Best Halls & Accommodation, University of Edinburgh

201 Reviews by Students

Discover the best student halls and accommodation at University of Edinburgh. The league table is ranked using 201 review scores from current students across 41 university halls and 23 private halls. Students reviewed each hall against seven different criteria: value for money, location, hall management, cleaning, social spaces, social experience and wifi. The average score for accommodation at University of Edinburgh is 3.52.

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from £165 per week
iQ Grove
Newly refurbished
This centrally located hall offers a range of social areas and comfortable rooms in Edinburgh. What are the top reasons for choosing iQ Grove? The...
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from £150 per week
Arran House
New to StudentCrowd
This conveniently located hall offers affordable student living in Edinburgh. What are the top reasons for choosing Arran House? It’s just a...
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from £155 per week
Nido Haymarket
New to StudentCrowd
This kitted-out hall offers modern student living in the heart of Edinburgh. What are the top reasons for choosing Nido Haymarket? The University ...
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#1
from £170 per week
4.71 /5
4.71 /5
Haddington Place
Very great flat with nice price....
By member1035945 On 8th February 2019
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#2
from £164 per week
4.57 /5
4.57 /5
Potterrow
The best place to socialize and meet new people, everything is so close from here....
By member516380 On 6th October 2015
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#3
from £174 per week
4.49 /5
4.49 /5
Turner House
Basically the MVP of Pollock halls where all the safest dons are. Really nice vibe especially in 4th floor....
By Geologist On 22nd August 2018
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#4
from £174 per week
4.14 /5
4.14 /5
Ewing House
Internet was a bit slow and the social space was a good size apart from the fact that in a flat of six there was only four dining table seats. Rooms a...
By member1016129 On 1st October 2015
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#5
from £149 per week
4.1 /5
4.1 /5
Holland Annexe
Far from everything, facilities need updating, but you get to know/interact with your neighbors better than other dorms....
By member520077 On 1st December 2015
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#6
from £169 per week
4.1 /5
4.1 /5
Portsburgh Court
Pretty pricey but great flats of five bedrooms each with ensuite and 3/4 beds. Super friendly reception and security staff, there within 20 minutes da...
By member109943 On 3rd July 2015
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#7
from £209 per week
4.07 /5
4.07 /5
Panmure Court
The room was spacious and the location really good! It is actually the main advantage! I never had any problem with the management. It is a really qui...
By member826749 On 7th June 2017
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#8
from £129 per week
4.07 /5
4.07 /5
Chancellors Court
Internet is really good but the rooms are really expensive no common room so you get bored easily the building is very pretty and staff are nice but i...
By member615945 On 29th September 2015
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#9
from £121 per week
4.04 /5
4.04 /5
Ratcliffe Terrace
Amazing Experience! Ratcliffe Terrace was recently converted from postgraduate to undergraduate accommodation. This means the rooms were much bigger...
By member633472 On 18th August 2018
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#10
from £175 per week
4 /5
4 /5
Roxburgh Place
Amazing building and facilities, good transport links but being a long way away from central London, getting to and from South ken campus is a pain....
By member816480 On 7th October 2015
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#11
from £156 per week
3.98 /5
3.98 /5
Meadow Court
The location's excellent (short walk to the University and to Union Street) and the apartments are all well-equipped with the latest facilities....
By member816185 On 2nd October 2015
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#12
from £173 per week
3.97 /5
3.97 /5
Lee House
Noisy but good area. £102 a week for double bed and en suite!...
By member616142 On 1st October 2015
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#13
from £174 per week
3.92 /5
3.92 /5
Baird House
The internet is terrible. Can't even watch a th programme online without it constantly buffering. The fire alarm goes off daily. My room is very big, ...
By member516128 On 1st October 2015
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#14
from £174 per week
3.89 /5
3.89 /5
Grant House
Loved it, there was always things going on...
By member1110069 On 4th July 2015
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#15
from £215 per week
3.82 /5
3.82 /5
Vita Student Edinburgh
Awesome ! Great! Lovely!...
By member1135863 On 5th February 2019
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#16
from £105 per week
3.68 /5
3.68 /5
East Newington Place
4 downfalls: If you live on the bottom floor it's a bit annoying because you have a frosted window so can't look out. The interior isn't as fancy as s...
By member1236123 On 16th February 2019
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#17
from £118 per week
3.65 /5
3.65 /5
Kincaid's Court
Decent accommodation, bedrooms good, shared facilities okay, excellent location for university sites and shopping, immediately next to most night life...
By member915976 On 29th September 2015
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#18
from £105 per week
3.6 /5
3.6 /5
Warrender Park Road
Great for students who will be studying at King's Building - on the south side of the meadows so the bus is easy to catch and not too far a walk. Also...
By member1025961 On 25th February 2017
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#19
from £102 per week
3.57 /5
3.57 /5
Salisbury Court
The common room areas are good but not really used, the cleaners are getting kind of lazy not really cleaning. Really close to campus, 10 min walk and...
By member1034817 On 8th November 2018
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#20
from £67 per week
3.5 /5
3.5 /5
Nicholson Street and South College Street
Excellent location right next to central campus of the university, just off the royal mile and really close to the social scene of the cowgate. The qu...
By FKH On 6th October 2015
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#21
from £200 per week
3.47 /5
3.47 /5
Deaconess
Fab location and really nice modern halls. However it is luck of the draw how big your kitchen will be and how awful your view will be (a brick wall i...
By member95878 On 30th March 2015
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#22
from £125 per week
3.42 /5
3.42 /5
Blackfriars Street
Overall not a bad experience....
By joey234 On 17th January 2019
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#23
from £118 per week
3.3 /5
3.3 /5
South Clerk Street
If you want a mice infested flat and if you want mice waking you up at 3am every night and noone to do anything about it for you this is your place to...
By member631491 On 29th April 2018
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#24
from £118 per week
3.24 /5
3.24 /5
Fraser Court
Fraser Court is a lovely halls all in all, the newly refurbished rooms are pretty big and modern with wonderful views of Arthur's Seat. Although it is...
By member1026632 On 30th May 2017
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#25
from £170 per week
3.24 /5
3.24 /5
Mylnes Court
Except the internet and the bad condition of the fooseball or air hockey, everything else was just perfect!...
By member420069 On 1st December 2015
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#26
from £131 per week
3.23 /5
3.23 /5
Riego Street
I felt that these halls were RIDICULOUS. The inspector was unnecessarily harsh and looking for easy fines (eg: was going to charge each tenant £35 for...
By BilliusShinadle On 22nd April 2015
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#27
from £202 per week
3.17 /5
3.17 /5
Holland House
Good price. Kitchen too small, social spaces poor, washing clothes facilities disappointing. Good amount of showers/toilets. Too far away from Heading...
By member415959 On 29th September 2015
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#28
from £146 per week
3.14 /5
3.14 /5
John Burnett House
By sarrahm22 On 2nd October 2015
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#29
from £118 per week
3.06 /5
3.06 /5
Robertson's Close
Building has mice, management won't do much except put poison down which takes weeks to work and just leaves you with dead mice around the flat. Gate ...
By member1326626 On 30th May 2017
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#30
from £105 per week
3.02 /5
3.02 /5
College Wynd
College Wynd is in an amazing location, close to uni and also the clubs. It's cheap and usually very well kept. I did not find it a very sociable hall...
By member622215 On 3rd May 2016
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#31
from £149 per week
3 /5
3 /5
Blackwood Crescent/Causewayside
It was a short term measure & I'd never go back. Tiny, too basic and grubby. It was miserable at best and there was no social space, unless you count ...
By member1016497 On 7th October 2015
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#32
from £178 per week
2.9 /5
2.9 /5
New Park, Edinburgh
Worst place I've ever stayed. All fittings were super cheap and broke regularly, including door locks. Internet dropped out a lot. Many flats leaked w...
By Jed Roy On 30th June 2018
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#33
from £118 per week
2.88 /5
2.88 /5
Sciennes
Sciennes is potentially on of Edinburgh’s worst halls. Each block has around 8-10 flats in, however the blocks are small and with only 4 people living...
By Bethany On 22nd April 2018
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#34
from £175 per week
2.85 /5
2.85 /5
iQ Fountainbridge
Pretty bad, compared to the other halls of residence at the university the value for money is below par. The location is not ideal, its not too far th...
By member124976 On 24th March 2015
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#35
from £105 per week
2.72 /5
2.72 /5
New Arthur Place
The location is great but we've had issues with mold in our flat, even in the rooms that have been kept clean. I know that other flats have had simila...
By member626503 On 14th May 2017
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#36
from £166 per week
2.56 /5
2.56 /5
Morgan Court
No reception, no community spaces, only 2 washing machines and so many issues....
By member620116 On 1st December 2015
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#37
from £158 per week
2.52 /5
2.52 /5
McDonald Road
Dreadful Internet, have to use Ethernet cable as wireless is too slow. One of the freezers in the kitchen doesn't work. For just under £5,700 the valu...
By member1116381 On 6th October 2015
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#38
from £174 per week
2.38 /5
2.38 /5
Richmond Place Apartments
Absolutely joke. Wake up everyday at 9am sharp because of cleaners shouting and chatting in front of your room!!!! One time, I even saw them having a...
By member727217 On 11th August 2017
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#39
from £116 per week
2.14 /5
2.14 /5
O'Shea North
O'Shea South is is just the new name for Holyrood South, and so this review is identical to the one I provided for the accommodation under that name. ...
By ShutyahWindows On 15th July 2018
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#40
from £126 per week
2.08 /5
2.08 /5
Beaverbank
To an outsider, Beaverbank looks great. It's a very new build, every room is en-suite with a double bed and there is twenty four hour security. Howe...
By Estybesty On 27th March 2015
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Best Halls & Accommodation, University of Edinburgh

