Arden Guest House, Craigmillar Castle Edinburgh

3.0 star property

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Breakfast area
Standard Twin Room, 2 Twin Beds | Bathroom sink
Golf
Standard Twin Room, 2 Twin Beds | Desk, blackout drapes, iron/ironing board, free WiFi
Standard Double Room, 1 Double Bed | Desk, blackout drapes, iron/ironing board, free WiFi

Reviews

6.8 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi
  • Housekeeping
The current price is $159
includes taxes & fees
Jul 5 - Jul 6

Explore the area

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126 Old Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH16 4SD
  • Place, Craigmillar Castle
    ‪10 min walk‬
  • Place, Hermitage of Braid and Blackford Hill Local Nature Reserve
    ‪7 min drive‬
  • Place, Holyrood Park
    ‪7 min drive‬
  • Airport, Edinburgh (EDI)
    ‪27 min drive‬

Room options

Standard Double Room, 1 Double Bed

  • 111 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed
  • Free WiFi

Standard Twin Room, 2 Twin Beds

  • 120 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds
  • Free WiFi

Standard Quadruple Room, 2 Double Beds

  • 119 sq ft
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds
  • Free WiFi

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About this property

Arden Guest House, Craigmillar Castle Edinburgh

3-star guest house in The Inch
A golf course, express check-in, and express check-out are available at this smoke-free guesthouse. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include a garden.
Arden Guest House, Craigmillar Castle Edinburgh offers 8 accommodations with DVD players and coffee/tea makers. Flat-screen televisions come with satellite channels.

Bathrooms include showers, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Additionally, rooms include fans and blackout drapes/curtains. Housekeeping is offered daily and irons/ironing boards can be requested.

Guests can play rounds at the 9-hole golf course.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Arden Guest House, Craigmillar Castle Edinburgh features a golf course. Wireless Internet access is complimentary. This Edinburgh guesthouse also offers a garden, express check-in, and express check-out. Onsite self parking is complimentary.

Arden Guest House, Craigmillar Castle Edinburgh is a smoke-free property.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Free self parking on site

Things to do

  • 9-hole golf course
  • Books
  • Games
  • Hiking/biking trails

Family friendly

  • DVD player

Conveniences

  • Luggage storage

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Outdoor furniture

Accessibility

  • No elevator

More

  • Smoking not allowed

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Blackout drapes

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • DVD player
  • Flat-screen TV with satellite channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle

More

  • Desk
  • Fan
  • Heating
  • Iron/ironing board on request

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: 7:00 PM
Early check-in subject to availability
Early check-in is available for a fee
Express check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10:30 AM
Late check-out subject to availability
A late check-out fee will be charged
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

There is no front desk at this property
Guests planning to arrive outside of normal check-in hours must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions and key retrieval information; access will be through a private entrance
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property at least 24 hours before arrival using the information on the booking confirmation
If you are planning to arrive after 6:00 PM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Key retrieval, private entrance

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Early check-in is available for a fee (subject to availability)
  • Late check-out is available for a fee (subject to availability)

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards and debit cards; cash is not accepted
This property reserves the right to pre-authorize the guest's credit card prior to arrival.
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a smoke detector, and a first aid kit

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

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Arden Guest House, Craigmillar Castle Edinburgh Reviews

Reviews

6.8
Rating 10 - Excellent. 69 out of 313 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 94 out of 313 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 69 out of 313 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 41 out of 313 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 40 out of 313 reviews

7.0/10

Cleanliness

7.6/10

Staff & service

6.0/10

Amenities

6.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

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10/10 Excellent

Sunil

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great stay!!
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025
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10/10 Excellent

Emily

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Comfortable bed, lovely staff, and great location
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025
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10/10 Excellent

Michele

Liked: Cleanliness
Nice location with easy bus access.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2025
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6/10 Okay

Yathish

Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Disliked: Cleanliness
Room is clean and well kept but keetle has some instant noodle lett by previous person, other wise everything is good
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2025
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8/10 Good

Emma

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Breakfast was wonderful & staff were lovely!
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024
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6/10 Okay

Sherry

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Room was ok staff was excellent location was way to far from anything if you didn't have your own car public spaces need to be updated.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025
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10/10 Excellent

Merlyn

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great property? It was clean and felt like I was staying in friends house as far as comfort. Host was polite and welcomed us upon arrival. Would recommend this if staying in Edinburgh.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025
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6/10 Okay

Warren

Liked: Cleanliness
The Wi-Fi facilities were sub-standard. The host intends to review the setup
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2025
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6/10 Okay

Kristine

The hotel is old and tired, the bathrooms need work. Linens are clean and the staff are lovely
Stayed 1 night in May 2025
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4/10 Poor

Cameron

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Small dirty and run down, bed are not very comfortable. location is nice
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025
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8/10 Good

Stefania

Loved how close this was to Craigmillar castle and proximity to the bus stop.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2024
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10/10 Excellent

CHARISMA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Cheap and cheerful.Clean.Value for money

A nice place to stay for a night. No frills. Clean and tidy. Parking for a couple of cars to the rear, but these are tight spaces. Bus stop right outside will take you into the city centre (about a 20 min bus journey). Tea and coffee/shampoo and conditioner supplied. Breakfast was continental and nice.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025
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6/10 Okay

Angela

There was a very small parking area to the rear. The property entrance hall and stairwell need refurbishing - large stained areas on carpet. Room was adequate and beds were comfortable. No disturbance but a lingering smell in room, partly a drain smell from shower. Needed a spare key for my son butvthere wasn't one. Good, frequent bus system, into Edinbugh, from stops very close by.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2025
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10/10 Excellent

Cynthia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Spledid service @ breakfast
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024
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6/10 Okay

Richard

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
It was value for money but furnishings and shower were fairly basic
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025
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8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

One nighter

Some beds were soft. Some were hard. The continental breakfast was good and had plenty to offer. The ladies were friendly! :)
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025
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6/10 Okay

Philip

Really good
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024
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8/10 Good

John

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
My wife and I stayed here for one night only as it was convenient for our needs.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
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8/10 Good

Nancy

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
It was a good experience overall.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
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6/10 Okay

Peter

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Onsite parking was extremely limited. Busy road. Convenient for taking the bus. Bed was comfortable. Room needs some TLC (paint, dusting/mold in bathroom). Difficult checking in if you can’t phone to be let in (out of country phone didn’t have calling in UK).
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025
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4/10 Poor

Kristine

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The property advertises being on the grounds of Craigmillar Castle. The castle is no where near this property. We didn’t even see the castle.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025
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4/10 Poor

S

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Would give this one a miss

Unfortunately the Guest House requires updating in a very poor state of repair, cleanliness an issue and facilities are poor.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025
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10/10 Excellent

cedric

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Dorothy was very friendly! Good location on bus route!
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2022
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2/10 Terrible

Mathew

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Massively overpriced, run down could clearly hear people in other rooms. Extremely disappointing.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025
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10/10 Excellent

Joanna

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The service was great, friendly, kind, awesome from management to housekeeping, I always have clean towels, new sheets, always help in our requests...quiet place to sleeo, affordable price, the room is big, and transportation is so clise, and smallnshopping center around 15 minutes walk...Thanks fir gave me your vest. Breakfast is a plus, love it.
Stayed 11 nights in Apr 2024