NYX Hotel Edinburgh: Boutique Stay Steps From the Royal Mile & Waverley Station

61 Jeffrey Street, EH1 1DH — a two-minute walk from the Royal Mile
A newcomer to the Old Town swaps tartan cliché for bold colour, curated art and a first-floor bar that turns into one of the city’s liveliest late-night spots — all a short stroll from Waverley Station.

The Quick Take

Tucked just off the Royal Mile on Jeffrey Street, NYX Hotel Edinburgh is part of the Leonardo Hotels group’s youth-skewing NYX brand, better known on the continent in cities like Munich and Warsaw. Edinburgh is one of its newest additions, and it leans hard into the brand’s signature mix of graffiti-inspired interiors, statement lighting and a bar programme designed to be a destination rather than an afterthought.

This isn’t a quiet, tartan-and-shortbread stay — it’s aimed at travellers who want their hotel to have a pulse after 9pm, while still being footsteps from the historic sights that bring most people to the Old Town in the first place.

Rooms: 125
Check-in: 3:00 PM
Check-out: 11:00 AM
Royal Mile: ~100 m

Rooms & Style

Rooms follow the “Superior Star” and “Deluxe Star” naming NYX uses across the brand, furnished with the group’s plush DREAM beds, mini-fridge, Nespresso machine and a rainfall shower stocked with Soapsmith toiletries. Expect punchy colour accents and local artwork rather than the muted neutrals typical of Old Town boutique stays.

CLASH Bar & Restaurant

The hotel’s social hub sits on the first floor: part restaurant, part late-night bar, with a sharing-plates menu and a cocktail list built for photographing before you drink it. As the evening wears on, resident DJs take over and it shifts from dinner spot to one of the buzzier after-dark rooms in the Old Town — worth knowing if you’re after an early night, and exactly the draw if you’re not.

Breakfast runs 6:30–10:30am on weekdays and 7–11am at weekends and on public holidays. The bar keeps late hours Friday and Saturday, running through to 1:30am.

What’s Nearby

The address on Jeffrey Street puts it about as close to the sightseeing spine of the city as a hotel can be — Waverley Station and the Royal Mile are both within a few minutes’ walk, and most of the Old Town’s headline attractions are comfortably reachable on foot.

Edinburgh Waverley Station 400 m
Royal Mile 100 m
Scott Monument 500 m
National Museum of Scotland 600 m
Calton Hill 600 m
Edinburgh Castle 800 m
Holyrood Park 800 m
Holyrood Palace 900 m

Good to Know

Bookings made from 1 October 2025 for stays from 24 July 2026 onward carry Edinburgh’s 5% visitor levy, applied to the pre-VAT room rate for up to five consecutive nights. It’s set by the City of Edinburgh Council rather than the hotel, and it doesn’t apply to food, drink or other extras.

Who it suits

A good fit for travellers who want design flair and a lively first-floor bar without giving up an Old Town postcode — think weekend groups, late arrivals off the train at Waverley, and anyone who’d rather their hotel bar be the plan than an afterthought. Light sleepers who want total quiet might prefer a stay a few streets further from the action.

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