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Reviews of Rabble

4 out of 5
Rabble
55A Frederick Street, Edinburgh, Scotland

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

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9.0/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

9.6/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Gillian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Sandra

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great hotel very close to city centre. Staff were very friendly and helpful. Rooms very comfortable. Breakfast was excellent.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Diana

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Really friendly staff who could not do enough for you. Only slight downside is the bed was not that comfortable. The mattress was uncomfortable. Sorry.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Catherine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Laurent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Rae

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

2/10 Terrible

Irene

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Richie

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ricardo

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Patricia

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Fantastic helpful staff, amazing cocktail menu, beautiful decor, comfy bed and well appointed room. Not for anyone with mobility issues due to steps and no lift.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

8/10 Good

Craig

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Linda

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

TOBY

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Rabble
Staff were all extremely friendly welcoming and efficient (especially Kirsty). Bed v comfy and breakfast was lush!
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Colm

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great friendly service
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2023

6/10 Okay

Alice

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Beautiful hotel but could not sleep either night due to noise coming from downstairs when looked out window staff throwing bottles in bin and loud chats having a smoke at silly time of the morning

10/10 Excellent

Paddy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel was ace, very comfortable, friendly and great service. Highly recommend to stay as close to centre and the bar/restaurant is quirky!!
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Linda

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Annual Xmas visit with the girls.
An amazing experience staying at this very friendly hotel, in a prime location. Food outstanding. Staff go above and beyond to meet your needs. We enjoyed it that much already booked for same time next year.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Carole

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Rabble is a really conveniently positioned accommodation. Rooms were clean, comfy beds, everything needed. We chose the vege breakfast, all very nice apart from the vege haggis, have had better. Staff all friendly and helpful.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Angela

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

8/10 Good

Leanne

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cute and quirky little place
Very quirky entrance and you go through the restaurant and bar to get to the hotel rooms, which felt a little strange but super friendly staff. Corridors and stairwells felt a bit too dark and smelt a bit damp but room was nicely equipped and clean enough. Floor was very uneven and creaky and upstairs above us was very loud, you could hear every footstep. We were room 7. Breakfast was really nice and overall we would recommend as the price was very good and location was only 15 mins walk to the main streets and Waverley train station.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

VERA, Helmsley

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice quirky hotel. The rooms were really good with a lot of amenities. The only thing that let us down was the music in the bar area. Was to loud to have a proper conversation with someone.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Lindsey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The restaurant in the hotel was phenomenal! Every meal I ate here was delicious. It is walking distance from shopping, historical sites, and I loved the overall vibe. I will definitely stay here again and recommend to anyone coming to Edinburgh.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

Gemma

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Gary

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Friendly & welcoming staff, clean & tidy room and comfy bed
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Gordon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A gem of a place
Used to stay here when it was Rick’s, (that dates me). It was a good place then but it is an even better place now. The formerly loud bar on the ground floor now has a well appointed, quite chic, bar and restaurant and the restaurant menu is first class. Had couple breakfasts and a dinner during my stay and all were excellent. Room was very comfortable, had such a good nights sleep. Staff were all very friendly which is always a bonus. Location-wise, difficult to beat Rabble on this, one minute from George Street, three from Princes Street. I’ll be back!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Lindsey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Wonderful location for first time visitors. Staff is so lovely and check in and out fast. Very convenient to have the restaurant and bar downstairs! Tip - avoid first floor by cleaner closet or you’ll hear the door frequently in the early morning.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Donna

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Edinburgh stay
Excellent accommodation and really friendly helpful staff. A lovely vibe. Edinburgh is an amazing city and the weather was fantastic.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Steven

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Well equipped quiet clean room. Excellent value for mo ey
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Joanna

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Yummy breakfast
Nice and colourful place to drink and relax
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

8/10 Good

Hannah

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Gorgeous room and all the tea/coffee facilities in the room with milk in the fridge! Sadly a few things in the room look a little tired (door lock and bathroom sink) and the location of the rooms is not ideal. Having to walk through to the kitchen and then through two rather grubby hostel-style doors&stairs felt very 1-2* not 4*. And the Friday night karaoke alongside no AC in the room meant a very sleepless first night. I'd recommend requesting a room higher up in the building as we were the first room in the hotel and it was directly above the bar and on ground level to the street and kitchen deliveries happened right outside the window!
Stayed 2 nights in May 2022

