The Best Luxury Hotels in Edinburgh, Honestly Ranked

The 1902 clock-tower palace above Waverley: Number One's Michelin star, Rowling's suite 552, a serious whisky bar and castle views from the right rooms; the city's deepest service bench.

The 1903 Caledonian Railway hotel, "the Caley", at the far end of Princes Street from the Balmoral: Peacock Alley in the old station concourse, a Guerlain spa and the castle filling the front windows; Hilton Honors points apply.

Georgian townhouses on Robert Adam's finest square, knitted into a warm, playful hotel: an indoor pool and spa (rare in central Edinburgh) and Baba's Levantine cooking; the best all-rounder for families.

A 1687 baroque mansion in its own parkland beneath Arthur's Seat, with peacocks on the lawn and Highland cattle in the fields: candlelit, tapestry-hung rooms and the Rhubarb restaurant; minutes from the Old Town, a world away.

Theatrical gothic suites (four-posters, tapestries, antiques) in 16th-century buildings at the top of the Royal Mile, above the candlelit restaurant: Edinburgh's great romantic splurge, with only a handful of rooms; book months ahead.

Georgian townhouses on Robert Adam's finest square, knitted into a warm, playful hotel: an indoor pool and spa (rare in central Edinburgh) and Baba's Levantine cooking; the best all-rounder for families.

Apartment-style suites, many with kitchens, in a grand former bank headquarters on St Andrew Square, now in Marriott's Luxury Collection, with a spa opened in the old bank vaults in 2026; the pick for families and longer stays.

The estate's city clubhouse in a grand former bank on St Andrew Square: The Spence under the banking-hall dome and the rooftop Lamplighters bar for members and guests; country-house warmth in the New Town; LHW member.

The restored India Buildings on curving Victoria Street, between the Royal Mile and the Grassmarket: big, bright rooms, the Commons Club and a buzzy local crowd; style over grandeur, at a sensible price.

The 1902 clock-tower palace above Waverley: Number One's Michelin star, Rowling's suite 552, a serious whisky bar and castle views from the right rooms; the city's deepest service bench.

The 1903 Caledonian Railway hotel, "the Caley", at the far end of Princes Street from the Balmoral: Peacock Alley in the old station concourse, a Guerlain spa and the castle filling the front windows; Hilton Honors points apply.

The 1902 clock-tower palace above Waverley: Number One's Michelin star, Rowling's suite 552, a serious whisky bar and castle views from the right rooms; the city's deepest service bench.

The estate's city clubhouse in a grand former bank on St Andrew Square: The Spence under the banking-hall dome and the rooftop Lamplighters bar for members and guests; country-house warmth in the New Town; LHW member.

The 1903 Caledonian Railway hotel, "the Caley", at the far end of Princes Street from the Balmoral: Peacock Alley in the old station concourse, a Guerlain spa and the castle filling the front windows; Hilton Honors points apply.

Theatrical gothic suites (four-posters, tapestries, antiques) in 16th-century buildings at the top of the Royal Mile, above the candlelit restaurant: Edinburgh's great romantic splurge, with only a handful of rooms; book months ahead.

Georgian townhouses on Robert Adam's finest square, knitted into a warm, playful hotel: an indoor pool and spa (rare in central Edinburgh) and Baba's Levantine cooking; the best all-rounder for families.

A row of Georgian townhouses on the New Town's grandest street, turned into a polished, classic hotel with IHG One Rewards earn: walk to everything, and pay less than Princes Street.

Apartment-style suites, many with kitchens, in a grand former bank headquarters on St Andrew Square, now in Marriott's Luxury Collection, with a spa opened in the old bank vaults in 2026; the pick for families and longer stays.

Opened in November 2023 in the curling Ribbon building at St James Quarter: 244 rooms and suites, a rooftop bar with 360-degree views from the castle to Arthur's Seat, and Scotland's first SUSHISAMBA; the lively, modern pick.

The restored India Buildings on curving Victoria Street, between the Royal Mile and the Grassmarket: big, bright rooms, the Commons Club and a buzzy local crowd; style over grandeur, at a sensible price.

