Carlton Hotel, Edinburgh

Advantages: Superlative food, leisure suite I didn't have time to use
Disadvantages: High rates, poor service - and an opportunity for the weird amongst you

...for the night was the Carlton Hotel, an outlet of the Paramount hotel chain, and one of two in the City. LOCATION Their claim of being bang in the centre of Edinburgh was a little bit of a shock, as we only managed to find one pub within relatively easy walking distance. The hotel has 190 rooms and has recently benefited from an £8 million refurbishment programme, apparently, according the website, the hotel been a both a department store and a ...
...overnight conference delegate, what the Carlton did, and did very well, was feed us. The menu was “Table D’Hote” rather than “a la carte”, which always gives me nightmares because of my food allergies, although on this occasion, I was to be pleasantly surprised. For starters I had Chicken terrine, which reminded me of the awful cheapo meats we used to buy years ago from the cold meat counters in the local shop, for main course (considerably better), ... Read review

Advantages: close proximity to centre of city and public transport system.
Disadvantages: front facing rooms could be a little noisy from the busy road outside.

spent 3days at the carlton around valentines day . Having read that the front rooms of the hotel can be a little noisy from traffic etc. I phoned reception a couple of days before, and asked if we could be allocated a rear facing room--- This was duly done with no problem. The room itself was of a good size, with a small sitting area, and a good sized bathroom. the twin beds were very comfortable. The inclusive breakfast was of a good quality and ... Read review