Name: Judy Guest House
Address: 2 St. Catherines Gardens, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH12 7AZ, United Kingdom
Rating: 6

Smoke-free property

Heating

All Spaces Non-Smoking (public and private)

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Non-smoking rooms

Family room

Rooms

Luggage storage

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Free Wi-Fi

Internet

Offsite parking reservations required

Parking

Family/Kid Friendly

Kids

Pets Not Allowed

Pets

Location

At the guest house

Edinburgh Zoo

Carricknowe Golf Course

Characters from Kidnapped statue

Murrayfield Ice Rink

Skirmish Edinburgh Paintball

Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art

Royal Botanic Garden

Edinburgh Castle

Scotch Whisky Heritage Centre

Camera Obscura and World of Illusions

Princes Street Gardens

National Gallery of Scotland

Royal Scottish Academy Art Gallery

Museum on the Mound

Scott Monument

National Museum of Scotland

St. Giles' Cathedral

Edinburgh Dungeon

Calton Hill

Our Dynamic Earth

Palace of Holyroodhouse

Arthur's Seat

Edinburgh Airport

Holyrood Park

Royal Yacht Britannia

Dundee Airport

Celtic Park

Glasgow Necropolis

Glasgow Cathedral

St Mungo's Museum of Religious Life and Art

People's Palace and Winter Gardens

Glasgow Green

George Square

Buchanan Galleries

Gallery of Modern Art

Royal Concert Hall

Pavilion Theatre

Lighthouse

Centre for Contemporary Art

Botanic Gardens

Hunterian Museum

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

Glasgow Science Centre

Tall Ship at Glasgow Harbour

Judy Guest House

Edinburgh

child-bed

child-bed-fee

external-private-bathroom

private-bathroom

shared-bathroom

10-beds

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7-beds

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9-beds

king-bed

queen-bed

limited-time

lounge

treatment

no-window

bay-view

bosphorus-view

canal-view

city-view

courtyard-view

garden-view

golf-view

harbour-view

inland-view

lake-view

land-view

mountain-view

ocean-front

ocean-view

oceanside

panoramic-view

park-view

partial-ocean-view

partial-sea-view

partial-view

pool-view

river-view

sea-front

sea-view

street-view

sunrise-view

sunset-view

water-view

with-view

annex

basement

main-building

1-bedroom

2-bedrooms

3-bedrooms

4-bedrooms

5-bedrooms

6-bedrooms

not-guaranteed

wired-internet-access

smoking

sauna

duplex

safe

mini-bar

breakfast-for-1

breakfast-for-2

pets-allowed

wi-fi

kitchen

Before arriving at the guest house I got a text asking what time I would arrive. When I did arrive, I was greeted by one of the politest men, David. David and his brother John help run this guest house for their mum Judy. They are the friendliest, most well mannered and accommodating people I have ever known. The guest house is a large georgian house over 100 years old with some stunning features including some beautiful stain glass windows. The rooms are practical and clean. There is a brilliant kitchen on the top floor for guests to use. This saved us money as we were able to shop at the local supermarket and cook most nights. Their is breakfast served every day which includes, fruit, cereal, toast, eggs, bacon and tomatoes. This also includes fresh orange juice, tea and coffee. A quick walk for 2 minutes takes you to the bus stop across the road with buses every 5/10 minutes into Edinburgh. Edinburgh Zoo is also a quick 5 minute walk away which makes this an ideal location. We stayed for 9 nights, as we did the fringe. As a homebody to stay anywhere for 9 nights would normally make me home sick, not Judy guest house. Judy and her family made this a home away from home, thank you all.

The Best Customer Service I've ever had!

We stayed for 3 nights. Owners are helpful  and very friendly. The room was clean and comfy (I've been in dirtier hotel rooms) 
The public transport into Edinburgh is quick & easy, £8 to use the buses all day (much cheaper than city parking) my only small gripe is the breakfast is not what you expect, not a full English, but it's hot and nice. 


Very pleasent but basic  

Lovely house, pleasant and well mannered staff but ... expensive for the facilities or lack of. Beautiful house but in need of alot of tlc. Attention to detail and service missing. Breakfast disappointing. Cooked breakfast had a strange tang to it, possibly cooked in the family wok as there was a taste of garlic/onion on everything. Not nice for breakfast.  Decaff everything with no other option available, tomatoe sauce in sachets in the box it comes in, no brown sauce, happy to serve tgeir residents a fried egg with a broken yolk and hard. Shared facilities at £95/night. No change of towels over 3 days. Furniture all mis matched in the room and bedding was faded and tired and not ironed. I would suggest looking harder at other b and b's before this. On reflection we should have found something outside Edinburgh and caught the train into Edinburgh for the fringe. Sorry for giving a poor review we've stayed in many b and b's and hotels so are comparing with those of a similar price with and without allowing for the price hyke for the festival. Bareable because we were out most of the time. I suggest the owners stay in a few b and b's locally to see how they compare.

What to say ...

I was performing a small part at the fringe and was looking for accommodation at relatively short notice and booked Judy Guest House. I don't mind no frills, but this hotel is as basic as you will find anywhere. 

Firstly if you have a car, parking is street parking on a private road which is a controlled zone clearly marked for residents only. I left my car for three days outside the guest house with no problems, but you may not be so lucky and recieve a fine. 

The rooms are very basic, bed not very comfortable, bed linen cheap quality, TV in room very small screen and apart from one room a shared bathroom.

Breakfast again basic, cereals were branded variety box type, with not a great variety I counted three to choose from. No yoghurt, toast was white bread only and the cooked breakfast was two bacon rashers an egg fried (always hard) three small mushrooms and half a tomato which tasted of onion or garlic. I like coffee with my breakfast and the only type on offer was decaffeinated which will suit some but not me. 

I don't mind doing basic if the price was to reflect 'basic' I understand booking at fringe time is expensive in Edinburgh, but at £95.00 per night for our three night stay I would say is very over inflated at this establishment. Shame the people running it a nice people and links into the city are good. I just would not ever stay there again!

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