Standard Triple Room, Ensuite

Reviews of Eliza House

3 out of 5
Eliza House
14-16 Grosvenor Street, Haymarket, Edinburgh, Scotland

Reviews

6.6
Rating 10 - Excellent. 84 out of 652 reviews" "
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6.8/10

Cleanliness

7.6/10

Staff & service

6.4/10

Amenities

5.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Diana

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
We loved the convenience of the location steps from Haymarket train station, yet felt safe and had everything we needed within walking distance. Staff were great. Our room was clean, comfortable and huge, and we felt it was good value for our budget. This is a heritage spot so don’t expect perfection in the details, but we loved the price, location, and clean comfy room.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Diogo Filipe

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Convenient location, large room. Very strong smell of what it seemed to be urine on the corridors
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2023
Response from Feliz on Mar 21, 2024
we had a blocked pipe outside which we had o get scaffolding outside for so that delayed us getting rid of the smell now gone.Sorry... we didn't know it was an outside pipe until we had someone climb 12 feet to look!

8/10 Good

Margaret

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Central cosy accommodation
Cosy accommodation. It's an old house so what you see is what you get. The staff were outstanding.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Lisa

Stayed 5 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

ravyn

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

10/10 Excellent

Evan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Debra

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was perfect for what we needed, which was a clean place to stay and the tram line was very close. The location was a little ways from old town, but it was walkable or we could take the tram to get closer. There were some good restaurants and bars close by.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Damian

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023

4/10 Poor

Marlyce

Traveled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The heater did not work in ours and others that were in our group,rooms. The windows were left open and couldnt shut! The beds were hard as a rock. The showers had no preasure and barely got warm. Window covering in the bathroom was very insufficient. We received conflicting information about when we would be charged and how we were going to be refunded. I would not stay here again.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Sam on Sep 28, 2023
OUR beds are NOT rock hard, all soft to medium, all mattress have been tried in the local shop bought they were bought from. All the rooms were refurbished THIS year, you mucked US about re payment etc and we DID refund one room off the card when they paid for themselves but the other room did not.Once we refund totally up to your bank, shout at them not us.Also if no one else was willing to come forward to pay for the other room, do you honestly think we'd give it for free?We spoke to people in the morning, but it seemed none of your group were communicating with each other, we waited to refund the second room, but NO ONE came forward to then pay for their room!Re windows.. all close... all radiators work Room 9 is sufficient as it has a blind , privacy glass (you can look out the top but they can't look in, the bottom half has that plus 3 extra layers as well.Why you'd think some workman on the site across the road would take time to try and watch someone they couldn't see in a shower...Maybe, you should have picked a hotel more suited to your needs, but then again, we were picked as the cheapest in the area.Honestly , they threat of not staying here again, does not worry us in the slightest.And we really do not deserve a 2,

8/10 Good

Karen

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

David

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Eliza House
Enjoyable stay at Eliza House, Edinburgh. Friendly staff, located close to Edinburgh, Haymarket station.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ewan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved the place
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Shirley

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Sam on Sep 15, 2023
thank you!!

2/10 Terrible

Brett

Traveled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stay was terrible the building smelt as soon as the you open the front door but wait when you get in your room is got worse. The rooms smelt of mould it was disgusting.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Feliz on Aug 24, 2023
And yet you stayed 3 nights with us... so terrible?We'd have gladly found you some place new to stay.And you didn't complain once to a member of staff and there is no mould in 15

10/10 Excellent

Morag

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service
For me, and the location is great and staff were fab. The property is in need of repair or modernisation in a lot of areas (entrance steps and doorway, window frames, ceilings, en-suite) There is a sever lack of water pressure for the showers on the top floor
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

2/10 Terrible

Katherine

Traveled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Vwry smelly.
There was a terrible smell that pervaded the whole building. It was awful. The coffee in the foyer was not drinkable. The sheets had little black marks, could have been dwad bed bugs. The lovely man on the desk took our bags up 3 flights on the first day which was lovely.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Sam on Aug 11, 2023
If the whole place including the coffee ( which doesn't need to be drunk you have the ability to make your own in your room) why did you stay 3 night?

