The Ben Doran Guest House

The AirBnB we got after leaving was amazing. Lots of buses here so we didn't have to wait too long to leave.

The owner of this place was terrible. I made a mistake and accidentally booked a single room for two people, which is my fault of course. I did not, however, like being called stupid several times by the owner as we viewed the room and checked in. The owner stated that we would need to pay and extra £50 a night for my partner (whom he kept telling that I did a bad job and should have done better) because "breakfast alone was worth £20," which judging by the other reviews, it's not. Bizarrely and without prompting, he told us that nothing was on paper, conveniently including this upcharge. The room itself was tiny and dated, though it was neat. It was also somehow very loud for the 20 minutes we were there around 11 AM. The owner kept telling us he could sell the room for twice the price and kept pressuring us to take it or leave like a used car salesman. He knew we didn't have many other options, since our booking was non-refundable and Edinburgh was packed for New Year's. Either way he would make more money. The room was way too small for two people (the room we had is not shown in the advertised pictures and would still be pretty cramped for one person) and the owner was clearly trying to extort us. I'm sure they'll respond saying it was a misunderstanding and they were just trying to accommodate us, but it wasn't and they weren't. He earned this review. We might have stayed and paid the fee if the owner wasn't being so rude and pushy, but we decided we'd rather lose the money and stay elsewhere than give him more.