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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Location
Recent guest reviews
26 January 2026
Lovely homely Central hotel
The view. Comfy bed. Lovely bathroom. Great staff who were extremely helpful.
The WiFi was a bit hit and miss and only seemed to work when sitting by the window.
26 January 2026
Excellent
Great accommodation in the perfect location. Clean warm and comfortable. Staff extremely helpful couldn’t do enough for you.
22 January 2026
Doesn’t get any better than this. We’ll be back.
Everything about the Rutland exceeded our expectations.
Leaving.
22 January 2026
Excellent Hotel with beautiful views and friendly staff
We had an excellent stay at this hotel in Edinburgh. The room was very clean, beautiful, and comfortable, with an amazing view of the castle and the city. The staff were incredibly lovely and friendly, always happy to help and make us feel welcome. We truly enjoyed our time here and would highly recommend this hotel to anyone visiting Edinburgh.
20 January 2026
Fantastic
Beautifully decorated very friendly helpful staff, products in room excellent quality, central location
Had to leave
20 January 2026
I had an exciting and lovely experience
Really enjoyed all the breakfast options and the location was beautiful inside the Huxley
20 January 2026
Exceptional
Great location, cozy and comfortable room.
20 January 2026
A great hotel and lovely staff. A hidden gem in the centre of Edinburgh.
As ever, the Rutland proved to be excellent. The front staff are great, location perfect and the accommodation above and beyond - the apartment was beautiful, spacious and very comfortable.
See above.
18 January 2026
My absolute fav. Book it.
Never disappoints. I am a regular at the Rutland when it suits my budget and stay a few times a year. The location is great really handy for Haymarket and Waverley station. Rooms are always immaculate, I was upgraded to executive which is bigger and always a nice plus. Fresh milk, GHD straighteners and a nice restaurant on site.
Toiletries still don’t hit the high hotel standard for me, pumps never work properly on them + one of pumps fell off mine. Same issues everywhere that uses them.
18 January 2026
Lovely staff. Helped us with bookings in the nearby cocktail bar and also Kylie steak restaurant.
Clean and plush.
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17 January 2026
Amazing stay as always. Our favourite hotel in Edinburgh.
Location, service, room quality
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15 January 2026
Very good
Size of the room, comfortable bed, good lighting, amenities
Crooked floor
15 January 2026
Rutland the Great
Great location, lovely staff, fantastic rooms, good meals
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15 January 2026
Lovely night away would definitely stay again
Beautiful rooms and hotel in general
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13 January 2026
Such a beautiful place. Would definitely stay again. It was so comfortable, the perfect place to come back to after a fu
It was just gorgeous. Beautifully styled, exactly what you see on the pictures provided.
No complaints.
13 January 2026
Second stay and just as good as the first.
Location is great, breakfast in the Huxley is fantastic. All staff were great especially in the reception.
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12 January 2026
Beautiful accommodation
Stunning location along the extremely friendly and helpful staff.
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12 January 2026
Exceptional
Very stylish, very clean. Wonderful location. Very helpful staff. Didn’t want to leave!
10 January 2026
One of the best stays I’ve had in Edinburgh – already want to return
The Rutland Hotel already has excellent reviews and a high rating on Booking.com, so this is a hard review to write simply because we only stayed for one night and checked out early the next morning. The hotel is made up of stylish apartments along a beautiful old street, with large traditional Edinburgh townhouses converted into boutique accommodation. Check-in is at the top of the street near Princes Street, and the apartments run down Rutland Street. I’ll upload a couple of photos because the style is classic Edinburgh and really charming. I had originally booked a deluxe room, but when we arrived (on 23rd December, which makes it even more impressive), we were upgraded to an apartment suite — and it was absolutely huge. High ceilings, loads of space, beautiful, fun, artsy décor, and a massive bathroom with both a separate bath and shower. I was genuinely blown away. We only paid £240, which felt incredible value for what we got. So grateful to the hotel for the upgrade. The location is outstanding. It’s right beside the famous Caledonian Hotel, and you get views of Edinburgh Castle as soon as you walk around the corner. It’s a quieter part of the city, yet only a 2-minute walk to all the busy areas, shops, bars, and restaurants. For parking, there is an NCP car park about 500m away which is cheaper, but I parked on the street instead. Parking is free overnight (6:30pm–8:30am, and on Sundays from noon–6:30pm), which was really convenient. I absolutely loved our stay and would come back in a heartbeat — if you can ever get a booking, as it always seems to be full!
Honestly nothing to dislike, everything exceeded expectations.
7 January 2026
Fantastic
Hotel is in perfect location.everything was 10/10 Room clean and cozy, staff super friendly and helpful and breakfast next door to the hotel was just divine.we will be back ☺️
5 January 2026
Perfect place to spend Hogmanay - late check out on New Year’s Day was much appreciated
Clean, bright, comfortable, spacious, central.
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4 January 2026
Perfect location
Would highly recommend this hotel the staff are very friendly and helpful. The room was stunning and huge. The location is perfect to get to every where in the city. The bus and tram to airport is around the corner. We will definitely be back.
3 January 2026
Highly recommended place to stay!
Our suite was spacious, well decorated and comfortable. We had everything we needed, including a well equipped kitchen, since we preferred to stay in sometime. We could always get helped by the staff if we needed anything. The location is unbeatable - in the heart of the city and close to all main attractions, restaurants, shops etc.