201 Reviews by Students

iQ GroveNewly refurbished

This centrally located hall offers a range of social areas and comfortable rooms in Edinburgh. What are the top reasons for choosing iQ Grove? The...

Arran HouseNew to StudentCrowd

This conveniently located hall offers affordable student living in Edinburgh. What are the top reasons for choosing Arran House? It&rsquo;s just a...

Nido HaymarketNew to StudentCrowd

This kitted-out hall offers modern student living in the heart of Edinburgh. What are the top reasons for choosing Nido Haymarket? The University ...

Haddington Place

Potterrow

Turner House

Ewing House

Holland Annexe

Portsburgh Court

Panmure Court

Chancellors Court

Ratcliffe Terrace

Roxburgh Place

Meadow Court

Lee House

Baird House

Grant House

Vita Student Edinburgh

East Newington Place

Kincaid's Court

Warrender Park Road

Salisbury Court

Nicholson Street and South College Street

Deaconess

Blackfriars Street

South Clerk Street

Fraser Court

Mylnes Court

Riego Street

Holland House

John Burnett House

Robertson's Close

College Wynd

Blackwood Crescent/Causewayside

New Park, Edinburgh

Sciennes

iQ Fountainbridge

New Arthur Place

Morgan Court

McDonald Road

Richmond Place Apartments

O'Shea North

Beaverbank

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iQ Grove
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