Angels Share Hotel

Chose this hotel on account of its location within easy and safe walking distance of the usher Hall. Not easy to book a single room for one night on the last weekend of the Edinburgh Festival so I paid more than I normally would, hoping it would be value for money. It was easy to find and tucked away around a corner off the main busy areas, so reasonably quiet.

Check-in process over fussy, asking me to give info which they already held – email address and bank card details – so did not create a welcoming impression. I was told I had a "wee" single room, which to English ears sounds quite cosy and inviting. Actually it was really tiny and dark, with an unrelenting view of scaffolding on the next building. A double bed with a mountain of pillows was crammed into a tiny space leaving almost no room to move about, there was no bedside table or shelf, and the desk area was half taken up with the tea tray, so just as well I only had overnight bag as there was nowhere to put down luggage. No shelf in the bathroom either, though otherwise the bathroom was OK. Bedrooms each named after a Scottish celebrity whose huge portrait hung above the bed. I wondered whether she would have been happy to stay in this room? Mentioned some of these observations when checking out and told I would be offered an upgrade on my next visit - which won't be happening.