Stayed in the George for two nights in Jan 07. We'd been concerned after reading some earlier negative reviews but were delighted when we arrived.

Gorgeous building, great location, lovely big clean rooms with the biggest bed in the world!!

Tempus bar downstairs was classy and vibrant, with good drinks and a friendly atmophere.

Breakfast was fresh and tastey in a lovely dining hall.

We would highly recommend it!!

I stayed at this hotel just after christmas and shortly before New Year as a shopping trip/break in Edinburgh.

The hotel itself can’t advertise hard enough the fact they have recently spent £15 million on recent renovations! The lobby area is impressive but that’s where it ends! The room they offered me was located on the shabby, un-refurbished side of the hotel, a side they don’t seem to quick to advertise!

It seems one side of the hotel has been completely refurbished and one hasn’t. The side we were on, the corridors were smelly, drab and like something out of a 1980’s hotel! The room was even worse, the bathroom has a temporary patch up job done on the ceiling, it looked like someone in the bathroom above had left the water running so my bathroom ceiling was given a patch up job instead of a new ceiling. The bathroom smelled awful, a very damp/musky smell due to the ceiling I suspect. The room itself had the smallest window I have ever seen, which had no view; it overlooked the air-conditioning units for the conference facilities below, so again any smells from those units drifted into the room. The room was far too hot, even with the radiator turned off, you could feel the searing heat when you walked on the manky carpet, so needles to say the small window had to be opened from time to time with little effect, I felt like a Christmas turkey in the oven!

Breakfast was mediocre, served in a newly refurbished dining room which was all look & no substance. Table service was poor with only a fleeting glance from the waitress on entry. I had to ask 3 times for some tea & toast with breakfast. The hot buffet was average, they ran out of most food very quickly so you had to stand and wait for a few minutes in the very long queue until the food was replenished.

In short the glitzy refurbished lobby hides a hotel that is not worthy of 4 stars! Very disappointing!

I really cannot understand the adverse comments posted with regard to this hotel. My wife and I together with another couple stayed here for three nights, 28th - 30th November 2006 inclusive and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. All the refurbishment of the hotel was complete, the rooms were spotless, the bathroom fittings were new, the room was spacious and well furnished, the breakfast was very good. (Queues for breakfast?? Not while we were there.) Unfriendly reception staff? Perhaps a reflection of patrons' attitudes. The location could not be beaten and if one doesn't want to use the hotel's restaurant (which was a little pricey for the food on offer) there are some excellent ones close by.
Would I recommend the George to my friends? Of course I would.

I booked a one nights stay at The George hotel in December to celebrate my boyfriends birthday, didnt mind paying a little extra as it was a special occasion. I thought the hotel was perfectly situated on George street, close to everything we needed (especially some retail therapy in Harvey Nics)
We arrived too early to check in but the young man at reception was very friendly and helpful and took our luggage from us so we were free to explore bag free, when we returned to check in the girl behind the desk was very helpful and directed us to our room which was in the new part of the building (we also recieved a complimentary upgrade which was great)
Our room was spacious, decorated to a very high standard and it was super clean, bed was amazingly comfortable and bathroom was impressive. Loved the added touch of the wall mounted flat screen tv to entertain us while we were getting ready to go out!
Overall we loved our stay at the George and would recommed it to anyone, we will definatly be visiting again.