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Motel One Edinburgh - Royal

3.0 star property

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Enjoy a selection of drinks at the well-stocked bar, perfect for socializing or dining.
Relax in a spacious room with a large bed, armchair, and side table, featuring a wall-mounted lamp and a large window with a view.
Relax in a cozy seating area with a view of a historic building.
Relax in a stylish space with armchairs, sofas, and tables, surrounded by abstract art and a large mirror.
Relax in a stylish lounge area with a leather couch, tufted armchair, and plaid sofa, surrounded by small tables and a large window offering a view of the outdoors.

Reviews

9.2 out of 10
Wonderful

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Pet-friendly
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Housekeeping
  • Free WiFi

Explore the area

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18-21 Market Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH1 1BL
  • Royal Mile
    ‪4 min walk‬
  • Edinburgh Castle
    ‪7 min walk‬
  • University of Edinburgh
    ‪7 min walk‬
  • Edinburgh (EDI)
    ‪19 min drive‬

Room options

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Relax in a cozy space with a neatly made bed, a comfortable reading nook, and artwork adorning the walls.

Standard Room

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
(57 reviews)
  • 17 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Relax in this stylish room with a comfortable bed, a cozy leather chair, and a beautiful coastal view.

Classic Room

8.8 out of 10
Excellent
(135 reviews)
  • 17 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Relax in a stylish room with a large bed, desk, and framed artwork.

Room with a View

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
(42 reviews)
  • 17 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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  • Pet-friendly
  • Free WiFi
  • Breakfast available
  • Bar
4.4 out of 5, Excellent, (1000)
The price is CHF 372
for 1 room
includes taxes & fees
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About this property

Motel One Edinburgh - Royal

Eco-certified hotel with 24-hour front desk and bar/lounge
This smoke-free hotel features a bar/lounge, coffee/tea in a common area and a 24-hour front desk. WiFi in public areas is free. Additionally, express check-out, tour/ticket assistance and a front desk safe are on-site.
Motel One Edinburgh - Royal offers 205 accommodations with coffee/tea makers and a hairdryer. Beds feature Egyptian cotton sheets and premium bedding. Flat-screen televisions come with satellite channels.

Bathrooms include a shower with a rainfall showerhead, and complimentary toiletries. This Edinburgh hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is offered on a daily basis and an iron/ironing board can be requested.

Motel One Edinburgh - Royal's great location gets high marks from our customers. During your stay, you're just a quick walk from Edinburgh Castle. Enjoy features like free WiFi in public areas, plus a bar and breakfast (surcharge).
  • Free WiFi
  • Relax with a drink at the lobby lounge
  • Continental breakfast served daily for a fee
  • Amenities include a front desk safe, multilingual staff and a lift
  • Guests have great things to say about the local sightseeing and the clean guestrooms
  • Just a 3-minute walk from Princes Street and 7 minutes on foot from Edinburgh Castle
  • Pets welcome for a fee
Motel One Edinburgh - Royal offers its guests multilingual staff, tour/ticket assistance, and coffee/tea in common area. Public spaces have free WiFi. You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. The eco-certified Motel One Edinburgh - Royal also features express check-out, a front desk safe, and a lift.

This 3-star Edinburgh hotel is smoke free.

For a fee, guests can enjoy continental breakfast on weekdays from 6:00 AM to 10:00 AM and at the weekend from 7:00 AM to 11:00 AM.
One Lounge – This lobby lounge only serves light fare.

Awards and affiliations

Eco-certified property
This property participates in Green Key (Foundation for Environmental Education) – a programme that measures the property's impact on one or more of the following: environment, community, cultural heritage and the local economy.

Languages

Bulgarian, Czech, English, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Polish

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

  • Continental breakfast available for a fee 6:00 AM to 10:00 AM on weekdays and 7:00 AM to 11:00 AM on weekends; GBP 13.90 per person
  • A bar/lounge
  • Coffee and tea in common areas

Restaurants on site

  • One Lounge

Conveniences

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

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff
  • 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.
  • Lift
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk

More

  • 2 buildings
  • 7 floors
  • Built in 2013
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Egyptian cotton sheets

Bathroom

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

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV with cable/satellite channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle

More

  • Desk
  • Iron/ironing board on request
  • Laptop workspace

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3 PM; check-in end time: midnight
Minimum check-in age - 18

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

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

  • Pets: GBP 15 per pet, per night
  • Maximum 1 pets
    • Service animals are exempt from fees.

