I've never written a poor review for an AirBnB, but I guess there won't always be perfect places.
First, the positives: good location, Cafés nearby, 30 minutes walking to the Royal Mile or 10 minutes by bus (busses come every 10 minutes and the stop is by the hotel). Bed was comfortable and the building has charm.
The negatives:
Our room was not very clean. There was long, black hair in the shower (not a shared bathroom) and on the bed. The decorations were lazy - picture in the bathroom was falling out of the frame, mirror was lopsided.
No breakfast despite it being listed on this room. We inquired and were told it's 6,50£ per person but they are not offering breakfast due to Covid... despite things being more or less back to "normal." Not much of a B&B.
No personell on the premises, so it's just a building with rooms for tourists.
For the price, you get the bare minimum.
Many walls look old and need to be repainted. Wallpaper coming off in some places.
The building has a lot of potential to be a cute hotel, but seems as though little effort has been made. There are signs in the hotel, but all printed on normal computer paper, hung up everywhere and are all bent and dirty. 2 out of 3 lightbulbs in our room worked.
Communication was poor and difficult as the owner speaks minimal English.
Internet is spotty.
A strange mix of AirBnB and hotel.
I was planning to give the hotel 3/5 stars, until we went to leave on the morning of check-out only to find someone had tried to steal our motorbikes, which we parked on the hotel premises. When we arrived, the first thing the owner said to us was "someone might try to steal them." Apparently, someone has been trying to steal bikes in the area lately. It would have been curteous at the time of us booking this room, if the owner had mentioned this to us (we wrote that we are arriving by Bike). I had to phone the Police and a locksmith as the theif had damaged our chainlock and it would no longer open. Upon calling the owner to inform her of what happened, she just said "I told you that would happen." No "sorry to hear that." Lack of empathy. She could barely understand me when I explained the situation to her.
Luckily, our chainlock saved the bikes! But I would be wary of coming by motorbike or with any sort of expensive vehicle.
Once the housekeepers arrived at the hotel, only then did we hear "I'm sorry that happened to you."
Not a complete nightmare, but definitely not worth the money. You can find something else in Edinburgh for a similar price with breakfast, cleaner rooms, and better service.