Name: Southside Guest House
Address: Newington Road, 8, Edinburgh, EH9 1QS, GB

6/10

Pleasant

03 Jun 2026

Carolanne

Bed and shower were clean. However, the rest of the room needed a clean and was very dated and tired looking.

Self

8/10

Excellent

31 May 2026

Ron

We enjoyed the view and spaciousness of the room.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

28 May 2026

Claire

Good location very large room very cp.fortable bed

Self

10/10

Exceptional

30 Mar 2026

Liana

Clean room, friendly staff

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

12 Dec 2025

Erich

Simple room, clean. Way off the touristy path

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

13 Nov 2025

celisa

The staff was very polite.
The cleaning wasnt the best. Specially in the bathroom

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

31 Oct 2025

Emma

Room spotless, lovely decoration. Easy

8/10

Excellent

29 Oct 2025

Helen

Initially disappointed by the tired decor, broken blind and sofa, photos not truthful and concerned on finding negative reviews saying the same ( I’d only seen positive on booking). It was expensive and given too many stars. However I realised Edinburgh is expensive and over priced like London and actually we ended up having a lovely stay. I prefer character to modern. It was quiet even at the front we used shutters to reduce noise, bed comfortable ( new mattress possibly), warm , clean , everything worked well (except a blind and sofa) , breakfast was lovely and reasonable and owner was very helpful and responded quickly by text. We would stay again but not at the price advertised. It was very convenient for getting many different buses and not far by taxi from station. Shops and restaurants close by.

Friends_and_family Family

4/10

Poor

15 Oct 2025

Steven

Very shabby room was not ready until an hour after check-in time. From then we never saw a manager or any service personnel or even towel service. We question the legitimacy of the reviews shown on hotels com for this location.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

02 Oct 2025

Leslie A

Guest House or Ghost Town?

While the room was pleasant & comfortable, the guest house itself felt abandoned. For my entire 3 night stay I never saw anyone staffing the front desk, the restaurant looked shuttered & it appeared as if no one was in charge.

Friends_and_family Friends

6/10

Pleasant

26 Aug 2025

Verified traveler

Not great for the price

It's a great location - tons of restaurants and bars nearby, lots of buses to get around the city or a short 20 min walk from the city center. Very safe. The shower had good water pressure and the hotel and surrounding area were quiet. The room was clean.

The beds were incredibly uncomfortable, the room needs a fan as theres no AC, and a few shelves and a box of tissues would go a long way. We were also supposed to be able to check in at 2 pm but the room wasnt ready until 3 pm (and only then because we were getting impatient). They will hold your bags while you wait.

This place would be fine for a night or two, but not very comfortable for 5 nights.

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

28 Jun 2025

Catherine

We stayed at this Guesthouse on 2 separate nights. We were able to check in early and staff were very polite and considerate.
Beautiful old property just needs a little refresh.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

15 Jun 2025

Catherine

Good: handy location, spacious room and spotlessly clean. Staff member I saw was very friendly and helpful
Bad: slightly shabby decor in places. Also expensive but that seems to be the norm for Edinburgh - definitely pricier than previous visits to the city.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

15 Jun 2025

Gail

We only stayed one night in a small double room at this property, but the room was quite adequate and the bathroom was especially wonderful--great shower, good lighting, recently remodeled. It is also located in a nice neighborhood, with several good restaurants and coffee shops close-by, and a reasonable walk (about a mile) to the Royal Mile.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

02 Mar 2025

Peter

This reresents excellent valuw. Rooms was very clean, all the facilities you would need. No need to pay double the price for something probably not as good.

Will definitely book again next time I visit Edinburgh.

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

14 Jan 2025

Janette

No staff about but sort of worked

Useful location but on arrival no one there and had to call to get access. Not very welcoming. High degree of utility. Nice artworks. Didn’t see any staff at all when I left so went on my way leaving the key as indicated in a glass jar

Business

6/10

Pleasant

14 Dec 2024

Brian

Southside B&B

Comfortable room, but we had a room at the front of the building and lots of traffic noise.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

03 Dec 2024

chloe

Affordable, easy walk to city centre, great restaurants nearby.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

24 Nov 2024

Mark

Lovely comfortable, spacious room. Lots of really great coffee spots nearby and some amazing food options without the tourist tax of the city centre.

