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Virgin Hotels Edinburgh

5.0 star property

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Rooftop terrace
Suite, 1 King Bed
Coffee service
Exterior
2 restaurants, breakfast served

Reviews

9.4 out of 10
Exceptional

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Parking available
  • 24/7 front desk

Explore the area

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1 India Buildings, Victoria Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH1 2EX
  • Grassmarket
    ‪1 min walk‬
  • Edinburgh Castle
    ‪8 min walk‬
  • Princes Street
    ‪11 min walk‬
  • Edinburgh (EDI)
    ‪27 min drive‬

Room options

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Sir Richard's Flat

Sir Richard's Flat

  • 73 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Grand Room, 1 King Bed

Grand Room, 1 King Bed

  • 28 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Eve Branson Suite

Eve Branson Suite

  • 41 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Room, 1 King Bed, Balcony

Room, 1 King Bed, Balcony

  • 24 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Ted's Suite | Living room

Ted's Suite

  • 50 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Grand Chamber Junior Suite

Grand Chamber Junior Suite

  • 44 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Hypo-allergenic bedding, minibar, in-room safe, desk

Chamber King

  • 24 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Room, 1 King Bed

Room, 1 King Bed

  • 24 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

View all photos for Room, 1 King Bed, Accessible

Hypo-allergenic bedding, minibar, in-room safe, desk

Room, 1 King Bed, Accessible

  • 25 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Hypo-allergenic bedding, minibar, in-room safe, desk

Suite, 1 King Bed

  • 46 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

View all photos for Grand Suite, 1 Queen Bed

Hypo-allergenic bedding, minibar, in-room safe, desk

Grand Suite, 1 Queen Bed

  • 43 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Family Suite, Multiple Beds

Family Suite, Multiple Beds

  • 36 sq m
  • Sleeps 5
  • 1 Double Sofa Bed and 1 King Bed

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Hypo-allergenic bedding, minibar, in-room safe, desk

Room, 2 Single Beds

  • 24 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Chamber King Patio/Terrace

Chamber King Patio/Terrace

  • 25 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Kasbah Tamadot Suite

Kasbah Tamadot Suite

  • 44 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Hypo-allergenic bedding, minibar, in-room safe, desk

Family Room

  • 24 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed

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for 1 room
includes taxes & fees
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About the area

Edinburgh

With a stay at Virgin Hotels Edinburgh, you'll be centrally located in Edinburgh, steps from Grassmarket and within a 10-minute walk of University of Edinburgh. .This luxury hotel is 0.6 mi (1 km) from Royal Mile and 0.8 mi (1.3 km) from Edinburgh Castle.

What's nearby

  • Grassmarket - 1 min walk - 0.2 km
  • University of Edinburgh - 5 min walk - 0.5 km
  • Royal Mile - 7 min walk - 0.7 km
  • Edinburgh Castle - 8 min walk - 0.6 km
  • Princes Street - 11 min walk - 0.9 km

Getting around

  • Edinburgh (ZXE-Edinburgh Waverly Train Station) - 9 min walk
  • Princes Street Tram Stop - 10 min walk
  • Edinburgh Airport (EDI) - 27 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Howies Restaurant - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪George IV Bar - ‬5 min walk
  • ‪Bertie’s - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Finnegan's Wake - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Sneaky Pete's - ‬1 min walk

About this property

Virgin Hotels Edinburgh

Luxury hotel with 2 restaurants and a 24-hour fitness center
Virgin Hotels Edinburgh offers 222 accommodations with minibars and laptop-compatible safes. Smart televisions are featured in guestrooms. Bathrooms include bathrobes, slippers, and hair dryers.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wired and wireless Internet access (speed: 100+ Mbps (good for 1–2 people or up to 6 devices)). Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Additionally, rooms include coffee/tea makers and irons/ironing boards. Housekeeping is offered daily and hypo-allergenic bedding can be requested.

