The apartments have two bedrooms, usually one double and one twin, a bathroom, a separate shower room and a comfortable lounge area with TV, CD player, wireless internet access, easy chairs, a sofa and a dining table.
The kitchen area is small but has just about everything you would need unless you want to cook a five course banquet. Cooker, oven, microwave, fridge, dishwasher, toaster, kettle, along with pots, pans, crockery and cutlery. When we arrived it was also stocked with milk, orange juice, tea & coffee, bread, butter, jam and a big selection of cereals.
From the outside the building looks a bit tired and dated but inside it's like new and everything is clean and well looked after. There is a 24 hour reception, fitness room, no restaurant but they will happily provide menus for local restaurants who will deliver.
The location is good, tucked away down one of the many alleyways that lead off the Royal Mile at the lower end, with good views of Arthur's Seat. Within 10 minutes walk of both Holyrood Palace and Waverley Station.
The convenience was a big benefit to us, there were 6 of us turning up and leaving at various times over 5 days. Some arriving early morning on the sleeper train from London others on late night flights so the flexibility of having a couple of apartments the whole time and not having to worry about hotel check-in/out times was great.
