the night. Clean, comfortable (would recommend taking your own pillows unless you like sleeping on bags of cement!). Continental breakfast included in price - eat... more

We booked interconnecting rooms for us and our three small children six months in advance, and checked the booking twice. When we showed up, having had to go all the way around the block to the back to get up the "disabled access" with our pram, they'd given all interconnecting rooms away - and not even to people who needed... more

Just returned from 4 nights at the HIE Edinburgh City. Got a great price directly from the hotel website (GBP 49 per night for 3 people) - excellent value. We had a room on the ground floor - double bed and a sofa bed. As previous reviewer wrote - hotel is new so no signs of shabbiness yet. Everything is... more

A good HI Express, very well located if on foot. Usual HI Express facilities. Relatively new, so few signs of shabbiness. Rooms at the front can be noisy. Very busy place, so a bit lacking in "soul". Front desk staff very efficient and (very important) they are friendly! A bit expensive for an Express, but that would be because of... more

My husband stayed for a week at the Holiday Inn Express and I joined him for his last night. This is an excellent value, no frills, well located hotel which I would highly recommend. The room was very clean and well presented. It had everything that you might need - hairdryer, plenty of towels, tv, phone, business line. The bed... more