8/10 Good

Mike

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Sam on Aug 11, 2023
thank you

10/10 Excellent

Louise

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023
Response from Sam on Aug 11, 2023
Thank you very much

8/10 Good

Giuseppe

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023
Response from Ana on Aug 11, 2023
thank you

8/10 Good

Isaac

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel odd key policy
A lovely little guesthouse in a Terrace property a stones throw from haymarket, friendly staff very chatty, one odd thing is you have to drop your key in at reception each time you go out as a "security" mesure but it only takes a couple mins on entry and exit. For the price I've stopped in more expensive places that have been lower quality.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023
Response from Sam on Aug 7, 2023
thank you very much for your kind words.WE ask guests to leave keys when the city is what we call in Scotland *hooching* and it is for a sensible reason (honest) : reception staff get to know YOU the guest , so should someone come in waving a key for your room we'd know not you, and stop them. No key means we don't get to know you and we would never know who was who. Sadly the summer brings the holiday *chancers out*

10/10 Excellent

Theresa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Big comfy room
Good location near Haymarket. We were there for a concert at Murrayfield and this was a good location to get there, we walked it in about 20 minutes. Plenty of pubs, restaurants and shops nearby. Easy to get along to Princess Street. Room was quite big with high ceilings and very comfortable. Plenty of towels supplied and tea & coffee in the room. Staff were very helpful and pleasant. I would definitely recommend this hotel and we would definitely stay here again.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2023

6/10 Okay

Andrew

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Good location, & VFM for the basic room for the 1 night we were there.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

8/10 Good

Jean-Li

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2023

6/10 Okay

Claire

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The location of this property is brilliant for the close proximity to the tram / train station and a couple of lovely pubs opposite - it’s also within easy walking distance of a local Costcutter and Boots so great for any last minute provisions. The staff were SUPER friendly but the overarching issue was the smell. There is a terrible cat pee smell which greets you once through reception and waking to and from your room was very unpleasant. They are aware of it as there are air fresheners trying to mask the smell which do not help, and whilst it didn’t smell in our room I would probably not stay again for this reason. The heater in our room didn’t work, I almost got burnt when the shower temp suddenly changed mid shower and the decor is very tired. Needs a good clean and a refurb.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

kelly

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely older property with Scottish charm
Huge room with all the amenities needed. Great location, easy access to tram downtown and bus connections for everywhere, including the airport. The staff were very helpful and friendly. I'd definitely stay again.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2023

8/10 Good

Barbara

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The room was very spacious with comfortable beds. The one drawback was that there was some mold in the shower. The staff was helpful.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

David

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

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Easy, amenable interactions with staff. Clean room, well serviced. Great location in the city.
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jonathan

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023

8/10 Good

Chun Him

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

8/10 Good

Karina

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Thanks for the great stay! Easy check in/out and great location
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2023

6/10 Okay

keven

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Historic building let down by poor maintenance
Stayed at Eliza House on Friday night last week. Its a 3 storey hotel in a terrace of grand Victorian buildings 2 min from Haymarket railway station. First impressions not great. Dead/ rotting plants in plastics baskets on floor outside front door. Unpleasant musty smells in foyer, scruffy reception desk/back office. However bones of the building are good, nice tartan carpets, high ceilings. My ground floor room was at back, was quiet, view of grassy wasteland. Very comfy bed within a brass 4 poster frame. Shower was super powerful. However the TV not plugged hence a cable search round the back of a curtain. The TV aerial was so frayed I expected sparks when i touched it. The next morning the TV went on mute and refused to put sound back on. The bathroom suite was dark brown toilet, cream toilet seat, pink bath and dark brown wash basis all from about 1975. Room was cold and I tried and failed to get the heater to work. The bathroom ceiling spot lights were not actually attached to the ceiling so dangled from their electrical power cables. I slept well and the room was pretty clean. Good location for pubs/ restaurants. I gave the continental breakfast a miss. OK its a cheap place to stay but these basic maintenance issues should be fixed. With so many cheap clean 3 star chain hotels there is no excuse as a 30 second check on all electrical equipt would have identified the issues. I advised the reception staff of the faults
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Steffany Rose

Traveled with group
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Eliza House is very clean and budget friendly. The staffs were nice and approachable.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

nicole

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023

8/10 Good

Dennis

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
No lift
Hotel was good but gor 3 OAPs visiting friends being on anupper floor with no lift was a bit of a problem. The man on reception helped with our cases but westill had to get ourselves up there. I will know to ask for roms on ground floor if I go there again.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

