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Reviews of Royal Mile Group Apartments

James Court, 493 Lawnmarket, Old Town, Old Town, Edinburgh, EH1 2PB, United Kingdom

#747 of 962 Holiday rentals in Edinburgh

Guests' Choice

Review score

Based on 111 apartment reviews

7.1

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    7.4

  • Comfort

    7.6

  • Location

    9.6

  • Facilities

    6.9

  • Staff

    7.8

  • Value for money

    7.4

  • Free WiFi

    8.5

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  • Reviewed: 21 May 2024

    8.0
    Location excellent,..Writers Museum in courtyard. Short cuts to other parts of the city. Very near t
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Studio Apartment
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Spiral stairs with part of rope missing? Needs to be repaired as a little dangerous. A little pricey for what we got! Could do with extra towels. 2) The fact that check out time was 10am ??? Our only flight back to Ireland was 9.35pm so emailed for extra time for a small charge. Not recommended for people with disablies or Vertigo as staircase can be dangerous

    Location excellent, easy to get around! Great Award winning Pub in the same Building! Easy to get around! Close to the Castle & Bus Tours.

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: 23 April 2024

    6.0
    Pleasant
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Studio Apartment
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    stove didnt work.

    Very simple, cheap, decent apartment and very good location

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 10 April 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Studio Apartment
    • Stayed 3 nights

    Would have preferred to be lower down. Found it difficult going up spiral staircase. My dog also found the steps difficult and didn’t like them at first.

    Instructions on how to find apartment and easiness of getting key. Apartment was well presented. Nice touch leaving biscuits for me.

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 25 March 2024

    6.0
    the location
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Studio Apartment
    • Stayed 1 night

    the bathroom

    great location. Lots of stairs

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 23 March 2024

    7.0
    Great location, room warm and comfy, but I wouldn't walk those stairs again.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Studio Apartment
    • Stayed 2 nights

    Kitchen appliances are old. Table is rickety. No one mentioned the steep, circular flights of stairs and the broken balustrade. This meant great care was necessary, particularly descending with a suitcase. I would not recommend this accommodation to older people, or single women without strong muscles.

    Heating was great - it was only 6 degrees when I arrived. Also, apart from the kitchen, the decor and furniture were attractive.

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 1 December 2023

    8.0
    Great apartment, great location, great company.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Studio Apartment
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Someone just needs to look up and run a duster over the light fixtures. Upgrading some things wouldn't go a miss, the fridge especially. It makes quite a bit of noise during the night. My partner is quite a light sleeper. It woke her up once or twice throughout the night.

    Instructions from the owners were clear and straightforward. The flat is up a lovely wee spiral close and is brilliantly located in the middle of the mile. It was spotless and welcoming. Couldn't have asked for much better. The mattress was comfy, as were the pillows and duvet. Towels were made available, even some wee shower gels to go with it. Tea, coffee, and wee sachets of milk in the fridge were a nice gesture. As was the wee welcome box. It had plenty of instant hot water and great heating, which is especially great at this time of year. The place had everything we had needed for a one night stay. I would happily book to stay there again.

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: 24 November 2023

    7.0
    A cosy and compact studio flat with authentic character in an excellent location.
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Studio Apartment
    • Stayed 1 night

    Generally everything was absolutely fine.

    Stayed in November 2023

  • Reviewed: 5 September 2023

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Studio Apartment
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The dishes were all dirty when we arrived so we had to clean everything ourselves before using it. Disgusting. The toilet barely flushed.

    Everything except the dishes and the toilet was fine. Great Location. The self check in was simple and easy

    Stayed in August 2023

  • Reviewed: 16 July 2023

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Studio Apartment
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The leak from the roof, which I've read was fixed, but still leaked when we've arrived. For such high price it was a bit too much, but it didn't really spoil our stay there, so we've accepted it as a part of the country :)

    The flat was in a center of the city. The building was very old and wierd, you really need to use the given instructions to find this place. But once we've found it, everything was ok. The stairs are as on the pics, but with smaller bags we didnt have any problems. The room was quite nice, double bed and sofa were comfortable. Though everything was not like we've seen in Europe, where were way higher standards for accomodations like this, but here it was "very old and very British". Even the leak from the roof didn't scare us, since I've already read about it, so we've put a bin and towels under it and the problem was solved :) the best of it was the location, everywhere we needed to go was very near. The owners were very polite via messages, but we've never met them. The instructions they sent us were good and clear and we had no problems to access our flat.