I will definitely stay again next time we're up.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

21 Nov 2024

Nicholas

Clean comfortable spacious guest house in a lovely area, within walking distance of Arthur's Seat and the University

Business Self

8/10

Excellent

21 Nov 2024

Ahmad

A very convenient place close to the attractions. The place needs a bit of renovation but is located in a good area.

Can use some comfortable mattresses as the current ones are not good and the bathroom fan was too loud.

Business Self

8/10

Excellent

15 Nov 2024

Lucy

Good stay

Very comfortable

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

05 Nov 2024

David

Got takin care of

4/10

Poor

25 Sep 2024

Matthew

The best thing was the area, several good eating spots and was convenient for the university where I was at a conference, however I would not choose to stay here again, I felt it was very overpriced for what it was. I was in a small single room which felt very dated and a bit shabby. One out of three mornings I had no hot water

Business

10/10

Exceptional

06 Sep 2024

Su juan

This property was great. The location made a lot of things accessible. The room was really clean and cozy. No complaints.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

05 Sep 2024

Sheree

Beautiful old building. Local neighborhood feel. Great porridge. Hot showers. Very clean and modern bathroom. Our room was at the back and so very quiet. Restaurants to walk to. Owners were very pleasant and helpful. Easy to get to city center via bus. Enjoyed our stay.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

02 Sep 2024

Elise

Very pleasant!

8/10

Excellent

01 Sep 2024

Benjamin

Management responded instantly so I believe they are very invested in their customers. I think the bed mattress should be upgraded. The bathroom floor in our room was a bit water logged and grout needed to be cleaned. I do think this is a safe hotel with a good rate per night.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

14 Aug 2024

Yehoo

Room was clean and spacious, stuff were extra nice and helpfull beyond expectation.

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

21 Jul 2024

Peter

The lady in charge was friendly and helpful. There was only Continental breakfast available, and that was limited and cost extra. I booked here because my usual guest house was not available, paid quite a bit more for a top floor room with sloping roof and very small window.

Business Self

4/10

Poor

17 Jul 2024

Joanne

Not Impressed

Where too begin, our room located ground floor. The door bell constantly rang, the bell must of been located outside our door. First morning, fire alarm goes off at 0630brs nil brigade called. Smoke seen in the basement area, shower steam blamed for the alarm.
Mattress was like blanks of wood, pillows thin.
Property is in a good location, so you are paying money for this area.
Also messaged the property the day of check in to ask if I could leave luggage there before 2pm, still no response.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

12 Jul 2024

Haopeng

Cozy guest house with convinient transportation access!

Leisure Partner

4/10

Poor

22 Jun 2024

Joshua

Not worth the cost, compared 2 other spots in town

After walking from the train station (about an 30 minute walk), we were greeted with a note stuck on the door that said nobody was there to serve us. Thatvif we were guests with reservations (which we were) to call the number on the note. Neither number worked. After about 15 minutes of trying to figure it out amd wondering what to do, the manager arrived and seemed surprised to see us. We got our keys and went up the 3 flights of winding stairs that didn't look very sturdy and made it to our room. The bed was super firm. Bathroom was very clean. Floors were not in good condition.

6/10

Pleasant

19 Jun 2024

Natalie

Adequate facilities, economically maintained.

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

07 May 2024

Zachary b

Roy was an incredible Host at a beautiful location. The room was pristine, and the Breakfast service was phenomenal.

10/10

Exceptional

31 Mar 2024

Pa

Excellent and really nice place I will definitely come again next time.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

19 Feb 2024

Edward

Good

10/10

Exceptional

06 Feb 2024

Dawn

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

Pleasant

04 Feb 2024

Verified traveler

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.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

14 Jan 2024

Verified traveler

Charming guesthouse

Partner

2/10

Poor

23 Dec 2023

Beata

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

8/10

Excellent

12 Nov 2023

Janet

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.

