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Southside Guest House

4.0 star property

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Comfort Double Room, Ensuite, Garden View | WiFi
Economy Single Room, Ensuite | WiFi
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Reviews

9.0 out of 10

Wonderful

Popular amenities

  • Breakfast available
  • Housekeeping
  • Free WiFi

Explore the area

Map
8 Newington Road, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH9 1QS
  • University of Edinburgh
    7 min walk
  • Southpour
    1 min walk
  • Edinburgh (ZXE-Edinburgh Waverly Train Station)
    19 min walk
  • Edinburgh (EDI)
    35 min drive

Room options

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Deluxe Double Room, Ensuite (Four Poster) | WiFi

Deluxe Double Room, Ensuite (Four Poster)

  • 22 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

View all photos for Comfort Double Room, Ensuite, Garden View

Comfort Double Room, Ensuite, Garden View | WiFi

Comfort Double Room, Ensuite, Garden View

  • 20 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Comfort Twin Room, Ensuite | WiFi

Comfort Twin Room, Ensuite

  • 20 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single Beds

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Economy Single Room, Ensuite | WiFi

Economy Single Room, Ensuite

  • 12 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Single Bed

View all photos for Comfort Double Room, Ensuite, Garden View

Comfort Double Room, Ensuite, Garden View | WiFi

Comfort Double Room, Ensuite, Garden View

  • 22 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Standard Double Room, Ensuite | WiFi

Standard Double Room, Ensuite

  • 15 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

About this property

Southside Guest House

Guesthouse in Edinburgh, a short walk to University of Edinburgh
Free WiFi in public areas and multilingual staff are available at this smoke-free guesthouse.
Southside Guest House offers 8 accommodations. Housekeeping is provided on a daily basis.
During your stay at Southside Guest House, you're just a quick walk from University of Edinburgh. You'll find features such as free WiFi in public areas and breakfast (surcharge).
  • Free WiFi and wired Internet in some public areas
  • Breakfast is offered for a fee
  • Services include luggage storage
  • 7 minutes by foot from University of Edinburgh and a 4-minute drive from Edinburgh Castle
Southside Guest House offers its guests multilingual staff. Public spaces have free WiFi and wired Internet.

This 4-star Edinburgh guest house is smoke free.

Languages

Chinese (Mandarin), English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi and wired internet

Parking and transport

  • No on-site parking available

Food and drink

  • Breakfast available for a fee

Conveniences

  • Limited-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff

Accessibility

  • No lift

Room amenities

Food and drink

  • Electric kettle

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; check-in end time: anytime
Early check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age - 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.

Payment types at the property

Important information

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business or profession.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
The front desk at this property is open daily from 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM.
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival.

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Southside Guest House Reviews

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 81 out of 141 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 45 out of 141 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 11 out of 141 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 141 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 141 reviews" "

9.2/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

8.8/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Su juan

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

4/10 Poor

Matthew

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The best thing was the area, several good eating spots and was convenient for the university where I was at a conference, however I would not choose to stay here again, I felt it was very overpriced for what it was. I was in a small single room which felt very dated and a bit shabby. One out of three mornings I had no hot water
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Su juan

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This property was great. The location made a lot of things accessible. The room was really clean and cozy. No complaints.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Sheree

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful old building. Local neighborhood feel. Great porridge. Hot showers. Very clean and modern bathroom. Our room was at the back and so very quiet. Restaurants to walk to. Owners were very pleasant and helpful. Easy to get to city center via bus. Enjoyed our stay.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Elise, Seattle

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very pleasant!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Benjamin

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Management responded instantly so I believe they are very invested in their customers. I think the bed mattress should be upgraded. The bathroom floor in our room was a bit water logged and grout needed to be cleaned. I do think this is a safe hotel with a good rate per night.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Yehoo

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Room was clean and spacious, stuff were extra nice and helpfull beyond expectation.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Joseph

Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

8/10 Good

Peter, Manchester

Business traveller
The lady in charge was friendly and helpful. There was only Continental breakfast available, and that was limited and cost extra. I booked here because my usual guest house was not available, paid quite a bit more for a top floor room with sloping roof and very small window.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

4/10 Poor

Joanne

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not Impressed
Where too begin, our room located ground floor. The door bell constantly rang, the bell must of been located outside our door. First morning, fire alarm goes off at 0630brs nil brigade called. Smoke seen in the basement area, shower steam blamed for the alarm. Mattress was like blanks of wood, pillows thin. Property is in a good location, so you are paying money for this area. Also messaged the property the day of check in to ask if I could leave luggage there before 2pm, still no response.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Haopeng

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Cozy guest house with convinient transportation access!
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

4/10 Poor

Joshua

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not worth the cost, compared 2 other spots in town
After walking from the train station (about an 30 minute walk), we were greeted with a note stuck on the door that said nobody was there to serve us. Thatvif we were guests with reservations (which we were) to call the number on the note. Neither number worked. After about 15 minutes of trying to figure it out amd wondering what to do, the manager arrived and seemed surprised to see us. We got our keys and went up the 3 flights of winding stairs that didn't look very sturdy and made it to our room. The bed was super firm. Bathroom was very clean. Floors were not in good condition.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

6/10 Okay

Natalie

Liked: Staff & service
Adequate facilities, economically maintained.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mary

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

6/10 Okay

Chris

Stayed 1 night in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Zachary b

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Roy was an incredible Host at a beautiful location. The room was pristine, and the Breakfast service was phenomenal.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

8/10 Good

IAIA

Liked: Room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Pa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent and really nice place I will definitely come again next time.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Graham

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Edward

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Dawn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Had a one night stay, I called ahead as we had some queries and one of the hosts name Roy was very informative and happy to help, we stayed in one of the queen rooms on the ground floor room 8. Was very clean and comfortable. The only thing we found was the toilet flush effects the shower temp, the shower itself was very good. Don't know about breakfast as we didn't have any but it is available. 10/10 would highly recommend and will most definitely revisit.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
Lovely guest house, uncomfy bed.
Well located for the City Centre, especially if you're there Sat/Sun and there is free street parking around. Check in instructions and communication from the owner was excellent. The rooms are immaculately clean as well. Only fault, and sadly it's a pretty big one was that the bed was awful. The metal frame was creaky, so anytime you turn in the night it creaks. The mattress as well was really uncomfortable, hard and not pleasant at all. Didn't have a great sleep and woke up with a sore back.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Patrick

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Charming guesthouse
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Caroline

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024