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4 out of 5
Southside Guest House
8 Newington Road, Edinburgh, Scotland

Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 69 out of 112 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 35 out of 112 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 7 out of 112 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 112 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 112 reviews" "

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

9.0/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Zachary b

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Roy was an incredible Host at a beautiful location. The room was pristine, and the Breakfast service was phenomenal.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Pa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent and really nice place I will definitely come again next time.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Edward

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Dawn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Had a one night stay, I called ahead as we had some queries and one of the hosts name Roy was very informative and happy to help, we stayed in one of the queen rooms on the ground floor room 8. Was very clean and comfortable. The only thing we found was the toilet flush effects the shower temp, the shower itself was very good. Don't know about breakfast as we didn't have any but it is available. 10/10 would highly recommend and will most definitely revisit.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
Lovely guest house, uncomfy bed.
Well located for the City Centre, especially if you're there Sat/Sun and there is free street parking around. Check in instructions and communication from the owner was excellent. The rooms are immaculately clean as well. Only fault, and sadly it's a pretty big one was that the bed was awful. The metal frame was creaky, so anytime you turn in the night it creaks. The mattress as well was really uncomfortable, hard and not pleasant at all. Didn't have a great sleep and woke up with a sore back.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Patrick

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Charming guesthouse
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Caroline

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

2/10 Terrible

Beata

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Dusty furniture, bedside glass secured with electric green tape, hairdryer connected directly to the wall is not safe . Dirty armchair, bathroom spilling pain falls off
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Stephanie

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Janet

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
A bit tired but was clean and met our needs for an overnight stay. Little contact with staff but access was simple with keys for all doors to get in late at night.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Annie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Miss Lisa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Sharon

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Wonderfully decorated room. Bed could use a new mattress. Very clean and quiet. Finding a parking place was a problem.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Manjunath

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Pleasant stay
It was a pleasant stay. Located on a busy road but luckily my room was facing the back of the hotel so it was nice and quiet. There were no reception staff after 6pm but check in instructions were sent to me which was straight forward. The kettle was not in a good condition, I didn’t use it. There was no heating in the room but I was provided with a small portable electric heater which did the job. It would struggle to heat up the room in winter months especially December onwards. There are few good restaurants nearby.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Laurel

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Walkable distance to Royal Mile, very clean, pleasant staff. Property is tired tho and could use fresh coat of paint and decor update. Would stay here again.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Russell

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Reasonable price considering it was during the Festival time. Very spacious bedroom, with space for sofa and floor space for suitcases. Very friendly and accommodating host. No problem to leave bags early before check-in. Good cooked breakfast for 8.5 pounds. Easy walking distance to main sites in the city.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Magdalena

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Coralene

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The host was accomodating/ lovely. I.e., accepting a postal delivery prior to my arrival, help booking a taxi and with my bags. The building historical and majestic. My room had all I needed. Thank-you. Constructive feedback, room needs updating. I.e., decor, stains on carpet, shower door not fully closing, min ventilation. Hotel is on a main busy road and you could hear traffic late/ early.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Erin

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It was a bit out of the way from Royal Mile area, but we like to walk-so it wasn’t so bad for us. It is about a mile from Royal Mile.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disappointing stay
The host was friendly and nice. We were placed on the ground floor. The room is a bit run down and smells musky. One of the bedside lamp doesn’t work. We got back after 10pm, there is no hot water from the sink tap. The bottom part of the sink was detached. There’s no sound proof whatsoever we could hear everything and everyone from outside. Now I would accept all of these, but I paid £160 so I am very disappointed.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Wesley

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
it was a short stay at the Southside Guest House but it was very nice. It is a small boutique hotel with 8 rooms. The building is over 100 years old and my room is spacious, clean and with modern amenities. My room has a 4 post bed and through French windows, opens onto a private garden. I wish I were staying longer to take advantage of it. The hotel is also very convenient. Several buses run in front of the hotel both ways. So going to Old town and coming back is easy. Also very walkable. In the neighbourhood there are many restaurants, surprising amount of Asian restaurants and stores as well. The hotel offers breakfast at a low price. It has a self served cereal juice bar and also a plate of egg and sausage and bacon is included in the price. Haggis is also available together with breakfast. Staff is very friendly. I recommend this place and will visit again when I am in Edinburgh
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Berenice, Whitton

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Staff were very friendly and the location was great. A short bus ride into central Edinburgh and reasonable fares. The guest house was a little run down, but very clean and charming. our room was at the front of the guest house and i was expecting traffic noise, but it was very quiet and we had a good nights sleep.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Darryl

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Margaret

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We had a car, it was tough to find parking space. You do not need a car there!!!
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

PHINEHAS

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Christopher

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very clean and nice place to stay. A little walk from the heart of the city but was quiet and good value.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2023

8/10 Good

Deborah

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We had a great stay. Very comfortable. sunny room an easy walk into the old city and to the university. Easy in and out. We didn’t see the manager at all from the time we arrived until we left but we didn’t really need him either. The only down side was the stairs (no elevator) to the room. Otherwise, highly recommend!
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Patrick

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Wendy

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Martin

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great stay Needed the room for midday — it was Many thanks for your help
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Adrian

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022

6/10 Okay

Alfie

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Margaret

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed two nights during the Edinburgh Festival. Room was spotless,shower great and the very best use was made of the limited space. Staff were very friendly and helpful. Would definitely recommend.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Ruth

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Donald

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Naomi

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely accommodation, beautiful room, very clean. Simple check in and out. Would definitely stay again!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Elizabeth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Thank you so much for a lovely stay and for your help with storing my bag! I hope to be back soon!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Hugo

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good breakfast, ample breakfast area. No lift, hard climbing to our first floor room. The room had nowhere to place the clothes.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022

8/10 Good

Isabella

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Lovely place to stay, great breakfast for £8. Only one thing, the bed was very firm, but that's a personal choice.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

8/10 Good

David, Oklahoma City

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
It’s a charming house, with friendly staff, but it’s very self-serve (you don’t see the staff much) and the property shows its age. Wi-Fi was unreliable. My room didn’t feel very secure: the door to my little patio in the back yard wouldn’t lock, though by closing and barring the shutters inside the door one could at least keep an intruder from just walking in.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Ramesh

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean and cosy
Clean room and bathroom. Good cooked breakfast. City centre within easy reach.Reasonably priced.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

kevin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Was very pleasantly surprised. Very nice room of a decent size. Well appointed. Good bathroom with heated floor, decent hot shower and modern. Iron and ironing board. tea and coffee. Desk to work. Comfy bed, pillows and linen. Spotlessly clean. Easy check in. Big TV with lots of cable channels. Couldn’t fault a thing. Well done. I will be back!!!!
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Alan

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2022

10/10 Excellent

Stewart

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great quality.
We only stayed for one night. For the price, it was a bargain by Edinburgh standards. Will definitely come and stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022

10/10 Excellent

Livie

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2022

10/10 Excellent

Rodger

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2021

6/10 Okay

George

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Ok for leisure stopover.
Reasonable b&b and ideally located for this area of Edinburgh. Good breakfast but starts at 8.30 which is a bit late for business stays but good for leisure. Patking in the area is difficult and expensive. On street meters only and took a while to find a space.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021

8/10 Good

Peter

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Catriona

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay
Hotel was clean and comfortable. Location was ideal. Great service. Delicious breakfast.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021