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

18 Sep 2023

Sharon

Wonderfully decorated room. Bed could use a new mattress. Very clean and quiet. Finding a parking place was a problem.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

16 Sep 2023

Manjunath

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.

Business

8/10

Excellent

27 Aug 2023

Laurel

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.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

08 Aug 2023

Russell

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.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

30 Jul 2023

Coralene

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.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

13 Jul 2023

Erin

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.

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

24 Jun 2023

Verified traveler

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.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

23 Jun 2023

Wesley

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

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

20 Jun 2023

Berenice

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.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

04 Jun 2023

Margaret

We had a car, it was tough to find parking space. You do not need a car there!!!

10/10

Exceptional

05 May 2023

Christopher

Very clean and nice place to stay. A little walk from the heart of the city but was quiet and good value.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

23 Apr 2023

Deborah

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!

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

14 Mar 2023

Martin

Great stay
Needed the room for midday — it was
Many thanks for your help

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

26 Aug 2022

Margaret

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.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

10 Jul 2022

Naomi

Lovely accommodation, beautiful room, very clean. Simple check in and out. Would definitely stay again!

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

04 Jul 2022

Elizabeth

Thank you so much for a lovely stay and for your help with storing my bag! I hope to be back soon!

Business_and_leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

02 Jul 2022

Hugo

Good breakfast, ample breakfast area. No lift, hard climbing to our first floor room. The room had nowhere to place the clothes.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

24 Jun 2022

Isabella

Lovely place to stay, great breakfast for £8. Only one thing, the bed was very firm, but that's a personal choice.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

09 Jun 2022

David

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.

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

28 May 2022

Ramesh

Clean and cosy

Clean room and bathroom. Good cooked breakfast. City centre within easy reach.Reasonably priced.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

06 Mar 2022

kevin

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!!!!

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

26 Feb 2022

Alan

Excellent

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

31 Jan 2022

Stewart

Great quality.

We only stayed for one night. For the price, it was a bargain by Edinburgh standards. Will definitely come and stay again.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

26 Nov 2021

George

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.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

03 Sep 2021

Catriona

Great stay

Hotel was clean and comfortable. Location was ideal. Great service. Delicious breakfast.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

30 Jul 2021

Verified traveler

Owner very friendly, room spotless, lovely cooked breakfast. Ideally situated, a few minutes walk from the city centre or take one of the regular buses outside.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

28 Jun 2021

Stephen

Good value B&B!

Good value accommodation in an excellent large bedroom en-suite with friendly host and good breakfast. On road parking is a little trick in this part of Edinburgh but we eventually got parked OK. Will definitely consider using them again!

Partner

8/10

Excellent

27 Jan 2020

Verified traveler

Nice quiet house close to the heart of Edinburgh. Clean and comfortable. Nice furnishings. Good breakfast,

Friends_and_family Partner

10/10

Exceptional

31 Oct 2019

CW

Very nice house. My room was heated by a radiator. I don't know if wi-fi was available or not, but i didn't mind. The walk to Royal Mile was not bad at all.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

03 Oct 2019

Verified traveler

Finding parking a bit of a nightmare but room itself is great, very cozy and four poster bed is very comfortable. Location is central to the city centre.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

02 Oct 2019

Verified traveler

Property is walking distance from most of Edinburgh, however it is on a busy street with lots of traffic and ambulances on their way to area medical centers so there’s a bit of noise.

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

30 Sep 2019

Elizabeth

Charming Guest House

Wonderful gracious hosts with a delicious breakfast. This is a very clean and charming guesthouse. The rooms on the street side are a bit noisy and ask for twins if you have trouble sleeping in a standard double with your partner. We were walking distance to the sights of Edinburgh.

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

28 Sep 2019

Yehudah

Stayed in room 8 on the ground floor. A very comfortable, large room with a sofa and fireplace, as well as a balcony with sitting area and exit to the back garden. The bed was comfortable. The breakfast was a full breakfast and was excellent. The location is a 15 minute walk south of the Royal Mile. It is close to the University. There is excellent bus transportation adjacent to the hotel. There are also numerous good restaurants nearby.

Leisure Self