    Stayed in July 2023

  • Reviewed: 13 June 2023

    6.0
    For the location property was good but I don’t think I’ll stay there again or recommend it to my friends
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Studio Apartment
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    It was run down. The oven didn’t work. The shower kept switching off. The property was surface clean. I felt like the quilts were dirty. I think it is so important to make sure quilts and pillows have a fresh feel to them

    The location was fabulous. Although I didn’t see any staff they were only a text message away

    Stayed in June 2023

  • Reviewed: 16 April 2023

    8.0
    Lovely cosy little studio apartment, perfect for me and my 2 kids to explore Edinburgh without needing transport
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Studio Apartment
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    needed a lick of paint but other than that was perfect

    location was incredible. walking distance from the train station and royal mile. I almost didn’t book after seeing the reviews about the noise and cold. we turned the radiators on and it was lovely and cosy in the room. only noise was from the toilet but there was a sign explaining. very minor issue

    Stayed in April 2023

  • Reviewed: 26 March 2023

    8.0
    Great location and comfortable bed!
    • With a pet
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Studio Apartment
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Kitchen cooking facilities

    Very descriptive and easy key collection!

    Stayed in March 2023

  • Reviewed: 23 March 2023

    7.0
    Perfect location for a couple. Nothing fancy but perfectly clean.
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Studio Apartment
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Too small for 4 people. Would have been perfect for 2 people. It's an old building so when it rained heavy one of the days the roof leaked.

    Location was excellent.

    Stayed in March 2023

  • Reviewed: 3 February 2023

    7.0
    Good location, spacious rooms but do not stay here if you have a pram or reduced mobility
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Studio Apartment
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    It needs to be made MUCH more clearer that the apartment contains a lot of spiral steps. It needs to be mentioned in the property description clearly and not hidden away at the bottom of the webpage under important information, which most people will not click on. I am a single mother and I stayed alone with my 4 month old baby, I REALLY struggled to the point of panic. After finally finding the place I had to lift my baby from the heavy pram, leave my pram and bags outside hoping no one would steal everything, put the baby on the bed, leave her, and go up and down 3 more times to dissemble the pram and bring the bags up. The warnings about accessibility are just not clear enough. I only knew of the spiral stair case once the owner sent me the self check in instructions AFTER payment and booking.

    spacious rooms, warm.

    Stayed in February 2023

  • Reviewed: 27 December 2022

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Studio Apartment
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Good location.

    Stayed in December 2022

  • Reviewed: 21 December 2022

    6.0
    Last resort
    • Solo traveller
    • Studio Apartment
    • Stayed 7 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    No lifts..I had to carry my luggage all the way to top

    Location

    Stayed in October 2022

  • Reviewed: 25 November 2022

    7.0
    We appreciated our stay because of the location and staff team was super nice but the apartment was super cold and noisy
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Studio Apartment
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Many things to note : - It was extremely cold in the appartement, with just two small heater that didn’t seem to do anything - it was very dark, in was difficult to cook in the appartement after sunset because there was no light in the kitchen - it was noisy, I’m not talking about street noise because this is what you expect when you book a place in the very city center, but our upstairs. The neighbors would come back at 2-3am, screaming in the staircase and then talking/laughing super loudly in the apartment. The water heater is also super noisy for a very long period of time after you take a shower so it surprised us the first night as we were trying to spleep

    The location is perfect, the studio was pretty and full equipped. The staff was very helpful and let us check in early and check out late for free which we really appreciated.

    Stayed in November 2022

  • Reviewed: 3 September 2022

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Studio Apartment
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Very clean, couldn't have found a better part of Edinburgh to stay in.

    Stayed in August 2022

  • Reviewed: 26 August 2022

    6.0
    Great location in Old Town
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Studio Apartment
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Small towels and lack of curtains/blinds meant I had no choice but to wake at sunrise (6am).

    Great location, clean and good instructions for check-in

    Stayed in August 2022

  • Reviewed: 4 July 2022

    7.0
    Good Value for Money.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Studio Apartment
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Internet Services very slow. There was a constant sound of water dripping the whole day and night.

    Location

    Stayed in July 2022

  • Reviewed: 6 June 2022

    7.0
    Loved it
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Studio Apartment
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Perfect location, spacious apartment. Clear instructions.

    Stayed in June 2022

  • Reviewed: 19 May 2022

    8.0
    pleasant stay
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Studio Apartment
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    in need of touch up

    central, nice cozy and well equipped

    Stayed in May 2022

  • Reviewed: 21 April 2022

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Studio Apartment
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    That the house keeper couldn't speak English so he didn't understand what i was trying to tell him

    Stayed in April 2022

  • Reviewed: 4 April 2022

    8.0
    Fabulous Stay and worth it.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Studio Apartment
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Wifi internet connection was not working. Contacted the property and said to send somebody to fix it. But up to our last night of stay internect connection was pretty bad. My sister needed it for her work at that time.

    The best part is it’s location where it is right in the heart of the historical Royal Mile and close to the edinbrugh castle. The facilities feel just like home. It was clean and decent.

    Stayed in April 2022

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