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35, Mayfield Gardens, Edinburgh, EH9 2BX
Good
Overall rating from 27 reviews

Guest reviews of the Alexander Guest House

Excellent
Anonymous (Solo business traveller) 21 September 2008

Comfortable and enjoyable. Excellent location for fast travel into city centre, plus very easy to find driving in from outside. (107287645)

positive comments Friendly, courteous, clean, helpful (travel info, early breakfast etc)
negative comments On street parking free but a short walk away - this was not clear on booking.
Excellent
Thomas from Lerwick, GB (Group of adult friends) 02 September 2008

A very enjoyable stay. I will recommend this accommodation to my friends staying in Edinburgh. (97199156)

positive comments Large airy room.Plesant homely relaxing atmosphere.Good choice of breakfast.Quiet location but central to the city.
Good
Anonymous (Group of work colleagues) 22 June 2008

No overall comment. (97003458)

positive comments Very personable. It was a welcome place to stay and would recommend it to anyone looking for a B&B.
negative comments No air conditioning or even a fan. It was very hot and uncomfortable. No elevator.
Good
David from Wolverhampton, GB (Young couple) 19 June 2008

Very pleasant (97213707)

positive comments Very friendly staff, nicely presented hotel
negative comments At the higher end of the price scale for this type of guest house
Poor
Anonymous (Mature couple) 17 May 2008

The worst during our one week tour in Scotland. (97406215)

negative comments The reception really bad: a man waiting for us stayed 2minutes maxi at our arrival; very poor contact in a guest house....; a room so noisy facing the main street despite of my reservation on Internet one week before; facilities in the room and at breakfast so poor also!
Excellent
Anonymous (Same sex couple) 16 May 2008

No overall comment. (97840701)

positive comments Central location on main road, good public transport.
Excellent
Anonymous (Mature couple) 08 May 2008

Really first class for cleanliness. Breakfast was good and filling. Although there was no parking at the front of the hotel, except Saturday and Sunday, there was adequate parking down a side street at the side of the hotel. Also the hotel was on a main road with an exceptional amount of buses passing by into Edinburgh City. Well worth the money. Friendly landlady who was most obliging and willing to help you as much as she could. (97290832)

positive comments Friendly people. Absolutely spotless and spacious. Good breakfast. On bus route into City.
negative comments No parking at hotel, although there was parking down a side street it was a bit of a fag packing up to leave for home but perhaps I am just bit lazy.
Good
GRAEME from Aberdeen, GB (Mature couple) 02 April 2008

Nice quiet and comfortable hotel with a beautiful breakfast that would be hard to beat anywhere. (97879936)

positive comments comfortable and beuatiful breakfast
negative comments no tea or coffeee or milk in room and front entrance smelt of smoke
Excellent
Anonymous (Solo business traveller) 21 March 2008

Coffee/tea tray with kettle, easily reached by bus, the street is lined with other B&B's, an Indian restaurant nearby, while pubs, shops and chippies are further away and hard to guess where - a map of nearby services in the room or hallway could be a useful (97430313)

positive comments Quiet even though on a busy street, good breakfast
negative comments Slow check-out, no shampoo, small room
Excellent
Jerry from Pasadena, US (Solo leisure traveller) 06 March 2008

I wasn't sure if this location would be in a nice neighborhood or close to economical transportation. However it was located in a great neighborhood with a bus stop less than a block away with buses going directly to the city center. The room itself was very pleasant and the shared shower room was always well maintained. I would definitely stay here again and recommend it to others either traveling solo or as a couple. (97202472)

positive comments Good location, transportation very convenient. Staff friendly and accomodations were very good for the price.
Average
Anonymous (Mature couple) 21 February 2008

No overall comment. (97773020)

Excellent
Anonymous (Group of adult friends) 28 November 2007

No overall comment. (97707349)

Good
Anonymous (Solo leisure traveller) 14 November 2007

No overall comment. (97603841)

Excellent
Anonymous (Solo business traveller) 05 November 2007

Very welcoming Guest House. Owners pay attention to detail, which makes your stay very memorable. I would definitely stay there again, and I've already recommended Alexander Guest House to some colleagues. (97397262)

positive comments The attention to detail. The towels were all presented in a most artistic way, as was the napkins at breakfast. Very nice.
negative comments The cable for the kettle was on the short side, which made me a bit wary.
Excellent
Anonymous (Solo leisure traveller) 20 October 2007

No overall comment. (97025701)

Average
Helle from Hoersholm, DK (Family with older children) 20 July 2007

No overall comment. (99129144)

positive comments The room was large and fine for four persons.
negative comments The room was not especially clean. It was rather dusty. The bin in the toilet was not emty when we got to the hotel and is was not emtied before we left two days later. The cups in the room was not changed after the first day. There was no where to place the towels in order for them to dry until next morning. They were placed on the radiator which was cold.
Excellent
Richard from BRADFORD, GB (Solo business traveller) 16 July 2007

Original room not available so put me in large family room. Very helpful with getting transprot to City. Recommend (99829503)

positive comments Vary spacious room. Clean. Well furnished. Just a short distance to City Centre
Excellent
Anonymous (Mature couple) 29 June 2007

No overall comment. (99917044)

Good
Melker from Malmo, SE (Other) 25 June 2007

No overall comment. (99372033)

positive comments good location to the city, clean room, good breakfast, nice room, very easy to go by bus.
Excellent
David from Grimsby, GB (Mature couple) 31 May 2007

No overall comment. (99246938)

Excellent
Neil from Wirral, United Kingdom;GB (Solo leisure traveller) 24 May 2007

No overall comment. (99364783)

positive comments It was a nice old building with friendly staff
negative comments Distance from city centre
Good
Anonymous (Mature couple) 16 May 2007

A good stay, unobtrusive staff. (99482963)

positive comments decor
Excellent
Vladislav from London, GB (Solo leisure traveller) 05 May 2007

No overall comment. (99401538)

Excellent
Lynne from old coursdon, United Kingdom;GB (Other) 11 April 2007

Very good situation, close to centre, on bus-route. Friendly proprietor. (99963011)

positive comments Good en-suite facilities
negative comments Rather cramped (single room)- paid same elsewhere in Scotland for single occupancy of double room
Good
Anonymous (Group of adult friends) 28 February 2007

No overall comment. (99293741)

negative comments Einzelzimmer hatten keine Dusche, nur auf dem Flur, dort gab es nur eine einzelne auf jeder Etage sowie ein WC.
Average
Anonymous (Solo leisure traveller) 09 February 2007

No overall comment. (99603820)

Good
FUKUSHIMA from TOMITUKATYOU209-10, Japan;JP (Solo leisure traveller) 13 December 2006

No overall comment. (99515567)

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