The 1902 clock-tower palace above Waverley: Number One's Michelin star, Rowling's suite 552, a serious whisky bar and castle views from the right rooms; the city's deepest service bench.

The estate's city clubhouse in a grand former bank on St Andrew Square: The Spence under the banking-hall dome and the rooftop Lamplighters bar for members and guests; country-house warmth in the New Town; LHW member.

The 1903 Caledonian Railway hotel, "the Caley", at the far end of Princes Street from the Balmoral: Peacock Alley in the old station concourse, a Guerlain spa and the castle filling the front windows; Hilton Honors points apply.

Theatrical gothic suites (four-posters, tapestries, antiques) in 16th-century buildings at the top of the Royal Mile, above the candlelit restaurant: Edinburgh's great romantic splurge, with only a handful of rooms; book months ahead.

Georgian townhouses on Robert Adam's finest square, knitted into a warm, playful hotel: an indoor pool and spa (rare in central Edinburgh) and Baba's Levantine cooking; the best all-rounder for families.

A row of Georgian townhouses on the New Town's grandest street, turned into a polished, classic hotel with IHG One Rewards earn: walk to everything, and pay less than Princes Street.

Apartment-style suites, many with kitchens, in a grand former bank headquarters on St Andrew Square, now in Marriott's Luxury Collection, with a spa opened in the old bank vaults in 2026; the pick for families and longer stays.

Opened in November 2023 in the curling Ribbon building at St James Quarter: 244 rooms and suites, a rooftop bar with 360-degree views from the castle to Arthur's Seat, and Scotland's first SUSHISAMBA; the lively, modern pick.

The restored India Buildings on curving Victoria Street, between the Royal Mile and the Grassmarket: big, bright rooms, the Commons Club and a buzzy local crowd; style over grandeur, at a sensible price.

The 1902 clock-tower palace above Waverley: Number One's Michelin star, Rowling's suite 552, a serious whisky bar and castle views from the right rooms; the city's deepest service bench.

The estate's city clubhouse in a grand former bank on St Andrew Square: The Spence under the banking-hall dome and the rooftop Lamplighters bar for members and guests; country-house warmth in the New Town; LHW member.

The 1903 Caledonian Railway hotel, "the Caley", at the far end of Princes Street from the Balmoral: Peacock Alley in the old station concourse, a Guerlain spa and the castle filling the front windows; Hilton Honors points apply.

Theatrical gothic suites (four-posters, tapestries, antiques) in 16th-century buildings at the top of the Royal Mile, above the candlelit restaurant: Edinburgh's great romantic splurge, with only a handful of rooms; book months ahead.

Georgian townhouses on Robert Adam's finest square, knitted into a warm, playful hotel: an indoor pool and spa (rare in central Edinburgh) and Baba's Levantine cooking; the best all-rounder for families.

A row of Georgian townhouses on the New Town's grandest street, turned into a polished, classic hotel with IHG One Rewards earn: walk to everything, and pay less than Princes Street.

Apartment-style suites, many with kitchens, in a grand former bank headquarters on St Andrew Square, now in Marriott's Luxury Collection, with a spa opened in the old bank vaults in 2026; the pick for families and longer stays.

Opened in November 2023 in the curling Ribbon building at St James Quarter: 244 rooms and suites, a rooftop bar with 360-degree views from the castle to Arthur's Seat, and Scotland's first SUSHISAMBA; the lively, modern pick.

The restored India Buildings on curving Victoria Street, between the Royal Mile and the Grassmarket: big, bright rooms, the Commons Club and a buzzy local crowd; style over grandeur, at a sensible price.

The 1902 clock-tower palace above Waverley: Number One's Michelin star, Rowling's suite 552, a serious whisky bar and castle views from the right rooms; the city's deepest service bench.

The estate's city clubhouse in a grand former bank on St Andrew Square: The Spence under the banking-hall dome and the rooftop Lamplighters bar for members and guests; country-house warmth in the New Town; LHW member.

