Apex European Hotel - Edinburgh, United Kingdom 

great hotel with friendly staff
Posted: Thu, Jul 24 2008
Enjoyed our 2 night stay - staff very friendly and informative - room clean a bit on the small side but adequate - very nice bathroom fittings - good supply of toiletries and towels - hotel restaurant very good - go early and enjoy a 2 course meal at a special discounted rate - bus stop right outside of hotel with buses every 5 minutes into princes street - hotel sited on bus route from glasgow - 2 minutes to haymarket train station - bus link to edinburgh airport.

Good value for money, clean, but tiny rooms
Posted: Thu, Jul 17 2008
I stayed one night recently at this hotel. It is within reasonable walking distance of the centre and was good value for money - I booked thru Expedia and it was ?73 for the night, not including breakfast which is an additional ?10. The rooms are tiny although well equipped with TV, DVD player, coffee making facilities and a nice clean bathroom - actually a shower room as there is no bath. There was no chair for the desk, probably because there was no room for one - you could sit on the end of the bed to use the desk! Internet access is free but the speed was very slow at peak time i.e. at 7pm it was almost unusable. Avoid the food in the restaurant in the evening, it is not particularly cheap and not outstanding either. Breakfast is quite adequate though.

Was better then we expected!
Posted: Thu, Jul 17 2008
Well... talk about a perfect loction! We were there for Hogmanay. We weren't expecting alot because it was a last minute trip and 3 weeks before it was one of the onl places left to stay. But our room was very nice. The view was not great, but the room was. there were some cool lil bars right across the street. which was perfect for us. The walk to the castle took about 5 minutes. I would stay there again without a second thought. Still trying to figure out why they still had rooms??? And at a resonable price.