The Place

The Place is a three storey hotel located on York Place, a prime central Edinburgh location. Within easy walking distance of the many restaurants, delis and independent coffee shops of New Town in one direction, and Princes Street and its multitude of large shops in the other. The Scottish National Gallery is just up the road, which not only has wonderful displays of contemporary art, but a coffee shop attached that has some truly fantastic home-​made lunches and cakes.
We have visited here on two occasions, once in the summer and once in the autumn for a family wedding. The first time, we had a standard double on the third floor, a decent climb every time up the stairs (be warned, the Place has no lift!). A cosy room with a magnificent view of the Edinburgh skyline, with a decent sized bathroom, but overall the room was a little small for an extended stay. The second time, we deliberately booked a bigger room, so we could accommodate visitors, as we were preparing for a wedding. This room was huge, a big bathroom, a queen sized bed and the biggest TV I’ve seen in a hotel. Only one minor gripe, the water into the bath was at best lukewarm, no matter what we did with the taps.
Downstairs there was a sizeable bar area, with a well stocked bar, a very comfortable place to have a coffee or a drink, before going out for a meal in the evening. Adjacent to that is the breakfast area, with breakfast being about £10 per head: a great selection of fruit, pastries and cereals, and a very tasty serve yourself full Scottish breakfast. The toast was a bit of a right off though, the grill was so hot it carbonised the bread, and standing next to it, you felt you were getting a free tan at the same time!
The staff at the Place are all very helpful, be it booking a room or a meal, asking for information or storing our luggage temporarily while we waited for a later train. Try taking a picture of the patterned wallpaper in the reception, a great optical illusion!

Great convenient location, but lacking atmosphere.
Stayed here for a weekend of fringe fun. The location is close to the theater district, shopping, St. Andrews square and just a short walk to the royal mile so it was very convenient.
The breakfast was good for the £10 charge– includes a buffet and additional options from the kitchen.
Rooms were clean but simple. Pillows were uncomfortable and with a top floor room in August it was very warm with the windows only opening a crack. We’d stay again for the location if a good deal.

Great place in the heart of the city– very convenient. Don’t forget to reserve a parking spot otherwise you will be lugging your suitcase up mall parking steps across the street. (Our fault). Updated clean rooms, awesome skylight above that opened and ventilated room. Moderate price which helped. Did not eat here as we chose surrounding restaurants.
Was perfect for our stay but of course a little less expensive would make it perfect 5 stars.

Moderate place to stay in a great location — so close to the conveniences of the mall, movie theatre, etc. and just 10 – 15 minutes from the main shopping and tourist bits. Also just a couple blocks from the cute and trendy but relatively calm and tourist-​free cafes on Broughton Street. Within the hotel there’s a nice lounge with a fireplace to spend time in with a beer, cocktail, or coffee. And a full restaurant if you’re feeling lazy.
As for the room itself, the walls are quite thin so you can hear people coming and going quite easily, and the wifi, though free is slow as a snail, maybe slower. Not a place to spend much time, but a fine place to return to after a day of exploring.

The Place is a nice place. Joe and I visited here last Saturday afternoon for a quick drink. I had a glass of prosecco and he had a JD and diet coke, both were nice and fairly reasonably priced.
Reasons why I like it include: table service, lots of nice and comfy seats, fairly decent cocktail menu (if a little pricey).
However, it is lacking a bit of atmosphere and the food menu doesn’t contain anything special that makes me want to go back and eat there.
It is a pleasant location for a drink.

I wanted a nice hotel for my weekend away in Edinburgh, but for a moderate price. The Place met my expectations for the price category. The hotel is set in an old Georgian townhouse. It took me a while to find as York Place is currently under construction. That being said, once I found it, it was charming. I was greeted so nicely at reception as well as having my bag carried up the the stairs. There is no elevator, but you look past that. The hotel is full of old architecture details that make it charming. I did not try the bar or restaurant.
I had a standard room for the weekend. It was small, but I was really only there to sleep and shower. The bathroom is tiny– somewhat hard to turn around in. And, I was given a room on the street. Both Friday and Saturday, I was woken up around 2−3am with screaming people outside. Next time, I would request a room on the other side of the building. That was my only flaw with the hotel. Everything else was perfect– plenty of cabs scheduled in advance for me as well. They never gave me any problems.