We had a great few days in Lorraine's flat in Edinburgh. As with everything, we'll do our best to give a balanced, objective opinion in the interests of benefitting those that come after us. This was our first AirBnB experience and so this is our first review so we'd be happy to hear if it was useful to others so we can improve our feedback in future.
The good:
- Great view of Edinburgh Castle
- Easy, flat-ish walk to Princess Street
- Opposite two great cafes with Wi-fi
- One minute walk to small supermarket (Sainsbury)
- Lorraine is lovely and ran to come and collect us in the rain and then showed us around the flat!
- Flat is surprisingly large for Edinburgh
- Two bedrooms quite separate which could be good for two couples
- Provision of bread and milk and cereal and croissants and wine was much appreciated!
The not so good:
- A little tired inside. Kitchen is newish but bathroom felt old and musty
- The clothes dryer didn't spin which made it not very useful (though I may have not been operating it correctly)
- Late night revellers can be heard on the bedroom side of the flat which isn't great if you need quiet to sleep
- Couches were very uncomfortable which is fine if you're out all day, but not good to slump into after walking around all day
We admit to being a little fussy when it comes to comfort and also understand that we paid more than normal to stay in the flat during the Fringe Festival but it did feel a little overpriced. Having said that, we'd probably stay here again during the times of the year because of the upsides of the flat.