Mac & Marion are wonderful hosts and are so warm and welcoming. This is our third visit to Straven and we will certainly be back. We would recommend this guest house to any traveller as it is lovely and quiet and has a lovely promenade at the bottom of the road. Lovely house and so comfortable, with the choice of... more

Lovely house by the sea in a quiet street, warm welcome, super king size bed, good ensuite, great breakfast, bus stop 1 minute walk (buses to city every 5 minutes). All in all......really good. more

Excellent, is the Straven Guest House, right by the sea we were well looked after by Mac & Marion who are very welcoming and very friendly. The food was excellent and the room very comfortable. We certainly will book again looking forward to it. Portobello is a lovely seaside place and is very near to Edinburgh and lots of other... more

Being Emmigrant Scots we love coming to Scotland, (there is no lovlier country) but we usually stay with family and friends. This year we wanted to celebrate out 30th Wedding Anniversary, obviously in Scotland but not necessarily with the whole clan, so we looked for somewhere nice in Edinburgh. Well, didn't we find it! A gorgeous house, right at the... more

My husband and I found Straven Guest House an oasis of peacefulness in Edinburgh; the best of six B&Bs we stayed at during our visit to Britain. The House is quiet and comfortable. Breakfast food excellent and with some variety. Much attention to details to make our stay easy. Lovely to walk the promenade along the waterfront. Mac is a... more

Wow--what a nice couple! Our hosts were the McCools and most of the time we dealt with Mac--probably the nicest B&B owner I have ever met. The room was spotless, the shower excellent (especially for the UK) and the breakfasts exceptional. There are a couple things to keep in mind. First, almost all the rooms are up a rather steep... more

Straven Guest house is a lovely victorian house situated in the prettiest spot on the coast not far from Edinburgh, Mac and Marion were very friendly and helpful hosts. The breakfasts are so delicious and plentiful, you won't need anthing for lunch! The scottish salmon and scrambled eggs was very yummy and there are lots of other delicious things to... more

We stayed at this lovely guest house for two nights at the end of May 2008. The rooms are spacious, exceptionally clean and very well maintained. We had a view of the sea from our room which was just the icing on the cake! Mac and Marion were welcoming, witty and made us feel so much at home that I... more

I stayed at Straven Guest House in May for 3 wonderful nights. The rooms were lovely and spacious (and, strangely, much prettier than the photos suggest at their website!). I appreciated the hair dryer, tea/coffee/hot chocolate, and cookie! I loved the bathroom - I want the huge sink and tall, tall shower. Everything was spick and span clean. There's a... more