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Edinburgh Marriott Hotel Holyrood

4.0 star property

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Breakfast, lunch, dinner served; local and international cuisine
Daily full breakfast (GBP 20.00 per person)
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Lobby lounge
Property amenity

Reviews

8.8 out of 10
Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Restaurant
  • Air-conditioning

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81 Holyrood Road, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH8 8AU
  • Place, Princes Street
    ‪8 min walk‬
  • Place, Royal Mile
    ‪9 min walk‬
  • Place, University of Edinburgh
    ‪11 min walk‬
  • Airport, Edinburgh (EDI)
    ‪27 min drive‬

Room options

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Superior Room, 1 King Bed with Sofa bed | Hypo-allergenic bedding, in-room safe, blackout curtains

Superior Room, 1 King Bed with Sofa bed

8.4 out of 10
Very good
(9 reviews)
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

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Junior Suite, 1 Bedroom | Hypo-allergenic bedding, in-room safe, blackout curtains

Junior Suite, 1 Bedroom

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(3 reviews)
  • City view
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed

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Deluxe Room, 1 King Bed | Hypo-allergenic bedding, in-room safe, blackout curtains

Deluxe Room, 1 King Bed

9.4 out of 10
Exceptional
(68 reviews)
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Deluxe Twin Room, 2 Single Beds | Hypo-allergenic bedding, in-room safe, blackout curtains

Deluxe Twin Room, 2 Single Beds

8.8 out of 10
Excellent
(16 reviews)
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single Beds

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Deluxe Double Room, 1 Double Bed | Hypo-allergenic bedding, in-room safe, blackout curtains

Deluxe Double Room, 1 Double Bed

8.8 out of 10
Excellent
(13 reviews)
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Hypo-allergenic bedding, in-room safe, blackout curtains

Club Room, 1 Double Bed

7.0 out of 10
Good
(2 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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About this property

Edinburgh Marriott Hotel Holyrood

Hotel with a full-service spa, 9-minute walk to Royal Mile
Along with a full-service spa, this smoke-free hotel has an indoor pool and a restaurant. WiFi in public areas is free. Additionally, a health club, a bar/lounge and a sauna are on-site. Housekeeping is available on request.
Edinburgh Marriott Hotel Holyrood offers 160 air-conditioned accommodations with a safe and coffee/tea makers. Cable televisions are provided.

Bathrooms include complimentary toiletries and hairdryers. Guests can surf the web using complimentary wireless Internet access. Additionally, rooms include an iron/ironing board and blackout curtains. Hypo-allergenic bedding and change of bedsheets can be requested. Housekeeping is provided on a daily basis.

Recreational amenities at the hotel include an indoor pool, a health club and a sauna.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on-site or nearby; fees may apply.

Guests can pamper themselves with a trip to the on-site spa, which has 4 treatment rooms. Services include deep-tissue massages, hot stone massages, facials and body wraps. The spa is equipped with a sauna. The spa is open daily.
Edinburgh Marriott Hotel Holyrood's great location gets high marks from our customers. During your stay, you're just a quick walk from Royal Mile. Free WiFi in public areas, a full-service spa and an indoor pool are available.
  • Free WiFi
  • Enjoy local and international cuisine while dining at Arti & Alba
  • Full breakfast served daily for a fee
  • Self-parking available for a fee
  • Take a swim in the indoor pool
  • Indulge with massages, body scrubs or body wraps at the spa
  • Services include dry cleaning/laundry, a concierge and tour or ticket assistance
  • On-site recreation includes a gym and a sauna
  • Guests really like the accommodation for the cleanliness, comfy beds and overall comfort
  • Within a 10-minute walk of Royal Mile and Princes Street
Edinburgh Marriott Hotel Holyrood offers its guests a full-service spa, an indoor pool, and a health club. There's a restaurant on site. You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. Public spaces have free WiFi.

Event space at this hotel measures 0 square feet (0 square metres) and includes conference space. A sauna, multilingual staff, and tour/ticket assistance are also featured at Edinburgh Marriott Hotel Holyrood. Parking is available for a fee. A complete renovation of Edinburgh Marriott Hotel Holyrood was completed in June 2024.

This 4-star Edinburgh hotel is smoke free.

For a fee, guests can enjoy full breakfast on weekdays from 6:30 AM to 10:30 AM and at the weekend from 7 AM to 11 AM.
Arti & Alba – This restaurant specialises in local and international cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. Reservations are required.
Arti & Alba – This bar serves lunch and light fare. Open daily.
24-hour room service is available.

Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and transport

  • Parking on site (GBP 25 per day)
  • Limited on-site self parking

Food and drink

  • Full breakfast available for a fee 6:30 AM to 10:30 AM on weekdays and 7 AM to 11 AM on weekends; GBP 20 per person
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant

Restaurants on site

  • Arti & Alba
  • Arti & Alba

Things to do

  • Full-service spa
  • Health club
  • Indoor pool
  • Sauna

Family friendly

  • In-room cot
  • Indoor pool
  • Laundry facilities

Conveniences

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

Guest services

  • Change of bedsheets (on request)
  • Concierge services
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff
  • Porter/bellhop
  • Tour and ticket assistance
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • 3 meeting rooms
  • Conference space

Outdoors

  • Garden

Full-service spa

  • 4 treatment rooms
  • Body scrubs
  • Body wraps
  • Deep-tissue massages
  • Facials
  • Hot stone massages
  • Manicures/pedicures
  • Sauna
  • Spa open daily

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Area rugs in public areas
  • Braille/raised signage
  • Grab bar near toilet
  • Hardwood flooring in public areas
  • Lever door handles
  • Lift
  • Low-height view port in door
  • Wheelchair-accessible business centre
  • Wheelchair-accessible gym
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel
  • Wheelchair-accessible pool
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk
  • Wheelchair-accessible restaurant
  • Wheelchair-accessible spa

