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Stay Central

3.0 star property

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Private Dorm - The Ultimate Party Room

Reviews

8.2 out of 10
Very good

Popular amenities

  • Air conditioning
  • Bar
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Housekeeping
  • Laundry

Explore the area

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139 Cowgate, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH1 1LL
  • University of Edinburgh
    ‪4 min walk‬
  • Royal Mile
    ‪6 min walk‬
  • Edinburgh Castle
    ‪7 min walk‬
  • Edinburgh (EDI)
    ‪19 min drive‬

Room options

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XL - sleeps up to 4

XL - sleeps up to 4

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
(6 reviews)
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Twin Beds and 1 Twin Bunk Bed OR 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bunk Bed

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S (Double)

S (Double)

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

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M (Double or twin)

M (Double or twin)

8.6 out of 10
Excellent
(13 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

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In-room safe, desk, free WiFi, bed sheets

XXL - sleeps up to 6

8.8 out of 10
Excellent
(5 reviews)
  • Sleeps 6
  • 1 Double Bed and 2 Twin Bunk Beds OR 2 Twin Beds and 2 Twin Bunk Beds

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Private Dorm - The Ultimate Party Room | Living area

Private Dorm - The Ultimate Party Room

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)
  • Sleeps 9
  • 3 Twin Bunk Beds

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In-room safe, desk, free WiFi, bed sheets

L (Executive Double of Twin)

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

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About the area

Edinburgh

Located in Edinburgh (Old Town Edinburgh), Stay Central is a 5-minute walk from National Museum of Scotland and 5 minutes by foot from University of Edinburgh. .This hotel is 0.5 mi (0.8 km) from Royal Mile and 0.5 mi (0.8 km) from Scottish National Gallery.

What's nearby

  • University of Edinburgh - 4 min walk - 0.4 km
  • Royal Mile - 6 min walk - 0.5 km
  • Princes Street - 7 min walk - 0.7 km
  • Edinburgh Castle - 7 min walk - 0.7 km
  • Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre - 14 min walk - 1.2 km

Getting around

  • Edinburgh (ZXE-Edinburgh Waverly Train Station) - 7 min walk
  • St Andrew Square Tram Stop - 11 min walk
  • Edinburgh Airport (EDI) - 17 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪The Three Sisters - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Frankenstein - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Nando's - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Eve - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Vittoria - ‬5 min walk

About this property

Stay Central

Hotel with a bar, steps from National Museum of Scotland
Stay Central offers 37 accommodations with iPod docking stations and safes. LCD televisions are featured in guestrooms.

Bathrooms include showers with rainfall showerheads, designer toiletries, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Additionally, rooms include complimentary bottled water and coffee/tea makers. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Make yourself at home in one of the 37 guestrooms featuring iPod docking stations and LCD televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Private bathrooms with showers feature rainfall showerheads and designer toiletries. Conveniences include safes and desks, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Make use of convenient amenities, which include complimentary wireless internet access and tour/ticket assistance.
You can enjoy a meal at The Three Sisters Pub serving the guests of Stay Central, or stop in at the snack bar/deli. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge. Buffet breakfasts are available daily from 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include dry cleaning/laundry services, a 24-hour front desk, and luggage storage.
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 8:00 AM and 11:00 AM.
The Three Sisters Pub - Onsite restaurant. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.

Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and transport

  • No on-site parking available

Food and drink

  • Daily buffet breakfast available 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM for a fee: GBP 15 per person
  • A bar/lounge
  • Snack bar/deli

Restaurants on site

  • The Three Sisters Pub

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • ATM
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • 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.
  • Bathroom emergency pull cord
  • Grab bar near toilet
  • Lift
  • Wheelchair accessibility
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)

More

  • 1 building
  • 4 floors
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

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

Entertainment

  • IPod dock
  • LCD TV

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Free bottled water

More

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Desk
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Early check-in subject to availability
Early check-in fee: GBP 10
Contactless check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Contactless check-out available
Late check-out subject to availability
Late check-out fee: GBP 10.00

