The Scholar recensioner

Location in walkable distance from Royal Mile and very close to Arthur's seat trails (think fresh air and stunning 360 views over Edinburgh and surrounding area).The staff were just so incredibly welcoming, friendly and accommodating, wanting to make the stay a fantastic one.Clean.Good smell and great ambient music in public areas. Mattresses and pillows were super comfy.Aesthetic, relaxing and provocative artwork. Loved their sustainability plan. I had not realised before arrival that the stay includes complementary access to a full blown gym and fitness centre, albeit down the road.Brilliant! Loved the small but good food choices available and the delivery was true to their photos, brasserie area or otherwise;no tray charge if you want to stay in the room! Will be coming back for sure, thank you, The. Scholar! (Tried both Single, and also Deluxe Double(King bed).Both great and king adds extra if twosome!

We visited Edinburgh for New Years and stayed for four nights leading up to it - the hotel was beautiful and cozy and the staff were incredibly nice and accommodating and went out of their way to make our stay really special! There were so many nice little thoughtful touches throughout our time here. It was very easy to get to the city from here - and also very close and easy to hike Arthurs Seat. We would happily return here again, it was really lovely.

Room is spacious, the heater works well!

Spacious and clean rooms. Having access to the gym facilities of the University of Edinburgh was a plus!

Good hotel with some room for improvement. Hotel meal just ok and didn’t have the wine we ordered from the menu. Breakfast ok, beans cold also had to ask for bacon which need to be replenished, and also Greek yogurt need to be replenished, otherwise ok.

Nice beds and clean bathroom，kind reception services and cookies. A great experience in this hotel.

Very good place for a short stay at Edinburgh for conferences. Easy to check-in and check-out. Happy with the housekeeping service and the facilities. The breakfast was also good, but the staff members kept interrupting us by taking away the plates that we were still using - my colleagues were apparently annoyed and didn't enjoy the food as they expected.

We booked this last minute and so glad they have availability because a previous booking had pet restrictions. It's a little off the city centre but there's a bus stop right in front of the hotel and several buses (#14, 30 & 33) can take you there in about 20 minutes. Room is very spacious and because we have a dog, they upgraded us to the family room on the ground floor and paid an extra £30 for deep cleaning the room upon checkout. Staff is very welcoming and helpful. Love the toiletries because it's in big, refillable bottles; they have a coffee machine (like Nespresso) but sadly it wasn't working. They do have instant coffee and tea options which were great. The room gets too warm sometimes but easy to turn off the heater... Better warm than a freezing room. 😉 Palace of Holyrood is a 30-minute walk from The Scholar. Then from there, you can take Bus#35 to take you back to the hotel.

Lovely staff who welcomed us and made sure we had all we needed. Compliments to the chef for the delicious food. Comfortable clean and well maintained rooms. Only point to help improve is to keep supplies at breakfast topped up. Thanks for your kindness 😊

Great location, clean and tidy hotel. Service was also friendly and efficient.

The staff were friendly. Food was good. Room was clean and comfortable.

A first class stay for me so relaxing and very friendly staff never in your face but always there for you extremely helpful great hotel setup would definitely book again breakfast and lunch first class for me i

We stayed for 4 nights, room was a lovely size, very clean and comfortable, we had breakfast each morning, and dinner on a couple of occasions, all very nice , staff all lovely and friendly.

Our stay at the Scholar was very positive. The staff was phenomenal. Always helpful, smiley and eager to help. Our room was always kept clean and the cleaning staff was great. Breakfast was perfect. The choice of food for dinner was a little limited. I would definitely recommend the hotel to travelers and would stay there again if we were to visit the nearby facilities.