This hotel used to be a big department store - now converted into a "trendy" hotel. The design is on the minimalist side, to my taste a bit short of comfort...The location is very good, just 10 mins walk to the castle (up a steep hill) and 5 from the grassmarket. The Stac Poly restaurant is only 2 mins away for the best of scottish contemporary food, a plus, and the Usher hall 3 mins away if you are attending a concert.
Rooms are variable, most are long and narrow, but fine, beds very very comfy with down quilts. Top floor is best for romantic views of the castle. Niggles: the shower controls are incomprehensible, even if you have a room where the mixer fascia is intact, and the glass curtain is immovable, so you are likely to be doused in freezing water before you sort the temperature out (that said there is good pressure and plenty of hot water when you do get it right) and Radio 4 is never available despite the printed card - tough if you are addicted to "today" in the mornings like me.
Breakfast is fairly uninspiring except the yummy spiced stewed apricots, though they are scrupulous about checking temperature on the cooked stuff - bacon, scrambled egg, mushroom, tomato etc. buffet style. Can't fault it but pretty "so what" if you know what I mean.
The Monbodo bar describes itself as "new york style" - couldn't say as I've never been to NY, but the staff are super friendly and there is a vast variety of cocktails etc. Pricey though, you will find better value a few minutes walk away in any direction. There are lots of bars and eateries in convenient walking distance - Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Belgian, French, Scots, Seafood etc.
I stay at this place pretty often for work, what can I say - I have a choice, but I come back here! excellent location but a little tired in presentation (though it sells itself on trendy - a different poem above reception every time you stay). Staff are generally great apart from reception, who are the slowest known to man (but still friendly).

Have just returned from a weekend in edinburgh. stayed in the point hotel on Bread Street. i would highly recommend it. it is only 5/6 min walk from grassmarket area and about 10 minute stroll to princes street. the accommodation is excellent. big spacious rooms. the staff are friendly and the bar is good at weekends. ordered room service a few times and staff were always friendly and efficient. Food was delicious too.

I originally discounted this hotel after seeing poor reviews on the website but changed my mind when a friend recommended it to me. And I'm so glad!

I took my boyfriend there for two nights for his birthday and we stayed in a room on the third floor with a castle view. We both loved it - the room and bed were huge, the view was great and it was very clean. The shower is amazing - just the thing to wake you up after a night on the town!

Breakfast was a buffet and was very good.

The hotel is in a great location right next to the castle - if you don't want to go far at night there's a cinema and lots of bars and restaurants at Grassmarket a five minute walk away.,Princes Street is a ten minute walk away if you fancy a spot of shopping. Stay in a castle view room if you can and ignore the bad reviews - go to the Point!!

We stayed at the Point hotel and had a good experience. We had one of the newly refurbished rooms on the 4th floor - nice and big, good view of the castle, spotlessly clean, quiet and stylishly if quite starkly decorated. Staff at reception and breakfast were very friendly and helpful. Breakfast is a buffet - nothing special but not at all bad. All in all, a nice place to spend a couple of days.