The Golden Lion Hotel

Property class: 3
Hotel with restaurant, near Stirling Castle

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The Golden Lion Hotel offers a great location, putting you within a 15-minute walk of Stirling Castle. You can relax with a drink at the bar/lounge, and the coffee shop/cafe is the perfect spot to grab a bite to eat.

Reviews

7.4 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

  • Pet friendly
  • Parking available
  • Free WiFi
  • Restaurant
  • Bar
  • 24/7 front desk
The current price is CA $151
CA $182 total
includes taxes & fees
Oct 25 - Oct 26

Room options

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A room with a bed, a desk, a chair, a mirror, a lamp, and a window.

Standard Single Room

7.6 out of 10
Good
(5 reviews)
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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A hotel room with a large bed, a sofa, a coffee table with breakfast items, and a window with curtains.

Standard Double Room

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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A hotel room with two beds, a desk with a TV, a chair, and a small table.

Standard Twin Room

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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A hotel room with two beds, a nightstand, a lamp, and a window with curtains.

Standard Triple Room

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bed

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Family Room

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed and 2 Twin Beds

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A neatly made bed with a blue blanket and patterned pillows, a wooden headboard, and bedside lamps.

Superior Double Room

  • City view
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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A hotel room with a bed, pillows, a blanket, a radiator, and two framed pictures on the wall.

Superior Twin Room

  • City view
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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About the area

Map
8-10 King St, Stirling, Scotland, FK8 1BD

What's nearby

  • Tolbooth - 6 min walk - 0.6 km
  • Old Town Jail - 6 min walk - 0.6 km
  • Argyll's Lodging - 8 min walk - 0.7 km
  • Smith Art Gallery and Museum - 9 min walk - 0.8 km
  • Stirling Castle - 15 min walk - 1.3 km

Getting around

  • Edinburgh Airport (EDI) - 44 min drive
  • Glasgow International Airport (GLA) - 51 min drive
  • Glasgow (PIK-Prestwick) - 76 min drive
  • Stirling (XWB-Stirling Train Station) - 4 min walk
  • Stirling Station - 10 min walk
  • Dunblane Station - 15 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪The Crossed Peels (Wetherspoon) - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪McDonald's - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Nicky Tams - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪The Cold Beer Company - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪City Walls - ‬3 min walk

About this property

The Golden Lion Hotel

  • The Golden Lion Hotel offers a great location, putting you within a 15-minute walk of Stirling Castle. You can relax with a drink at the bar/lounge, and the coffee shop/cafe is the perfect spot to grab a bite to eat.

At a glance

CHECK-IN
3:00 p.m.
CHECK-OUT
11:00 a.m.

Hotel size

    • 66 rooms

Arriving/Leaving

    • Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
    • Minimum check-in age: 18
    • Check-out time is 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

    • Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
    • Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Required at check-in

    • Credit card, debit card, or cash deposit required for incidental charges
    • Government-issued photo ID may be required
    • Minimum check-in age is 18

Pets

    • Pets allowed (dogs only, 2 total)*
    • Service animals welcome
    • Specific rooms only. Pet-friendly rooms can be requested by contacting the property at the number on the booking confirmation; restrictions apply*

Internet

    • Free WiFi in public areas

Parking

    • Onsite self parking (GBP 25 per night)
    • Limited onsite parking (max 1 space per unit)

Other information

    • Smoke-free property

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Reviews

The Golden Lion Hotel Reviews

7.4

Good

8.0

Cleanliness

7.2

Amenities

8.2

Staff & service

7.2

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

Verified review

8/10 Very good

The hotel was good, staff very helpful when needed. Hotel ideal location for pubs & eating places. Has a good bar if u want to sit in the hotel& relax. Rooms were comfy & clean
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8/10 Very good

Safe comfortable old town location. Beautiful bar restaurant. Staff is very helpful.
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8/10 Very good

