The Royal Scots Club — Event Rooms & Capacities
29 – 31 Abercromby Place, Edinburgh, EH3 6QE
7 event spaces · up to 165 guests (The Princess Royal Suite)
The Royal Scots Club is a hotel in Edinburgh with 7 event spaces listed here, each with the capacities the venue publishes for it. The largest figure it publishes is 165 guests, in The Princess Royal Suite. Check a room fits, then lay out your own tables, stage and dance floor to scale — free.
Across its rooms the venue lists theatre-style sessions for up to 165, seated dinners for 160 and cabaret for 96.
No floor plan is drawn here: The Royal Scots Club publishes capacities but no room dimensions. The planner opens each room sized to fit its published capacity instead.
Unverified listing — compiled from The Royal Scots Club’s own published information. Venue staff can verify it free: floors.live/venues/uk/scotland/edinburgh/the-royal-scots-club/?claim=1.
Room capacities & sizes
Capacities by layout as The Royal Scots Club publishes them. Sizes in metres and square metres, with feet and square feet alongside.
| Room | Theatre | Classroom | Banquet | Cabaret | Boardroom | U-shape | Plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Princess Royal Suite | 165 | 32 | 160 | 96 | 50 | — | Plan this room → |
| The Hepburn Suite | 120 | 48 | 110 | 72 | 40 | 36 | Plan this room → |
| The Princess Royal 1 & 2 Suites | 80 | 18 | — | 42 | 30 | 25 | Plan this room → |
| The Douglas Room | 50 | 18 | 40 | — | 28 | 25 | Plan this room → |
| The Ellesmere Room | 30 | 12 | — | — | 18 | — | Plan this room → |
| The Hepburn Syndicate Suite | — | — | — | 15 | 8 | — | Plan this room → |
| The Scott Room | — | — | 20 | — | 18 | — | Plan this room → |
A dash means the venue does not publish that figure. No room sizes are published, so those rooms open in the planner sized to fit their capacity. Confirm final numbers with the venue.
Frequently asked questions
How many event spaces does The Royal Scots Club have?
7 event spaces are listed on this page.
How many guests can The Royal Scots Club seat for dinner?
Up to 160 banquet-style in The Princess Royal Suite; The Hepburn Suite seats 110, per the venue.
What is the largest theatre-style capacity at The Royal Scots Club?
165 in The Princess Royal Suite, per the venue.
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from The Royal Scots Club’s own website, read on 22 October 2026:
- Official website: royalscotsclub.com
- Capacities: royalscotsclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/RSCMeetingsBrochure2026.pdf
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