Is 5* city centre accommodation - Top Hat House pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

Where is 5* city centre accommodation - Top Hat House located?

Located in Leith, this family-friendly Edinburgh vacation home is within a 5-minute walk of Calton Hill and Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre. Princes Street and George Street are also within 15 minutes. Balfour Street Tram Stop is 11 minutes by foot and St Andrew Square Tram Stop is 13 minutes.

5* city centre accommodation - Top Hat House Reviews, Deals & Photos 2025

10/10 Excellent

Carolyn G.

Feb 9, 2025

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Edinburgh luxury city break

A beautiful well-appointed house in a great location. Easy to walk around the city from here but bus and tram stops very nearby too. The house is gorgeous and felt like home the moment we arrived.

Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Doug P.

Jun 10, 2023

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Super location. Even better accomodations. Excellent all around.

Excellent and just as advertised.

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Richard T.

Aug 28, 2024

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Great stay

The Top Hat House was great. Plenty of room for the 9 of us. Clean, comfortable and well located. Near restaurants. I would gladly stay here again if we return to Edinburgh.

Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Heath C.

Jan 7, 2025

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Wow…Fantastic place!!

This is the Tophat place for a reason. Great location, great spacious house, great hosts. We had 9 of us there for almost a week; youngest was 17 oldest was 80. The five bedrooms each with on-suite bathrooms were tastefully decorated and well appointed. We all felt the hose offered all that we needed for our large family.

Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Fiona K.

Dec 17, 2024

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Fantastic

This house exceeded all our expectations. Great location, easy parking, beautiful interiors, very spacious, well designed. Faultless. Accommodated 9 adults with ease, we felt we were in our own private hotel. thank you so much for letting us stay.

Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Diana F.

Oct 7, 2024

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Great!

Beautiful property, excellent location. We were a group of 5 siblings aged 60 to 75. We loved our stay here, everything about the house suited us well.

Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jacqueline A.

Oct 24, 2024

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Beautiful house, great location

Nine friends from London/Kent/Essex in Edinburgh for a few days to celebrate some milestone birthdays. So impressed with this beautiful house, and it was perfect for our needs. Also a great location, we were able to walk to Arthur's Seat in about 15 mins. Cheap Ubers in and out of the main centre for our nightly escapades.

Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Diana D., Huntersville, NC

Jul 25, 2023

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Perfect place for our family

We were traveling with extended family and for all nine of us this was a terrific place to stay. The house was roomy and well appointed. The location was excellent, within easy walking distance of major attractions.

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Helena T.

Sep 12, 2024

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Canadian visitors

This is an amazing property, very comfortable and spacious ,great location,walking distance to restaurants, train and attractions. 3 days we're too short I wish we could have stayed longer.

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Alfred D.

Sep 17, 2023

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Wedding stay

Our family stayed here for our daughters wedding . It was a lovely and spacious home to celebrate the special event. The owner , Jane, was very helpful when we contacted with a couple of queries. Would recommend it for a peaceful and elegant stay in the centre of the city.

10/10 Excellent

Cynthia W.

May 31, 2024

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Beautiful Townhouse

This is a gorgeous, well appointed luxury property. There were a few things, like missing or burned out lightbulbs in some of the lamps in the bedrooms. But overall it's a great location and perfect for a large group.

Stayed 8 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Gregory G., Dallas, TX

Dec 3, 2023

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Hillside Crescent

Traveling w a big family is hard. But Hillside Crescent made our trip easy. We rent a lot of homes and I highly recommend this place. It’s location and size are incredible. We loved the short walk over the park to the city center. And everything about it.

Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Todd M.

Aug 6, 2023

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Beautiful townhouse

Beautiful townhouse. There was enough room for all of us (10 people). Wish we could have stayed longer. It was a little challenging to find it initially. We will be back.

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ken H.

Sep 22, 2023

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Exceeded our expectations!

The Top Hat was beautiful! The pictures did not do it justice! We had a group of 10 and the space was perfect! The location was ideal, we had everything we needed. Communication with the host could have been better however Jane indicated some difficulties with the vrbo app. I would highly recommend this property.

Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Holly F.

Nov 28, 2023

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Top Hat House Stay

We absolutely loved our stay at Top Hat House. We came to Edinburgh to visit our daughter who is getting her masters at the University of Edinburgh and decided to have a large family/friends holiday at the same time. The house was well equipped and easily accommodated 8 adults comfortably. The location was convenient and an easy walk to most tourist sites. There is no shortage of good restaurants nearby and the kitchen was well enough equipped for a large roast dinner we cooked one evening. Could use a few more paper products like paper towels and napkins but that really is nitpicking. Highly recommend!

Stayed 7 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Allison Hegh H.

Jan 5, 2023

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Och aye!!

Quite the Top Hat. From a 13 year old to an 81 year old the house fitted us all. The living spaces were more than adequate but the bedrooms had little or no space to hang clothes. Especially the downstairs bedroom!! A small problem but needs to be addressed. We would stay there again should we return to Edinburgh

Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Sam L.

Apr 25, 2023

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Gorgeous Home in center Edinburgh

Quite frankly the 5 bedroom, 5 full bath property was even more gorgeous in person. Huge ceilings, great decor! Well situated for walking around. We were 9 adults and all were happy with this pick of a property. We cooked once, well equipped kitchen. My only opportunity comment, I paid for early check in and that wasn't an issue, first guest arrived at noon, I noticed stair carpet wasn't vacuumed and bad of dirty linen was in front door foyer, was picked up within the hour, that's probably nit picking but I did pay for it.

Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Brian

Jul 29, 2023

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Beautiful place in Edinburgh that easily accommodated our large group. So nice to have individual suites with attached bathrooms too! Very nice modern accommodations, but there are some repairs and TLC needed from a maintenance perspective - broken blinds in a few rooms, plugged shower drain in one bathroom, also some essentials need to be restocked - ran out of trash bags, the nspresso pods provided don’t fit the non nspresso machine, no basic spices (salt, pepper), we didn’t get a welcome gift in the refrigerator as promised… some little things like that that could be better from an experience perspective. Also communication with host fell off completely during our stay, previous to that was good, so not sure what happened there. Otherwise, it was a wonderful place! Would stay again

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Barbara

Jul 28, 2022

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We were awakened by construction on the roof directly above us every morning. We asked the property manager to resolve it to no effect

Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Laurel G.

Jun 5, 2019

Top Hat House is Tops!!

My group of 10 adults came to Edinburgh to celebrate my 50th birthday party. This house is exactly as billed. It is modern, clean, stylish, and the bedrooms are delightful. Every couple having their own bathroom was key. We also appreciated the washer and dryer and the well appointed kitchen. We cooked in one night and the kitchen was extremely functional. The location was excellent and we were able to walk to most of the sites. We dined across the street at the Gardener's Cottage our first night and my group that it was one of the best meals they had. Jane was delightful to work with. We truly could not have asked for more. The noise from London Road in the front bedrooms can be a bit noisy but it was not a big problem at all. I would definitely recommend this beautiful house while on a visit with a large group to Edinburgh. Thank you so much Jane.

Stayed 4 nights in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Sian H.

Apr 9, 2019

Absolutely beautiful, spacious and fantastic location

I booked TopHat House for a long weekend with 8 of my friends. The house is breathtaking - it is designed so elegantly on a grand scale. It had everything we needed and more. The kitchen was stocked with larder items and a nice little food package was left for us on our first night. We spent most of our time in the kitchen. The bedrooms were really spacious and to get an en-suite with every bedroom is unheard of usually. The location is just brilliant - we were about a 30 minute walk to the castle and grassmarket area and the same again in the opposite direction to Arthur’s Seat. The shops are also literally round the corner. The best breakfast is served at the Italian on the corner - I think it’s called Made in Italy - its food was really good. Jane was also great too at keeping in touch and responding really quickly to messages. Even when we were there. Thank you so much for allowing to stay. We all were in awe of the house and it is by far the nicest place any of us have stayed in. Best wishes Siân

Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Arnie P., Palo Alto, California

Aug 25, 2018

5-star luxury

I’ve had the pleasure of staying at many wonderful properties around the world such as the Four Seasons in Bora Bora and Taj Lake Palace in Udaipur. This beautiful recently refurbished Georgian is in that league. The house easily accommodated our party of 6 (two families). The rooms are spacious, very well appointed and immaculate. The house has everything you need, including the most comprehensive set of amenities I have encountered with a rental. We also appreciated the handwritten notes sprinkled around the house which explained how to use various appliances. Every place is different so this personal touch saved us time because we didn’t have to figure out things ourselves. The interior designer did an excellent job; the house is stylish yet comfortable. My friends commented that they didn’t want to leave the house! However, that wasn’t an option as Edinburgh has so much to offer. The property is also very conveniently located; a very short taxi ride to the Old Town, Waverley Station or Leith. We actually walked to the Old Town a couple of times. I highly recommend this house and I will definitely try to stay here again if I am ever back in Edinburgh.

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2018

6/10 Okay

pattie j.

May 28, 2023

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Beautiful House

Beautiful house and well stocked. It worked great for our family of 5 couples with 2 exceptions. The owner would not accommodate us storing our luggage at the house at 2:00 on our arrival day. She told us to store it at the train station…which cost us 180 pounds! When we did get let into the house we found tape across one of the showers and it was unusable because they had it regrouted… We were told not to use it. One of the couples had to use a shower in another couples’s bedroom. There was not compensation offered. ( did get a small discount after I asked ) I am still not sure why they wouldn’t let us drop our luggage…the house is huge and it would not have been in the way… they clearly had workers in the house and it would not have affected another guest. we could have stored our luggage there for 2 hours. Bottom line … owner not accommodating but expects guest to accommodate their needs of repairs etc…

Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Shirley F.

Jul 18, 2021

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Perfect location- beautiful home

We spent 3 nights at this property and were very comfortable. It’s as beautifully decorated as the photographs suggest. Each bedroom is roomy and the bathrooms are modern and well fitted out. We didn’t quite have everything we would have liked in the kitchen - I found it a little strange that there was no microwave- and unfortunately the boiling water tap couldn’t be used due to a leak, but none of that caused us a big problem. It did mean I had to communicate with the host and opted to do so by text and email which I think was a mistake as it caused some delays in her responding. I spoke to her about it after our rental, and she has taken on board some of the matters I raised, so hopefully future guests won’t have the same concerns. If anything was to crop up, I’d urge making contact by phone. I think if I’d done that, some minor irritations would have been resolved. But back to the positives of which there were many. The property is very well located and we easily got around on foot to the main sites. There are nice pubs and food places nearby and we had a choice of shops/ supermarkets for food shopping. The house has a very comfortable vibe and we enjoyed relaxing in the lounge of an evening watching the world go by after a busy day sightseeing. I am happy to recommend this property.

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Jill D.

May 23, 2025

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Stunning, huge, beautiful home

This house leant a real luxury feel to our stay in Edinburgh. Gorgeously appointed, it easily accommodated my family group of 7. Every bedroom has a large bed and en suite bathroom, and most of the bathrooms had heated floors. Conveniently located within walking distance of the Royal Mile, restaurants, and shopping. Loved it.

Stayed 4 nights in May 2025

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