About Capital Residence
The Capital Residence is a boutique bed and breakfast hotel in Edinburgh housed in a listed building and located only a mile from the historic Princes Street.
Rooms at the Capital Residence are luxuriously decorated and features include king-size beds, LED Freeview TVs, tea and coffee-making facilities with sweet treats, an iPod dock, and GHD hair straighteners. The en-suite bathrooms have power showers and luxury toiletries.
The listed building incorporates many original features to compliment the contemporary decor. Free Wi-Fi is available throughout the hotel.
Hotel guests can choose from a continental or cooked Scottish breakfast, including Scottish smoked salmon. Evening restaurants and bars are located within a five-minute walk of the hotel.
The Capital Residence is located half a mile from Edinburgh's New Town area and a mile from the popular Shore area. The Royal Botanic Gardens are just over a mile away, as is the Dockside area.
Positive Reviews
positive:
Large, spacious rooms with excellent extras.
There are nine rooms at the Capital Residence, and each room is light, airy, and decorated in a stylish contemporary fashion sympathetic to the hotel's listed building status. The little extras help to distinguish this hotel, such as the complimentary 'sw
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Tremendous breakfast selection.
The breakfast choices at the Capital Edinburgh are fantastic, with guests encouraged to eat as much as they can to set themselves up for the day. A well-received cooked Scottish breakfast that includes a slice of haggis is on offer, as is delicious smoked
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Walking distance of bars and restaurants.
The Capital Residence does not provide evening dinner or drinks, but that is not a problem because the hotel is within five-minutes of Edinburgh city centre where there are plenty of bars and restaurants to choose from.
Negative Reviews
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Reception is not always staffed.
A common complaint among guests is that there are no staff in the hotel. The management seemingly leave keys in an envelope in reception and do not attend to you in person. Contact phone numbers for staff are provided with the keys, but it is frequently r
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Reports of rooms not being cleaned satisfactorily.
The standard of cleaning in the Capital Residence sometimes leaves something to be desired, with there being reports of cobwebs and excessive dust.
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Some fixtures in the hotel need repairing.
Some fixtures in the Capital Residence are reported to be in a sorry state, with guests finding some bedside cabinets and drawers broken.