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Dalhousie Castle Hotel & Spa

4.0 star property

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Body treatments, body wraps, body scrubs, facials, 2 treatment rooms
Staircase
Exterior
Free daily English breakfast
1 bedroom, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Reviews

8.6 out of 10
Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Spa
  • Bar
  • Room service
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Laundry

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B704, Bonnyrigg, Scotland, EH19 3JB
  • Place, Dalhousie Castle
    ‪1 min walk‬
  • Place, Rosslyn Chapel
    ‪9 min drive‬
  • Place, Edinburgh Castle
    ‪19 min drive‬
  • Airport, Edinburgh (EDI)
    ‪22 min drive‬

Room options

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Superior Double Room

Superior Double Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Themed Four Poster

Themed Four Poster

9.6 out of 10
Exceptional
(5 reviews)
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed

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Lodge Double

Lodge Double

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed

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Classic Double Room

Classic Double Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Suite

Suite

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Classic Twin Room

Classic Twin Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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About the area

Bonnyrigg

Located in Bonnyrigg, Dalhousie Castle Hotel & Spa is in the suburbs, within a 15-minute drive of Rosslyn Chapel and University of Edinburgh. .This hotel is 8.7 mi (14.1 km) from Grassmarket and 8.8 mi (14.1 km) from Royal Mile.

What's nearby

  • Dalhousie Castle - 1 min walk - 0.0 km
  • Rosslyn Chapel - 9 min drive - 8.7 km
  • University of Edinburgh - 16 min drive - 15.5 km
  • Royal Mile - 18 min drive - 16.5 km
  • Edinburgh Castle - 19 min drive - 16.9 km

Getting around

  • Newtongrange Station - 3 min drive
  • Edinburgh Airport (EDI) - 19 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪McDonald's - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪The Dean Tavern - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Coronation Restaurant - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪Greggs - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪beetroot bar & grill - ‬4 min drive

About this property

Dalhousie Castle Hotel & Spa

Suburban hotel with 2 restaurants and free breakfast
Dalhousie Castle Hotel & Spa offers 35 accommodations with complimentary bottled water and coffee/tea makers. Flat-screen televisions come with digital channels.

Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations, bathrobes, slippers, and complimentary toiletries. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Additionally, rooms include hair dryers and irons/ironing boards. Housekeeping is provided daily.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
Guests can pamper themselves by indulging in the onsite spa services. There are 2 treatment rooms. Services include facials, body wraps, body scrubs, and body treatments.
Stay in one of 35 guestrooms featuring flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and digital programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms feature shower/tub combinations, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. Conveniences include coffee/tea makers and complimentary bottled water, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Relax and unwind with massages, body treatments, and facials. This hotel also features complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and wedding services.
Enjoy local cuisine at Dungeon Restaurant, one of the hotel's 2 restaurants, or stay in and take advantage of the room service (during limited hours). Wrap up your day with a drink at the bar/lounge. A complimentary English breakfast is served daily from 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM.
Featured amenities include dry cleaning/laundry services, a 24-hour front desk, and multilingual staff. Free self parking is available onsite.
A complimentary English breakfast is served each morning between 8:00 AM and 10:00 AM.
Dungeon Restaurant - This restaurant specializes in local cuisine.
The Orangery - This restaurant specializes in Modern European cuisine and serves light fare only.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and transport

  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • Free English breakfast available daily 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM
  • 2 restaurants
  • A bar/lounge

Restaurants on site

  • Dungeon Restaurant
  • The Orangery

Things to do

  • Archery
  • Library

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Newspapers in lobby
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

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

Business services

  • Meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Terrace

Spa

  • 2 treatment rooms
  • Body scrubs
  • Body wraps
  • Facials
  • Manicures/pedicures
  • Massage

Accessibility

  • No lift

More

  • 2 buildings
  • 3 floors
  • Banquet hall
  • Built in 1280
  • Reception hall
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Dressing gowns
  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Shower/bathtub combination
  • Slippers
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV with digital channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle
  • Free bottled water
  • Limited room service

More

  • Heating
  • Iron/ironing board

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3 PM; Check-in end time: 10:00 PM
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 50

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Renovations and closures

This property is closed from January 6 2026 to March 31 2026 (dates subject to change).
The property will be renovating from March 5 2025 to October 31 2025 (completion date subject to change). The following areas are affected:
  • Guestrooms

Alternate facilities will be available offsite during the renovation.