Excellent location. Staff were good.
Verified review

8/10 Very good

A clean hotel ideally situated in the centre of Stirling, no bells or whistles but perfect for a short break. The owners were very friendly and accommodating. Would stay again when I next visit Stirling and would like to see the entertainment on offer
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10/10 Exceptional

Easy to book and contact, great price, clean comfortable room.
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6/10 Good

Property a bit tired and dated, but clean enough, rooms quite small
Verified review

10/10 Exceptional

Easy to get to. Very central.
Verified review

10/10 Exceptional

lovely hotel clean and friendly staff very central cant fault a thing
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6/10 Good

Shower was set to very hot. Wi fi dodgy. Staff and cleaning were superb. Has parking bang in the city centre
Verified review

6/10 Good

The Hotel used to have a buffet breakfast which was so much easier and quicker quite disappointed about that. The staff were friendly and helpful just prefer the buffet breakfast
Verified review

8/10 Very good

If you wish your room to be cleaned you have to ask at reception for this to be carried out on a daily basis.Overall room clean and tidy although tea tray was very sparse. Our stay was comfortable and staff very friendly.
Verified review

6/10 Good

Good location. Comfortable Enough. Decent value.
Verified review

6/10 Good

Staff vague on wifi reliability rather than confirming its exclusively for use in public seems only. Tea tray with kettle and milk stored on the floor, worn furniture but great location
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10/10 Exceptional

Good hotel with friendly and helpful staff in a great location just 10 minutes walk from the station . WiFi reception was only available in the reception area .
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8/10 Very good

Nice place, great location, and wonderful staff. No wifi in rooms and food was expensive. Should have offered a food discount for broken wifi.
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10/10 Exceptional

The location is just perfectly in central Stirling. Our room had a view of the Wallace monument! A v short walk gets you to shops, restaurants, train station, bus station, library etc. For us it was luxury, comfy beds, plenyy space, welcoming foyer and people. We were half hour early for check in and it was no problem. Would have like to partake of their 'Mad Hatters Tea Party' s that are organised there
Verified review

10/10 Exceptional

All good very accessible to local centre
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10/10 Exceptional

Clean room. Wear and tear as you should expect from a hotel from 1786. Good location in central Stirling.
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4/10 Fair

Rooms did not reflect the photos advertised of the bedrooms. The hotel is in need of refurbishment. The lift was intermittent, and being on 5 fliirs
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6/10 Good

The location was terrific, the hotel was very nice but our room on the 5th floor was very hot, despite it being cool outside there was no way to cool our room making it difficult to sleep.
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4/10 Fair

Was not happy said breakfast was included but apparently not .wanted 17pds each for breakfast
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6/10 Good

The Golden Lion is an historic hotel in the heart of Stirling. Unfortunately, there is no WiFi in the guest rooms, and only a continental breakfast is available before 8 a.m. If you don't care about WiFi in your room, this may be the hotel for you. But WiFi in rooms seems to me like a basic necessity in 2026, and the hotel charges 2026 rates for its rooms.
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4/10 Fair

A disappointing stay. The appearance of the hotel room, was much worse than displayed on the website. The carpets in public areas were threadbare and badly worn. My room was very small and in need of refurbishment. The bathroom was ridiculously small. The windows in my room very broken and didn’t open correctly, so the room was way too hot!! No WiFi on my floor either. Won’t stay here again!! I asked for a room with a view and look in the photos what I got!!
Verified review

2/10 Poor

Checked in on 9th July, first room 103 was smelling of human urine, went and complained, got moved to 356, this room is in the loft area, 2 velux windows with non blackout blinds, couldn't open windows due to noise from main street, room was red hot no air con, was given a small fan that really was no use at all due to high temps on the 2nights stay. No manager would come and speak to me and was given an email on day of check out to make a complaint, the complaint to this day has never been answered to myself. If i could have moved to another hotel in the area for the last night i would have,however the others in the area were fully booked on that night. Staff were rude and not nice to deal with. Would never recommend this hotel to anyone to stay.
Verified review

4/10 Fair

Stanza molto piccola, no wifi. Va bene per una notte se di passaggio.