Aynetree Guest House

Unfortunately, the place is a construction site with extensions being built on both sides of the main house. The room itself was a bit cold but the owner kindly provided an electric oil heater which helped a lot. Parking on the site is possible but limited with a better option for parking across the road at Portobello High School. On the plus side, you can leave the car and use the bus service,very convenient 10 minutes to town centre.

When we arrived, we were shown our room and told to ask if we required anything such as extra milk or coffee. The little milk pots had curdled and when we knocked to ask for more, we did not get an answer. We didn’t see the owners again after arrival.

Clean room, close to bus stops and great beach nearby - Portobello Beach within walking distance, about 10 minutes and lovely restaurants at the beach. Would be helpful to have a blow dryer and washing/dryer available. Waisted a day of our vacation taking a bus and paying 14 pounds for one load of laundry. Also got a cold from leaving with wet hair everyday. Would be advantageous to have a sign on the dining room as all doors are always closed. It’s helpful to download the Traveline Scotland to figure out the bus/tram lines and times. A guestbook with information such as the above with recommendations for restaurants nearby would be good.

This guest house felt like a second home. The owner is so kind and buses into town run every 5 minutes. A parking lot is right across the street and we had a wonderful stay. The room was very comfortable and we had enough space to store everything.

Pros: near the bus line, walking distance to Portobello, clean Cons: awful bathroom, a shower hose in a tub with no hanger and no curtain next to a big window with a ripped shade so I had to crouch in a tub to bath breakfast was very minimal with prepackaged cereal and some kind of packaged snack cake no greeting or customer interaction portapotty and debris in the front yard The picture does not do this house justice, when we went last month I was shocked at how bad it looked especially with the portapotty, broken gate and debris in the front yard and the above mentioned bathroom. Even if it is being renovated it comes off just dirty and messy. The housecleaning ladies were in daily in the public areas and very nice, however I can not recommend this place to anyone at this time. The bright spot was that it was pretty terrible so we walked a lot and discovered Portobello which is a 15 minute walk away and where you could actually get a breakfast.

We enjoyed our stay there, the room was cozy, there was cereal and fruit to tied you over until you were out for breakfast. Buses were just out on the street, easy to take anywhere. Arthur's Seat and Portobello beach were very close to enjoy.

Family room we stayed in was clean and spacious. Communications from the hosts was great, always received feedback and responses promptly. Self serve breakfast in the dining room was a nice bonus. We enjoyed our stay thank you!

We were greeted when we arrived and the gentleman was so friendly and helpful with bus routes etc.