Costa Coffee

They have a free toilet! That alone makes it a 5 star! Europeans and their coin-operated toilet! Who came up with that idea first? Germans?

Fairly large but busy Costa. You have to climb a steep stair to reach it and a further flight of stairs for the toilets. The cafe itself is on the first floor (above the shops at street level) in a corner location with wonderful views from the large windows that stretch from knee level to the ceiling. Views right along Princes Street, over to Edinburgh Castle, the Old Town, the crown of St Giles Cathedral on the Royal Mile. The food and drink are standard Costa offerings.

Service was good (camp and friendly, just how I like it :D), food was fine and pleasant views from the top, but it fell down a bit on the main reason I went in, which was to use the WiFi. Normally that's pretty good at Costa and Starbucks. Then again, maybe it was getting overburdened due to the Edinburgh Festival?

Enjoyable visit. Pleasant staff, good service and the usual excellent Costa coffee. However...the stairs up to this branch are lethally dangerous and need attention to prevent injury to customers.

A standard Costa coffee shop - always busy due to location. It's one floor up and overlooks Princes St The Mound Hanover St junction. Good views of the Castle Princes St gardens and National Gallery. Staff do an excellent job keeping everything moving. Occasionally groups of tourists descend (or should that be ascend) for a coffee and a queue is inevitable - just need a little extra patience.

Nice place. The staff is really friendly and the drinks are really nice.

I've always loved the views from this place, but let's be honest- it's dirty, dark and crappy furnishings add to this cafe's demeanor.
This morning there was a fire drill just after we had paid and sat down to a large cup of coffee. This resulted in a cafe full of unhappy customers, as some of us returned to stone cold drinks. No offer to replenish or refund makes this an even sadder cafe
Move out Costa and make way for the upmarket cafe this building and view deserves.

Most amazing view! Sometimes quite busy yet still a great place to work or take friends.

We went here to get hot cocoa after getting rained on at the Christmas Market. The cocoa wasn't overly sweet but the cream and gold-dusted marshmallows had no sweetness at all. The gluten free Christmas cake was a surprise. We had never had it before so we got it along with the two gluten free mini pecan pies. The Christmas cake wasn't my thing but it was good.