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Reviews of House of Gods Hotel

4 out of 5
House of Gods Hotel
233 Cowgate, Edinburgh, Scotland

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 52 out of 87 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 18 out of 87 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 6 out of 87 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 8 out of 87 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 87 reviews" "

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.6/10

Staff & service

7.4/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

10/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Dustin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff was very professional and helpful.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Matt

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Rachael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect weekend
The most amazing service we have ever received! Staff are amazing and go the extra mile for you, entertainment was fantastic, the decor and drinks were stunning and the breakfast hamper was delicious! Highly recommend upgrading to the treat me like I’m famous package. Not only was it mine and my partners joint birthday weekend, he also proposed! Thanks for making this the most special celebration ever! I can’t wait to come back for our anniversaries every year! This hotel have thought of everything down to the last detail, very special place to stay!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
An experience
Amazing stay, excellent little touches and lovely staff. Room to small to stay for more than a night or two
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020

10/10 Excellent

Vernon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
superb.
Brilliant. Amazing rooms and thoughtful little touches that make things special. Great staff. Reasonably priced as well.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Carol

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Therese

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Brilliant and quirky
Amazing hotel. Full of surprises. Excellent staff.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Jo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Emily, Stamford

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stunning service - incredible attention to detail, the cabin room was outstanding - nothing to fault.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Alan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It was brilliant stay
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2020

10/10 Excellent

Emma

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

2/10 Terrible

Daniel

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The Hotel was clean but I was very disappointed with the size of the room. It was VERY small and felt very claustrophobic due to the dark decor and the small size of the room and the FAKE WINDOW! there was hardly any room to put our bags down on the floor. I feel like the price was expensive in comparison to the spacious rooms I am used to for that price.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Unique, lavish decor, and a great cocktail bar. All facilities are top notch, and the whole place even smells great. Staff is very accommodating.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I loved the whole experience ,staff friendly and helpful
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

6/10 Okay

Vivienne

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
Room was as in pic except for the tropical temp!
Room was beautiful it was so hot we couldn’t sleep all night. Sunday morning checkout was very early at 11am, contacted the reception next morning to say that the room was unbearably hot and could we have an extension on the check out and were told he’d but it would cost £30. Very disappointing as the concept of the hotel room is unique in Edinburgh but room is very small and temperature control made it unbearable.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

8/10 Good

Gregory

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Closeness to facilities decor and cocktails fantastic
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A little bohemian gem in the heart of Edinburgh. Very nice cosy rooms, amazing cocktails bar, lovely atmosphere. A big thank you to Vanessa and Elena for their kindness and the charming beautiful smile!
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Kat

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Decadence and luxury
Beautiful room and felt incredibly luxurious. Staff were super friendly and helpful which was lovely. Cocktails and breakfast were also top notch. The VIP package was epic and well worth it.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The hotel staff were nice, but the overall experience was not the best. In actual fact, we were left a little bit disappointed. The room was not ready when we arrived and so we ended up leaving our bags in the room for hotel staff to make it up for us. Came back to our hotel around 6pm after having walked around for a few hours and it still was not made up for us. We then had to tell staff to delay making up the room as we wanted to freshen up before going out for dinner. There was only one towel in our room at this point which we ended up sharing. Once we got back and the room was made up with the extra towel as we requested, we began to notice a few flaws. The fridge was not working. The drinks inside were warm and no light was on. I mentioned this to staff at reception on our way back to our room the following day and shortly after, without anyone even coming to look at the fridge, I received a response via WhatsApp to say, no don’t worry it is working! ... it definitely was not. After searching ourselves, we found the switch underneath the fridge to turn it on. The fact that nobody even came to look and told no it is working, when it clearly was not, was disappointing to say the least. However, to try and find light in this situation, staff did kindly offer to store our drinks in the fridge downstairs. To which we were grateful. We also noticed that the tap in the bathroom was EXTREMELY wobbly and was not at all secure! And in room coffee was not restocked
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2019