8/10 Good

Kyle

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Trevor

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
One night stay to meet friends
Really liked style of hotel, non corporate and nicely furnished.Lovely big room right in middle of town.Great restaurant downstairs Breakfast excellent.Only stayed one night so didnt get full experience but would definitely book again
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Grant

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Stacey

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location, very helpful and friendly staff, great food and drinks
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Scott

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Location of hotel was perfect for city centre, staff very helpful and friendly, room clean and tidy, breakfast was excellent. Would stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022

8/10 Good

Mark

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location for the City.
A short break in the City Centre, and this was a great location. NCP parking was about 10mins walk, and was reduced pricing too which was a great help. Excellent breakfast and overall a nice stay but bathroom was quite dusty in places, and disturbed during the night with surrounding bars emptying their glass bottle bins late.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022

10/10 Excellent

David

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fab small boutique hotel
Really lovely decorated hotel - great restaurant for breakfast and dinner - nice atmosphere and the staff were brilliant
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Definitely would stay again
Beautiful place. Our room was perfect for us and the location was really central with a 5 min walk to prince's street and very close to other restaurants etc. It was a little noisy due to overlooking another pub and road that the glass was being emptied out every morning but its a city center location so i would expect that. They have big towels! A simple but lovely touch along with hair dryer and straighteners. The team were friendly and attentive.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2021

8/10 Good

alan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Mostly good
Nice hotel, staff, food and well situated. Some things in room needed attention (toilet flush refill very slow, sink plug didn't work, toilet roll hanging off wall). All minor things which could be sorted easily. The main reason for not giving an excellent review was the noise outside every day from refuse being emptied in the small street behind Started very early and finished late at night. A great shame.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

Evan

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

Judith

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stay at Rabble
Great place to stay. Very friendly staff and nothing was too much trouble. Downstairs at Rabble was a great atmosphere and good fun. Room upstairs was comfortable with everything you could need for your stay. Bathroom was a bit tired
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2021

8/10 Good

Craig

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice hotel above the Rabble restaurant, ideal location for staying in Edinburgh. We ate in the Rabble in the evening and the food was excellent. Hotel room was clean and very modern with excellent in room facilities Perks: .5 min walk from Waverley Train Station .loads of bars, restaurants and the main shopping streets all within a short walking distance
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

Margaret

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Brenda

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great service, small but perfectly functional and comfortable. Staff were really helpful too.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Cheryl

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A hidden gem
Rabble is an amazing, friendly hotel. Tbe staff are very friendly and helpful. The room we stayed in was very clean and all the small touches made it, hairdrier and straightening irons, tea and coffee pod machine, shower gel shampoo and conditioner also a jar with cotton pads and buds. Tv had Netflex which was great for late night viewing. We booked in for breakfast and i csn honestly say it was the best full english ive ever had, delishous. It was so good we had dinner and cocktails we booked in for dinner and cocktails and they didnt dissapoint. All in all a brilliant hotel in a ideal location and we will definitely be back again.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Lyndsey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Gem of a find
Gorgeous place in a great location, New Town is a great area of Edinburgh with many indpendent businesses to explore. The room was lovely, modern decor, spacious and great amenities from a Nespresso machine to good toiletries and hair straightners. Only issue was room was so warm! Service was excellent, we did a late check out and they on;y charged us one hour, bar/restaurant is lovely place to enjoy a drink but food was below par.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Kim

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Girls weekend
This is our fourth stay at Rabble and as usual it didn't disappoint! The staff as always were friendly and efficient and the room very comfortable, with everything available that you could want. The breakfast each morning was lovely and it was no trouble for them to get you something that wasn't listed on the menu. A couple of things to point out that are negative about the room would be the toilet roll holder in the bathroom hanging off the wall and the curtain in the bedroom also in need of some repair but these are minor issues and didn't at all detract from our stay. If you are looking for a good base in the centre of Edinburgh then I would definitely recommend this hotel. Can't wait to book my next stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

8/10 Good

Mairi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Amazing staff
Lovely central location. The staff were a credit to Rabble and so friendly. Will definitely visit again
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

A

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Have stayed a couple of times before and have been impressed, although there was a smell lingering in the stairwell. Probably from the kitchen. We had a meal on one of the nights and this was excellent.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021