The Place

4.0 star property

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Relax in a spacious room with a large bed, bedside table, and windows offering a view of the surrounding area.
Enjoy meals in this stylish dining area with a long table, bar, and comfortable seating.
Stately entrance with grand doorway, ornate carvings, and symmetrical gates.
Welcome to The Place, where guests can check in and relax in a stylish reception area with a seating area and large window.
Enjoy cooking in this well-equipped kitchen with a stainless steel stove, oven, and ample counter space.

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Housekeeping
  • Free WiFi

Explore the area

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34-38 York Place, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH1 3HU
  • Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre
    ‪4 min walk‬
  • Royal Mile
    ‪8 min walk‬
  • Edinburgh Castle
    ‪14 min walk‬
  • Edinburgh (EDI)
    ‪20 min drive‬

Room options

Superior Double or Twin Room

9.4 out of 10
Exceptional
(15 reviews)
  • 20 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Standard Twin Room (Lower Ground)

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(4 reviews)
  • 15 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single Beds

Standard Double Room

8.4 out of 10
Very good
(13 reviews)
  • 15 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Single Room

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
(8 reviews)
  • 10 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Single Bed

Apartment

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)
  • 95 sq m
  • Sleeps 6
  • 2 Double Beds and 2 Single Beds

Suite

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
(4 reviews)
  • 40 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Small Double Room

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(17 reviews)
  • 10 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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About this property

The Place

Hotel with a restaurant, a short walk to Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre
A restaurant, a bar/lounge and a 24-hour front desk are available at this smoke-free hotel. WiFi in public areas is free. Additionally, tour/ticket assistance, a front desk safe and multilingual staff assistance are on-site.
The Place offers 47 accommodations with coffee/tea makers and designer toiletries. 32-inch flat-screen televisions come with digital channels. Bathrooms include a shower, complimentary toiletries and hairdryers.

Guests can surf the web using complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and telephones. Housekeeping is provided on a daily basis.

The Place's great location gets high marks from our customers. During your stay, you're just a quick walk from Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre. You'll find features such as free WiFi in public areas, plus a restaurant and a bar.
  • Free WiFi
  • Grab something to eat at the restaurant or stop for a drink at the bar/lounge
  • Continental breakfast served daily for a fee
  • Amenities include a front desk safe, meeting rooms and multilingual staff
  • Guests have great things to say about the clean guestrooms and the overall condition of the property
  • Just a 4-minute walk from Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre and 11 minutes on foot from Royal Mile
There's a restaurant on site. You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. Public spaces have free WiFi. A terrace, multilingual staff, and tour/ticket assistance are also featured at the boutique The Place.

This 4-star Edinburgh hotel is smoke free.

For a fee, guests can enjoy continental breakfast on weekdays from 7:30 AM to 10:00 AM and at the weekend from 7:30 AM to 11:00 AM.
The Place – This restaurant serves breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Languages

Bulgarian, English, French, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Offsite parking available (GBP 26 per day)

Food and drink

  • Continental breakfast available for a fee 7:30 AM to 10:00 AM on weekdays and 7:30 AM to 11:00 AM on weekends; GBP 15.95 per person
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant

Restaurants on site

  • The Place

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Business services

  • Meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • No lift

More

  • 1 building
  • 4 floors
  • Banquet hall
  • Built in 2011
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Designer toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 32-inch flat-screen TV with digital channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle

More

  • Desk
  • Heating
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Phone

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; check-in end time: anytime
Early check-in subject to availability
Early check-in fee: GBP 35
Minimum check-in age - 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Late check-out subject to availability
A late check-out fee will be charged

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

  • No pets allowed, but service animals are welcome

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
  • Cots (infant beds) are not available.

Payment types at the property

Important information

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Fee for continental breakfast: from approximately GBP 15.95 per person
  • Nearby parking fee: GBP 26 per day (328 ft away)
  • Early check-in fee: GBP 35 (subject to availability)
  • Late check-out is available for a fee (subject to availability)

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business or profession.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property.
If you cancel your booking, you'll be subject to the host's cancellation policy. In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, property booking services are not subject to the right of withdrawal.

We should mention

  • Please note that this property can refuse certain bookings for the purpose of group events or parties, which include pre-wedding stag/bachelor and hen/bachelorette parties.
  • Registered guests are the only ones allowed to be in guestrooms.

Property is also known as

Place Edinburgh
Place Hotel Edinburgh
The Place Hotel
The Place Edinburgh
The Place Hotel Edinburgh

The Place Reviews

Reviews

8.2

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 390 out of 1012 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 411 out of 1012 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 141 out of 1012 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 53 out of 1012 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 17 out of 1012 reviews

8.8/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

8.4/10

Amenities

8.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Anahis

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

great for first timers

excellent location near the bus station and the train station. staff super friendly - highly recommend
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Steafan James

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved it all! Great room, size and staff!
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Peter

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

John

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Rachel

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Sandra

Travelled with partner
Liked: Amenities
We stayed at the Place for one night. We were lucky enough to be upgraded and had a lovely large room on the first floor. The hotel does not have a lift so stairs to the third floor may have been a little taxing for mid 70s. Staff incredibly friendly and helpful. A bit of a disturbed night due to traffic noise but all in all a good experience
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Samantha

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Short stay Edinburgh

About a 15 min walk from Waverley, just behind shopping Mall. A lift would make it perfect but the staff cannot help enough, I dropped by case off mid morning and when i came back later to check in it was already up in my room. The decor was lovely - comfortable. Everything was really clean and well maintained. Room was a little warm so i kept my window open all the time, it did mean you could hear the trams passing by but that did not bother me. Breakfast was lovely. I would definitely stay there again.
Breakfast - Poached eggs, Smashed Avocado, Sourdough and balsamic.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

4/10 Poor

DeAnna, Clearwater

Disliked: Staff & service, amenities
Felt like i was in a basement , and staff TWO times at 8am to wake me up and hotel did nothing to remediate this at all. Doesn't make a single person feel safe especially with do not disturb on door. Coincident or not, i got bit and was itchy my whole stay. So g l ad i could check out. came in my room for no reason
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Couple weekend break.

Staff were friendly on check in. Offered to help carry our bags upstairs as no lift. Room was clean and tidy. We had a top floor room. Kinda inside the roof. View was lively but room was very warm at night and bed was smaller than we expected and shower was small too and weak pressure. Felt like pics on Hotels didn’t match the actual bathroom images. Location great for trams and city centre. Didn’t have breakfast here ate out at near by cafe. Was quiet and no real noise from street. We were at back of hotel. Probably wouldn’t stay again as felt like we have had better rooms in other hotels for same price.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Philip

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

6/10 Okay

Athena

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Amenities
Breakfast was overpriced and not very tasty. Room was nice but had very little sohndproofing
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Ailsa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

6/10 Okay

Paul

Liked: Room comfort

Ok

The was very spacious it was close to city centre and public transport
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Laura

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2025

8/10 Good

Susan

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Property is old and quaint. Was nice and quiet. Rooms are small and comfortable although very warm. There was a fan which helped. Fantastic price for the location
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jm

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Louis

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice place to stay
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Gary

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

Alyssa

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Maria

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It is a great location for exploring Edinburgh. Within walking distance of shops pubs and restaurants. Staff are friendly and helpful. Beautiful rooms, comfortable bed. Breakfast was delicious. Thoroughly enjoyed my stay and would return.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Doaa

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I thoroughly enjoyed my stay at the hotel. The room was spacious and impeccably clean. The staff were exceptionally friendly, and the location was ideal, with a shopping center nearby and easy access to the city center. It’s an experience I would happily repeat!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024