Overall it was a good stay but I agree with some of the negatives of the previous review.

Here were our negatives:
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Booked for a 3 night stay from 21/4/2006 to 24/4/2006.

On check in my wife and I were given a twin room but they soon changed it to a double. As the previous review we were given two single quilts which was not ideal but we tolerated it! However as this is a character property the windows were large and there was no a/c and as the sun came out(it occasionally does this in Edinburgh!) the room warmed up to such an extent that we need to keep the window open all night!

On the positive side:
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Great location
Excellent staff and they were very freindly and helpful.
Car parking was a problem only on a Saturday night but I double parked and left the keys in reception.
The chef was excellent as he was very flexible. (My wife is a vegetarian who eats healthy organic food!)

We stayed at the Bonham for a weekend after a recommendation from someone who uses it regularly for business. The room was fine although a little small and tired and being over the front door, very noisy at night. The service and food, however, were a problem. On the first morning I was served badly burnt toast which someone had noticed and tried to scrape! It was taken away but never replaced. In the evening we ate at the hotel. The menu had such a limited choice we were hard pressed to find any combination we liked. When the food arrived the order was wrong so two of the party had to sit watching us eat whilst their meals were recooked. But the worst sin of all was the breakfast on the second morning. Presumably having run low on eggs, the scrambled egg was made from reconstituted powder and badly at that. My scrambled egg on toast was totally inedible and the most disgusting pile of mush I have ever seen. An absolute disgrace! I sent mine back and it was clear from the head waiter's expression that he was embarrassed but it didn't stop the hotel continuing to serve it. My friend, who had ordered her eggs before I could warn her was met with exactly the same mush. Again, it had to be sent back. The hotel is small and friendly and I can see why it would appeal to a midweek business user but at the weekend, when fully booked it completely goes to pot!

My partner and I ended up in this hotel after booking a 'mystery' four star hotel in Edinburgh on lastminute. On a budget, we were pleased that the room included breakfast - however, in the morning there was a buffet including bread rolls and yoghurt - but you have to pay an astounding £11.50 for a cooked breakfast which in most hotels is included in the room price (which we paid a hefty £100 per night for - a special rate - normally it's even more). The car park was a shambles with people double parked left right and centre and more than one car blocked in as a result. The (very small) room was not as clean as I would have liked, especially the bathroom (there was unidentifiable muck under the bathroom mirror. I thought it was best left alone). In addition to this we had a 'double' room, which, unbelievably, was two very narrow twin beds pushed together - and get this, we didn't even get a double duvet! No, we had to make do with two single duvets which proved very irritating throughout the night (which, incedently, was also disturbed by the fact the room was WAY too hot, no air-conditioning and a single glazed window which rattled in its frame all night once opened). On the plus side, the staff seemed polite and friendly, and the hotel is located quite well, within walking distance of Princes's street - however, don't waste your money on the Bonham - the place is over-priced and pretentious and you'd do much better in a little guesthouse (no doubt with double bed and free cooked breakfast).

I took my wife to The Bonham at the end of March and I have to say could find very little to criticise about. At £230 a night for a superior room it wasn't cheap but for that we got dinner on the friday night which was superb, and top price tickets for Mamma Mia! (fab show) plus breakfast both days. Room was OK, pillows were awful though (my one criticism!) but bathrooms were huge. Lovely location and very quiet. At these prices it doesn't attract the dozens of stag/hen parties that descend on edinburgh at weekends. Would i stay there again, most probably i tend to go to the same places where i've had good service and i cannot fault the hotel for that