Accolades & Commentary

The totally sumptous Prestonfield has astounded those who have seen it, making it the year's most talked-about hotel with a growing celebrity following. - Travel Trade News

PRESTONFIELD ACCOLADES

Edinburgh’s only 5 Red Star Hotel 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 The AA

AA Inspector's Choice  & five red star Hotel 2010 & 2011/12

Green Tourism Business Scheme - Gold Award

Rhubarb at Prestonfield named 28 in Toptable's Top 100 Diner-rated Restaurants 2011.

VisitScotland 5 gold star hotel 2010 & 2011 - one of just five in Scotland

AA Hotel of the Year 2005 Scotland

Restaurateur of the Year Award 2009 for Prestonfield owner James Thomson

Best 101 Hotels in the World  Tatler Abercrombie & Kent Travel Guide

Edinburgh’s Best Hotel - Hotel of the Year Awards

Hotel of the Year  Room for Romance - Hotel of the Year Awards

Most Romantic Hotel in Scotland - Hotel of the Year Awards

Tatler Magazine - Prestonfield one of the Top 20 Hotels in the UK

5 Star Hotel rating VisitScotland 2004 - 2012

AA 2 Rosettes for Rhubarb – the Restaurant at Prestonfield 2005-2012

Evening News Business Awards finalist 

Good Food of Scotland 4 Food Honours

Good Food of Scotland Gold Plate Award

MoMA Award from Hotel Review Scotland

Mr & Mrs Smith European Cities Hotel Collection, only hotel in UK outside London

Where to stay in Edinburgh. Conde Nast Traveller 

Finalist FX Interior Design Awards

The Good Hotel Guide listing since 2005

Member Connoisseur’s Scotland

Founder Member Luxury Edinburgh

Runner up European Hotel Design Awards  

Member Chic Retreats

Silver Thistle – the ultimate accolade in tourism, presented to Prestonfield owner James Thomson by First Minister Jack McConnell, October 2004.

Order of the British Empire. Awarded to Prestonfield owner James Thomson OBE for service to Hospitality and Scottish Tourism. June 2005.

Restaurateur of the Year, Catey Award, presented to James Thomson 2009.

Prestonfield is Virtuoso preferred  since 2004

Prestonfield is a Fodor’s Choice since 2006

Wine Spectator Award of Excellence 2003 until 2010 then,

Wine Spectator Best Award of Excellence 2010 & 2011 & 2012

COMMENTS

So extravagant it's like walking onto the set of some flamboyant costume drama.
Conde Nast Traveller Magazine.

James Thomson is Edinburgh's star restaurateur…in 2003 he really got into opulent mode with the refurbishment of Prestonfield. To say the makeover has been sumptuous is a bit of an understatement…unlike anything else in the city.
Time Out Eating & Drinking Guide UK 2005

A stunning mix of opulence, grandeur and comfort. 
Richard Bath, Scotland on Sunday

Triple A-rated spoil me factor.
Tatler

Sheer glorious indulgence. The Hotel Guru

An environment of pure modern decadence.
Travel Intelligence
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Arguably Edinburgh’s most exciting hotel development in recent years…exudes opulent individual style that is unrivalled anywhere in the city.
Time Out Guide 2004

Get frocked up, it’s Showtime!
The List

Possibly the most decadent, service-obsessed hotel I have ever visited…beyond swank.  Hampton’s Magazine

Prestonfield is a lush oasis of calm, slap bang in the middle of the most elegant city in Europe.
Mr & Mrs Smith European Cities Hotel Collection

…the decadent and quixotic splendours of Prestonfield provides the ultimate retort to minimalism. It is surely Edinburgh’s most indulgent retreat
Chic Retreats

Divine decadence. Rich, ripe and dangerously close to dissolute.   
Tatler

Edinburgh’s most exciting hotel…exudes opulent individual style that is unrivalled anywhere else in the city.
Time Out 2005.

