Arrandale Guest House

Stayed here for one night with family . Everything was fine except just one small thing we stayed in Room 6 which is at the front of the building and because of it being the busiest weekend and the windows only being single glazed to hear all the traffic and their was plenty of it . Apart from that everything was good

We stayed here for 4 nights from 26th to the 30th June. The owners only took over on the 3rd June so were very new to owning this BnB. When we arrived no one was in and I rang a tel no. Which was on the door. The first number was out of service but got through on a second no. They had left the key in a box on the wall. We let ourselves in and were the only people there. We didn’t see anyone until the morning when we met one of the owners Mia. She is lovely and very friendly and really tried hard to make us happy. The breakfast room had empty boxes lying around and was very sparse. This was fine for us, the full English breakfast was very nice. We were in the only room with a king size bed - it was dated but ok. Well it was ok until the last night when we found bed bugs and when I looked under the bed it wa hollow where drawers had been and I could clearly see bed bug casings in the bottom. The following morning we went down to breakfast earlier than normal as it was our last night and sat there for nearly half an hour before anyone came to serve us and by now the b n b was full. A man did pop in after about 20 mins to say someone was coming. Finally a lady arrived who is the other owner Yuki. She got straight on with serving with no apology. The breakfast this time was disappointing. At check out I advised her of what we had found, she apologised and said she had ordered a new bed and carpet but they hadn’t arrived. This rather spoilt our overall stay, wouldn’t return

Check in was easy and the managers were pleasant. It was not located particularly close to major attractions, but it was fairly well connected to bus lines. This was a pretty good value for Edinburgh.

Austere and very formal, quite antiquated. Room was - and felt - cold. Service was pleasant but slow. Good location - lots of parking. Ok as a BnB but I can't really recommend.

We spent mostly sleeping time at facility due to travel plans. Rooms were clean and good. Our room 5 has bathroom across the hall (but private). Not good if you need to get up at night, find the key and get out. Busy road was a bit noisy. Breakfast was plentiful and good. Eggs, toast, yogurts, cheese, meats, cereals available.