The Roseate Edinburgh

Style

True Scotsman

Setting

West is best

Live a laird’s life at The Roseate Edinburgh, a stately Scottish hotel with a thoroughbred soul. In the city's well-heeled West End, this boutique hotel paints a picture of Victorian prosperity with its grand proportions and smoky sandstone façade. Inside, corniced ceilings and stone staircases give off an air of old-world splendour, but rooms radiate cosiness thanks to soft wool throws and hand-crafted furnishings. Downstairs, a traditionally designed restaurant plates seasonal Scottish cuisine; and with a lengthy list of whiskies to choose from, the only threat to your repose comes when attempting to choose a nightcap...

Facilities

Chambres

35, including six suites.

Checkout

Noon, but flexible, subject to availability. Earliest check-in, 3pm.

Plus de détails

Rates don't usually include breakfast; but a Continental spread is available for £15 each, or à la carte options are £20.

Also

Unfortunately, this Scottish stay isn't suitable for guests with limited mobility.

Accès internet gratuit

Blanchisserie

Animaux acceptés

Restaurant sur place

Service d’étage

At the Hotel

Free WiFi throughout. In rooms: Samsung smart TV, Roberts digital radio, Nespresso coffee machine, tea and a kettle, free bottled water, Noble Isle bath products.

Our Favourite Rooms

The largest room is the Roseate Suite, a stately showstopper with a soaring ceiling, decorative cornicing and a bay window with a deep copper soaking tub. One wall is clad in peacock-feather wallpaper and there’s an orange velvet sofa at the foot of the bed, adding a flamboyant finish. Light sleepers will like the House rooms, which are better sheltered from the road.

Packing Tips

Bring your sensible shoes for the scenic walk along the Water of Leith – the path often gets wet and muddy, particularly in winter.

Enfants

All ages are welcome. A cot (free; suitable for children under two) or an extra bed (£50 a night for three to 15 year olds) can be added to rooms and suites. There's a kids' menu, too, and highchairs are available on request.

Galerie

Food & Drink

Top Table

At breakfast, aim for one of the tables in the bay window; in the evening, go for one by the fire.

Code vestimentaire

Don your Harris tweed jackets and cashmere knitwear from Johnstons of Elgin or Pringle of Scotland.

Hotel Restaurant

Kin by Gary Maclean occupies one of Roseate’s most inviting spaces — a heritage-rich dining room of velvets and Victorian flourishes that manages to balance history and homely warmth, with a leafy garden tucked beyond. Rooted in Scotland's land and sea, a seasonally changing á la carte menu spotlights Scottish produce through ingredient-led cooking. And if dinner feels too far off, you can always linger over a beautifully presented afternoon tea at Kin, with savoury bites, freshly baked treats and your choice of tea, fizz or softs.

Hotel Bar

With refined interiors and a convival feel, Roseate’s Kin Bar makes a fine spot for a dram. There are reams of single malts to choose from, but it's the bar’s connoisseur-worthy collection that takes centre stage, with the oldest and rarest malts on display in a vintage whisky cabinet. Gin gets a starring role, too, with locally distilled picks forming the base of its craft cocktails and tasting menus. You can also do whisky tastings at the bar, including one that’s paired with Scottish cheeses.

Last Orders

Kin serves breakfast from 7.30am to 10.30am and offers an all-day à la carte from noon until 10pm. Afternoon tea is served from noon until 5pm.

Room Service

A reduced room service menu is available round the clock.

Planes

Edinburgh Airport can be reached directly from most large UK airports, including from London Heathrow, Bristol, Manchester and Birmingham.

Trains

Edinburgh’s main station is Waverley, nestled in the valley beyond the city’s old and new town. Most services coming from the south terminate there, but if you’re able to continue on to Edinburgh Haymarket, jump off there instead – you’ll be within a few minutes’ walk of the hotel.

Automobiles

You won’t need a car in Edinburgh: the city centre is best seen on foot, and there’s an award-winning bus network and plenty of cabs to get you there. If you do choose to drive, there are 12 parking spaces outside the hotel, which are available on a first come, first served basis for £20 a day.

Worth Getting Out of Bed For

Within striking distance of the city centre, the Roseate Edinburgh will be a launching point for most, but the hotel's lounge has an original fireplace, thick Persian rug and tweed cushions, making it ideal for afternoon tea – add a dash of Scottish spirit by pairing with a Hendrick’s gin and tonic. Or, when the weather allows, settle into The Roseate Garden for a leisurely drink.

Centred around an volcanic plug that’s crowned by the most besieged castle in Britain, Edinburgh’s Old Town needs no introduction. The cobbled street alone makes for a charming wander, but stop by the Camera Obscura for some mind-boggling illusions and to see the city from above. Neither does the uniform splendour of the New Town, a masterpiece of urban planning to which the city’s wealthy decamped to escape the sights and smells of ‘Auld Reekie’. When the time comes to take a breather from the crowds on the Royal Mile, there’s nowhere quite as transportive as Dean Village, built in the steep-sided valley (or ‘dene’) that follows the Water of Leith. You can pick up the walking route right by the hotel, which takes you down to the riverbank and into what was once a grain-milling quarter, where the cobbled roads, rubble-stone houses and babbling river will have you questioning whether you’re in a city at all. Along one way, the walkway leads to the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, split between two neoclassical landmarks; in the other lies Stockbridge, an upmarket area populated with coffee shops and indie boutiques. Stop in at Scandi café Söderberg for one of their cult cardamom buns. Also nearby are the Royal Botanic Gardens (the Victorian glasshouses have you covered if the weather starts to look a bit, well, Scottish). Don’t skip the chance to scale Arthur’s Seat, an extinct volcano that rises up behind Holyrood Palace, offering climbers views from the Pentland Hills to the Firth of Forth. If you’re after the picture of Edinburgh that graces most postcards, you’ll get that from the crest of Calton Hill. And, for some wild encounters, head to Edinburgh Zoo.

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