Is Capital House pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking at Capital House?

Self parking is free at this property.

What time is check-in at Capital House?

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 9:00 PM.

Where is Capital House located?

Located in Newington, this guesthouse is within a 15-minute walk of National Library of Scotland and University of Edinburgh. Royal Mile and Edinburgh Castle are also within 2 mi (3 km). Edinburgh (ZXE-Edinburgh Waverly Train Station) is 30 minutes by foot.

Capital House Reviews, Deals & Photos 2025

10/10 Excellent

Garth

Sep 17, 2024

Liked: Property conditions & facilities

Very nice hosts

Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Graham

Apr 11, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Lovely room with view of Arthur's seat. Comfortable bed and extremely clean and welcoming.

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Roushan

Oct 1, 2017

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

Lovely guest house

Lovely guest house. Friendly and helpful staff. Tip 1: if travelling to/from Edinburgh by train, purchase a discounted PlusBus pass along with your train ticket which gives unlimited travel on the bus and tram network. Tip 2: book directly with guest house to source the cheapest room tariffs. Significant discounts to be achieved.

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2017

8/10 Good

LEANDRO

Jun 3, 2024

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

Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

MARIE

Sep 14, 2023

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

Bon rapport qualité-prix, hôte accueillant. Bonne localisation dans 1 joli quartier.

Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Alessandro

Aug 21, 2023

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

CONFORTEVOLE

E stato un soggiorno confortevole Amira ed il marito sono stati accoglienti gentili disponibili ci hanno dato consigli e suggerimenti per visitare la città e per muoverci con i mezzi di trasporto la stanza era pulita ed accogliente tutti i giorni asciugamani puliti biscotti per la colazione the latte ecc non essendo un hotel ma una guest house si ha la sensazione di avere una casa la posizione perché non centralissimo ma nemmeno fuori mano si può arrivare alla royal mile a piedi in mezzore se si vuole camminare oppure la fermata vicino alla casa in 15 minuti arrivi al centro complimenti ai proprietari che fanno del tutto per farti sentire a tuo agio consigliatissimo

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Roderick Francis

Aug 13, 2023

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Duncan

Mar 26, 2022

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

Nice place. Lovely host. Good location.

Had a lovely stay here. Fortunate to get a room looking out to Arthur's seat. Checked in a bit early but this was no issue for the host who kindly accommodated. Parking was easy and location is just a short walk into Edinburgh

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

John William

Oct 18, 2021

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

edward

Aug 29, 2021

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

Nice b ans b

Very friendly staff. Lovely room. Nice stay. Matress not best but other than that lovely stay thanks

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

8/10 Good

Morag

Aug 29, 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Friendly, welcoming host. Very clean room.

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Jan 4, 2020

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Ruhige Lage, trotzdem zentral. Sehr gute Verkehrsanbindung. Nette Vermieter.

Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Simon

Sep 8, 2019

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

Mr Ali and his family could not have been more helpful or welcoming. Recommended

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Kaye

May 28, 2019

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

Good choice!

Lovely host who made my stay comfortable! Hotel was clean and well kept. A short walk to the city center. I’d stay here again! A good choice for the price and location!

Stayed 3 nights in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Patrick, UK

Jan 3, 2019

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

Top notch

Amazing room for the price, very comfy, extremely friendly and helpful hosts. A little far to walk to the city centre, but has a direct bus stop right opposite

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Nov 6, 2018

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

Very welcoming owner, highly recommend

The owner of the hotel was extremely welcoming and looked after us for the entire duration of the stay. He was also very helpful and gave us lots of advice about getting around Edinburgh. The hotel is situated a 12-minute bus ride from the city centre, in a very safe quiet area of town. The room was warm and clean and the beds were very comfortable.

Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

beth

Oct 1, 2018

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

stayed for a week at Capital House with my college age son while he was looking for a long term rental to attend the University. the Location was perfect for walking to campus. The room was spacious and comfortable with the European charm of large windows and ornamental plaster mouldings. Ali, the owner, was super helpful with recommendations, both he and his wife were so friendly it was like staying with family. My family will definitely stay here again when we visit our son at school.

