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Motel One Edinburgh - Royal

3.0 star property

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Room with a View
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Reviews

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful

Popular amenities

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

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18-21 Market Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH1 1BL
  • Place, Princes Street
    ‪3 min walk‬
  • Place, Royal Mile
    ‪4 min walk‬
  • Place, Edinburgh Castle
    ‪7 min walk‬
  • Airport, Edinburgh (EDI)
    ‪25 min drive‬

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Classic Room

Classic Room

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

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Standard Room, limited view

Standard Room, limited view

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

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Room with a View

Room with a View

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

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The price is €113
includes taxes & fees
4 Jan - 5 Jan 2026
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About this property

Motel One Edinburgh - Royal

Hotel with a bar, 7-minute walk to Edinburgh Castle
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 onsite.
Motel One Edinburgh - Royal offers 205 accommodations with coffee/tea makers and hair dryers. Beds feature Egyptian cotton sheets and premium bedding. Flat-screen televisions come with satellite channels.

Bathrooms include showers with rainfall showerheads, and complimentary toiletries. This Edinburgh hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is offered daily and irons/ironing boards 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, a multilingual staff, and an elevator
  • Guests have great things to say about the helpful staff and the overall condition of the property
  • Just a 3-minute walk from Princes Street and 7 minutes by 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 a common area. Public spaces have free WiFi. You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. Motel One Edinburgh - Royal also features express check-out, a front-desk safe, and an elevator.

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 on weekends from 7:00 AM to 11:00 AM.
One Lounge - This lobby lounge serves light fare only.

Awards and affiliations

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

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 available
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

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.
  • Cribs (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: 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.
If you cancel your booking, you'll be subject to the host's cancellation policy. In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, property booking services are not subject to the right of withdrawal.

We should mention

  • One child 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

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 739 out of 1144 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 272 out of 1144 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 100 out of 1144 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 24 out of 1144 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 9 out of 1144 reviews

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

9.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Harve, Oklahoma City

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Amenities
We liked the location to the Royal Mile. It is truly a beautiful area to stay. The staff was helpful and kind.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Gwen

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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

Good spot to roam

Great location, very walkable to the sights. I'd stay here again for sure.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

June

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Melissa

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

10/10 Excellent

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Friendly staff. Clean.Convenient.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Moira

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Great location for touring Edinburgh and literally across the street from the train station. The rooms are exceedingly small and the breakfast while nice, does. it include any hot food.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

David

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
We enjoyed our stay, great location and the hotel was quiet
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Benjamin, West Caldwell

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Room was small but nice. Continental breakfast had lots of gluten free and vegan options.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

John

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Dona

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

Great location

Great location to explore Old Town. Small rooms but comfortable and clean. Staff was very kind and helpful.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Diane

Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Lauren

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Ed

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Perfect location, nice room view

The view from the room was amazing. It was like a maze to get to the room though as it was another building connected to the main. Location was perfect. Close to main city attractions, transportation. Housekeeping was ok, forgets to replenish some supplies like coffee and sugar, toilet supplies. The room safe failed, key pad broken, reported to front desk staff but was not taken cared of so we have to carry our valuables around with us. Easy check out.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Rana

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The location couldn’t be better. It is right next to the train station and within walking distance of everything in Edinburgh, which made exploring the city so easy and enjoyable. The lobby and bar are absolutely charming, stylish, and cozy. The atmosphere, service, and overall experience were excellent. I would definitely stay here again and highly recommend it to anyone visiting Edinburgh!
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

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

6/10 Okay

Peter

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Robin

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

Convenient to Train station

Lovely hotel just a short walk from the train station! Easy to get to even when rolling bags of luggage. Room is nice and it has a safe for storing important items. Does not have a refrigerator. They do provide a kettle for heating water for coffee. Very close walk to Royal Mile.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

AIMEE, Seattle

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Susan

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Motel One was conveniently located to taxis, AirLink bus, Waverley train station and walking distance to all Edinburgh attractions. Breakfast was great.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

lucy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
nice hotel close to train station and old town. Room is a little small but very clean. The breakfast is very abundant and the lobby is very comfortable.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Michele

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Hotel was pretty quiet inside. Staff was not super friendly when I made a request. Convenient to many things in just a short walk, including the train station.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

IVAN

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This hotel has an exceptional location, just a few meters from the train station, which allowed us to get there on foot once we arrived from York. As if that weren't enough, they allowed us to check in early, which helped us make the most of the day. The hotel is located on the iconic Cockburn Street and just around the corner from Mary Kings Close. We also had the opportunity to walk to Victoria Street and nearby places to take photos of Edinburgh Castle. We were also able to walk to several interesting spots in the city, which are very close to the hotel. These included Calton Hill (with its beautiful views), Greyfryars Cemetery, and we were able to say hello to Bobby the dog and Molly the cow at the Edinburgh Museum. All on foot and within short distance, making this hotel a key point for enjoying the city. There are also many options for lunch and breakfast. We didn't choose the hotel breakfast as we had to leave early the next day, so we opted to have breakfast at the airport after security and immigration checks before our flight to Belfast. Excellent place, excellent location, excellent service!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

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