Broughton, Edinburgh Hotel Rooms at the Independent

We stayed in the hotel in July for a few nights. Although room was small it was very clean and en suite. This is a very good place to stay if you're on a budget. In every corridor (6 rooms in one corridor) there is a kitchen so you can cook your own food (microwave, fridge and cooker included). What makes it even better there is Tesco store just 3 minutes away. To get to the city centre (if you're walking) it takes about 15 minutes. The only disadvantage, that we've noticed, is that there are few rooms (on ground floor and first floor) just by the main entrance so if you're unlucky to get one of those you may not sleep well as it gets loud at night when people are coming back from the town. There also is a common room there which includes TV and pool table (not the best condition) , next to the room there is a laundry room.

People reviewing on-line appear to give quite 'picky' reasons for a poor rating but my partner and I genuinely don't recommend staying here given the quality available elsewhere for much less money. At ultimately £100 a night cost for two people including breakfast, we expected much better quality. Other 4 Star B&B's in Scotland we stayed in that week were some £20-£25 a night cheaper with better quality and sized breakfasts (i.e. not burnt toast as on last morning and not the cheapest possible bread), room cleaned daily, toiletries provided in the bathroom and an information pack/booklet in the room plus someone actually greeting you on arrival to show you to your room (all of which lacking at Craigmoss but seemingly standard at all others). Our separate bathroom was clean enough but the shower never got hot no matter what setting, very disappointing for the price. Breakfast was served an hour later on the Sunday morning but there were no signs to advise you of this at all anywhere, which was very unhelpful and meant we as guests could have had a lie-in. In the early hours, my partner was woken up by someone knocking loudly on our neighbours door, yet when mentioned the owner offered no apology appearing very dismissive stating they didn't hear it. Didn't feel like we were genuine 'guests' at this guesthouse and the 'attentive, more personalised service', as required by the Scottish Tourist Board' 4 stars, was invisible.

Hotel is old style and the rooms very small but functional for one person. Bathroom was larger then the room but clean. Wifi worked great. Hotel is in a good neighborhood for a single female traveling alone. About 10-15 min walk from main train station. Easy to find. Staff very friendly. Unfortunately breakfast is only available from 8-9am so I didn't get to try it both days I was out the door really early. Would be nice if they had it available at 7-9. Room is great if you don't plan to do more than sleep.

we had alovely time and we could recommend the apartment to anyone

apartment was clean, spacious and within 10minute walk to city centre. excellent parking.