8/10 Good

Terence

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

10/10 Excellent

Konstantinos

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

2/10 Terrible

Patricia

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
A very dissappointed couple.
There was a nauseating smell on the staircase outside our room which i can still smell and been home since sun morning. Heater in bedroom was filthy. Furniture all marked. Carpet needing good clean in room. Only 1 lamp at side of bed. Tv was on dressing table at side of bed so we both had soar necks trting to watch it. No ventilation. Old tatty net curtains on windows. Noisy cistern. Renovations goin on all round the hotel. Noisy evry day. Wasnt made aware of this when booked. Ceiling up top of staircase all crumbling. I wonder when this hotel was last inspected. Have stayed in 3 star before . Nothing as bad as this. Well overpriced. Not sure how they have gotten on a holiday accomodation website. The 2 guys that were on reception were pleasant. Didnt compain to them as didnt think they were the owners. Unfortunately couldn't leave as payment was non refundable. Very upset about the whole experience.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2022
Response from Ana on Nov 1, 2022
Your room was re rfurbished in JULY, only thing we are waiting for is the new carpet, which was delayed .If you had said when you stayed we would have refunded you immediately and assisted you in finding accommodation elsewhere BUT you stayed more than one night, maybe because we are the cheapest in the neighborhood!BUT WE HAVE REFUNDED YOUR MONEY. WITHOUT PREJUDICE..

10/10 Excellent

julie

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely friendly hotel, very clean
Lovely, friendly hotel, very clean, comfortable rooms with unique decoration at a reasonable price.Complimentary snack breakfast was a great addition. Very satisfied. Would recommend.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022
Response from Susan on Nov 1, 2022
Thank you!

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Edinburgh “budget” stay
The hotel is a budget hotel requiring some cosmetic improvement but you do get what you pay for! There is a unusual smell throughout the entrance noting it’s a very old building avoid if you have allergies there’s a very strong animal smell as you enter the property. Our room didn’t smell too bad! Shower water pressure is great and the temperature is hot. Breakfast is pre packed goodies and a hot drinks machine ideal!
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Miss

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

8/10 Good

Nikolay

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Roulla

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Catherine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Recommend Eliza House for your stay in Edinburgh
Eliza House is lovely. It’s a short walk from the tram and train and there are plenty of restaurants, pubs and shops in the neighborhood. This was our second time here and we would recommend it to everyone. It is also easily walkable to the Royal Mile and the Castle.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2022
Response from Susan on Aug 11, 2022
You can come again!! lol It was nice having you staying with us and that you chose to come back to us.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Traveled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Dissappointing
Was very dissappointed because of what we paid the standards were not very good. Needing a refurbishment. Toilet needing a good clean especially the floor. Bed was clean and comfy the only plus sign. Staff not very friendly.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2022
Response from Susan on Aug 11, 2022
Sadly as your review is anonymously posted, we do not know which room and exactly you stayed, but as it is via Expedia we can narrow it down to 2 rooms : the toilets are bleached daily, and we'd never give a guest a dirty loo. Secondly , again if we knew the exact room etc we could have words with the staff on duty.# But we did speak to the probable staff that it could have been and they can't remember much interaction . The rooms that this could have been have all been refurbished & has our front hall etc. Also we do state what we have in the hotel , so we were unsure if you wished other facilities why you would pick us? Or tell us you were unhappy, esp as it was more than 1 night stay.

10/10 Excellent

Justin

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022
Response from Loki on Jul 28, 2022
thank you

10/10 Excellent

Jonathan

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022
Response from Susan on Jul 28, 2022
Thank you!! :)

4/10 Poor

Laura

Traveled with group, Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Smelly, moldy, dirty. Ripped linens. Dishes in room dirty. Moldy bathroom.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2022
Response from Ana on Jun 17, 2022
As you were very vocal about *things* when you are here it is very hard to compute the * we love the room* to the review you left. We do not use ripped linen We do not leave dirty cups etc in rooms unless housekeeping cannot get into a stay room.as the guest has put the do not disturb sign on door , which you did at least once during the 3 day stay. If all was so dreadful, we would have found you alternative accommodation either within the house or somewhere else.

10/10 Excellent

Sarah

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022