Dakota in Edinburgh is the sister hotel to the previously reviewed Dakota hotel in Glasgow. This hotel “offers excellent service, luxurious interiors, innovative style and an award-winning bar & grill.” It’s 10 minutes outside Edinburgh sitting alone like a Japanese electronics factory.
Like the Glasgow Dakota hotel there are accessible bedrooms on every floor with wider door frames, lower light switches, emergency cords and walk in showers. The entrance to the hotel is flat and there are lifts in the hotel to get you to each floor and the bar is accessible with a disabled toilet.
The Guardian said it looked like it’s designed by an ‘all male team’ with a huge flat screen TV in the room & it, “feels flashy and looks expensive. It’s not. At a flat rate of £89 a night per room, or £113 per room for the weekend,” 2007.
We checked and prices range from £69-£139 to £350 (during the Edinburgh festival) & the staff are very friendly and helpful.
Dakota, Edinburgh gets a provisional 2.5 BBS Ticks
It looks great but it is not really in Edinburgh itself. It might be accessible inside but to get there it is really only accessible if you drive. It is 20mins walk from Dalmeny station ( if you are fit) and at least 20mins ( plus waiting times and some walking ) if you use a bus! Basically you need to drive to get there and to travel around from the hotel. I would love to find somewhere as good with easy access from and to public transport.
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