Originally Posted by hugolover

I stayed here recently. A few thoughts:

Positives:

Upgraded to a suite in the new wing, to reach it, take the elevator upstairs, walk up by the restaurant, then carry your bags down a small staircase (there's a disabled lift) then take another lift down to the room. I was escorted by the FOM which helped finding the room.

Suite was quite nice, coffee machine, but no bath. The most curious thing was the a/c, the management have locked out the possibility to independently control it, you can't turn it off or adjust it more than a few degrees without calling reception. They were really reluctant to turn it off at night. My SOP is to blast the room cold then turn it off.

Regrettably:

The lounge is really poor. I would not recommend paying the upsell. There was soup, cheese and some deep spring rolls. They barely meet the brand standard. There was gin and Fever Tree which was okay.

Food is stopped at 10PM at the bar which caught me out so ended up with room service. Unfortunately the food arrived tepid, not a surprise given the faff to get to the room.

I found breakfast to be OK, poached eggs took a while in a quiet restaurant and I thought they had forgotten. I felt a bit uncomfortable asking for an Espresso coffee. I noticed the night before that the MPW restaurant was really empty on a Thursday evening.

All in all I was left with the impression that I was glad my travels take me to Glasgow and not Edinburgh. The DT Glasgow is just a much better hotel.

If we are to believe a hierarchy of brands, and considering this hotel is not a legacy property still called "Hilton" but a new opening as a Hilton, then I would say it is more a DT than a Hilton.

The WA Edinburgh keeps getting cheaper whenever I check it, when I return to EDI, I would seek to stay at the Caley.