Renovation work will only be conducted on weekdays. Every effort will be made to minimize noise and disturbance.

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
1 child, up to the age of 3 years, can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room; children may not be eligible for complimentary breakfast
Rollaway/extra beds are available for GBP 45.0 per day
Cribs (infant beds) are available for GBP 15.0 per day

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Late check-out fee: GBP 50 (subject to availability)
  • Crib (infant bed) fee: GBP 15.0 per day
  • Rollaway bed fee: GBP 45.0 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
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
Guests under 16 years old are not allowed in the swimming pool or hot tub

National rating

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

Property is also known as

Castle Dalhousie
Dalhousie Castle Bonnyrigg
Dalhousie Castle Hotel
Dalhousie Castle Hotel Bonnyrigg
Hotel Dalhousie Castle
Dalhousie Castle Scotland/Bonnyrigg
Dalhousie Castle Hotel Spa
Dalhousie & Spa Bonnyrigg
Dalhousie Castle Hotel Spa
Dalhousie Castle Hotel & Spa Hotel
Dalhousie Castle Hotel & Spa Bonnyrigg
Dalhousie Castle Hotel & Spa Hotel Bonnyrigg

Dalhousie Castle Hotel & Spa Reviews

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 438 out of 768 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 200 out of 768 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 69 out of 768 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 39 out of 768 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 22 out of 768 reviews

9.0/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Joanna, Edmonton

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
My husband wanted to sleep in a castle, well he did! Given the age (over 800 years), it is well maintained. The castle itself and the grounds are just beautiful. Very friendly and helpful staff. Things to keep in mind: - it's about 35 minutes from downtown Edinburgh, you can Uber to get to the hotel but have to take a taxi (which cost more) to leave the hotel. - the toilets don't have a very strong flush (lol). - wifi is not good, so make sure you have a good roaming plan; download some movies to watch in the evenings. OR for those that drink, there is a lovely bar and a beautiful library for the book lovers. - I enjoyed their meals but the portions are small. If you want to experience sleeping in a castle, I highly recommend Dalhousie! It was a lovely stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Martina

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

8/10 Good

Hon Ban

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Derek

Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Staff were so friendly and helpful. Castle grounds were nice. Castle itself was nice as well. There is currently scaffolding covering one side. There was a wedding there so we couldn't go into the library cuz it was reserved for them.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Britt, Kennewick

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Quiet property with great amendments. Close enough to go into the city if desired.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Scary experience

We arrived at 11pm and were told we booked a room in Castle Rock not the main Castle. Finding Castle Rock in the dark with no signs or street lights was a nightmare. When we managed to find Castle Rock, it looked like a deserted house from a horror movie. Pitch black with no lights on anywhere. We eventually came back to the main castle and decided to upgrade to stay in the Castle, there was no one at the front desk, we used the walkie-talkie at the front desk, still nothing. After almost 15mins, someone came to the front desk. It’s one of the worst experiences had.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Sarah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Such a neat place to stay. Close to town but secluded and peaceful. Rooms make it feel so authentic
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jody

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great staff!!!!
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Alice

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful wedding venue and staff was fantastic!!
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Aryn

Travelled with partner, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful and well maintained property, with a wonderful staff
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Dustin

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful, but definitely not accessible. Not a problem for us, thankfully, and we had a wondeful time (and got a good workout going up and down all those stairs)
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Leah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very nice
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

bart

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Shani

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

4/10 Poor

John

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Noise!

Building work ongoing. Noise at 8am not good for the price. Most unsatisfactory
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Nicholas

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

8/10 Good

David sloan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

6/10 Okay

Jason

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Disappointing Overall Experience

The castle is a stunning building from the outside. Once inside, however, you are in a very tired environment. The hotel is in desperate need of some investment/renovation. The food was delicious and elegantly presented. Some of the service was first class while the majority was sub-par. No value for money.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Godfrey

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ronyard, Chicago

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Overall great castle experience!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

2/10 Terrible

Sakshi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

4/10 Poor

penny

Travelled with family
The hotel advertised itself as pet friendly. When we arrived with our dog they told us we would have to stay in the lodge , not the room in the castle I had originally reserved,because they didn’t allow dogs in the castle. Then they gave us an inferior room up 2 flights of stairs that I had to climb with my bad knees. I was extremely disappointed.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2024