The Ruthland Hotel, Edinburgh
Expert reviews
“The building may have once been the residence of Sir Joseph Lister—known as the \”father of antiseptic surgery\”—but there’s nothing clinical about this acclaimed boutique hotel at the west end of Princes Street. Nominated for several style awards, the design is chic without being intimidating.”
“This sassy West End hotel has bedrooms and serviced apartments, as well as a popular all-day restaurant/bar, a steak restaurant and underground bar that is gin distillery by day, watering hole by night. It’s perfect for couples looking for a helping of boutique style that’s not too edgy for comfort.”
What guests liked
- Top location
- Comfortable beds
- Free Wifi
- Boutique style
All you need to know
The Rutland Hotel is a distinct boutique establishment nestled in the heart of Edinburgh. Positioned within the ancient Old Town quarter, this hotel is a stone’s throw away from the city’s premier sights and experiences.
Upon stepping into The Rutland, you will be welcomed by the comforting ambiance of the hotel’s spectacular interior design. A blend of classic and contemporary aesthetics grace the hotel’s interiors, showcasing unique artwork, plush textiles, and a warm-hued color scheme.
The Rutland offers diverse room and suite options, each equipped with contemporary conveniences and offering picturesque city views. Guests have a plethora of choices, spanning from Superior Double Rooms to opulent Deluxe Suites. All accommodations are furnished with a flat-screen TV, free WiFi, and a lavish ensuite bathroom.
The hotel also prides itself on its exceptional amenities that add an extra touch of luxury to your stay. With a restaurant, bar, fitness center, spa, and business center on-site, it caters to leisure as well as work needs.
Given its prime location and superior facilities, The Rutland serves as the perfect launchpad for discovering everything Edinburgh has to offer.
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Recent guest reviews
18 March 2025
Exceptional
Staff and service was excellent
17 March 2025
Fantastic. Will be back!
Great apartment. Was a lovely place to stay. Very clean and nice touches makes it extra special.
Nothing everything was amazing.
17 March 2025
Exceptional
Lovely 2 bedroom apartment.Spaciousand quality fixtures.
No lift where our apartment was so it was quite challenging as a more mature couple. Hadn't realised this in the description.
17 March 2025
A blast of a weekend with friends
Brilliant location to walk to everything and real high end decor and comfort in the apartments
Nothing. But if forced to say something, it's maybe time for double glazing.. just to keep sound out and it be more eco friendly
17 March 2025
Exceptional
The room and view
17 March 2025
Comfortable and a good base to explore the beautiful city of edingburgh
The room was very comfortable , we enjoyed the decor and the coffee machine ! Added extras like the ghd hair dryer and straighteners were very much appreciated . The foyer was very welcoming and the whole hotel was beautifully decorated.
Nothing
17 March 2025
Exceptional
Absolutely wonderful suite in a brilliant location. Particularly loved the lounge area and fireplace
16 March 2025
Wonderful
Lovely view right up princes street ,fantastic shower , breakfast amazing , bed comfy
16 March 2025
Exceptional
Beautiful room with fantastic views
There’s a bit of traffic noise due to the location, but it felt like an acceptable amount and we slept fine
13 March 2025
Excellent hotel for a break in Edinburgh
The apartment was so well equipped. Location very convenient for all restaurants etc. Beds very comfy and very quiet at night despite central location. Staff very helpful.
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12 March 2025
Luxury boutique hotel in great location
Sizeable rooms furnished to a high standard
Stairwell by lifts had unpleasant odour probably emanating from the restaurant kitchens
10 March 2025
Exceptional
room and facilities
Breakfast could be more choice
10 March 2025
Your friendly and professional staff made our stay relaxing and we will return.
Fabulous location with view of the castle
Main stairwell a little dark (but well decorated)
7 March 2025
Excellent stay with excellent staff
Excellent staff
6 March 2025
excellent experience
great location, very cozy place to stay. staff are warm and nice. absolutely wonderful place to stay.
6 March 2025
Fabulous 3 night getaway
Fabulous 3 night stay. We were lucky to get upgraded to an amazing apartment. The ladies on the desk were great and went above and beyond for us. Very chic comfortable apartment. Comfy bed, great shower and one of the best breakfasts we've ever had when travelling. Plus the location is fantastic both for sightseeing and also convenience getting to/from airport. Highly recommend.
5 March 2025
Nothing short of perfection.
Incredible location, beautiful property, extremely comfortable. Staff were extremely friendly and helpful. They even went so far to offer us an upgrade which made our trip particularly magical. Wonderful hotel.
Nothing at all. Everything was to an incredible standard.
4 March 2025
Enjoyable stay
We felt warmly welcomed at the night of our arrival by the amazing Sia-Maria! We loved everything about our stay, the location of the hotel - and few steps from the vibrant centre of Edinburgh, 50 meters close to the bus stop for the airport, with an excellent breakfast. We enjoyed our room with all amenities and we will definitely return to the Rutland hotel.