3 January 2026
Best location for Hagamany!
Fabulous location. We stayed during Hagamany and had the best view of the whole town with fireworks from the room (had to request specifically). Short walk to both old and the new town across from the Johnny Walker experience. Hotel restaurants were superb.
3 January 2026
very enjoyable
the location of the apartment was very convenient and close to the hotel & restaurant. the hours for breakfast were very good also.
Not enough hot water for bath.
2 January 2026
Stall wonderful cannot do enough for you , Kyloe restaurant excellent
We were upgraded due to a miss communication regarding staying in an apartment. Apartment was lovely, spacious, quiet and comfortable. Fabulous location. Great ambiance and luxurious in many ways
A couple of areas in the apartment needed work ( main bathroom door is really shabby, nowhere to hang bathrobes, squeaky toilet door, limited utensils in kitchen.)
2 January 2026
Stylish and comfortable base for Hogmanay
Stylish and brilliant location
Would have liked the castle view
28 December 2025
Exceptionally memorable
The decor the aesthetics the style and the vibe
27 December 2025
Lovely
Was given an upgrade to an apartment, which was amazingly beautiful
25 December 2025
Exceptional
20% off the hotels restaurants was a nice touch. Along with the chocolates and drinks in the room.
24 December 2025
A lovely apartment.
Beautiful, spacious, comfortable.
24 December 2025
Fabulous views
The giant comfy bed and the fabulous views of the Castle and down Princess Street
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21 December 2025
Fabulous
Fantastic small hotel
Friendly staff clean comfortable room great location
20 December 2025
Fabulous
Fabulous room, perfect location Stunning views
A slightly thicker duvet
20 December 2025
A quirky, cosy apartment in a fantastic location.
We stayed in the 2 bedroom apartment which was spacious and very comfortable. The decor is very quirky which I liked. The location is fantastic and the staff were extremely helpful. I will definitely return.
18 December 2025
A very nice hotel in and excellent location
Location is excellent and the room was lovely and the bed was very comfortable.
17 December 2025
Exceptional
Location was perfect, staff were very friendly. Room was very nice.
17 December 2025
Comfortable stay, in a great location, with friendly and helpful staff.
Room was a great size, tastefully decorated. The hotel is in an excellent location
Bathroom floor was a little slippery
16 December 2025
Exceptional
Great area Apartment amazing
Close to shops etcc
15 December 2025
Exceptional stay in Edinburgh
The room was perfectly tasteful in decoration, with all the facilities you would need. There was some gorgeous welcome chocolates for my husband's birthday which was a beautiful touch. I liked the modern Scottish theme throughout the hotel and the attention to detail was appreciated - even the fresh milk in the fridge. Stunning view out to Princes Street and the best location in Edinburgh for shopping and sight seeing. Sound proof made us feel like we were the only ones in the place - we had such a great sleep. The staff were really warm and accommodating and we had such a special weekend - we will be back soon!
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15 December 2025
I will definitely stay here again next time I’m in Edinburgh
I loved that there was a coffee machine and a Hair straighteners The decor was nice and the hotel was really well located Staff were extra friendly
I found the mattress a little hard, but that’s personal taste
14 December 2025
Lovely boutique hotel in a great location
Brilliantly located, beautiful room and very quiet despite being on a busy road. Excellent breakfast.
10 December 2025
Delightful high end boutique hotel, in a great spot with fab staff!
Beautiful boutique luxury property, located in the perfect spot to explore Edinburgh. Staff, room, gym, breakfast all fab. Highly recommend.
Nothing it was all marvellous!
10 December 2025
Incredible efficient service and a very comfortable, slightly luxurious stay
Our now favourite hotel in Edinburgh. Exemplary service from friendly staff. A beautiful apartment, very spacious and incredibly well furnished with quality appliances. The bed was extremely comfortable, the bathroom huge with a powerful shower, free-standing bath and big fluffy towels supplied. . Breakfasts at the Huxley were really good. A good range to choose from and a welcome change from ubiquitous breakfast buffets.
Only niggle that there was very little space to put away our clothes - only six coat hangers and a couple of dressing table drawers, so we lived out of our suitcases. Other than that, our stay was great
10 December 2025
Great hotel great quality brilliant price
Everything
A lift for apartment would have been beneficial
8 December 2025
Exceptional
This was our first visit to The Rutland Hotel, and we will certainly be back. The room was quirky (loved the wallpaper and all the furnishings) and spacious with a window seat looking right onto Princes Street. All the staff were very friendly and helpful and the breakfast at The Huxley next door was very good. Would thoroughly recommend to anyone contemplating a stay here.
7 December 2025
Great stay at Rutland who upgraded us into a quirky apartment. Great detail and well equipped.
Location great, apartment was well equipment and quirky.
Just one of the window latches wouldn’t shut, but not a problem.
3 December 2025
Bit pricey. But great location
Great breakfast. Super location
Bit pricey for what it was.
3 December 2025
Absolutely delightful & would stay again! Edinburgh magick!
The location was incredible - so close to the castle and old town! I loved the apartments - the beds are so comfortable! The staff was so helpful and warm and welcoming!
Nothing! Everything was amazing! Highly recommend this property!
Hotel facilities
Food & Drink
- - Restaurant
- - Bar
- - Kids' 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
- - 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

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29 January 2026
Great sleep, great location.