YOTEL Edinburgh
Your Edinburgh heritage hub
Book direct for the best rates on rooms, food and drink
Located at Erskine House on Queen Street in Edinburgh.
Grab a bite to eat, try a local beer or enjoy a cocktail or two in our stylish lounge and bar.
Imaginex, our state-of-the-art 360° screening room, is fully customisable for all sorts of events.
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Facilities
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City views
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Central location
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Accessible hotel
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Ultra-modern gym
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Meeting spaces
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Restaurant & bar
City views
Central location
Accessible hotel
Ultra-modern gym
Meeting spaces
Restaurant & bar
YOTEL Edinburgh occupies Erskine House on Queen Street, in the heart of the New Town and inside a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This is a city-centre hotel in the literal sense: Princes Street is five minutes on foot, Waverley Station is fifteen, and the Scottish National Portrait Gallery is at the far end of the same street.
Among hotels in Edinburgh, it holds one thing no competitor can match. Imaginex is a two-storey 360° screening room, a venue that wraps a film, a product launch or a party in projection on every surface. It sits downstairs from the guest floors, which means an event space of a scale usually found in a cultural venue, in a hotel you can walk out of and be on Princes Street before the coffee cools.
Rooms run from Premium Queen through to the VIP King Suite. Revolve, the bar and lounge on the ground floor, faces the street.
Offers in Edinburgh
Cocktails for two
Kick off your stay with cocktails for two for £18
- Enjoy our Cocktail of the Month at Revolve
- £18 voucher provided at check-in for two drinks
How it works: Add ‘Cocktails for two’ when booking to reserve yours
Prosecco on arrival
Start your stay with Prosecco on arrival for £30
- Chilled bottle of Prosecco ready for collection on arrival day
- Collect from Revolve bar with your voucher at check-in
How it works: Add ‘Bottle of Prosecco’ when booking to reserve yours.
Afternoon Tea
Enjoy classic afternoon tea for £24 per person
- Sandwiches, scones, pastries and cakes included
- Served in Revolve lounge, 12–5pm
- Let us know any dietary requirements in advance
How it works: Email us to book your slot
WORK PERK Edinburgh
Get 5% cashback, discounted breakfast, food & drink discounts, early check-in/out, and room upgrades (subject to availability) with WORK PERK at YOTEL Edinburgh. Details below.
Food
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Revolve
Revolve is our atmospheric lounge and bar facing Queen Street. Cocktail classics, excellent wines and local beers are available alongside an all-day dining menu. Pull up a seat at the bar, choose a cosy corner or grab a table by the window to watch Edinburgh life go by. Don't forget to check out our regular events programme at Imaginex.
Opening times:
Sunday to Thursday, 12pm - midnight
Friday to Saturday, 12pm - 1am
Food served daily from 12pm - 9pm
Breakfast
Build your own wholesome breakfast from a delicious selection of items including muffins, pastries, salad, whole fruit and yoghurt as well as a choice of hot dishes. Top it off with a juice and a locally brewed coffee or tea.
Monday - Friday 7am - 10am
Weekends 7am – 10.30am
What's on in Edinburgh
Anti-Appy Hour
Put the phone down. Pick up a drink. Block your apps for an hour and trade screen time for real time.
- Send a postcard, start a conversation, or simply enjoy the quiet
- Opt-in to take advantage of 20% off food and drink, plus our exclusive Bloom cocktail
- Available at Revolve every Friday, 6-7pm
How it works: Download the Bloom app, tap in at the bar, switch off your chosen apps and enjoy an hour away from notifications.
The Brunch Club
The UK's biggest themed brunch event, Brunch Club, comes to YOTEL Edinburgh each month with a different themed boozy brunch. From 90s Baby to ABBA, expect fun entertainment and sing-alongs alongside brunch classics and booze specials.
Price: From £49 per person
Edinburgh Castle
Centuries of royal drama, sieges, and stolen crowns. Still standing, still dominating the skyline, still worth the climb.