The 1903 Caledonian Railway hotel, "the Caley", at the far end of Princes Street from the Balmoral: Peacock Alley in the old station concourse, a Guerlain spa and the castle filling the front windows; Hilton Honors points apply.

Theatrical gothic suites (four-posters, tapestries, antiques) in 16th-century buildings at the top of the Royal Mile, above the candlelit restaurant: Edinburgh's great romantic splurge, with only a handful of rooms; book months ahead.

Georgian townhouses on Robert Adam's finest square, knitted into a warm, playful hotel: an indoor pool and spa (rare in central Edinburgh) and Baba's Levantine cooking; the best all-rounder for families.

A row of Georgian townhouses on the New Town's grandest street, turned into a polished, classic hotel with IHG One Rewards earn: walk to everything, and pay less than Princes Street.

Apartment-style suites, many with kitchens, in a grand former bank headquarters on St Andrew Square, now in Marriott's Luxury Collection, with a spa opened in the old bank vaults in 2026; the pick for families and longer stays.

Opened in November 2023 in the curling Ribbon building at St James Quarter: 244 rooms and suites, a rooftop bar with 360-degree views from the castle to Arthur's Seat, and Scotland's first SUSHISAMBA; the lively, modern pick.

The restored India Buildings on curving Victoria Street, between the Royal Mile and the Grassmarket: big, bright rooms, the Commons Club and a buzzy local crowd; style over grandeur, at a sensible price.

The 1902 clock-tower palace above Waverley: Number One's Michelin star, Rowling's suite 552, a serious whisky bar and castle views from the right rooms; the city's deepest service bench.

The estate's city clubhouse in a grand former bank on St Andrew Square: The Spence under the banking-hall dome and the rooftop Lamplighters bar for members and guests; country-house warmth in the New Town; LHW member.

Theatrical gothic suites (four-posters, tapestries, antiques) in 16th-century buildings at the top of the Royal Mile, above the candlelit restaurant: Edinburgh's great romantic splurge, with only a handful of rooms; book months ahead.

A row of Georgian townhouses on the New Town's grandest street, turned into a polished, classic hotel with IHG One Rewards earn: walk to everything, and pay less than Princes Street.

Apartment-style suites, many with kitchens, in a grand former bank headquarters on St Andrew Square, now in Marriott's Luxury Collection, with a spa opened in the old bank vaults in 2026; the pick for families and longer stays.

Opened in November 2023 in the curling Ribbon building at St James Quarter: 244 rooms and suites, a rooftop bar with 360-degree views from the castle to Arthur's Seat, and Scotland's first SUSHISAMBA; the lively, modern pick.

The restored India Buildings on curving Victoria Street, between the Royal Mile and the Grassmarket: big, bright rooms, the Commons Club and a buzzy local crowd; style over grandeur, at a sensible price.

The 1902 clock-tower palace above Waverley: Number One's Michelin star, Rowling's suite 552, a serious whisky bar and castle views from the right rooms; the city's deepest service bench.

The estate's city clubhouse in a grand former bank on St Andrew Square: The Spence under the banking-hall dome and the rooftop Lamplighters bar for members and guests; country-house warmth in the New Town; LHW member.

Apartment-style suites, many with kitchens, in a grand former bank headquarters on St Andrew Square, now in Marriott's Luxury Collection, with a spa opened in the old bank vaults in 2026; the pick for families and longer stays.

Opened in November 2023 in the curling Ribbon building at St James Quarter: 244 rooms and suites, a rooftop bar with 360-degree views from the castle to Arthur's Seat, and Scotland's first SUSHISAMBA; the lively, modern pick.

Georgian townhouses on Robert Adam's finest square, knitted into a warm, playful hotel: an indoor pool and spa (rare in central Edinburgh) and Baba's Levantine cooking; the best all-rounder for families.

A row of Georgian townhouses on the New Town's grandest street, turned into a polished, classic hotel with IHG One Rewards earn: walk to everything, and pay less than Princes Street.

The restored India Buildings on curving Victoria Street, between the Royal Mile and the Grassmarket: big, bright rooms, the Commons Club and a buzzy local crowd; style over grandeur, at a sensible price.