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Reviews of Allison House 16 Guesthouse

4 out of 5
Allison House 16 Guesthouse
16 Mayfield Gardens, Newington, Edinburgh, Scotland

Reviews

8.4

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 83 out of 176 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 55 out of 176 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 25 out of 176 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 11 out of 176 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 176 reviews" "

9.0/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

7.4/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very comfortable bed with a small but modern bathroom. Great assistance from Colin and others of the staff regarding late arriving luggage. He also kindly loaned me a phone charger for the period of my stay.
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kent

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely star.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

6/10 Okay

Catherine

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

MTI

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice and beautiful place very nice staff
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

James

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Bed was comfortable and had a great night sleep. Limited parking on site.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Iain

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

CHRIS

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Our room was great. We didn't see any staff. Would have been nice to have some breakfast. The bus service was ok.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

Ina

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Roger

Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

4/10 Poor

Prof. Animesh

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Francesca

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Perfect for my family, we needed a triple room. There was a bus stop about 100 metres from the property.The bus's came every 8 minutes It was quick and easy to get into the city and also access the old city. There are quite a few great restaurants close. Also two laundromats and a great hairdresser.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

4/10 Poor

Georges

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Payé 102 livres pour une chambre de bonne minuscule et surchauffée. Aucun personnel d accueil. Totalement impersonnel. Vendu comme bed & breakfast mais pas de petit déjeuner. Trop cher pour ce que c est.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

4/10 Poor

Andrew

Stayed 1 night in May 2023

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The self check in worked very well. The room was very pleasant. The property is in a residential area consequently to find breakfast involved quite a walk
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Francesca

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 5 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Daniel

Stayed 1 night in May 2023

8/10 Good

EUN SUNG

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

6/10 Okay

JON

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

8/10 Good

Lorraine

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

8/10 Good

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Good 2* accomodation.
Decent location and reasonable value for money bearing in mind it is on the outskirts of the capital. Cleanliness and comfort were good overall although there was an old tooth pick left in the bathroom. Rooms though are tired looking with peeling paint and wallpaper and need a complete overhaul. Not a bad price bearing in mind the location as long as you know you are paying for a 2* guest house with no facilities.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

8/10 Good

Christopher

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

4/10 Poor

Maria

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Disappointing. My “private” bathroom was across the hall from my room and was dirty on arrival, clearly used by someone else, with urine splatter on the toilet bowl. Just putting a sign on the door will not stop other guests from using it. You need to put a lock on it. The room was cosy with clean bedding, but very dark due to being in the basement. The decor was tired with peeling paint and questionable looking electric plugs. There was no sign of the “restaurant” mentioned in the property description.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2022

8/10 Good

William Erik

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2022

6/10 Okay

Alyssa

Disliked: Staff & service
Overall our stay was fine, it did the job. It was a decent location (30 min walk or 5-10 min bus ride from city center). The things that we weren’t pleased with were: 1) check-in instructions say you’ll be greeted by staff upon arrival & you actually have to try to communicate through a ring doorbell, 2) there are ZERO rules or information posted about parking. This caused us a bit of anxiety not knowing if we’d be ticketed or not. To clarify, there are 2 spots located in front which are free, but are first-come, first-serve and if those are not an option you need to find street parking, 3) a king bed was advertised, but we got a double or queen, 4) the TV faced the wall at a 90 degree angle from the bed, so don’t plan on watching any tv, and 5) the place was just plain not as nice as pictured. Again, the place was fine and we had a place to sleep at night, but probably would not choose to stay here again.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Willa

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Clean and comfortable but too far out. No communication available before our trip eg phone number. Tried messaging before we went, received an automated response that didn't answer my question. Also no breakfast and the nearest cafe was a long walk.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Clayton

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

6/10 Okay

Abhinay

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Smooth self check-in. Room was clean, no qualms. Several deficiencies with the bathroom. The design was weird that you cannot sit straight on the toilet as the sink hits your knee. The ventilator did not work. The shower system had such a high water pressure that could not be changed that having a shower felt like being hosed down by the riot police.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

PATTY, LAGUNA HILLS

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Our first room was very small and fell apart on night 1. The staff moved us to a larger, well maintained suite which was comfortable and absolutely charming.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2022

8/10 Good

Xin

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Ahmed

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very easy to check-in, clean
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021

8/10 Good

Cenan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was a good place to stay for a night. generally I can recommend Allison House.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Peter

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Taurai

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

8/10 Good

Felicity

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Good value for money
Location was excellent. Room was good, comfy bed. The handle on the toilet was wobbly, a bit difficult to use. No staff in the hotel overnight. Unfortunately some guests had a loud argument in the night - they probably would have tried to keep it down if someone was there.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2021

6/10 Okay

Paul

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Not as advertised
Room and accommodation not as advertised, normal double bed when king advertised, no parking and needed to find on street public parking, due to COVID asked staff not to clean room while we were staying, 2nd they cleaned the room. Staff were unhelpful when spoken to on arrival regarding parking. Self service check in and check out Location good for the city, but noisy traffic and trains
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2021

8/10 Good

Thomas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Allison house 16
I stayed at allison house 16 for 3 nights. The house was clean, room was on the ground floor. Medium sized rokm with a double bed which was comfertable. The only problem i had was getting the shower to a cool temperature. The temperature control did not seem to work as you could not turn it from 1-5 (cool), it would only operate at (6-10) hot to scalding hot. I ended up just using the sink as the shower was not usable, however everything else was ok.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2021

4/10 Poor

Thomas

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Disappointed
As I am disabled I asked for a room easily accessible only to find I was allocated a room at the top of the house with no elevator. I also sought to reserve a parking bay again disappointed to find I had to park in a side street several hundred yards away. When I finally managed to get to my room I was shocked too find the landlord at my door telling me i was not booked in and the room had been allocated to another person. Fortunately I had confirmation on my phone that my reservation was confirmed. The final irony was having to leave early due to a family crisis having spent only two nights in the house. When I finally managed too get to my car t was upsetting to find I had unwittingly in the dark of the previous night parked in a residents only parking zone. This error cost me a PCN fine of £30. On top of the fine it cost me £300 for a two night stay As you can imagine I am not impressed by the service I received
Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2021

4/10 Poor

corinne

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not so great!
Our room was clean but our friends had mold in the shower. We had no hot water in the shower and our friends had no hot water at all. There was a huge stain on the ceiling of our bedroom and our friends couldn't sleep because of the noise next to their bedroom and also tobacco smell. There was no staff on site and we couldn't find anyone when needed.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

8/10 Good

Gemma

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Adam

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful experience
Spectacular hotel with absurdly good value for money. Would stay again and would strongly recommend.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021

8/10 Good

Ricky

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities
Nice bright room overlooking garden. No where to hang clothes. Small showeroom . Iron not suitable for use.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2021

6/10 Okay

r.

Disliked: Staff & service
with no human contact it was depressing. I think I was the only person in the building
Stayed 1 night in May 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Small rooms, toast cost 4GBP and a small hot breakfast was even more. Mediocre place.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Fabio

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

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Don't Reserve Here
Although not noted, it must be under new management. I had a King Bed, Garden view room confirmed with Hotels.com, but got a Double Bed or Queen in the basement with a view of a wall. When I pointed this out, the manager all of the sudden did not understand English very well and would not make any accommodation.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The location was quiet and pleasant, and the room very good value for the price. Breakfast was prompt and enjoyable. I was a shade disappointed that the tea and milk were not replenished during my four-night stay, resulting in having to provide my own.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2019