Sights & Attractions
Dive into Edinburgh’s rich history, walk its iconic streets, and uncover the city’s legendary stories. The whole city is on your doorstep at YOTEL Edinburgh. Discover your next tour here.
Afternoon tea
This quintessentially British tradition features a delicious selection of homemade sandwiches, plain and fruit scones, pastries and cakes. Interested? Add it on to your order when you book.
Price: £24 per person
National Museum
From dinosaurs to Dolly the sheep, Scotland’s story gets the spotlight. Science, style, and stuffed animals in one very big building.
The hotel address is 68-73 Queen Street, EH2 4NA. Queen Street runs parallel to George Street and Princes Street, one block north, which places the hotel on the quieter edge of the New Town grid while keeping the shopping and the station within a short walk.
Princes Street is a five-minute walk south, for department stores, Princes Street Gardens, and the view up to the Castle rock. George Street is six minutes away for the higher-end shops and restaurants. St James Quarter, the newer retail development at the east end, is fifteen minutes on foot.
Edinburgh Waverley is a fifteen-minute walk. Trains from London King's Cross arrive here directly on LNER, as do services from Glasgow, Newcastle, York and the north. Haymarket station is an eight-minute drive if your service terminates there instead.
Edinburgh Airport connects to the city centre by Edinburgh Trams. The journey takes roughly thirty-five minutes to St Andrew Square, the nearest stop to the hotel, from which it is a short walk west along Queen Street. Trams run frequently through the day and into the evening. A taxi or rideshare from the airport takes twenty to thirty minutes depending on traffic.
Walking to the sights takes longer than the map suggests, because Edinburgh is built on hills. Calton Hill is fifteen minutes, and worth it for the view back across the city. The Royal Mile is fifteen minutes, uphill. Edinburgh Castle is about twenty minutes on foot, most of it climbing. Arthur's Seat is an eighteen-minute drive, and then a steep hike.
Browse the high-end stores on Princes Street, explore George Street for designer boutiques, or visit the Grassmarket area for quirky shops and local crafts. The Royal Mile offers a mix of traditional and unique finds.
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Visit the majestic Edinburgh Castle, stroll through Princes Street Gardens, or explore the historic Royal Mile. Don’t miss Arthur’s Seat for panoramic city views, or wander through the charming Old Town.
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68-73 Queen St
Edinburgh
EH2 4NA
United Kingdom
Imaginex and event spaces
Imaginex is a two-storey 360° screening room. Projection covers the walls, the space is fully customisable, and it has hosted brunches, corporate events, brand experiences and private parties. Nothing else in Edinburgh works this way. Most venues that can do immersive projection are museums or galleries with fixed programming; this one can be booked, dressed and turned over to whatever a client brings to it.
Alongside Imaginex, two interconnecting meeting rooms take groups of six to fifty delegates depending on layout. Both carry smart TVs, AV and lighting, air conditioning, filtered water, conference stationery and complimentary super-fast WiFi. Revolve doubles as a co-working space during the day: long tables, corner seats, charging points, free WiFi. It becomes a bar in the evening, with cocktails, Scottish beers and an all-day menu, open until midnight Sunday to Thursday and until 1am at the weekend. The gym is open to all guests.
Things to do nearby
The Scottish National Portrait Gallery, part of the National Galleries of Scotland, is at the east end of Queen Street, an eight-minute walk along the street, and free to enter. It is the closest of the national galleries to the hotel and among the best in the city.
St Andrew Square is five minutes away, a green square with a café and, in winter, one of the city's Christmas markets. Princes Street Gardens sit below the Castle rock, seven minutes away, and remain the best place in the city centre to sit down outdoors.
Edinburgh Castle dominates the skyline and rewards the twenty-minute climb. The Royal Mile runs from the Castle down through the Old Town to Holyrood, fifteen minutes from the hotel, and takes in St Giles' Cathedral, the closes and the Scottish Parliament at the bottom. The National Museum of Scotland covers everything from dinosaurs to Dolly the sheep, and is free.
The New Town itself is the context for all of it. Georgian, planned, symmetrical, and, in the case of Queen Street, still lived in rather than preserved.
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