Hotel du Vin Edinburgh Verified listing

Hotel du Vin Edinburgh

Hotel du Vin Edinburgh works best as an atmospheric city break where dinner is built into the evening rather than the sole reason for travelling. The Bristo Place location puts the Old Town, museums, bars and theatres within walking distance, while the bistro gives you an easy food-and-wine focus back at the hotel.

At a glance

• Accommodation: 47 rooms
• Primary restaurant: Bistro du Vin Edinburgh
• Google guest rating: 4.5/5 from 1,118 reviews

Why we like it

Hotel du Vin Edinburgh works best as an atmospheric city break where dinner is built into the evening rather than the sole reason for travelling. The Bristo Place location puts the Old Town, museums, bars and theatres within walking distance, while the bistro gives you an easy food-and-wine focus back at the hotel.

Eat

Bistro du Vin

Bistro du Vin is the on-site restaurant at Hotel du Vin Edinburgh. The style is French-led bistro cooking with British seasonal produce: an à la carte menu, prix fixe, Taste du Vin tasting format, vegan tasting menu, Sunday lunch and bar food rather than a single formal fine-dining menu.

The atmosphere is classic and relaxed, with knowledgeable service and a strong wine focus. The current prix fixe is available at lunch and for early dinner; the wider menu is designed around familiar French and British flavours rather than intricate tasting-menu theatre.

Dinner is served Sunday-Thursday 5pm-9pm and Friday-Saturday 5pm-9.30pm. It is on site, making this an easy city-break proposition where the room and dinner can stay under one roof.

Sleep

The hotel has 47 individually styled rooms in a characterful historic building. Expect Hotel du Vin signatures such as dark, tactile interiors, strong beds and bathrooms designed to feel more indulgent than a standard city hotel.

Retreat

There is no hotel spa or pool, so the 'retreat' is urban: a comfortable base after the Royal Mile, National Museum, Grassmarket or an evening in the Old Town. That makes it more suitable for city explorers than spa-first travellers.

Location and things to do

The hotel's setting in Edinburgh makes it a natural base for the surrounding area as well as a place to stay for dinner. For a two-night break, allow time outside the dining room rather than treating the property as a one-evening stop.

The Gourmet Getaway

Indicative build-your-own Gourmet Getaway: the indicative price shown in the price panel combines our current accommodation-and-breakfast benchmark with the selected restaurant's dining cost for two. It is designed for comparison and research and is not an official hotel package price. Because accommodation and menu prices can change, use the live price panel as the current indicative figure.

Taste du Vin: Five-course tasting menu for two, a glass of wine per course, overnight stay and full breakfast. Based on two sharing; promotional availability; excludes specified festive dates; offer expires 30 December 2026.

Worth knowing

• This is a central Edinburgh property, so guests arriving by car should check the hotel's current parking arrangements before booking.

Best for

Edinburgh city breaks · Couples · Food and wine weekends · Old Town stays · Theatre and culture trips

What guests say

Google reviews are strongest for atmosphere, property character and location. Service and dining are positive overall, with some more mixed feedback around room/bathroom consistency — useful to bear in mind in an older converted building.

Gourmet Getaways view

Hotel du Vin Edinburgh works best when the hotel, restaurant and setting are treated as one trip rather than three separate bookings. Choose the room and dinner first, then use the surrounding time to make the break feel like a proper retreat.