The Bruntsfield Snug is a dream base to see Edinburgh from! Warm, private and cosy, it was an utter delight to stay in! While it might not be the biggest flat in the world its punching well above its weight! Its extremely well equipped with basically a full kitchen, a full bathroom (with bath) and the nicest living room you could ever want! We stayed at Christmas and I can honestly say the worst thing about it was we were sad to leave! Its also very competitively priced!
Gabriella was a wonderful host, while we didn't meet in person she was wonderfully attentive and went so far as to put up a little Christmas tree and lights for us AND even left us the most thoughtful hamper of treats on our arrival (and everything bought in Waitrose-so she wasn't skimpin!) any questions we had she was happy to facilitate and made the entire experience very easy.
The area itself is fantastic too, highly recommend taking a little time to explore it, lots of great shops and restaurants (would recommend Decanter) and while it might look miles from Edinburgh Castle on the map if you're a first time tourist, you're only a 20minute walk to the Castle via Haymarket and Princes Street-and its a very nice walk at that too! There are picture perfect views of the castle from the park on Bruntsfield Place. We had gone to Edinburgh for part of Christmas and the Hogmanay celebrations and while they were all cancelled due to Covid, the fact we were beside this big park (the Meadows/Bruntsfield links?) meant that the local people all came out and set off their own fireworks and it was actually magical-complete with views of the castle. Honestly I think if I was goin for Hogmenay again I wouldnt even bother booking the street party I'd just go to that park, youd have a far better view of the fireworks at the castle, in comfort and for free.
You're also pretty close to lots of the theatres used in the Edinburgh fringe-so we might try go back again some stage and use it as a base for that!
Recommend the place from start to finish!