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Kids stay free! One child 6 years old or younger stays free when using existing bedding.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
  • Cots (infant beds) are not available.

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 continental breakfast: from approximately GBP 13.90 per person
  • Pet fee: GBP 15 per pet, per night
  • Service animals are exempt from fees

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
This property accepts credit cards and cash
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property.

We should mention

  • One child aged 6 years old or younger stays free in the same room as the parent or guardian when using existing bedding.

National rating

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

Property is also known as

Edinburgh-Royal Motel One
Motel One Edinburgh-Royal
Motel One Hotel Edinburgh-Royal
Motel One Edinburgh-Royal Scotland
Motel One Edinburgh-Royal Hotel
Motel One Edinburgh Royal
Motel One Edinburgh Royal
One Edinburgh Royal Edinburgh
Motel One Edinburgh - Royal Hotel
Motel One Edinburgh - Royal Edinburgh
Motel One Edinburgh - Royal Hotel Edinburgh

Motel One Edinburgh - Royal Reviews

Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 675 out of 1020 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 242 out of 1020 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 72 out of 1020 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 22 out of 1020 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 9 out of 1020 reviews

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

9.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Viviana

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

8/10 Good

Rajan

Stayed 1 night in May 2025

8/10 Good

Lamarshell

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Niamh

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent location and nice modern, clean and comfortable hotel with great service.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer

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

Fabulous Location in old town

Fabulous location! Right in heart of everything, close to train station, but quiet.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Kristen

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Was exactly what we needed
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Janice

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Motel One Edinburgh - Royal was a great location for us in the centre of all the action. Easy for the Hopon Hopoff bus and easy to get to the location for the other tours we went on
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Margo

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful hotel! Great location.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Christine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent location close to train station. Clean room with decent amount of space and comfortable bed
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Teresa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
This is a really convenient hotel from the train station and the bus that brings you from the airport. It is also easy to get to the site seeing bus. It is an easy walk uphill to The Royal Mile. Near many restaurants and pubs. It is a little tired, but perfect for our one night stay in Edinburgh. The staff are really helpful, they go out of their way to make you feel comfortable and seen.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Shawn

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

CHRIS

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

Great Location

This was the perfect location for a quick visit to Edinburgh. Very easy access to the Waverly train station + perfect location to head up to the high street. (The next-door Advocate's Close stair way brings you directly to St. Giles Cathedral on the Royal Mile.) I'd happily book here again!
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Darryl

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
A few basics in the rooms missing, like a fridge, face washers and a compendium. Overall great location. Room $ rate is quite high for the simplicity of the rooms and hotel generally.
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Nolan

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

Stay near the rail station

Overall a great location. Cumbersome to maneuver through the twists and turns and stairs with elderly parents to get to the elevator or reception restrooms. Breakfast was OK. Nice reception & bar area to hang out, have a drink or read. But the best part of this hotel is its location.
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2025

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Nazanin

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location, friendly staff, super clean Highly recommended
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

6/10 Okay

Greg

Travelled with partner
Small, barely functional by US standards.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025

6/10 Okay

Mariah

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Ben

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Helpful staff and comfortable room, all good.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Dana

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean modern room and nice staff.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Laurie

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Location was excellent for tram/bus transport direct to airport. Cute coffee bars right outside, lots of good pubs for drink/food within 10 mins walk. Royal Mile and castle within 10 mins walk uphill. Shopping on Princess Street and the gardens just across bridge (5mins walk). Nice. comfortable bar to relax in. Small but clean rooms. Helpful staff, quick check in. Comfy bed
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Nelly

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Amazing central location. 10 min walk max to many points of interest. Very friendly staff. Comfortable room.
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Gerald

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Elisa

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
clean, friendly, great value, great location
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Robert

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