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Barcelo Edinburgh Carlton Hotel
19 North Bridge, Edinburgh EH1 1SD, Scotland
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Good Location expensive bar

Barcelo Edinburgh Carlton Hotel

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3 of 5 stars
Cascarda 4 contributions
England
Jul 22, 2007 | Trip type: Friends getaway
2/2 found this review helpful

Just come back from the Paramount Carlton Hotel last week.
I stayed for 2 nights.
I found the staff to be very helpful from arrival. The entrance is very grand.
The room was slightly dissapointing very dark room. I did not like the fact that it was a twin room and the beds were pushed together. And I had to spend time each day on my holiday rearanging bedroom funiture to separate the beds.
The bathroom was nice very light and the bathtub was deep and large.
The veiw was brilliant you could see the roof tops of Edinburgh.
The leisure facilities were dissapointing the pool was cold, and in need of some attention.
The bar staff are very pleasent shame about the cost of the drinks.
Overall the staff were very nice always with a smile on their faces. The noise was not to bad at all.
I wouls atay again as the location is so good.

  • Liked — The veiw acroos the city
  • Disliked — The very overpriced bar
  • My ratings for this hotel
    • 2 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Check in / front desk
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
    • 5 of 5 stars Business service (e.g., internet access)
  • Date of stay July 2007
  • Visit was for Quality time with friends
  • Traveled with Friends
  • Age group 18-24
  • Member since July 03, 2007
  • Would you recommend this hotel to a friend? Yes
  • I recommend this hotel for Girlfriend getaway, Older travelers, Tourists
  • I do not recommend this hotel for People with disabilities, Great pool scene, Families with young children
  • I selected this hotel as a top choice for Museums / Cultural / Historical sites, Shopping
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Great Location

Barcelo Edinburgh Carlton Hotel

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4 of 5 stars
worldtraveler518 18 contributions
United States
Jul 16, 2007 | Trip type: Couples
1/1 found this review helpful

The hotel was in a great location. Right next to the high street, you could walk to anywhere you wanted to go! So that was great.

All the reviews I read about this hotel before booking are pretty much true. It is a very nice hotel. Location was great. It does get noisy at night because your window will most likely overlook North Bridge street, which always has people and cars passing by. The rooms say they have air conditioning but it doesn't really work. And you can't leave the windows open because of the noise. So just be aware of that.

Other than that, I had no complaints. The room was big. The bathroom was nice. Staff was nice. They watched our bags on checkout day until we left. The food there is expensive but we just went elsewhere and got something cheaper.

Overall good hotel, great location, so-so on noise and AC.

  • Liked — location
  • Disliked — no air condition/noise
  • My ratings for this hotel
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Check in / front desk
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
  • Date of stay July 2007
  • Visit was for Honeymoon
  • Traveled with Spouse / significant other
  • Age group 25-34
  • Member since July 09, 2007
  • Would you recommend this hotel to a friend? Yes
  • I recommend this hotel for Young singles, Girlfriend getaway, People with disabilities, Older travelers, Tourists
  • I do not recommend this hotel for People with disabilities, Great pool scene, Families with young children
  • I selected this hotel as a top choice for Other
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great hotel and excellent location

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4 of 5 stars
moorali21 3 contributions
devon UK
Jun 18, 2007
1/1 found this review helpful

only stayed for 2 nights but excellent place to stay. In centre and easy to walk to most tourist areas. Super huge room, nice and quiet at back of hotel.
Spotlessly clean, courteous staff. Didn't use the pool/sauna areas as too busy sight seeing but did look round and it looked great.
Would most definately stay again.

  • Date of stay June 2007
  • Member since July 07, 2005
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Very enjoyable

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4 of 5 stars
annaBarr 1 contribution
Belfast
May 30, 2007 | Trip type: Couples
2/2 found this review helpful

Hi All, I booked this hotel and then looked at the reviews and was very unimpressed so I contacted the hotel about this saying I was worried that the hotel has ben given bad reviews, I was asured that this was noted and when I arrived they would ensure that we received a proper double bed. On arrival they had no note of this and put us into a twin room, I explained that I had contacted them about this and the staff could not have been more helpful and showed us 4 rooms until we found a double room. I was very pleased with the way we were treated the room that we did get was clean and lovely. I would definatley go back to this hotel. The location is great and everything was lovely. Thanks.

Anna-Marie
Belfast

  • Liked — Location
  • My ratings for this hotel
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Check in / front desk
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
  • Date of stay May 2007
  • Visit was for Romantic getaway
  • Traveled with Spouse / significant other
  • Age group 25-34
  • Member since May 30, 2007
  • Would you recommend this hotel to a friend? Yes
  • I recommend this hotel for Young singles, A romantic getaway, People with disabilities, Older travelers, Great pool scene, Tourists
  • I do not recommend this hotel for People with disabilities, Great pool scene, Families with young children
  • I selected this hotel as a top choice for Other
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Great location!

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5 of 5 stars
Rachel46 6 contributions
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Apr 14, 2007 | Trip type: Couples
1/1 found this review helpful

We booked the Carlton through bidding on Priceline and got a great price - £45 a night which was fantastic given that the trip was during the Easter school holidays. The location of the hotel is excellent, it is right in the centre. The rooms were spacious and quite nice, they did need updating a little, but we were under the impression that this is a 3* hotel anyway (some reviewers seem to think it was 4*) and found them to be nice enough. The maids came in every day whilst we were there and left the room spotless and staff on the front desk were very helpful too. I couldn't comment on the hotel restaurant as we didn't use it being room only, but there are plenty of restaurants and cafes right outside the hotel so it was not a problem at all. I can see that some people may be disappointed with this hotel if they paid full price (tariffs were shown in the foyer at £200 a night, if you are willing to pay this much I would probably choose to stay in the Radisson opposite instead) but if you manage to get a good deal it is an excellent choice.

  • Liked — The location
  • Disliked — The bathroom
  • My ratings for this hotel
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Check in / front desk
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
  • Date of stay April 2007
  • Visit was for Romantic getaway
  • Traveled with Spouse / significant other
  • Age group 25-34
  • Member since April 14, 2007
  • Would you recommend this hotel to a friend? Yes
  • I recommend this hotel for Young singles, A romantic getaway, Girlfriend getaway, People with disabilities, Older travelers, Families with young children, Families with teenagers, Tourists
  • I do not recommend this hotel for People with disabilities, Great pool scene, Families with young children
  • I selected this hotel as a top choice for Museums / Cultural / Historical sites, Shopping
This review is the subjective opinion of a TripAdvisor member and not of TripAdvisor LLC.
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Average price*: $264 (year-round)
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Address: 19 North Bridge, Edinburgh EH1 1SD, Scotland