OYO Arden Guest House, Craigmillar Castle Edinburgh

Very bad experience with this hotel.

Flee this unsanitary hotel. Here are some photos. We left in the night because the smell of mold was so strong. Mattress stained with blood, dirt on the walls, dust on the mattress, broken lamp, moldy walls, moldy cupboards, damaged and dirty headboards, mold behind the beds. How can we let people rent such unsanitary rooms? I hope someone will check them. It's a shame.

I would suggest that you take this "hotel" off your books. There was no-one there to book in - we had a key safe entry. The telephone numbers given didn't work. The room was dirty. I even checked to see if there were any bed bugs - there weren't! Bits of the fake leather headboard had worn off and had fallen into the bed. The paper was peeling off the walls due to damp, and in the wardrobe there was an "external" foul water pipe which at some time had been leaking and patched up with gaffa tape- stains all around it. The radiator next to the toilet was stained - there was mould in the shower. We were in room 1. We had paid for breakfast, but there was a note saying the dining room and kitchen was closed for maintenance. I had a look in and it was all right - perhaps the owners couldn't be bothered to open it during the Christmas period. So instead there was a bag containing two bottles of water, 2 dried up pastries, a rolled up crepe - dry again and a handful of sweets. The pictures are not what the rooms look like!

price included breakfast, which was not in the dining room. A bag of pastries,sweets and water was left in our room to "enjoy". So breakfast in name only. Room was scruffy, and not very clean, but warm and quiet, but pretty small. Beds OK, and TV OK. Plenty of room to park car.

Location was excellent with good bus connections to Edinburgh. The accommodation was comfortable enough although the TV screen was very small with a poor picture. Wallpaper was peeling from the walls which detracted from the ambience. Also the fsct that there was seldom someone on the property was not good.

Was only booked in for an overnight visit and the most I can say is that is if you are only after a basic bed for the night this is the place . It could do with an upgrade and the room I was in the shower was covered in mould,I had to check out early for work so cannot comment on Breakfast as this is not served till 0800.Overall pretty expensive for what you get rooms were quiet enough.

The worst hotel in the world! They are so unprofessional and very bad. Hotel rooms are small and dirty! Bathroom is very dirty, you can not balance hot and cold water from pipes, shower is dirty. In room is very dirty carpet. Walls are so thiny, you can hear voices from another room, every step from another people, even another people breathing. They are so expensive! Female from reception barely speak english, so you can not understand her corectly.

The worst hotel un the world. Stuff people was very bad, so unproffesional and they you can not understand theb because of their bad english! Room was terrible and very noisy. You can hear everything! It was very bad and I do not recomend it to anyone!