See all properties

Motel One Edinburgh - Royal

3.5 star property

Choose dates to view prices

your current months are December, 2024 and January, 2025.
December 2024
January 2025

Photo gallery for Motel One Edinburgh - Royal

Lobby lounge
Lobby lounge
Property entrance
Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, desk, laptop workspace
Lobby lounge

Reviews

9.2 out of 10

Wonderful

Popular amenities

  • Housekeeping
    Housekeeping
  • Breakfast available
    Breakfast available
  • Bar
    Bar
  • 24/7 front desk
    24/7 front desk
  • Pet friendly
    Pet friendly
  • Free WiFi
    Free WiFi

Explore the area

Map
18-21 Market Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH1 1BL
  • St. Giles' Cathedral
    2 min walk
  • Princes Street
    3 min walk
  • Princes Street Gardens
    4 min walk
  • Edinburgh (EDI)
    34 min drive

Room options

View all photos for Basic Room, 1 King Bed

Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, desk, laptop workspace

Basic Room, 1 King Bed

  • 178 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

View all photos for Classic Room

Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, desk, laptop workspace

Classic Room

  • 178 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

View all photos for Standard Room, 1 Queen Bed

Standard Room, 1 Queen Bed | Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, desk, laptop workspace

Standard Room, 1 Queen Bed

  • 178 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

Similar properties

Bar (on property)

Motel One Edinburgh - Princes

Pet friendly
Free WiFi
Breakfast available
Bar
4.4 out of 5, Excellent, (1002)
The price is $312
per night
$375 total
includes taxes & fees
Dec 7 - Dec 8
Motel One Edinburgh - Princes

About this property

Motel One Edinburgh - Royal

3.5-star hotel in Old Town Edinburgh
This smoke-free hotel features a bar/lounge, coffee/tea in a common area, and a 24-hour front desk. WiFi in public areas is free. Additionally, express check-out, tour/ticket assistance, and a front-desk safe are onsite.
Motel One Edinburgh - Royal offers 205 accommodations with coffee/tea makers and hair dryers. Beds feature Egyptian cotton sheets and premium bedding. Flat-screen televisions come with satellite channels.

Bathrooms include showers with rainfall showerheads, and complimentary toiletries. This Edinburgh hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is offered daily and irons/ironing boards can be requested.

Motel One Edinburgh - Royal features multilingual staff, tour/ticket assistance, and coffee/tea in a common area. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. This eco-certified hotel also offers express check-out, a front-desk safe, and an elevator.

Motel One Edinburgh - Royal is a smoke-free property.

Continental breakfasts are available for a surcharge on weekdays between 6:00 AM and 10:00 AM and on weekends between 7:00 AM and 11:00 AM.
One Lounge - This lobby lounge serves light fare only.

Awards and affiliations

Eco-Certified Property
This property participates in Green Key (Foundation for Environmental Education), a program that measures the property's impact on one or more of the following: environment, community, cultural-heritage, the local economy.

Languages

Bulgarian, Czech, English, Filipino, French, Greek, Italian, Polish, Slovak, Spanish, Thai

Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and transportation

  • No onsite parking available

Food and drink

  • Continental breakfast available for a fee 6:00 AM to 10:00 AM on weekdays and 7:00 AM to 11:00 AM on weekends; GBP 13.50 per person
  • A bar/lounge
  • Coffee and tea in common areas

Restaurants on site

  • One Lounge

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Elevator
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk

More

  • 2 buildings
  • 7 floors
  • Built in 2013
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Egyptian cotton sheets

Bathroom

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

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV with cable/satellite channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle

More

  • Desk
  • Heating
  • Iron/ironing board on request
  • Laptop workspace

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3 PM; Check-in end time: midnight
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon
Contactless check-out available
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets allowed for an extra charge of GBP 15 per pet, per night
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees
1 total pets

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
1 child, up to the age of 6 years, can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for continental breakfast: approximately GBP 13.50 per person
  • Pet fee: GBP 15 per pet, per night
  • Service animals are exempt from fees

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; cash is not accepted

Property is also known as

Edinburgh-Royal Motel One
Motel One Edinburgh-Royal
Motel One Hotel Edinburgh-Royal
Motel One Edinburgh-Royal Scotland
Motel One Edinburgh-Royal Hotel
Motel One Edinburgh Royal
Motel One Edinburgh Royal
One Edinburgh Royal Edinburgh
Motel One Edinburgh - Royal Hotel
Motel One Edinburgh - Royal Edinburgh
Motel One Edinburgh - Royal Hotel Edinburgh

Motel One Edinburgh - Royal Reviews

Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 676 out of 1007 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 240 out of 1007 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 60 out of 1007 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 22 out of 1007 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 9 out of 1007 reviews" "

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

9.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Regina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfectly situated near Royal Mile
Perfectly located, comfortable hotel in the heart of Edinburgh. My favorite feature was the ability to open the windows and let in the fresh air and sounds of the Royal Mile when desired, but also sheer blackness and quiet when time to sleep. Lovely little gem of a spot! I would definitely recommend and would stay here again.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Susan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Rooms are a bit small but nice and staff friendly and helpful.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Brandon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great Location, but small
Basic hotel in a great location. Good if you are staying just 2-3 days...anything more, you will want a bigger room with proper closets and storage. Breakfast was pricey for what you got, but overall it was very clean and centrally located (which could be a loud, so bring ear plugs).
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Amy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Excellent location, cool decor, nice bar, helpful staff
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Terry, Santa Barbara

