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Cairn Hotel

2.0 star property

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Building design
Staircase
Daily continental breakfast (GBP 10.50 per person)
Family Apartment, 1 Bedroom
3 Bedroom House | In-room dining

Reviews

8.6 out of 10
Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Parking available
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Bar
  • Free WiFi

Explore the area

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10-18 Windsor Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH7 5JR
  • Place, Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre
    ‪4 min walk‬
  • Place, Royal Mile
    ‪13 min walk‬
  • Place, Edinburgh Castle
    ‪3 min drive‬
  • Airport, Edinburgh (EDI)
    ‪21 min drive‬

Room options

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Single Room

Single Room

8.2 out of 10
Very good
(16 reviews)
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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Double Room

Double Room

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
(24 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Twin Room

Twin Room

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(2 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Family Room, Multiple Beds, Ensuite

Family Room, Multiple Beds, Ensuite

9.6 out of 10
Exceptional
(10 reviews)
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bunk Bed

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Apartment, 1 Double or 2 Single Beds

Apartment, 1 Double or 2 Single Beds

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(2 reviews)
  • 2 bedrooms
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

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Iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Loft, 2 Bedrooms

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)
  • 2 bedrooms
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed and 2 Twin Beds

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Superior Double or Twin Room

Superior Double or Twin Room

9.2 out of 10
Wonderful
(7 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

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Family Apartment, 1 Bedroom

Family Apartment, 1 Bedroom

9.2 out of 10
Wonderful
(10 reviews)
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Twin Bunk Bed

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Small Double Room

Small Double Room

8.6 out of 10
Excellent
(24 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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3 Bedroom House | In-room dining

3 Bedroom House

  • 3 bedrooms
  • Sleeps 6
  • 3 Double Beds

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4 Bedroom House

4 Bedroom House

  • 4 bedrooms
  • Sleeps 12
  • 4 Double Beds

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About the area

Edinburgh

With a stay at Cairn Hotel in Edinburgh (Leith), you'll be a 4-minute walk from Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre and 8 minutes by foot from Princes Street. .This hotel is 0.7 mi (1.1 km) from George Street and 1 mi (1.6 km) from Royal Mile.

What's nearby

  • Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre - 4 min walk - 0.4 km
  • Princes Street - 7 min walk - 0.7 km
  • Royal Mile - 13 min walk - 1.1 km
  • University of Edinburgh - 2 min drive - 1.3 km
  • Edinburgh Castle - 3 min drive - 1.6 km

Getting around

  • Edinburgh (ZXE-Edinburgh Waverly Train Station) - 11 min walk
  • Balfour Street Tram Stop - 11 min walk
  • Edinburgh Airport (EDI) - 30 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Down the Hatch - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪1802 - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪CC Blooms - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪The Lantern Room - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪The Theatre Royal Bar - ‬3 min walk

About this property

Cairn Hotel

Hotel with a restaurant, 4-minute walk to Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre
Cairn Hotel offers 72 accommodations with coffee/tea makers and hair dryers. Flat-screen televisions are featured in guestrooms.

Bathrooms include showers and complimentary toiletries. This Edinburgh hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access.

Stay in one of 72 guestrooms featuring flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Bathrooms feature showers, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as coffee/tea makers and irons/ironing boards.
Take in the views from a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access and tour/ticket assistance.
At Cairn Hotel, enjoy a satisfying meal at the restaurant. Wrap up your day with a drink at the bar/lounge. Continental breakfasts are served on weekdays from 7:00 AM to 10:00 AM and on weekends from 7:30 AM to 10:30 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include a 24-hour front desk and luggage storage. Self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.
Continental breakfasts are available for a surcharge on weekdays between 7:00 AM and 10:00 AM and on weekends between 7:30 AM and 10:30 AM.
Cairn Hotel has a restaurant on site.

Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and transport

  • Parking on site (GBP 18 per day; includes in/out privileges)

Food and drink

  • Continental breakfast available for a fee 7:00 AM to 10:00 AM on weekdays and 7:30 AM to 10:30 AM on weekends; GBP 10.50 for adults and GBP 10.50 for children
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage

Guest services

  • Tour and ticket assistance

Outdoors

  • Garden

Accessibility

  • No lift

More

  • 3 floors
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker

More

  • Iron/ironing board
  • Phone

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 1:00 AM
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

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

Payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • Breakage deposit: GBP 250.00 per stay

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

  • Fee for continental breakfast: approximately GBP 10.50 for adults and GBP 10.50 for children
  • Self parking fee: GBP 18.00 per day (in/out privileges)

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
Cashless transactions are available
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

National rating

This establishment has received its official star rating from VisitScotland, the National Tourist Board for Scotland.

Property is also known as

Cairn Edinburgh
Cairn Hotel
Cairn Hotel Edinburgh
Hotel Cairn
Cairn Hotel Edinburgh Scotland
Cairn Hotel Hotel
Cairn Hotel Edinburgh
Cairn Hotel Hotel Edinburgh

Cairn Hotel Reviews

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 456 out of 1014 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 393 out of 1014 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 112 out of 1014 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 43 out of 1014 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 10 out of 1014 reviews

8.6/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

8.2/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Elizabeth

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Jennifer, Arlington

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice location. Quiet but easy to walk to everything. Room was very small and hot. I had to shuffle sideways to get past the bed. Window only opened a few inches. The fan made it tolerable, but it was still pretty warm.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Susan

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The hotel eas in a great location however the room was small and hot. Only a fan to keep Cool. Had a hard time sleeping because of it.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Catherine

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Great location, walking distance to the Royal Mile Plenty of options for meals The room was nice but very small. Parking limited for the size of the hotel Our bathroom had a smell of stale cigarette
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Megan

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We loved the location, the room was wonderful, big with a great layout. We had one issue with the bathroom garbage having not been emptied from the previous guests and the bathroom was quite pungent. When we made the staff aware they dealt with it promptly. Parking was tricky as the area is busy and there are reserved spots during the weekdays but we did find space while we were there.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Liked: Amenities
Great
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Sandeep, Sutton

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Mintoi

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

Perfect location to visit Edinburgh

Location is perfect, close to center and yet in a quiet street, room was comfortable and clean with plenty of milk for tea and coffee which is a rarity in hotels. Nice enough breakfast and staff were very helpful, really enjoyed our 2 day stay there, plenty of restaurants around and close to the tram to go to the sea front as well as to the centre of town.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Tami

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Tom

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great large room, really helpful staff, excellent location. Good price.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Maria

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

4/10 Poor

gina

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Amenities
The hotel is fine a little expensive for what u get not even a chair but the location convenient
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Amit, englewood

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Angel

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff at the hotel were really nice, and the facilites are well maintained. The area around the hotel is quiet, and there are some places to have a decent meal. The location is just 10 minutes from the central station, a big plus!! Price worthy.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

jaime

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

4/10 Poor

Eric

Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Tiny rooms, thin walls, but a great place to just get a little sleep before heading to the airport. I would not want to stay in this place for more than one night.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

2/10 Terrible

Frank

Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Property is not well kept and the advertise having parking on site for a fee, when I got the hotel there was no parking and the staff didn’t provide any solutions.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

Cheryl Lynn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I was upgraded to a very large "apartment" but it had no coffee maker or other snacks, it was odd...I had gotten used to these things on my previous two weeks in Scotland and this hotel had nothing at all in the room BUT the street and staff were lovely and helpful.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Marie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

lynn

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent location very comfortable spacious room
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Caroline

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We had a great 3-night stay at the Cairn Hotel. The staff were friendly and helpful and the location was perfect for all the places we wanted to visit. Our room and bathroom were comfortable and clean and we had everything we needed. It was nice to have complimentary crisps, biscuits and water too. We appreciated having an electric fan in the room, as it got a little warm in there with not being able to open the windows. Would definitely stay again :)
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

Martin

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

Summer trip

Location was great for the city - price wise was good too, the secure car park was brilliant and the staff were really helpful and nice
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Patrick

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
All good staff whgonderful
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Debbie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great experience Staff so friendly and helpful. Great location
Stayed 1 night in May 2025