We arrived on the friday night 6 oclock and their car park was full we have to use the ramada £18. per day we got into the room and the wallpaper was peeling and the grout in the shower was choclate brown horrible so we asked for another room to be told no non smoking rooms left there was only one larger smoking room so we took it it was clean and a good size and not the cupboard they tried to book us into staff are nice and the breakfast good when we checked out on the sunday we spoke to a few people in the lobby and they all had a gripe about the rooms next time i am in edinburgh i will go to the travellodge it is cleaner and cheaper and the PARKING IS ONLY £5.00 per day

We stayed in the Carlton for 3 nights Fri-Mon. On checking in at 2pm, we asked for a 'quiet room', it wasn't ready so we were asked to leave our luggage and come back in 1/2 hour, so I presume that quiet rooms are not considered standard and that they had to get one ready? After lunch around the corner we retrieved our luggage effortlessly from the concierge and found our room.
The room was quite small but had two armchairs and what appeared to be free internet access point for a laptop. The mini bar wasn't completely stocked and wasn't re-stocked during our stay (we never really use them but like to think we would have all the choice available if we did). I also had to ring housekeeping for two large towels that seem to have been forgotten. The TV had all five terrestrial channels, ITV2 and some radio channels. Teletext was accessed via BBC1 on a different channel to the other BBC1 channel number, so presuambly they have digital feed for most and then analogue to provide the teletext on channel 14 (an odd set-up?).
This quiet room was to the rear of the building on the second floor, so the view was minimal, but this wasn't a problem for us as we didn't expect one. What we did find is that seeing as we were only the second floor of 5-6 floors in total, we were quite close to air conditioning ducting outside of our window on an external flat roof. Seeing as our first day was quite tiring we tried to sleep early for a good start the next day. The external air conditioning was quite loud and didn't stop until 10.30pm. We didn't make any complaint at the time as I was giving it a chance to turn off at some point, and being a Friday night in Edinburgh the chances of them having another free room were slim. We didn't notice the noise on the subsequent 2 nights, although we were back to the room much later in the evening than our first night. The tempertaure control was good in the room. The air conditioning had a sign stating 'changes may take 15 mins to be acted upon' but I found the room chilly at night time and no there was no evidence that the air conditioning was heating the room at any time.
Breakfast was a buffet style with hot and cold and was spot on. Tea /coffee and toast were freshly ordered. Staff were friendly and helpful (they would talk and ask you questions about your stay in the lift , along the corridor etc.)
All in all, a perfectly comfortable stay in a Hotel that I would say is better than budget, functional if not quite as 'luxury' as it could be given more attention to detail.

I stayed at this hotel for 5 nights. It was absolutely terrible for a hotel markets itself as 4 Star Premium.

First night a room facing North Bridge, very noisy, slept very little. I asked to be moved next morning which was arranged. My new room was quite but the window wouldn't shut, most of the TV Channels did not work, my mini bar was warm, part stocked and did not contain a sparkling water. My room did not have a directory of hotel services or a room service menu. All the basic things were so wrong if there at all! I made a grave mistake by eating there on the Sunday evening. Terrible, I ate elsewhere for the rest of my stay.

My 12 year old daughter and I moved from our original hotel where we were not impressed to the Carlton on day 3 of our stay in Edinburgh. It was an absolute oasis after what we had experienced. The staff were all so friendly and helpful. We were shown a twin room immediately which was fantastic, huge bathroom and lovely warm, welcoming and cosy bedroom with everything one could want except for a bath-mat! We really enjoyed our one night stay and could not fault anything and I can't wait to bring my husband here as soon as possible. Good value for money if you appreciate high standards and being treated with great respect.