3 March 2025
One of the best stay’s we’ve experienced
Everything, couldn’t fault, beautiful building, perfect location, friendly helpful staff
Nothing
28 February 2025
A quiet, comfortable, little gem of a hotel, with easy access to the city.
The room was very comfortable, clean, and had lots of nice touches and extra's included. Very quiet despite being very close to the main road. The Huxley was excellent, offering interesting and tasty breakfast options. All of the staff were friendly and very helpful.
The safes do need operating instructions to first set them up with a new code. I understand some rooms do have an instruction label on the safe, ours didn't and I managed to set a tamper alarm off trying to set it up. We didn't actually need/use it, in the end.
27 February 2025
Myself and husband and 2 friends stayed 2 nights and we were overwhelmed at the luxurious facilities . We got 20% of all
Absolutely everything . The location was fabulous . The hotel rooms were opulent with luxurious hand wash shampoo and body wash and creams . Tea and coffee in the room and even ghd hairdryer and straighteners
Nothing
26 February 2025
Like the Terminator - I’ll Be Back
Immaculate and modern
Maybe the prices of soft drinks in room but suppose it is The City
26 February 2025
Excellent location and staff
Great location. Everything is so close. Castle view room is exactly as in the photos which is nice. The castle view also has city views. Staff were extremely welcoming and helpful throughout the visit. The restaurant “the Huxley “ was as excellent as well. Access from the hotel was provided to the restaurant/bar.
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26 February 2025
Fabulous stay highly recommend
We are just home from 3 nights, we stayed in number 15 apartment 1. We arrived early for check in prepared to leave our bags but an apartment for ready so the lovely Jill at reception showed us where to go and oh my goodness we were over the moon with the apartment. The decor is very quirky but so nice, we absolutely loved everything about it, the apartment was well equipped cleaned everyday we asked for an extra duvet as I found the sofa in bedroom nice and comfy so let my friend have the bed to herself and it was there by time we came back from some shopping. We absolutely loved our stay and hope to be back really soon. Thank u for a fabulous stay Rutland
26 February 2025
Beautiful place
The place is beautiful and staff is fantastic and sooo nice. You also cannot beat the location either. We walked everywhere and there's loads of restaurants near by.
We loved our stay but would have appreciated a real dish towel vs a single restaurant napkin. The chandelier also made a lot of noise when the upstairs apartment people would walk in the living room. It unfortunately kept us up quite a bit.
23 February 2025
Fantastic stay in beautiful room
Rooms were spacious and well decorated, little bar car in room was a nice touch and coffee machine. Huxley bar attached is lovely
Nothing
23 February 2025
Family getogether
The size of apartment was great and lovely decorated bed was comfortable and all the little touches like chocolates, water, milk and dressing gowns made it special.
The main door to get into building kept one of our group awake as it banged everytime someone came in or out.
20 February 2025
Special views from very central hotel.
The room was spacious and very well appointed. The views of Edinburgh Castle and Princes street made for a special experience.
No residents lounge but 2 very good restaurants in house.
20 February 2025
Very happy with Rutland and will stay here again in the future.
Very attentive and professional staff, convenient location close to everything we wanted to see in Edinburgh, amazing room and best breakfast. The Rutland staff went out of their way to make our anniversary very special!
Cannot think of a single negative thing about this property.
18 February 2025
Wonderful experience
Couldn’t fault this hotel in any way possible ! Excellent 😀
17 February 2025
Fantastic short stay in a super apartment
We were upgraded to an apartment which was incredibly spacious and well equipped. The location was perfect to explore the city and the staff were exceptionally helpful.
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17 February 2025
Great location , fab room .
Great views of castle & princes st Beautiful decor , comfy bed fab facilities.
15 February 2025
Very good
Excellent location and staff were really nice. Apartment were very clean and comfortable
14 February 2025
Perfect stay!
Excellent stay, lovely room, all the little comforts that made for a great visit! Great location.
14 February 2025
Exceptional
My husband and I stayed for 2 nights for my birthday.The hotel staff were incredibly friendly and welcoming.We got a beautiful room with a view of the Castle .Breakfast was served in the Huxley a really hip venue in the hotel and the food was delicious.There was also a 20% reduction on food and drinks for residents The location was excellent, just a few mins from the tram We would highly recommend this hotel Caroline
Nothing
11 February 2025
I'll look for excuses to come back to Edinburgh just so I can stay with you.:)
The staff were all genuinely friendly and helpful - it's also great that you have the restaurant choices in house and offer the discount to guest - I was accompanied personally and introduced - not just directed.
I signed up for the gym and got the pass but it didn't work when I tried it in the AM - I really was on my way out anyway so maybe it was just that I used the pass incorrectly or was already 'checked out' ....
