The Railway Inn

2.5 star property

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Bar (on property)
Exterior

Reviews

6.8 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Breakfast available
  • Housekeeping
  • Free WiFi

Explore the area

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Beach Street, Dawlish, England, EX7 9PN
  • Dawlish Beach
    2 min walk
  • Red Rock Beach
    3 min walk
  • Shaftesbury Theatre
    5 min walk
  • Exeter (EXT-Exeter Intl.)
    37 min drive

Room options

Basic Single Room, Shared Bathroom

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

Basic Double Room, Shared Bathroom

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Basic Twin Room, Shared Bathroom

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Twin Bed

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About this property

The Railway Inn

Dawlish inn with bar/lounge
A bar/lounge and free WiFi in public areas are available at this smoke-free inn.
The Railway Inn offers 4 accommodations. Housekeeping is provided daily.
Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink.

The Railway Inn is a smoke-free property.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Food and drink

  • Breakfast available for a fee
  • A bar/lounge

Things to do

  • Billiards/pool table

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)

Accessibility

  • No elevator

More

  • Smoke-free property

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 9:30 PM
Early check-in subject to availability

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Property payment types

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards
This property is professionally cleaned

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
A car is not required for transportation to and from this property

Property is also known as

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The Railway Inn Reviews

Reviews

6.8
Rating 10 - Excellent. 11 out of 33 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 5 out of 33 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 8 out of 33 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 33 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 6 out of 33 reviews" "

6.4/10

Cleanliness

7.4/10

Staff & service

5.4/10

Amenities

6.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Martin

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Nalini

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Location, location, location and staff
An old property located just on the shoreline at the most central place possible. Both staff members i came across were exceptionally nice and accommodating.
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

4/10 Poor

Joshua

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Room was unfortunately grubby upon arrival, room was dusty, the bedding had clearly been used (hairs and stains on the bedding). This was brought to the attention of the landlord who didnt apologise but did offer to change the bedding when we went out. When we returned the bedding had not been changed, but a bag with fresher sheets had been placed outside the door. Another thing to note was that the milks supplied with the tea and coffee were mostly >1 month expired. The bed was thankfully comfortable, but overall the lack of cleanliness was concerning, especially at £70 for one night.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

2/10 Terrible

Jean

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Un friendly and had attitude . Felt very uncomfortable, will never go there again !
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

6/10 Okay

june

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

2/10 Terrible

Michelle

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Chris

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Basic, clean & comfortable. Good for the low price.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Alice

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mary

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

John

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Andy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

6/10 Okay

Craig

Business traveler
Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2023

8/10 Good

Ian

Traveled with group
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Walking the SW Path we stayed here overnight. The rooms were basic but did the job and were reasonably priced. It’s no frills but it doesn’t claim to be
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

2/10 Terrible

Jeffrey

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
House of horror
Like the house of horrors room smelt very damp could not open window bed was down to its springs toilets ran out of paper toilet would not flush food was packet food cooked in microwave not a place i would recommend
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2021

8/10 Good

Giles

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Railway Inn, Dawlish
On booking I opted for paying at Railway Inn, but on arrival I was advised that payment had to be in cash not card, even though the Railway Inn took card payments in the bar. I asked for a receipt, which wasn’t available straight away, but rec’d the night before departure
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

diane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Staff are fantastic, very friendly.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

mike

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Railway inn Dawlish
Amazing place very friendly and welcoming excellent host Gary and wife .clean rooms and cheap overall gave our hols that extra magic
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Ian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastic clean and welcoming
We visited The Railway Inn to celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary and found the room we stayed in had been refurbished and very clean. The shared shower and 2 WCs was not a problem. Tracy and Gary made us feel very welcome and despite the pub being closed (covid) it looked very inviting and cant wait to August as we have booked 4 days for my 66th birthday celebration. Ian & Annie
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2021

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020

4/10 Poor

Darren

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Have no expectations
We knew and expected cheap and cheerful but this had no cheer. Room very basic but clean was a no (left over clothes from previous occupier) and for shared toilet/bathroom this was disgusting. We couldn't wait to leave so we could find somewhere clean. Again this may have been cheep for dawlish however for the price we paid the night before and the night after for rooms I can only rate this is bad.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

6/10 Okay

jonathan

Liked: Staff & service
average
The hotel was average , the hosts were very helpful and went out of there way to help us however the place could do with a bit of TLC . It served a purpose and was relativly cheap compared to other accomadation in the area and i would stay there again .
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2020

6/10 Okay

Jonny

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2020

2/10 Terrible

Lesley

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
They lie about PARKING, there is NO FREE PARKING
We booked this stay late, only the day before. We know Dawlish very well, yet it took a while to find as its up a dead end street with no car access. My husband stayed in the car while I went into the Inn. The lady was very helpful and apologetic, but there was no parking. She said the people running the Bar were not the owners and had nothing to do with the accommodation side. We were shown to our room. I know this is a old Building but it was in very bad condition, the window wouldn't open and the room was very hot and stuffy. The carpet was awful, bed very old and uncomfortable with very old faded bedding. There was no TV, the wall paper was bubbling and dirty. The communal shower is old, dirty and covered in cobwebs. the communal toilets are very small, cramped, dirty and the flushes are useless. It is very noisy up stairs. the communal lighting is bad. We stayed for 3 nights and I dreaded each one of them. The bar on the other hand was ran by very nice helpful people who chatted to us every night. The Owners of this place DO NOT Advertise this property accurately.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2020

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Verry Noizy outside my window smoking verry bad language from 4:30 to10:30pm doors banging every 5 to 10mins. Bed clean it's a family run husband wife and grandson. Ok
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020