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A very good breakfast close to the Royal Mile and the staff was very good
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

4/10 Poor

Tyler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
We asked multiple times for them to fix the AC in our room. They would show us a diagram of what it was supposed to be set on but for all three days it did not work. We waited one of the days for someone to come up and fix it but didn’t want to waste more time so we left. It’s very overpriced. We basically paid over $350 US per night for a closet. Not recommended.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Tony

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great stay while we watched the tattoo, location was incredible to access the city centre and hotel was bed was super comfortable
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Natalie

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This property was incredibly reasonably priced for location near the Royal Mile. We felt as though the property was centrally located and had no issues walking all over the city from here. The hotel had a great lobby and bar that was an excellent spot to hang out. Rooms were clean, but small, it didn't bother me though. Beds were comfortable and i slept very well.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

4/10 Poor

Sarah

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Amenities
Booked 2 nights for an early 50th birthday treat. Booked a stanard room although greeted with what felt like a cell. 1 window covered with black film, so could see out and made room very dark window ventilation vent couldnt be closed, so let in a draft and noise, from below area. Requested a change of room straight away, unfortunately due to being fully booked no alternative room until 3pm the following day. New room had not 1 but 2 windows albiet looking on to a internal court yard with lots of windows facing our room, so had to close window coverings, luckily 1 had a privacy net, so it provided privacy and light. Had a comfortable night only to be woken at 6am by staff in the room next to ours which on further inspection looked to be the laundary store, so lots of banging and trolleys been rolled backwards and forwards within the room and up and down the corridor. All this for £638.000 bargin, NOT! Will never stay at Motel One again or recommend. Very disappointed
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

jacqueline

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Tattoo visit
Stayed here several times. Clean, comfortable, central hotel. Obviously prices in August exorbitantly high so not great value for money. However, I would definitely stay here again when prices return to normal.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jenna

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Tracy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great spot
Great central location. Close to train station and attractions. Bathroom door in room 321 had a difficult time latching
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Daniel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great location for visiting.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Sarah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Just what I needed. So convenient!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great walkable location!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Michelle

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Location, location, location!
If you are looking for a fantastic location, this it it! We took the tram from the airport. It was a short, five minute walk to the hotel. But if you’re taking the Airlink bus to and from the airport, those buses are literally across the street from the hotel and you can buy those tickets right there for the bus. One of the reasons we booked here with that I had read that the hotel will often try to get you into a room even if you arrive early from the airport. The reception staff were very friendly, and even though our room was not ready, they provided the option of us changing rooms, which meant that we could get into her room, even though it was only 10AM. Having travelled overnight from Canada, that was a game changer for our trip. I’m sure they can’t do that for everyone, but the fact that they were willing to look at it was amazing. And if you can’t get into your room, they store your luggage. The room itself was nothing special, but it was clean and had everything we needed. We were steps away from the royal mile, to the main attractions of Edinburgh castle, and Holyrood Palace. Lots of options for coffee, restaurants, shopping all within your reach. I will definitely stay here again.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

4/10 Poor

Terrence

Traveled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Rooms, elevators, layout very strange and confusing. Location near the train station and cafes very helpful. Mostly run by college age staff. Not particularly clean. It was acceptable for our one night stay.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Motel one Royal Edinburgh
Good location, comfy beds just room facilities no dressing table plugs to far from mirror ,no shelving in bathroom for cosmetics or shaving equipment. The furnishing and finish though in the rest of room and reception bar area were excellent.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

Sukhjit

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Room was teeny tiny, as was the bathroom. Great location and friendly staff.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Michael

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Extremely tiny room. Difficult to move around. Good bathroom lighting. Good shower water pressure and temperature
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

Kim

Traveled with group, Traveled with family
Disliked: Amenities
Loved the location for bus and train travel and closeness to Royal Mile. Neighborhood near train station and pubs had lots of men peeing on the sidewalk. Love Cockburn street as it winds up to High Street and the “close” alleyways with stairwells for shortcuts. Rooms are small with small windows, but good soundproofing at least. Not enough surfaces to put stuff, only one desk and tiny side table shelves. No closet. Comfortable bed and pillows. Good breakfast but same every day. No self-serve laundry. Carpet in rooms is questionable on cleanliness. Staff friendly.
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

osmara

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Moved rooms three times. Once at my request. Once at staff disorganization.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Catherine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
You are paying for the location, it is amazing. Right across the street from the Waverly station and literally the next road down from the Royal Mile. You can walk everywhere in Old Town and you are very close to New Town. The rooms are very small, but you shouldn’t be in your room too much while you’re in Edinburgh anyway. I stayed for 3 nights and I wish the room had a mini fridge so that I could buy some food and milk as I was there a few days. If you are staying for one night than it’s fine. The staff are very friendly, the bed was very comfortable, the bathroom was very small but it was just myself so it was ok. If you are staying during the summer be aware there is no AC, the windows do open but it’s very noisy outside especially early in the morning with the noise from garbage trucks etc. But that wasn’t too big of a deal, I was able to ignore it with some ear plugs. Over all, it’s a great hotel, absolute fantastic location and I would most definitely stay here again.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024