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2018

2/10 Terrible

John W

Sep 22, 2018

Liked: Cleanliness

Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort

LACKS PRIVATE BATH AND TOILET...UNHELPFUL OWNER

THE ROOM WAS GOOD AND WE HAD A "PRIVATE SHOWER ROOM" THAT WAS OUTSIDE THE BEDROOM. IF YOU, LIKE US, LIKE TO HAVE A PRIVATE BATH AND TOILET ALL TO OURSELVES. YOU BETTER ASK THE OWNER BEFORE CHECKING IN. BUT WE WERE DRIVING A CAR SO I HAD CLICKED ON HOTELS.COM FOR "FREE PARKING". THAT TO ME MEANS THAT FREE PARKING IS AVAILABLE TO USE TO PARK IN. NO WAY AT THIS PLACE....THE OWNER SAID "YOU HAVE FREE PARKING ON THE STREETS IF YOU CAN FIND A PLACE FOR YOURSELF." GEE...THANKS....HE KNEW I HAD A CAR BUT COULD CARE LESS ABOUT MY PROBLEM TO PARK THE CAR! ALSO...HE KNEW I HAD A CAR BUT ...HE NEVER REMINDED ME THAT EDINBURGH CASTEL IS ABOUT A 30 MINUTE WALK...WALK....WALK..FROM THE PROPERTY. SO I SPENT TIME AND MONEY AS "SWEAT AND TEARS" TO DRIVE MY CAR TO THE EDINBROUGH CASTEL AND FIND A DIFFICULT TO FIND PARKING SPOT! AND I HAD JUST SPOKEN WITH THE OWNER...AND HE NEVER INFORMED ME THAT I COULD HAVE LEFT MY CAR PARKED IN ONE OF THE PARKING SPACES IN FRONT OF THE PLACE! NOT GOOD SERVICE...??? WHEN WE RETURNED IN THE EVENING I DID FIND ON MY OWN A PARKING SPACE AROUND THE CORNER. BYE THE WAY....ALL...ALL...ALL CARS ON THE STREET MUST...MUST...MUST...BE MOVED FROM ABOUT 10 AM TO 1PM...VERY INCONVENIENT IF YOU ARE DRIVING.

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Jasmin, Vancouver

Aug 23, 2018

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

The owners are very kind and helpful. The rooms are nice and comfortable. If you're not afraid of a walk, it's within walking distance (less than 30 mins) of the old city, the castle, etc. There is no shampoo provided, so bring your own. We enjoyed our stay here.

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2018

8/10 Good

Esben Grønborg

Aug 7, 2018

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

Quiet hotel not far from center.

The host was very helpful and provided good service. The beds vere nice. Our room was facing a quiet garden with a nice view, no noise from the road at the other side. Edinburgh center was in acceptable walking distance about half an hour. There was no breakfast served at the hotel, but the host suggested several nearby places - we chose Beetroot Sauvage a very nice vegan cafe.

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Jun 14, 2018

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

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2018

8/10 Good

Jacqueline-ann

Jun 11, 2018

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

Capital House, not Capital Guest House

Capital House is actually an additional business next door to capital guest house and I think there is an issue with reviews being given on the wrong property. Capital House does not offer breakfast of any kind but that suited us. I was looking for somewhere to stay between the 2 uni campuses and this was perfect. Also on a direct bus route to the centre and train station. It is an old building but the room was clean and comfortable with enough room and storage space for the 2 of us and a view of Arthur's Seat. A kettle and plenty of tea and coffee was provided as well as biscuits and 2 comfortable chairs. We had a private bathroom across the landing and up a few stairs. This was also roomy and clean but I would have preferred it to be lockable from outside so it was only accessible to guests in the room it was intended for. The couple running the guest house are very friendly and extremely helpful; the lady of the house even offered us a wheeled suitcase on departure as our carry bag was heavy to carry around on our last day. We were also offered the option of leaving our luggage until it was time to catch our train. I would not hesitate to recommend this guest house, although, due to the age of the building and the stairs involved, it is probably not suitable for those with mobility issues.

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Jan 4, 2018

Liked: Staff & service

alloggio a buon prezzo

alloggio con buon rapporto qualità-prezzo in zona della città a poca distanza dal centro

Stayed 6 nights in Dec 2017

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