There are some wonderful things about this property, and it's hard to find a complaint. As an American travelling in Scotland, I found this to have some of the comforts that I'm used to, which sometimes differs in European hotels. I suppose that's what you get when you stay with an American chain overseas.

The location itself is phenomenal. You are a cab or bus ride away from downtown Edinburgh, which is highly convenient. The property is setlled on acres upon acres of beautiful land with two golf courses. Rooms seem pretty new with very nice, modern, and clean bathrooms. Finding your room can be a bit of a maze, and it's a little onerous to get your bags to the front desk if needed.

Service was average for a Marriott, which is a good thing. Concierege and front desk were helpful with questions about getting around in the city.

Golf: We played only the PGA course, which was really long. Pretty view, but I would recommend going elsewhere for the golf. Gleneagles is inland and is great. The best way to do it would be to play the courses on the coast, such as St. Andrews, N. Berwick, Muirfield, etc. Spend your money there.

Food: Dinner was not that good and would be my biggest complaint. We had three different dishes for dinner and none of them were good. Breakfast was fine, nothing special, but acceptable. We all had lunches that were fine as well (sandwiches).

We stayed for 1 night for a wedding. Our room was a good size, very clean and had a good bathroom, it was just a shame that due to the shape of the hotel we had a view of a wall from the window. The bed and pillows were extremely comfortable and the majority of our party agreed!

The pool/sauna/steam room area was well kept, in fact all public areas seemed in very good condition. Staff were helpful, extremely polite and friendly. The breakfast was really very good with a huge range including cooked food, cereals, pastries, muffins, fruit, cold meats, cheese, toast, bagels etc etc.

The only negative comment we could make is about the very disappointing salad I had from the bar area. It was literally just chunks of iceberg lettuce with a few bits of bacon and cheese and for £9 I was expecting a little bit more. Other than this we can't fault the hotel. Recommended.

My husband and I stayed at the Dalmahoy Hotel for my birthday and our wedding anniversary. It was perfect. The staff are very nice and make you feel very welcome. Any request is met. We received a free bottle of Champers on the evening of our first night for our anniversay, which was very nice. The pool, spa, sauna etc was large, and clean.
The room was big enough for the two of us, and clean. Very litle noise from other guests, but as you would expect from a 4* hotel. Bed very comfortable and clean.
Breakfast was lovely, enough that on both days we did not need lunch!
Didn`t eat in the resturuant at £35 per person for a 3 course meal! The weekend cafe didnt look great and other reviews on here did not rate it. But luckly there is a brewers fare pub across the road from the enterance of the hotel, look for the sign in the field behind the bus stop, it is not easy to spot. We ate and drank their on our two night stay and I must say the food was lovely.
Getting into the city centre is easy, buses every 15 minutes monday to saturday, every 30 minutes on a sunday. Cost £2 per person, cheaper with a return. stops right on princess street and right outside the hotel enterance.

I would recommend this hotel to anyone.

We stayed 2 nights at the Marriott Dalmahoy in April 2007 and thoroughly enjoyed our stay. The room was lovely and most of the staff couldn't have been more helpful or courteous. They provided a small foldaway bed for our toddler which he loved, and the breakfast was fantastic. The pool area was well-kept and clean. Our 2 year old son still talks about wanting to go back!