Thistle City Inn

Ruido por la noche

No local TV access but you could log in to your own subscription account

The rooms are not open plan and the kitchen is the only social space. It can be somewhat uncomfortable on your body not having a couch to
Recline in. The TV works with using your own personal information where you can see the benefits but you may not want to use your personal information/data incase there is a breach. If you don’t use your data the TV cannot be used not even for terrestrial tv or radio. The entrance door can have a variety of characters trying to come in at the same time as yourself though the bus stop allows you to wait out the person who shouldn’t be trying to get in. There is ear plugs left for you to use which you will need if you stay over a Saturday night or just join in and go to the heavy metal bar and have some fun. The apartment is not suitable at all for someone who is disabled there are stairs. A stair lift may resolve this issue and get you more customers? I did ask for the large double bed to be two single beds which I only found out when we arrived, that this could not be arranged. Which then caused me to have to pay extra for another room where if I had been contacted straight away to discuss this matter I would have found alternative arrangements in good time. I was not happy about how this was handled.

Non c'è nessuna insegna col nome della struttura, che pertanto non è visibile dalla strada. L'ingresso è impresentabile, con portone esterno sempre aperto e stretto corridoio che dà su una scala fatiscente e piena di sporcizia. La struttura si trova nel seminterrato, con accesso attraverso una stretta scala.a.chiocciola. sembra di essere in un bunker: la gentile proprietaria ricorda piu volte di chiudere bene tutto a chiave per la propria sicurezza. E, in effetti, uscendo al mattino ho trovato evidenti tracce nell'androne sotto la scala del fatto che alla notte, lo spazio appena fuori dal bunker sia abitato da barboni e drogati. La seconda notte, complice anche il forte rumore proveniente da fuori (un pub frequentato fino a tarda notte si trova proprio vicino alle finestre, che peraltro sembrano fatte di carta velina), non è stato possibile chiudere occhio.
Non c'è servizio reception. I termosifoni sono regolati da un termostato collocato nella stanza comune e manovrabili da chiunque degli ospiti a proprio piacimento.

Nothing I didn't like for my short stay.

It was a bit noisy at night, but I can't fault the owners for this. We wanted to stay close to the Royal Mile, and we knew going into this trip that it was going to be loud at night. They did provide ear plugs, which was a nice touch.

Stairs were difficult for an older person to negotiate. The bathroom had a most unpleasant smell. Key codes and card systems weren’t simple at first.

The location. As has been mentioned in other reviews the flat is adjacent to pubs with nightlife extending into early morning hours (5am). The host provided ear plugs thankfully. Without ear plugs you will not be able to sleep. I really want this place to succeed, so here are two things the host could do to improve stays for guests: 1) provide explicit instructions on checking in and 2) consider investing in triple glazed windows or some sort of sound proofing for the windows

The windows need to be fixed to provide noise insulation. The street is extremely noisy, and this issue seems to be known since earplugs are provided. This makes sleeping very difficult and given the price of the room this is unacceptable.