Recreational amenities at the hotel include a 24-hour fitness center.
Make yourself at home in one of the 222 guestrooms featuring minibars and Smart televisions. Complimentary wired and wireless internet access is available. Bathrooms have hair dryers and bathrobes. Conveniences include phones, as well as laptop-compatible safes and desks.
Take advantage of recreation opportunities such as a 24-hour fitness center, or other amenities including complimentary wireless internet access and concierge services.
Satisfy your appetite at Commons Club Restaurant, one of the hotel's 2 restaurants. Wrap up your day with a drink at the bar/lounge. Buffet breakfasts are available daily from 7:00 AM to 11:00 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include complimentary wired internet access, dry cleaning/laundry services, and a 24-hour front desk.
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 7:00 AM and 11:00 AM.
Commons Club Restaurant - This restaurant serves dinner only. Reservations are required.
Commons Club Bar - This cocktail bar serves light fare only. Open daily.
Eve - This family restaurant serves breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. A children's menu is available. Reservations are required. Open daily.

Languages

Bulgarian, English, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi and wired internet
  • In-room WiFi speed: 100+ Mbps (good for 1–2 people or up to 6 devices)
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi and wired internet

Parking and transport

  • Height restrictions apply for on-site parking
  • Offsite parking available (GBP 15 per day)
  • Valet parking on site (GBP 40 per night)

Food and drink

  • Daily buffet breakfast available 7:00 AM to 11:00 AM for a fee: GBP 25 per person
  • 2 restaurants
  • A bar/lounge

Restaurants on site

  • Commons Club Bar
  • Commons Club Restaurant
  • Eve

Things to do

  • 24-hour gym

Family friendly

  • Free cot

Conveniences

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

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Lever door handles
  • Lift
  • Visual fire alarm
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible business centre
  • Wheelchair-accessible concierge desk
  • Wheelchair-accessible gym
  • Wheelchair-accessible lounge
  • Wheelchair-accessible path to lift
  • Wheelchair-accessible public bathroom
  • Wheelchair-accessible restaurant

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Blackout drapes
  • Free cot
  • Hypo-allergenic bedding

Bathroom

  • Dressing gowns
  • Hair dryer
  • Shampoo
  • Slippers
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Toothbrush and toothpaste (on request)
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 50-inch smart TV

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle
  • Minibar
  • Tea bags/instant coffee

More

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Desk
  • Heating (climate-controlled)
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Laptop-compatible safe
  • Mobile key entry
  • Phone

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Contactless check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets stay free
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees
Food and water bowls are available

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are available for GBP 50.0 per day
Free cribs are available on request at the property

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for buffet breakfast: approximately GBP 25.00 per person
  • Valet parking fee: GBP 40.0 per night
  • Offsite parking fee: GBP 15 per day (1 mi away)
  • Rollaway bed fee: GBP 50.0 per day

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
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash
This property reserves the right to pre-authorize the guest's credit card prior to arrival.
Cashless transactions are available
Safety features at this property include a carbon monoxide detector, a fire extinguisher, a smoke detector, a security system, a first aid kit, and window guards

We should mention

Parking height restrictions apply

National rating

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

Property is also known as

Virgin Hotels Edinburgh Hotel
Virgin Hotels Edinburgh Edinburgh
Virgin Hotels Edinburgh Hotel Edinburgh

Virgin Hotels Edinburgh Reviews

Reviews

9.4

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 853 out of 1092 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 138 out of 1092 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 67 out of 1092 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 18 out of 1092 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 16 out of 1092 reviews

9.8/10

Cleanliness

9.6/10

Staff & service

9.4/10

Amenities

9.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Lauren

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

Very good overall

The hotel and hotel room were lovely and clean with high quality fittings and fixtures. The bed and pillows were very comfortable. Our room had locked patio doors with no balcony which was a bit odd so it would've been nice to have the option to open a window slightly. Also the TV casting didn't work and also the guide wasn't working properly so none of the programmes on the TV channels were displaying. I also wish the mini bar fridge contained a carton of milk as opposed to UHT pots on the side. Breakfast was included in our stay and was very good and had very efficient service. All staff were very friendly.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Chelsea

