Luxury hotel W Edinburgh opens
W Edinburgh does more than put you at the centre of Scotland’s historic and culturally rich capital city, it immerses you in the spirit of the festival capital of the world. Unique rooms and suites that are anything but expected. Breath-taking dining and specialty bars bring inspired new flavours to the city from our signature restaurant SUSHISAMBA and intimate cocktail bar, Joao’s Place, to our W Lounge and unique rooftop deck with the finest 360-degree views of Edinburgh and beyond does more than put you at the centre of Scotland’s historic and culturally rich capital city, it immerses you in the spirit of the festival capital of the world. Unique rooms and suites that are anything but expected. Breath-taking dining and specialty bars bring inspired new flavours to the city from our signature restaurant SUSHISAMBA and intimate cocktail bar, Joao’s Place, to our W Lounge and unique rooftop deck with the finest 360-degree views of Edinburgh and beyond
Transcript
00:00 [Music]
00:04 The W Edinburgh is about to open in the city and it's the brand's new focus on luxury and
00:11 inclusivity as well, so it will be welcoming families as well as couples.
00:16 And it will join some of the other five star hotels that have opened recently in Edinburgh,
00:20 including the Virgin Hotel, which opened earlier this year, Glen Eagle's Townhouse and the
00:24 Hoxton which is about to open in Edinburgh's Haymarket area.
00:29 It's seven years since the building went up and even though it was a bit Marmitey for
00:33 some people, it can be seen from all across the city and it's become quite a feature of
00:38 the skyline.
00:39 I'm outside the new W Hotel by the St James Quarter.
00:43 It's 12 floors high and at the top floor is a rooftop bar with views of the whole city.
00:50 There's 244 bedrooms and 45 suites, which makes it, it has the most suites of all hotels
00:56 in the city.
00:57 The tenth floor is Sushi Samba, which is the Brazilian-Japanese-Peruvian restaurant, which
01:04 will be opening as well.
01:06 And on the floor above they've got W Lounge and Jow's Place, which is their cocktail bar
01:12 that's based on the 1975 flat and it's got its own record player where they've got records
01:19 from artists who played Rio de Janeiro, including the Bee Gees.
01:23 There's also a spa, the Away Spa, which is on the fifth floor, which has five treatment
01:28 rooms and treatments from Scottish beauty band Ishka.
01:32 And there are, on the ninth floor, room 901, is their Wow Suite, which has an outdoor shower
01:41 on the terrace and it also has its own personal sauna and a living room and a round bed that
01:48 you can rotate so you can have views of the castle when you wake up.
01:52 And all the rooms have a table which resembles a slab of volcanic rock with a cut-out of
02:00 glass on the top in the shape of the Norlock, which is now Princess Street Gardens.
02:05 And they make guests their own bespoke cocktail, which will be presented on this as they check
02:10 into their room.
02:12 [Music]