More

  • 1 building
  • 6 floors
  • Banquet hall
  • Biodegradable coffee stirrers available
  • Built in 1998
  • Comprehensive food waste policy
  • Comprehensive recycling policy
  • Double-glazed windows
  • Fireplace in lobby
  • No plastic coffee stirrers
  • Renovated entire property - June 2024
  • Smoke-free property
  • Vegan dining options
  • Vegetarian breakfast available
  • Vegetarian dining options

Room amenities

Bedroom

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

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Toothbrush and toothpaste (on request)
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 55-inch TV with cable channels

Food and drink

  • 24-hour room service
  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Energy-saving switches in guestrooms
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Phone
  • Recycling
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; check-in end time: midnight
Express check-in available

Check-out

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

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools
Meals other than breakfast are not included in the Half Board rate plans for children under 12 years old sharing existing bedding with 2 adults and included in the reservation details.

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
  • Free cots (infant beds)!

Payment types at the property

Important information

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Fee for full breakfast: from approximately GBP 20.00 per person
  • Self-parking fee: GBP 25 per day

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business or profession.
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 and debit cards; cash is not accepted
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
This property affirms that it follows the cleaning and disinfection practices of Commitment to Clean (Marriott)
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property.

National rating

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

Property is also known as

Holyrood Hotel
Holyrood Macdonald
Holyrood Macdonald Hotel
Hotel Holyrood
Hotel Macdonald Holyrood
Macdonald Holyrood
Macdonald Holyrood Edinburgh
Macdonald Holyrood Hotel
Macdonald Holyrood Hotel Edinburgh
Macdonald Hotel Holyrood
Macdonald Holyrood Hotel Edinburgh, Scotland

Edinburgh Marriott Hotel Holyrood Reviews

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 553 out of 1002 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 285 out of 1002 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 99 out of 1002 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 43 out of 1002 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 22 out of 1002 reviews

8.8/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Michelle

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean spacious rooms, (we had 2). Excellent showers. Great breakfast. Friendly staff. Good location
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2025

10/10 Excellent

Philip

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Breakfast value for money. Set us up for the day to tackle the hills
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2025

10/10 Excellent

Constantinos

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
As always, a clean and very confortable room, quiet and warm, excellent facilities (love the swimming pool) and very good breakfast! Everyone is very kind and helpful, smiling and ready to help with anything.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2025

10/10 Excellent

Phil

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

8/10 Good

Gail

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Lovely room, spa treatments and staff lovely in spa after cancelling treatments they managed to accommodate a 25min treatment each but still waiting on refund for other treatments paid for
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2025

10/10 Excellent

Sally

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Danielle

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Whittingham

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2025

10/10 Excellent

Raju

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Room was clean. Staff were good
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Georgia

Spotless room thanks to wonderful staff. Breakfast staff, particularly Nick, were outstanding.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Patricia

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Cynthia

Travelled with partner, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Everything was great!! Except the elevator got stuck between the floors for a little less than an hour. 9people in a very small elevator was bad and the air was hot and stifling with one person actually passing out. The evening staff didn’t seem too concerned but the morning crew took care and tried to make it right other than that incident….it was comfortable and the area was perfect!!
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2025

8/10 Good

VICKY

Travelled with family
Lovely professional and friendly staff. Nice big room. Clean and modern. Lovely selection at breakfast. Thought bar meals were quite bland. Overwhelming air freshener smell in lovely but I am very sensitive to smell so maybe just me! Great location if you’re ok for a bit if a walk- we walked to the Royal Mile, Castle, Princes St easily and Dynamic Earth is literally across the road. All in all a great stay
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2025

8/10 Good

Angie

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

Good location

We were initially assigned a room that was nice but had some maintenance problems. Next morning, requested a change and we were given another room but it was smaller and less well located. We were polite and certainly didn’t “go off” on the agent. Customer service reception staff have quite a bit of latitude in this type of situation and I feel they missed an opportunity to truly make things right for us. It was a fine stay but didn’t wow us. Breakfast was good. Lots of selection, a-la-carte options available for order along with buffet, selection of gluten free items. Hotel is well-located. We had a light lunch in the restaurant a couple of times and the tomato and roasted red pepper soup is REALLY good. The bed comfort was pretty good.
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2025

6/10 Okay

Lucy

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Breakfast selection was exceptional and food very nice. The main thing that let it down was the very poor service from the staff. We were shown to a table quickly and efficiently but no one came back to take our a la carte order. Don't offer that option if you don't follow up on it. Some of the staff were just miserable and could not be bothered to take the orders. Bit disappointing as it lets the whole place down. Room itself was very clean but we couldn't get the temperature right all the time we were there. Plug hole in shower was very blocked so water almost came over edge. My husband reported it but it didn't appear anything was done.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Michelle

Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

chantal

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very nice and comfortable
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Matt

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

ARJUN, Edmonton

Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Chris

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent service and great facility
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Gail

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location and able to walk everywhere. Great breakfast. The restaurant on site was nice for meals or a drink.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jere Reynolds

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The mattress was phenomenal!
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

James

City break

Air conditioning kept clicking throughout the night which was very cold and noisy which resulted in broken sleep for the entire stay. Excellent location and facilities. We would stay again at this hotel.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Ben

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Had a lovely stay, staff were friendly and the hotel was clean.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Amanda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We had a lovely time at Edinburgh town centre. The hotel and staff were so friendly especially Maddie the girl at the front desk. The food was wow and the breakfast never seen so much food in one place. Defo would be going back again. The room was so clean and so much room., bathroom just sparkled. Thankyou.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025