Having stayed at the Balmoral during the Fringe Festival, I have to say that if this is the best there is in town, I'd hate to be in the second best.
This is one of those hotels with the key holder by the door that turns off the power when removed, something housekeeping did every time they serviced the room, despite repeated requests to the contrary, which the desk said would be honored. The few times they left the keycard in, they turned off each light individually.
Furniture in my room, which admittedly was at or near entry level, was old and tired. Service in general was weak.
The whole place had a kind of faded glory feel to it.