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 18 and younger are not allowed at this property; All guests older than 18 are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for buffet breakfast: approximately GBP 15.00 per person
  • Early check-in fee: GBP 10 (subject to availability)
  • Late check-out fee: GBP 10.00 (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; cash is not accepted
Cashless transactions are available
Noise-free guestrooms cannot be guaranteed
Safety features at this property include a smoke detector
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

Children 18 years old and younger are not permitted at this property
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms

Property is also known as

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Stay Central Reviews

Reviews

8.2

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 420 out of 1016 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 371 out of 1016 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 143 out of 1016 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 49 out of 1016 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 33 out of 1016 reviews

8.8/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

8.2/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Joe

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Noisy but ok
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Caroline

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
One night stay for visit to Festival Theatre. Ideal location, close proximity to theatre and royal mile with many places for dining. Comfortable bed, great shower, spacious room, well appointed with sockets, mirror and good lighting. Friendly professional staff. Thoroughly recommend this accommodation. Will return.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

Maela

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Overnight staff was extremely kind and helpful. Felt safe traveling solo. I’d read of late night loud noise issues from next door bar, but I never noticed. Decent room amenities. Good room size to unpack. Great shower. Can’t beat the location.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Christina

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Convenient walk to Underground Vaults, Grassmarket, Victoria Street,Greyfriar Kirk, Royal Mile. Dorm style room set up for 5 of us travelling together.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

Robina, Beckenham

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Great for a short stay - would happily use again
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Angel

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

Family room - small but comfortable enough

Our family (2 daughters - 20 & 17), husband and I stayed here. The “family” room was a bunk bed and two “twins.” I’m not sure the twins were actually what we’d consider a twin in the US (they were quite narrow), but everything was comfortable enough. It was a small room, but clean and modern. The bathroom door was glass that was frosted. That’s a little weird when you have 4 adults in the room together, but the room was fine.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Frank, Corona

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Friendly staff. Can walk to everything. Didn't rent a car.
Stayed 7 nights in May 2025

8/10 Good

Kevin

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Close to the Royal Mile and many of the main sites for tourists. Clean and comfortable room. Very nice and helpful staff.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Dennis

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The location is excellent if you’re going to be doing the touristy things in old Edinburgh. The place is clean and the rooms are a good size.
Stayed 5 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Christian

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was really great. Right in the heart of Edinburgh. In the heart of everything. Just around the corner from GreyFriars Kirk!
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

8/10 Good

Patricia

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We chose this room because it was less costly than others in the area and not far from the train station. You might want to pay a little more and get a larger space if that is important to you or you are traveling with a family. The room was adequate, but very small, for the cost. The beds were not set up as twin beds, even though that was a choice on the website that we asked for, and it was very warm inside with no ability to cool it more. We had to open the windows, which both faced a back alley where there was all sorts of garbage piled up, with a very greasy food smell in the air. The hotel was is a sketchy area, but very close to Grassmarket which was a great place to wander around, having many choices for food and shopping, and we never actually felt unsafe. If you are looking for a hotel near some "action", this would be a choice although you could never have more than 2 people in the room.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

8/10 Good

Jesse

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

Hotel with Pub

Interesting little hotel that is connected to a pub with a courtyard. The front desk makes a good latte. Very much a younger crowd type of hotel. The rooms are smaller, but have big beds.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Arezo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great place in a central location. Staff were lovely and the room had everything we needed. Very clean as well.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Rahul

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Ranniere

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

Great location

Hotel bem localizado, ótimo serviço e uma equipe gentil. Voltaremos!
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

2/10 Terrible

David

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Central Location Next to Bar/Party Venue

The room was fine and the staff were courteous and friendly. However, immediately next to the hotel was a large outdoor bar with very loud music from early evening until early morning hours, making sleep difficult to impossible, despite our room being on the back side of the hotel.
Stayed 6 nights in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Gary

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The staff was tops
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer

Youthful, different than most. Quiet too.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

6/10 Okay

Sheri

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The noise was unbearable. Would never stay here on the weekends again. UGH
Stayed 3 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Wendy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Heidi

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

4/10 Poor

Carlos

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Rachel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This was a nice place to stay. I loved the location, it was within walking distance of everything I wanted to do.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Mikael

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

Great place to stay

Great place to live while in Edinburgh!
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Isabelle

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025