Thistle City Inn

Steep, spiral staircase.

Due to central location it was very noisy.

Stairs and noise from street (that’s city center Edinburgh for you though)

As other comments state, there are bars around and can be really noisy at night. We were not bothered, but you should keep that in mind.

My room was tiny and cramped, with a twin bed and just a chair and a ledge as additional furniture. Bathroom was also tiny, w zero barricade for the shower, which meant everything else in the bath got wet if you used it. (There was a very nice full tub and shower across the hall.) Communal kitchen was very nice, too, but again required you to leave your room to use it. The keyed entry system was also unnecessarily involved, and every door but the outside one required both hands to open, which was often really inconvenient. Finally, Scotland in late March is still very cold, but when I and other guests arrived, we soon realized the heat was off. WHY?!? It also took HOURS to get staff to respond to our pleas for heat; some of this wasn’t their fault, but again … why was the heat turned off in the first place, when you know you have 5+ guests arriving that afternoon?

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.