Dating back to 1880, Leith House is situated in the heart of Edinburgh, just 1 mile from the city centre. The guesthouse retains charming original features, and boasts modern features like HD TV in its rooms.
A continental breakfast is served in the morning, with fresh fruit juice, tea and coffee also available. Alternatively, a range of restaurants can be reached in just over 15 minutes’ walk.
As well as flat-screen satellite TV, each room at Leith House benefits from tea and coffee making facilities and an en suite bathroom with free toiletries.
Holyrood park, a beautiful green space, is around 30 minutes’ walk away, and here you can climb Arthur’s Seat for breathtaking views of the city.
Score from 246 reviews
Excellent
7.1/10
Rooms: 8
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Address: 6 Cambridge Avenue, Edinburgh EH6 5AP 
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The place itself is only a ten min walk up leith walk to thw centre of town. The rooms are cosy and very clean. The shower is powerful which I love. Bed is very comfortable. There is free parking outside the door. We have stayed here a few times and find it ver pleasant.
Comfy bed, powerful shower, good tea making facilities, great tv, and
it was nice and cosy! I didn't try the breakfast but found a dirty
all day breakfast place down the road for the same price I would have
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A very nice to stay, clean and very modern.
Easy to navigate to city centre 25 min walk.
Plenty of restaraunts next to leith house, and near playhouse for shows.
Well recommended.
Very clean and well run B+B, good sized room and bathroom with excellent shower and flat screen TV.
My second visit there within a month as I was visiting Edinburgh on business.
I got exactly what I payed for. Room was clean and nicely furnished. Situated in very quiet area. Owners are lovely people. Takes about 15 minutes to walk to center.
Convenience... good location, not too far from city center (easy walk).
Staff helpful and friendly.
Located in quiet neighborhood.
Very good value for money, rooms clean, beds comfortable, would recommend to anyone visiting Edinburgh, close to the city centre!.
Everything was nice and clean, staff helpful, location quiet and quite close to the centre. I would recommend to anyone.
Clean room, free parking, a little further out of the city than we expected but nothing terrible. Great value for money.
Combination of reasonable price and location close to downtown. Clean.
Parking on the street for free.
A small but very nice room with a good bed and flat screen TV. Quite and very clean. Great shower.
Nice place to stay, about 15-20 min walk to the town, quiet area. Very warm and comfortable rooms.
nice room and very clean..short distance from the city centre. very nice and polite staff.
Friendly staff, very comfort bed, very clean, warm. Really like everything.
Very cosy and nicely wquipped room. Nothing to complain really.
Cute room
Friendly staff
Wi-fi in rooms
Close to bus stop.
Quite and clean. May be 2 or 3 stars, not 4 at all.
Leith Hous was OK!! The staff was very friendly!.
nice decor, good location and value for money.
Excellent ensuite facilities, quiet, warm.
Free parking on the quiet road outside.
great location and great value.
Free car park near the B&B.
Cultural level of the staff.
Comfy beds, good area, short walk from city centre, great shower, shampoo and bodywash included, able to come and go as you please, rooms cleaned daily, plenty of power sockets, free parking, wifi available, breakfast available (at extra cost).
The hotel was immaculate, Although I would not call it a Hotel or bed and breakfast, It was within walking distance of the city, The bed was comfortable, The shower room was spotless and more than adequate, The shower itself was really good.
Park outside the door and easy walk into city centre. A pint at the playhouse pub - sat outside watching the world go by.
The room was well prepared, clean and tidy. The owner was very friendly and helpful.
In spite of the problem with the door handle the bathroom was top-notch.
comfortable bed and locations for our needs.
Friendly and available staff.
Big shower.
Shower.
The staff was helpful and nice
The location is good- very close to restaurants and pubs and to a train station.
Two nights in room 3
Good size of room
Big and modern TV
Quiet outside surroundings.
The good thing that it was on the Leith Walk.
The staff were helpful.
The bed was comfortable and the shower was hot and powerful.
Not too much say good things. The location was not too bad.
Not a thing.
Not noisy.
Could hear the shower of the room next door which woke me up and one
point. Also, the toilet was a little wobbly. I think with thicker walls
and a spruce up the place would be amazing. But it was ideal for the £34
we paid, really cant complain!.
I think they should offer the wifi for free as so many other places do now.
Only thing that bugged me was that I could hear the bed in room above squeak with every movement. It actually woke me up in the morning. :-).
Located on very narrow street... hard to navigate with large car.
Limited parking.
Paid wi-fi!.
Only improvement would be a blind on the window as well as the curtain. Then you can get changed with the light coming into the room and have the privacy too. Lighting could be brighter - its a tad too dark. £3 for wifi is poor as most places have it for free now.
Nothing, a very nice stay.
The check in around 12 or 13 will be better ;).
Kind of a long walk to the city center.
Not near from the centre and - can be reached only by bus. Quite and clean. May be 2 or 3 stars, not 4 at all.
tiny room, no sound proofing from other guest rooms.
Room a bit basic.
Nothing really sticks out.
To supply water for breakfast and for the night.
Dark room in the basement, next-to-no natural light, electric light not sufficient enough to counter the lack of natural light, no reception or greeting area, tv didnt work, walls extremely thin!.
There was absolutely no sign of any staff, Breakfast was not included, There was a very slight smell of damp in the room, The area left a a lot to be desired and I would not take children in this area, We saw two separate street fights whilst we were there, Although this is nothing to do with the guest house.
Decor was dated and the mattress was too soft. The duvet was also a little small.
The door handle fell off every time I tried to open the bathroom door from the inside. Moreover, the room was quite dark and the lights were not enough to make me feel comfortable.
I wouldn't class this as a hotel, more a B&B, the room was far too hot and having 2 doors was a bit confusing, the bathroom could of done with a good clean, scum on the shower, the bed was fine but could of had a few more pillows.
No where near a 4 star, I don't understand where they got that from! I arrived with very different expectations. The room was in a basement, small and dark. No reception, It doesn't really look like a hotel. If you want to use the telephone to call the staff you must leave the room and use one in the entrance.
I guess if you can get it at a low price, and all you need is a bed and a bathroom, then it's fine. Just know what to expect.
No coat hooks.should put some behind door.
The room was vet small
The room was not clean enough and the toilet couldn't have tow persons at the same time.
Although the location was good, the neighborhood can be frightens at night.
Two nights in room 3
Very little bathroom
Shower cabin with some dirt left
Wifi not for free (seems a bit anachronic): FREE WIFI available with quick Cloud registration 300m. from Leith House at Brass Monkey bar (on the street or in the bar)
Sheets with some little holes
Badly soundproofed from other rooms (loud of snoring one side, of BBC news the other...).
Very small room.
The accommodation was overpriced for what it was.we didn't,t like the dark decor,creaky floorboards,the size of the room.
When we arrived at 10.00am in the morning to leave our luggage there was no sign of life. Nobody answered the door bell and all the curtains were shut. In the end we had to phone twice before the owner came from next door to let us in. The only other time we saw him was when we checked in later in the day. On checking out we were told just to leave the keys in the door. Hospitality certainly is not Leith House's forte.
The bedroom was in basement and so wet which we did not know in advance.
It was depressing that the room didnt get any sunshine.
Even the cup we used that have not washed properly. It seemd just rinced but twas was marks inside of the cup. The room smelled really bad too. It was terrible to stay there! Really do not recommand this hotel. Even too expensive compare with price!!!!.
Down market B & B in a run down
area, at up market price.
The word "Rip-Off" comes to mind.
very small rooms, not convenient shower, poor design, poor staff.
