Central Library edinburgh

Beautiful building. Good selection of books.

Why do staff have to deal noisily with book requests over the phone sometimes at length when others are studying or trying to concentrate. The staff always have very loud voices and seem to communicate unnecessary matters.

Superb interior space, with beautiful main reading room rotunda. A must-visit on any architectural tour of Edinburgh, and a historic library, one of the first funded by Scottish-American industrialist Andrew Carnegie. For library users, the art and design collections are especially rich and useful. Very highly recommended!

Excellent library open to the general public. A great collection of books all very well organized and available for consultation and reading. The setting is very peaceful and great to focus on for a good read. The service is very friendly, inspiring to everyone. Great.

Spent many many hours studying and reading here. A fantastic and spacious library with a coffee machine, they even have keyboards you can play and a music room to practise or have meetings in. I think it would be good to have a hot water kettle, longer opening hours and more seating during busy exam times, but it's still one my fav places in Edinburgh. It's a warm space where everyone is welcome. Let there be light!

old school and chill place. got separate rooms + a reading room. free to enter. idk why some staff are grumpy tho. bad day maybe? nonetheless they are helpful

Lovely & quiet place for study and have a good stock of books. The staff is very helpful...

Very nice staff quick and on the ball

There was lots of hand sanitizer around also please if anyone is needing information about renewing things double check to make sure if you need to book an appointment to renew your bus pass.

Not exactly visitor friendly . Told I had to book but wouldn't say how. Eventually got in to be told I wasn't able to look for a specific book. Eventually just walked out. PS. Being disabled it took me about a hour to walk there because Google maps didn't recognize half the streets