The Ben Doran Hotel Edinburgh
Hotel Information
This outstanding property offers guests a warm welcome. It is an historic Georgian townhouse located in central Edinburgh with excellent bus services to the city centre. The establishment offers free off-street parking, a full Scottish buffet breakfast as well as tea/coffee facilities in an elegant, peaceful atmosphere from which to explore exciting Edinburgh. The city offers a unique variety of historical and exciting new attractions blending together to create a rich and vibrant atmosphere that only Edinburgh can supply. Edinburgh Castle, the new Scottish Museum, Holyrood Palace, Dynamic Earth, the Royal Mile, University of Edinburgh, The Royal Commonwealth Swimming Pool (Olympic standard) and golf courses are all within a short walking distance. Edinburgh has mainline rail connections to London and to the north of Scotland. Guests will find themselves just a 20-minute drive from the airport and 5 minutes from Waverly Train Station. It features stunning views of renowned Edinburgh architecture and beautiful hillsides from every room, and the staff are always eager to help with directions, booking tours or providing information about local attractions.
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Reviews
Rating | Positive Points | Negative Points | Reviewer | Stayed |
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4.5 star rating | Lovely staff, rooms and location. We were very pleased with this hotel. | None | 27 November 2008 | |
5.0 star rating | We thoroughly enjoyed our stay in your hotel and would return again when we visit Edinburgh. Your staff were very friendly and helpful and the room was very comfortable. Once again thank you for making our stay so pleasurable. | Gary and Louise. | 06 August 2010 | |
4.5 star rating | Very good friendly helpful staff, comfortable room. food very good indeed | 19 March 2011 | ||
4.0 star rating | Comfotrable room, friendly helpful staff, excelelnt breakfast - I loved the black pudding - thank you. | AB | 15 November 2011 | |
3.0 star rating | we found that cooked breakfast food was far too dry and barely warm | 23 April 2013 | ||
3.5 star rating | Staff are extremely helpful and friendly. Accommodation is clean and well maintained. Hotel is about 15 mins by bus to the centre of Edinburgh. If you are feeling energetic you can take a leisurely walk which takes around 50 mins. | Limited car parking at front of Hotel. An outdoor seating area would have been nice. | 28 August 2013 |
- Non-smoking area
- 24-hour security
- Multilingual staff
- NO Garage
- NO Large pets allowed (over 5 kg)
- NO Small pets allowed (under 5 kg)
- NO Wheelchair-accessible
- Room service
- Smoke detector: 15
- YES Car park
- Heating
- Historical
- Hotels with charm
- Internet
- Parking
- Restaurant
- TV
- Double rooms: 9
- NO Connecting rooms
- Number of floors (main building): 2
- Single rooms: 2
- Total number of rooms: 11
- Year of construction: 1750
- Year of most recent renovation: 2003
- Breakfast
- Breakfast buffet
- Gluten-free meals
- Hot breakfast
- Special dietary options
- Vegetarian meal
- American Express
- EC
- JCB
- Maestro
- MasterCard
- Visa
- Visa Electrón
- Alarm clock
- Carpeted floors
- Central heating
- Direct dial telephone
- DVD player
- Hairdryer
- Housekeeping
- Individually adjustable heating
- NO Disability-friendly bathroom
- NO Smoking rooms
- NO Wheelchair-accessible
- Radio
- Smoke detector
- Tea and coffee making facilities
- Toiletries
- TV
- Wake-up service
Services marked with (*) shall be paid at the establishment.
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