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Reviews of Livingston Lodge Hotel

2.5 out of 5
Livingston Lodge Hotel
Hawkbrae, Ladywell West, Livingston, Scotland

Reviews

6.8
Rating 10 - Excellent. 57 out of 309 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 96 out of 309 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 76 out of 309 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 46 out of 309 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 34 out of 309 reviews" "

7.6/10

Cleanliness

7.8/10

Staff & service

6.4/10

Amenities

6.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Luke

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
Our room wasn’t available on the first night so we had to stay in a different one to what we booked (two single beds instead of a double bed). The first room was very dirty, and the radiator didn’t work, which left us feeling cold the entire night. The bar was also very noisy, with guests drinking and shouting until the early hours of the morning. Hotel staff were initially reluctant to move us to our original room, but eventually obliged after I told them about our experience. After this, we were moved to a room that was far better, and akin to what we expected on arrival. There were no more issues after that. The room was clean, the radiator worked, and we could no longer hear the noise coming from the bar.
Stayed 6 nights in Dec 2023

2/10 Terrible

Zera

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The bedroom was not cleaned, no soundproofing
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Peter

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Christopher

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good for what you pay
Good hotel for what you pay for, friendly staff and a decent room
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Amelia

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great rooms, easy to get to and no issues during stay would definitely recommend
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Sam

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Overall our 3 nights stay was good. Restaurant next door is awesome. Room was warm & serviced every day. Our only complaint is hearing the guests above us, especially going to the bathroom at 1am. Hotel staff are great, close to Edinburgh, easy 15 minute train ride.

8/10 Good

sami

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
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Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Room comfort
Not bad, not great... a good little spot to put down your head. No frills, but for the price it's not bad. Rooms are a tad dated, and the beds could be comfier (2 flat pillows aren't enough) but overall its a good nights sleep.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023

2/10 Terrible

Hanen

Noisy. Don’t accept a room in the ground floor. You will hear every single step from the room above you! And when you want to leave, if the reception guy forgot to tell you to place the keys in the letter box(!!!) you will end up not knowing where to leave them as you won’t have any access to the reception before 9am!! I had to stay 10 min in the rain and then I gave up!! Otherwise Oscars restaurant (in the lodge) has nice yummy pasta that I highly recommend!
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Geoff

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Clean and tidy staff very friendly
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023

6/10 Okay

Angela

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Adequate
Hotel room was very clean and reasonably comfortable, though the whole place looked a little tired and needs updating. There are no breakfasts at present which was disappointing as we had to drive somewhere to find somewhere for breakfast. There is a co-op nearby and there were tea and coffee making facilities in the room so we managed. The walls were thin, so we could hear other guests in the early hours and the bed springs were a little creaky. The shower took a little working out as the controls were the opposite of what would be expected, however once worked out it was adequate. We ate in the attached Oscars restaurant on our first evening and the food and service were very good. Reception and cleaning staff were very friendly.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

2/10 Terrible

Angela

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Megan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

JOHN

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Nice staff, clean room but could do with some TLC, very thin walls you can here every sound from around and above not the best sleep.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

Sheik

Liked: Staff & service
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Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

Pat

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
On arrival saw notice that breakfast unavailable due to kitchen issues. The description online and the view on arrival were different. However, the room and bathroom were clean. Walls thin so could be disturbed by other guests. This is mainly a stop off for overnight trip/contractors really.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Ahmed

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel is perfect for the need, room on the smaller side but for the night it was perfect, plenty storage. Food at the on-site restaurant at night was great.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Eric

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Room review
the room was clean and the bed was comfortable. However the TV did not really work, I think only 2 channels, there was no phone in the room and the early call did not happen as there did not seem to be night staff. At the price it was just OK.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from reception on 6 Oct 2023
Hi, thank you for your review, we have now sorted the tv signal, and we unfortunately do not offer a wake up call or offer landlines in the room.

