great value for the price, accurate description. it's clean, walkable to groceries (~3 mins away) and near tourist things (near holyrood park and ~15 mins walk to beginning of royal mile). ~20 min walk to train station. you control your heat in your room, which is a huge plus, and i had a comfy stay. as others have mentioned the common stairwell is a little dirty but you just walk through it and the bathroom sink fills quickly, but those a very minor compared to everything else.