11 February 2025
Beautiful hotel in a superb location
Beautiful large room, gorgeous bathroom
10 February 2025
Had quirky touches which helped the appeal and made it more interesting than a previous fine but soulless hotel.
Excellent location, Character rooms, ideal for bar and restaurant. And free Tunnocks tea cakes !
Very little.
10 February 2025
Exceptional
We loved the gorgeous decor, the little touches e.g. handmade chocolates and the central location. It helped to make a lovely weekend even more special.
I have no complaints
10 February 2025
Great hotel, central location, big clean room with great facilities.
Great central location. Room was fantastic , great size and really comfy bed. Bathroom was lovely with great shower. Nespresso coffee machine was a nice touch. Staff were very friendly and helpful. Will definitely stay here again.
The safety deposit box could do with some instructions, but worked it out in the end.
9 February 2025
Fabulous hotel let down in just one area
Lovely welcome at reception and a super room in a central Edinburgh location. Helpful staff .
Unfortunately our experience in The Huxley, the hotel's pub/bar, was not of the same high quality. The service for lunch was slow and the staff rather cursory
8 February 2025
First time staying. Will be our go to hotel in Edinburgh in future.
Location. Nice room with a view of princes street. Staff were lovely: great breakfast.
Nothing
6 February 2025
Amazing stay
I had originally paid for a double room and arrived and was upgraded free of charge to an apartment. The apartment was beautiful and so spacious. Location is great only 10-15 mins walk from George street where we had booked dinner. Parked in the NCP car park which is a 5 min walk away and the hotel gave us 50% off parking so was only £18 for the overnight parking. Overall the stay was brilliant would definitely recommend and will be back in the future.
4 February 2025
Thank you Jill and the team for making our stay in Edinburgh one of the best breaks we have ever had.
Staff go above and beyond. Fantastic room and on site restaurants.
Nothing. Everything was superb.
3 February 2025
Great trip
This hotel is in a great location , beautiful place to stay
Lovely friendly staff
3 February 2025
Wonderful hotel. Great location. Would highly recommend.
Amazing stay. A 4-star hotel which had exceptionally good value for money; not far away from being a 5-star location. We didn’t get the castle view we wanted but the city view was still very nice. Rooms were well equipped with all necessities and design was very unique. Location was ideal within the city centre and only a 15 minute walk from the main train station.
2 small things: 1) I saw this mentioned somewhere in a review and experienced it myself: the included toiletries were very nice but the gel pumps were very stubborn and you had to almost manually reset them with your hands after pumping once to get more soap dispensed. I thought the person who mentioned this was just unlucky and had a faulty bottle but seems like this is the case for all of them. 2) The room we had was splendid, but the bathroom tap was in a very strange position. It was placed just on the edge of the sink which made it very awkward to wash your hands and the water would splash outside the sink basin making a mess.
2 February 2025
Excellent hotel but perhaps go elsewhere for breakfast.
Clean, spacious room with excellent views down Princess Street.
Breakfast ‘Scottish Full Breakfast’ was dry and somewhat over cooked.
31 January 2025
Stunning hotel in a convenient location
I love this hotel! If I had to be picky id say they could have some comfier pillows but I guess thats preference. The staff are smiley, polite and helpful on every occasion and the rooms are beautiful and extremely comfortable with a stunning bathroom, mini bar/trolley, ghd straightners.. the list goes on. On this occasion I did not have breakfast but from previous experience its been top tier. You would absolutely not be disappointed here.
Again if im being picky- toiletries are still pretty low level for a beautiful hotel. The pump never works properly on the shower gel it gets stuck at the bottom. Stayed approx 4 times since they upgraded to the new bottles/brand and always does it.
30 January 2025
Brilliant location with great and tasty food options
We got an upgrade to an apartment with was exceptional and unexpected. The 2 restaurants attached to the hotel did gorgeous food whether it was breakfast, lunch or dinner. I really recommend this hotel and the location is ideal.
Nothing it was brilliant
Hotel facilities
Food & Drink
- - Restaurant
- - Bar
- - Kid meals (additional charge)
- - Wine/champagne (additional charge)
Services
- - 24-hour front desk
- - Dry cleaning (additional charge)
- - Luggage storage
- - Daily housekeeping
Activities
- - Fitness centre
General
- - Non-smoking rooms
- - Facilities for disabled guests
- - Family rooms
- - Lift
- - Safety deposit box
- - Soundproof rooms
- - Heating
- - Non-smoking throughout
- - Air conditioning
Accessibility
- - Wheelchair accessible
- - Lower bathroom sink
- - Emergency cord in bathroom
Miscellaneous
- - 24-hour security
- - Key card access
- - Smoke alarms
- - CCTV in common areas
- - CCTV outside property
- - Fire extinguishers
- - Face masks for guests available
Reception services
- - Invoice provided
18 March 2025
Could not have wished for more.