10/10 Excellent

Conner

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Brilliant would recommend 👌
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

2/10 Terrible

Alistair, Aberdeen

Travelled with group
Disliked: Staff & service
I booked a twin room which was confirmed on my receipt. However on checking in it was a double room and was told there were no alternative rooms. Very poor. Broken window which was open and generally poor state. Reflects the very low price.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Yaroslava

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Wonderful staff, 35-40mins commute into Edinburg by train and the hotel has everything you need to stay a few nights!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

2/10 Terrible

William

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Worst accommodation ever.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Laura

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
It was decent enough for what we needed though. The light in the loo did stop working the second day. It seemed to be quiet, but was noisy at a few times during the night probably from the bar below. Transportation was easy though, taxi service knew how to get there.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

4/10 Poor

tobias

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

2/10 Terrible

Rachel

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disappointed is an understatement
Bell at reception didn’t work - no staff available for check-in. We were only helped after a local customer mentioned us to the bar staff. On arrival had to push through crowd of smokers and drunk people to reach the reception desk. Check-in, once some one came to desk was easy and fast. Room was disappointing, very small, felt dirty with dust on light fixtures, stains in the runners on beds and makeup on my supposedly clean towel. Bedroom window looked out onto brick wall, and we could hear chatter from the beer garden late into the night. Bathroom was overlooked by ‘beer garden’ where smokers congregated, no frosting on glass so they could see directly in. Shower was mouldy with black mould, compounding the feeling of the room being dirty. Within 10 mins of being in the room we searched for an alternative hotel. The noise from room above and hallway was exceptionally loud, with no soundproofing and footfall of guests above keeping us awake until 3am. Breakfast was unavailable but there was a greggs and coop within a 2 minute walk. This felt like a budget hotel, I have stayed in nicer hostels for £15 per night, this cost more than 10 times that amount. Feel like we were ripped off and would never ever come back.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Alison

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

2/10 Terrible

Jack

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Deborah

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Jo-Ann

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Room was basic but functional. Noisy as near the hotel so earplugs solved that issue. For the room price it was very satisfactory. Reception staff were great and very helpful at checkin.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Christopher

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

2/10 Terrible

Julia M

Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Extremely run down. Walls are paper-thin, and traffic and airplane noise was extremely loud. No breakfast available, no coffee (except instant packets) be found on site, gross stains/water damage on ceiling.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
A simple basic room.
Check in was great and really friendly staff. The room was fine for us as we were going to the Fringe each day and just using the room for sleep each night. The bed was comfy, a nice hot shower and clean towels. It was a basic room but was good value for money. The noise from people walking around upstairs is quite loud but again for the cost of the room its acceptable. No breakfast was available but there are shops very close, so that is no problem. The train station is 12 mins walk away with a 20 min train ride into Waverley. So for the Fringe is was ok if you didnt want to pay top price in town.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

2/10 Terrible

Carol

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Joy

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Advance notice of breakfast not being available would have been nice
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

2/10 Terrible

Cathie

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Holly

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Cleaning staff quite noisy in the morning. Talking quite loudly in the hall. Floorboards are awful in the upstairs room when you are staying on the ground floor. We had the luxury of very early risers (6am) and they were constantly on there feet for an hour and half before they went out. I also wasnt best pleased payment had been taken before i arrived. If i hadn't turned up i completely understand it might have been taken later that evening. I actually wanted to pay on a different card to what i held the booking on. Otherwise a very basic hotel. Room was nice and clean, just what we needed as a base. Restraunt next door was lovely.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

james

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Martin

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Friendly Hotel
Staff were really friendly and helpful (got show to my room). Room/bathroom were spotless, nice touch with the welcome chocolate on the pillow. Didn’t use the restaurant or bar so couldn’t comment. Great location for Edinburgh/airport. Would recommend & definitely use again
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

Kueng Chang

Overall is good apart from noises from the planes and the adjacent road traffic.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

Morgan

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Ahmer

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Lindsey

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Cheap and cheerful
We stayed on the bottom floor, the room was clean and comfortable. The only bad thing about it was you coukd hear the people upstairs every time they were walking about. Overall i would say it was cheap and cheerful. Good if its just a place to sleep which is just what we needed.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

4/10 Poor

Alexander

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

4/10 Poor

Jennifer Anne

Travelled with family
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Felt unsafe in ground floor bedroom
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

4/10 Poor

Anne

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
We were disappointed that there wasn't any breakfast facilities available, and that we were not informed about it. Also there was a note in the room telling us that the carpets were being cleaned and we had to vacate the room by 9am and were not allowed to return to the room until 3pm, again we had not been informed of this at the time of booking.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

4/10 Poor

Heather

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Not impressed at all.
On arrival to check in very intimidating walking past a crowd of people smoking outside main door. Room was very basic carpet was disgusting and the room was in much need of a good updating!!! The noise was bad until the early hours of the morning. Certainly won’t be back. Very disappointed.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

nuno

Stayed 2 nights in May 2023