Hilton Edinburgh Carlton (Mini) Review

I was greeted by a welcoming member of staff who checked us in promptly. I had checked in online so I quickly had my key and was told breakfast times. Worth noting that there were a number Executive Rooms still for sale for the night I was staying, but I wasn’t offered one as an upgrade despite them being available and so didn’t have access to the Executive Lounge.

Honors benefits offered for Honors Gold card holders:

• A choice of either 1,000 bonus points, or a free continental breakfast. I have this set to free breakfast on my account. I was given a full breakfast in the restaurant, rather than just continental.
• I was granted a 1 category room upgrade from King Guest Room to King Deluxe Room.
• Free WiFi.
• 2 x bottles of water were in the room.

I initially booked a base King Guest Room which had been upgraded to a King Deluxe Room.

The rooms have been tastefully upgraded during the refurbishment and are finished to a high standard. All of the rooms I’ve stayed in have been very spacious and well appointed. Some of them do come in odd shapes, but you expect that in a building of this age. There were plenty of windows so lots of natural light, really good noise insulation but unfortunately you can’t open them. The air con system works well and was very quiet.

There was a desk, a small seating area with a sofa (not massively comfy) as well as the extremely comfy king bed. There were amble sockets throughout including a few the integrated USB sockets for charging your mobile device.

The usual tea and coffee making facilities were hidden in one of the cupboards, which included the very welcome addition of hot chocolate which you don’t often see in Hiltons :D.