6/10 Okay

Scott

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very nice, but a little too warm for me
Room is really quirky and well decorated, the room is a little on the small side, however as I had read the description before hand I was expecting it so it wasn’t an issue. The biggest issue I had with my stay was the temperature of the room, there are no windows or air conditioning, it meant the room was very hot even in December, so I didn’t have the most comfortable nights sleep. I’m not sure there is any way to get the room to be cooler short of keeping your actual hotel room door open, so if this would bother you I wouldn’t recommend it, however if that isn’t an issue for you then I would recommend it. Customer service was top drawer as well, the two times I requested something it was brought up to my room immediately. One of those occasions was for a fan to try and cool the room, although it unfortunately made no difference. Hotel location is also excellent, right in the centre and only a short walk from all the main central attractions.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Delightfully quirky and decadent hotel right in the heart of Edinburgh. Helpful and friendly staff. Only negative comment - the room was too hot and air conditioning could not bring it down to a comfortable temperature.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

J S

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Fab rooms and very well presented. Staff really helpful and added to overall experience. Only down side was that the room was just too hot even with the fan on full.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
it was very well located with friendly staff. On arrival we asked for recommendation of cool bars in the area and Annie who was on the reception at the time was very excited and asked exactly what we were looking for! she called up to our room as she was finishing up and dropped in a list of bars shed complied for us. it was a lovely touch and great recommendations. the roomed everything we were looking for but tidy! ideal for a short trip.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The decor was one of a kind. Definitely a place to stay if you don’t want your run of the mill lodging. It was a great stay!
Stayed 6 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Lisa

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Funky and groovy hotel. Loads of personality.
Really groovy hotel. Love the design and the whole concept. Rooms are just a tiny bit too small even for one person.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

4/10 Poor

Ashley

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Small dusty cold room
The staff was polite and courteous however the room (101) was extremely cold when I asked about the heating I was told she would fix it and 5 min later she was back with a little heater for the room ! the door to the room did not close correctly and need a good hard push to make it secure. The term there’s not enough room to swing a cat really is true as it’s extremely cramped for 2 people. It was very dusty and the towels we used on the first night were folded and put back on the shelf instead of fresh towels. 4/10
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Nathan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
Great looking hotel very hipster if that’s a good thing But failed on breakfast not starting until 8am what time do they think people have to get up to go to work The rooms were small and looked very stylish but come on I expect breakfast from 630am not 8am I start work at 8am and have to get there
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The hotel is absolutely lovely. It’s unusual and a real change from the normal boring beige hotel room while still being classy and elegant. The hotel smelled amazing, was clean and the staff were friendly and helpful. We really enjoyed our stay. Only one tiny improvement would be to add milk somehow to the tea and coffee in the room.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Barry

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A wee Gem
Location was spot on. Hotel is charming and quirky. We had the classic room, compact but comfortable. Staff were friendly and and very helpful. We will return
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Julia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Friendly and helpful staff. Yes the room was small but quirky and was just right
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff was excellent. The room, despite being the largest one they offer, was extremely small, had no windows, and didn’t have a working thermostat or way to close the bathroom door. It was pretty much like sleeping in an old caravan. I was told by the front desk that you had to switch the heat on or use the tile floor heater to warm up the room. If you kept it on it got very warm, if you turned it off it got very cold. Made for a horrible night of sleep
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The concept, design and execution of the hotel and rooms is amazing. The attention to detail is really clever and not tacky at all. Great use of space and fun for the photos!
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

yvonne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019

4/10 Poor

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
Tiny. Tiny. TINY room
Smallest room in the world. Looks awesome but not practical especially for 2 people with luggage. No lift. If you check in late you have to go through a small crowded bar with your luggage to a hatch and check in. Staff are very friendly. But couldn't wait to check out and move to a place where i could have the room to open my suitcase actually have a bathroom with a lockable door and room to put toiletries. Wont go back.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff were extremely helpful, no noise could be heard from the bar below or outside, cosy and lush interiors.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Nicola

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing stay, staff were excellent and the room was immaculate. Already planning our return.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Eve

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Ly

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019