No. 11 Boutique HotelvsThe Witchery
Both No. 11 Brunswick Street and The Witchery by the Castle are highly recommended by professional reviewers writing for major publications. Overall, The Witchery by the Castle scores significantly better than No. 11 Brunswick Street. The Witchery by the Castle scores 85 with praise from 7 reviewers including The Telegraph, Lonely Planet and Time Out.
No. 11 Boutique Hotel
11 Brunswick Street, Edinburgh EH7 5JB, Scotland
From $81/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
- Restaurant
Oyster
Upscale
"No. 11 Brunswick Street is an upscale, charming boutique hotel in a quiet area on the edge of the city center." Full review
The Telegraph
8.0
"A quiet 10 -bedroom hotel with an ambitious brasserie-style restaurant and attractive bedrooms: boutique, rather than bumptious." Full review
Independent
"On the south side of the city, past the sprawling greenery of the Meadows park, this restaurant with rooms is set in a fine four-storey Georgian townhouse with a grand stone portico entrance"
The Witchery
The Royal Mile, Castlehill, Edinburgh EH1 2NF, Scotland
From $499/night
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Concierge
- Restaurant
- Smoking Rooms
Fodor's
"This lavishly theatrical lodging promises a night to remember." Full review
Rough Guide
"Seven riotously indulgent suites grouped around this famously spooky restaurant just downhill from the Castle."
Time Out
"Each of them is dark, theatrically gothic and lavishly furnished with antiques, leather and velvet, Victorian baths and grand beds, complementing the magical atmosphere at the Witchery dining rooms." Full review
Frommer's
"This flamboyant and fabulously gothic bolthole is all your historical fantasies rolled into one. If it doesn't make your pulse race, quite frankly you haven't got one." Full review
Oyster
Upscale
"Essentially a restaurant ... with some suites attached, there are few communal spaces -- the hotel is a favorite among those seeking seclusion." Full review
The Telegraph
9.0
"This extraordinary collection of fantasy suites near Edinburgh Castle is the ultimate romantic hideaway: sumptuous, indulgent, and slightly (delightfully) mad." Full review
Fodor's
"A Gothic fantasy in an ancient collection of stone buildings twisting around each other...one of Edinburgh's most hauntingly atmospheric places to stay, and it's next level luxurious to boot." Full review
Independent
"Wake up in a mixture of camp four-poster boltholes straight from a costume drama or more intriguing Gothic suites filled with playful nooks, crannies and creaky furniture."
Independent
"Forget comparisons to Hogwarts, The Witchery is so overflowing with grown-up Gothic decadence it would make passing Harry Potter tour groups blush"
Independent
"Situated in a 16th-century building, the luxurious Witchery is gothic, glamorous and utterly beguiling. It’s also home to an award-winning restaurant – book ahead."