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

Richard

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

Beautiful property with generally excellent servce

Service at the hotel was almost universally superb. The concierge and front desk were especially excellent. The only glaring exception was the breakfast service at the Eve restaurant. The service there was terrible.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

JOANNE

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Virgin Hotels Edinburgh is a unique property in a great location with good facilities. The rooms are modern and clean but extremely small and our so-called castle view room looked out of the staircase of the building opposite with a distant view of Edinburgh castle if you stood in the corner of the room and looked diagonally through the small glass door! Although I appreciated the location, the room was very over-priced for the size and limited view. Perhaps the most disappointing aspect of the visit though were the rather aloof and unhelpful staff. The front desk was usually manned by 2-4 people who stood and chatted among themselves but never interacted with us. They seemed more interested in looking cool than helping guests.Likewise the concierge always seemed to have 2 people standing there who were busy talking to each other but didn't greet guests. The one good interaction I had was with a barman / server in the Eve restaurant who was helpful and friendly and volunteered to carry our meal upstairs even though I came down to order in person. I was also helped by a member of staff after I left behind eyeglasses which needed to be mailed back to me. Overall I was disappointed by the stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Lynsey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 6 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

carol

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Fabulous hotel, loved everything about it
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Fantastic hotel, 5 star all round, great rooms and common areas, staff were amazing too, our second stay and will definitely be returning soon!
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Scott

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

10/10 Excellent

Laura

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer

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

10/10 Excellent

Michal

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

Great!

Excellent location, pristine condition, tasteful furnishings, friendly staff. Highly recommended!
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Tricia

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely hotel 5* Definitely go back again
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Peter

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent location, well appointed rooms, comfortable, and stylish. Helpful, friendly and professional staff. Lovely stay.
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ivan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved the property and the rooms. They should work in the check in. Not great to have to wait after a long flight
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Veronika

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great hotel in a great location! Some small issues with some staff (concierge pointing us to the exit and not helping when we were noticeably struggling with luggage, concierge telling us he had no idea where we could go hear Scottish music and walking away from us, having to chase down a server to order breakfast each morning, hotel staff telling us we couldn’t ride with them in the elevator even though there was room, front desk locking us out of our room at 11am even though they told us we had late checkout at 2pm ), but when we pointed it out to them they corrected the issues. Other staff including the doorman and housekeeping were exceptional! Recommend they tell guests that they test the fire alarms every Monday between 10-11am. Fortunately housekeeping staff stopped us as we were running out of the hotel because the alarm was going off.
Stayed 11 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Chris

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

Great hotel and brand and well located

Amazing hotel. Well located excellent staff and the quirkiness of the Virgin brand follows it through. Commons club restaurant chefs table was worth doing amazing experience
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Lydia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff is as warm and helpful as imaginable! It’s all about the people and they were great!
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2025

6/10 Okay

Anne Marie, Telluride

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Rebecca

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent location in old town, the whole staff is professional and friendly. The room and amenities were modern and perfect for us. We love the attention to hospitality at Virgin!
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

mandeep

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property was amazing Amazing location Swanky vibe
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Stacey

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This hotel was my favorite hotel I’ve ever stayed at. Exactly where you want to stay in Edinburgh with walking distance to everything. The room was large and design so nice. We loved it!
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great location. Nice hotel and friendly staff. Would choose again …
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Andrea

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved the location, very quaint. Accessibility was good. Room was pleasant...but struggled to get wifi connection with Three mobile but O2 connection worked. Had a little bit of an issue with food trying to order lactose and gluten free foods was difficult and their options precluded one but not both which made it difficult they sent a rocket salad with rocket and cheese which had lactose. If eating out this wouldn't be an issue. They had a DJ for hogmanay but didn't give it enough Scottish Hogmanay Emphasis only counted fown the last 15 sconds and then straight into ABBA songs....fine if I was in Sweden but I felt it could have had a stronger scottish theme from the DJ and the crowd looked a little "Is that It?"
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Kathleen

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Rooms were REALLY small and our room was remote and loud. Staff were lovely but for a 5 star hotel I expect more.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2024

2/10 Terrible

Lorraine

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Room comfort
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2024