Prestonfield is surely Edinburgh’s most indulgent retreat. 
ELLE

This is the ultimate retort to minimalism: it is maximalism writ large…plush to the point of decadence.
Food Illustrated Magazine

….. looks incredible! 
Shirley Manson, Garbage

…a Baroque extravaganza where more is most certainly, more!
Gillian Glover, The Scotsman

Rhubarb, the hotel’s restaurant is so exquisite you could spend an entire weekend lazing around without even venturing out into the city.
Gareth MacLean, The Guardian

Fabulous!
Joan Collins

Rhubarb – where a plate full of Lindisfarne oysters were so creamy, I had to revise my idea about the hermit conditions on that island.
Andrew Motion, Poet Laureate. The Daily Mail

Full on saucy styling with glowing candles, rich fabrics and antique furniture…creating the feeling you’ve stepped into a giant boudoir”
Rhiannon Batten, The Independent

…a Beau Brummell kaleidoscope of gilt, ormolu and Scarlet pinstripe.
Allan Brown, The Sunday Times

Prestonfield is, in a word, decadent.
Gareth MacLean, The Guardian

Prestonfield is the one to watch. It’s all part of the utterly decadent experience. Simply without comparison.
Time Out

Gloriously dissolute…more boudoir than B&B.
Jeremy Lazell The Sunday Times

Opulent eccentricity…flamboyant décor, attention to detail and cosseting service…create an environment of pure decadence.
Juliet Kinsman, The Observer

They’ve taken the concept of luxury to the limits….Prestonfield’s bedrooms are grand and luxurious- and not just because of the flocktastic décor.
Alison Alderman, Olive

…the stuff of pure fantasy.
Voyager

James Thomson has transformed the traditional country house into something altogether more “wow”. Sawday’s Special Places to Stay 2005

The totally sumptuous Prestonfield has astounded those who have seen it, making it the year’s most talked-about hotel with a growing celebrity following.
Travel Trade News

For a taste of delicious decadence only Rhubarb restaurant will do.
Jonathan Trew, Metro

Prestonfield - VIP treatment without the A-list price tag. Opulence has never been so affordable.
Mr & Mrs Smith Guide

The pick of the bunch is Rhubarb. Romance in spades.
Sue Lawrence, Scotland on Sunday

I’ve died and gone to Hotel was my first thought on checking in…with Prestonfield who needs heaven? Forget Paris: Edinburgh is the new romance capital of Europe.
Red Magazine

For many this might be OTT. But owner James Thomson has set out to preserve a personality built over nine centuries - and he has pulled it off spectacularly. It worked for me. It's certainly spectacular: the pillows are fluffy, the detailing well thought out, the lighting moody - and the house keeping is second to none.
Caroline Major, Travel Intelligence.

The last word in opulence.
Eve

Discreet, exquisite and decadent – and that’s just the surroundings. The almost too-luxurious restaurant at Prestonfield is fish-oriented heaven, with confident dishes prepared to the point of perfection.
Thom Dibdin.

With Highland cows and peacocks roaming the grounds, it's hard to imagine that Prestonfield is just minutes from the middle of Edinburgh. In a 17th-century manor house, the flamboyant decor, attention to detail, and cosseting service have already scooped an award from the AA for best hotel in Scotland. It has been designed with an outright disregard for minimalism. Swathes of fabric wallpaper, plush curtains, an incredible collection of antique furniture hide the kind of mod cons you expect from the most cutting-edge luxury hotels.
The Observer/ Mr & Mrs Smith

Prestonfield is Liberace, its walls upholstered in brocades and velvets….not the place to stay if you like simple, clean lines, but if you revel in extravagant over-decoration (such as the dramatic silvered sleigh bed in my suite, 31) and a sense of theatre, the place is a lot of fun.
Forbes Magazine

For those who feel comfort should mean revelling in excess, this 16th-century manor house from the creators of the Witchery eschews minimalism in favour of centuries-old furniture and swathes of heavy fabrics. Juliet Kinsman, Travel Intelligence

Richly decorated Prestonfield resembles a flamboyant Moulin Rouge-style film set, perfect for full-on romance in opulent surrounds– an A-list celebrity bolthole-saucily-styled rooms give a distinct boudoir feel.
Travel Weekly 2005

The most glamorous hotel in town.
The Independent.

Edinburgh’s most exciting venue has just opened its doors!. If Oscar Wilde was still alive he would stay at Prestonfield; true opulence is a state of mind and this hotel has a mind of its own….
SWD

James Thomson’s grand hotel has a restaurant to match the sprawling decadence of this restored country house. It is not difficult to see why the AA named Prestonfield its Hotel of the Year in 2005, presumably the same reason the restaurant is booked up weeks in advance.
The Times