We spent Aug 19-22 at this B&B. Generally speaking we tend to shy away from B&Bs because of unpredictable accomodations and service and prefer higher end hotels. However, given the festivals in town, hotels like the Scotsman were incredibly expensive especially given that we would be ultimately paying in US dollars. In any event, Room 8 (the green room with bay window, fireplace and 4 poster bed on website) was great. It is much bigger than rooms you would find in European hotels much less a B&B. It was very clean and well attended to each day. Even though the room faces a street, it was not noisy...and I try to seek out the quietest places in hotels. The lounge/den/family room (whatever you call it where you live) downstairs with the honesty bar was very comfortable and well stocked. Staff are eager to help and had great suggestions. Do try the "New Bell" restaurant that is nearby. It is within walking distance and had a great variety of food. Did not eat at the Kildonan so cannot comment on that. There are many other B&Bs on the same street as the Kildonan and as we rode down the street I was completely relieved that we had found this place. It has the largest car park accomodations of any of the other establishments and looks the best maintained. The bus service is very convenient to and from city center. We would definitely stay here again. And by the way, if you're driving trying to find this place, know that the street names in Edinburgh change almost every block.

We stayed three days in the hotel and had one meal there.
Our room was spacious, very clean and with adorable furniture, even a small bottle of sherry to round up the great days we had in Edinburgh! Great breakfast offer as well, very friendly and helpful staff, excellent bus connection to the city centre.
Restaurant Food is prepared with a lot of dedication and love, the only very little remark I could make is that it's the only place where we had to pay a surcharge (of a few £) for paying with credit card (the restaurant bill only).

I used Trip Advisor as the basis for booking most of the hotels we stayed in during our 7 week European trip. We are fussy travellers but, in the main, I've found comments on Trip Advisor to be accurate and very helpful. However, this time we must have been unlucky.

We would not stay here again. The room we had did not represent part of a 4 star hotel that’s for sure. Our room was tiny – and I mean tiny! I know some European hotels can be tiny but this was miniscule! We were lucky to find room to put our 2 suitcases on the floor. The bathroom was very poor. Floor tiles were cracked and bits of the tiles were missing. The bath cum shower leaked all over the bathroom floor whenever we used the shower. Obviously staff were well aware of the problem because there was a sign about taking care because of a slippery floor. Impossible for the steam to escape from the bathroom – even the toilet paper became damp. We are Australians and don’t waste water with long showers. There must be other, better places to stay in Edinburgh thats for sure!

We spent a lovely wedding anniversary weekend in Edinburgh, staying at the Kildonan Lodge.

We were given a cosy room at the back of the main house which was clean and bright and had all the amenities we needed.

We'd read the reviews about the sherry but hadn’t appreciated that the decanter was filled daily - a nice touch!

We decided to beat the traffic and arrived before 11:00 in the morning. Although we weren't able to check in until 14:00, leaving the car in their own private car park was not a problem and we were given advice on bus numbers into town and recommendations about what to see. We were also warned that the castle would be closed later on in the day for a concert in the evening, which helped us in shaping our itinerary.

The first evening we decided to eat in the restaurant. The food was excellent and we were well attended to. Breakfast is freshly made to order with a variety of hot and cold selections – all very tasty.

Less than 10 minutes walk from the Lodge is a small shopping centre which includes a large Sainsbury’s supermarket, which can make a change from eating out. There are a number of buses which go to the centre from just outside the Lodge and the daily ticket which allows you to travel on the buses all day is well worth considering.

So would we come back to Edinburgh? Very likely. Would we stay at Kildonan Lodge? Most definitely.