Our family of 2 adults and 2 teenagers stayed at the Radisson SAS in Edinburgh over New Year's for 3 nights. We had two connecting rooms. We got a very good price because we had an internet deal for the Radisson SAS in London, and called the Radisson SAS in Edinburgh and asked them to match the price. They did. The hotel is centrally located on the main tourist "drag" just a few blocks from Edinburgh Castle. It is a short, 5-minute walk from the train station. The hotel looks sort of like an old castle, and is very modernized, large rooms, clean and nice. There is free internet access in the rooms. The tv's are good. All staff was competent and pleasant. Despite it being Hogamany (New Year's), the rooms were very quiet. The only thing we didn't particularly like was the breakfast room which is sort of dingy and located in the "basement." A large Scottish/English breakfast was included. There is also a decent restaurant on the ground floor with a bar area, but plenty of decently priced restaurants nearby.

Had a great weekend there. Very pleasant hotel.

Stayed at the Radisson Edinburgh for 2 nights for a pre-Christmas break. Found the location on the Royal Mile excellent - a great central location in the old town close to the cathedral and the castle.

The hotel itself was quite stylish inside, with a minimalist feel to it. Check in was quick and the staff were friendly - we got access to our room straight away even though we arrived early. The room itself was clean, comfortable and quite spacious - we were upgraded to a King room without asking and at no extra cost, so pleasantly surprised. It was also very quiet and we heard no noise either from outside or from adjacent rooms.

Breakfast was included and contrary to previous reviews, very good - everything was nicely cooked and there was lots of choice.

We didn't eat in the restaurant during our stay as there were plenty of other venues close by - The Mitre (pub opposite) was particulary good especially if you like haggis!

Overall a really good experience at the Radisson and would stay there again if in Edinburgh.

We stayed in Edinburgh for the Hogmany celebrations, wanting a central hotel the Radisson was exactly that. Despite arriving at 8pm on new years eve in central Edinburgh the Radisson was able to offer secure parking at £8.50 a night, a very good rate.

Check in was very slow, taking over 15 minutes for the clerk to mess about on the computer. If this was a supermarket she would press 1 button for a room, 1 button to add breakfast and 1 button to add a car park ticket. One irony was that she offered us breakfast (which I will discuss below), we said yes 2 breakfasts please. She then took 5 minutes to enter the breakfast into the computer. I asked if the system was slow after getting impatient and sick of waiting. She told me that for revenue purposes she couldn't charge me for breakfast but was instead creating be a credit account with the hotel so that I could be charged for the breakfast. Couldn't I just pay when we check out and pay the bill I asked. Yes was the answer, why she was trying to do a simple task the most difficult way is beyond me.

The rooms were very nice with excellent views over the city, no complaints in that department. Well decorated, clean and quite (dispite been new years eve and 100,000 people been just down the road).

We had choosen to take the in house breakfast, something we don't normally do, but with New Years Day been a bank holiday, generally every commercial place is closed. The quality of the food was poor. We had paid £15.50 each and it was no better that what I pay £6 for in the Premier Inns when on buisness. A usual luke warm buffet of overcooked food and the usual cold buffet to accompany.

In conclusion:

Parking - Excellent
Check in - Poor and very slow.
Rooms - No problems, as expected.
Breakfast - overpriced and poor quality.