Ednam House Hotel

First of all the location is good right in the centre of Kelso. The public areas of the house are nice with open fires & good bar area overlooking the gardens and river Tweed. I would imagine on a nice summers day sitting in the garden would be lovely.

We booked 3 x attic rooms for our party. On check in we were asked to pay upfront, bit cheeky but we did and now wish we hadn’t ! The attic rooms are up 4 flights of stairs, luckily we were there just one night so not much luggage but I wouldn’t fancy carrying a lot up the stairs. The rooms felt cramped, one bathroom was so small the sink was outside in the bedroom. In that same room the bed (room 9) the mattress was bowed so kept rolling into the middle. It was raining all night and in room 10, we discovered a leak in the roof in the wardrobe and all our clothes were soaked. Mentioned to reception and their first reaction was to laugh and say ‘oh if I go up there and touch the wall will it burst?’ before finally apologising & offering to dry our clothes, that was it - no compensation offered or anything. Room 10 also had a pull cord for the bathroom light which is really dirty - completely unhygienic. Breakfast was ok, average I would say. We paid £90 odd for each attic room and I notice for the same weekend next year the attic room is £151! ???? Ridiculous!! Kelso has lots of lovely places to stay & we come every year for the races, certainly won’t rush back to Ednam House again.

Centre of town, scenic outlook

A bit dated décor, didn't quite hit the mark with us on this visit I'm afraid

Lovely hotel right in the heart of Kelso, nice views and food was exceptional.

Staff were a little over attentive and the decoration was a little old tired.