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The Spires Serviced Apartments Edinburgh
Independent pet-friendly review by Four Legged Guests · updated August 2026 · paw rating built from 2 verified guest reviews mentioning pets
Bring your dog if
- You want a whole-property rental - no shared lobbies or corridors to navigate with your dog
- You're basing yourself in Edinburgh / the Scotland and want a pet-friendly anchor for day trips
- The wider guest experience is strong - guests rate this 8.5/10 overall on booking platforms
Worth knowing
- Paw rating is based on 2 reviews - limited sample, treat as directional
- Pet fee: £20 per night - research-verified; confirm at booking
How this review was built Evidence, sources, refresh cadence
- Evidence: 2 pet-mention guest reviews sourced from major booking platforms - guests who explicitly mentioned travelling with a dog. Each review is screened for pet-relevance, then judged for sentiment to compute the paw rating.
- Not a personal visit. We don't stay at every hotel we cover - we summarise patterns from real guest reviews, paraphrased and never quoted verbatim. Full standard on our editorial policy page.
- Wider context: The property has 1,796 guest reviews overall across booking platforms, averaging 8.5/10 - the paw rating reflects only the pet-mentioning subset.
- Last refreshed: August 2026. Policies and pricing drift; we re-check on a rolling basis. Confirm specifics with the property at the moment you book.
- How the paw rating works: Full detail on the methodology page, including the three verification gates and known limitations.
Pet policy at a glance
- The charge is 20 pounds for the first night and 10 pounds for each additional night, with a minimum of 20 pounds and a maximum of 50 pounds on stays of up to seven nights.
- Stays of eight nights or longer add a further 20 pounds for each additional week.
Pet-friendly summary
The Spires Serviced Apartments Edinburgh earns a paw rating of 4.5 out of 5 from guests travelling with dogs, a strong score that reflects what is, in practice, a comfortable city-centre apartment stay for small dogs and their owners, with two things to plan around.
Guests bringing dogs consistently highlight the space and the self-catering setup. The serviced-apartment format means multiple bedrooms, a fully fitted kitchen, washer and dryer combo, hard floors, and the kind of room to spread out that is harder to find in a conventional Edinburgh hotel room. Reviews mention the apartments comfortably accommodating mixed groups travelling with a small dog, which is useful for multi-generational family trips or anyone wanting to settle in rather than be in and out of a single room.
The first thing to plan around is outdoor space: the property has no garden or on-site area where dogs can relieve themselves. Owners need to walk dogs out onto Hanover Street and head to nearby green space (Princes Street Gardens is about five minutes' walk, and St Andrew Square is closer still). For short overnight stops with a small, low-maintenance dog this is workable; for high-energy dogs or longer stays it is worth factoring in.
The second is cost. Dogs are charged for here: £20 for the first night, then £10 for each night after that, capped at £50 on a stay of up to a week. That is not the steepest pet charge in the city, but it is worth adding to the sums before booking a longer stay.
The Hanover Street location puts you in the heart of the New Town: five minutes' walk to Princes Street, ten to Waverley Station, and a short stroll from the Royal Mile. Streets in the area are busy, but the surrounding squares and gardens give a dog plenty of pavement variety for short walks. Best suited to travellers with small breeds on one- to two-night city stays, especially groups or families who want apartment-style space alongside a central location.
Highlights from pet-mentioning reviews
What reviewers travelling with dogs consistently noted about staying here.
- Welcoming for small dogs travelling with families
- Space and self-catering suit longer stays
- No on-premise area for dogs to toilet
- Pet fee: £20 first night, £10 after
- Princes Street Gardens five minutes away on foot
About this hotel
A 4-star serviced-apartment property on Hanover Street in Edinburgh's New Town, occupying a central position five minutes' walk from Princes Street and ten from Waverley Station. Apartments include fitted kitchens, washer-dryers and multi-bedroom layouts suited to groups and longer stays.
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Location
93-95 Hanover Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1DJ
