I stayed here for 3 weeks in March of 2011. Jon Joice, the manager/landlord, is a loaded gun waiting to go off. It was the worst visit of my entire life. I was extremely stressed because of him, which is a shame because the hostel itself is lovely and charming. During the course of my stay (in which I was... More

My parents were visiting for my graduation last summer and we decided to take a little trip around uk. First, when we arrived, our rooms were not ready, but instead of apologizing the manager barked at us like a dog and made us wait outside. I payed double to have a lovely room for my parents all separate and en... More

This is (potentially) a nice hostel. The building is a cosy Georgian character terrace house. Unfortunately the behaviour of the manager completely ruins a promising little enterprise. When I was there I saw him bark at people who had unknowingly transgressed hostel rules. It came to a point where I saw him vault up the stairs, barge into one of... More

I started working at the Art House Hostel for Richard Lo in Mid December 2011. My name is Richard also, but please don't confuse me with him. From the very beginning I saw a genuine good hostel in the making but past behavior by the owners let this property down. Richard Lo and Jon Joice have a past together. At... More

unclean, Jon the owner was hitting on my 15 year old daughter. Dirty showerrooms, Poor management of cleaning routines ie can't get to showers and toilets while staff are attending to them. two out of 4 mornings no breakfast provided. Noisey outside as pubs kick out and people retun after 2am with a supodidky 1am curfew. over all a nightmare.... More

My brother and I were travelling through Scotland and stayed at Art House for a few nights. The room was gorgeous and the beds comfy, one of the nicest hostel rooms I have stayed in. Unfortunately on arrival we were subjected to a 20 minute rant by JonJo about how he is the next Richard Branson and how he is... More

I got back from edinburgh on monday. I stayed for 4 nights and was very satisfied with the art house hostel. I thought it was clean and had a homy touch to it. It has a big living room with internet access, a ton of movies and a beamer. Big kitchen, too. They have like 6 toasters, which i liked,... More

Art house hostel, felt more like a home than a hostel. The place is really nice and clean. I stayed there for 2 nights and couldn't be more happier. They also have home cinema should you feel like not doing anything like i did for my last night in edinburgh. The bathroom was clean unlike some hostel i stayed in,... More

unclean hostel, owner very rude. would not recommend a stay here, there is a lot of better places in Edinburgh, cleaner and with friendlier staff. It is not centrally located either which could pose a problem and there is only one toilet in the whole hostel for use by guests, which is in no way appropriate.