Royal National Hotel

3.0 star property

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Pizza
Reception
Exterior
Twin Room | Laptop workspace, free WiFi, bed sheets, alarm clocks
Hallway

Reviews

7.6 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

  • 24/7 front desk
  • Laundry
  • Free WiFi

Explore the area

Map
38-51 Bedford Way, London, England, WC1H 0DG
  • Russell Square
    ‪2 min walk‬
  • The British Museum
    ‪9 min walk‬
  • Piccadilly Circus
    ‪5 min drive‬
  • London (LHR-Heathrow)
    ‪55 min drive‬

Room options

Standard Plus Triple - Extra Bed

  • City view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 3 Twin Beds and 1 Twin Trundle Bed

Family Room

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bed

Standard Plus Triple Room

  • Sleeps 3
  • 3 Twin Beds

Standard Plus Double Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Standard Plus Twin - Extra Bed

  • Sleeps 3
  • 2 Twin Beds

Double Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Standard Plus Family Room

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bed

Twin Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

Standard Plus Twin Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

Triple Room

  • Sleeps 3
  • 3 Twin Beds

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About this property

Royal National Hotel

Hotel in London City Centre
This smoke-free hotel features a restaurant, a coffee shop/cafe, and self parking. WiFi in public areas is free. Additionally, concierge services, dry cleaning, and a 24-hour front desk are onsite. Housekeeping is available on request.
Royal National Hotel offers 1358 accommodations with coffee/tea makers. Televisions come with satellite channels.

Bathrooms include showers. This London hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is provided on request.

Dining options at the hotel include a restaurant and a coffee shop/cafe. Wireless Internet access is complimentary. 5 meeting rooms are available. This eco-certified hotel also offers a vending machine, multilingual staff, and tour/ticket assistance. Parking is available onsite for a surcharge.

Royal National Hotel is a smoke-free property.

English breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 6:30 AM and 10:30 AM.
Blooms Cafe - This café specializes in pizza.
The London Pub - This restaurant specializes in British cuisine. Open daily.

Awards and affiliations

Eco-Certified Property
This property participates in Green Key (Foundation for Environmental Education), a program that measures the property's impact on one or more of the following: environment, community, cultural-heritage, the local economy.

Languages

Arabic, English, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Height restrictions apply for onsite parking
  • Covered self parking on site (GBP 24 per day)

Food and drink

  • Daily English breakfast available 6:30 AM to 10:30 AM for a fee: GBP 15 for adults and GBP 15 for children
  • A coffee shop/cafe
  • A restaurant

Restaurants on site

  • Blooms Cafe
  • The London Pub

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk
  • Vending machine

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (on request)
  • Multilingual staff
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Business services

  • 5 meeting rooms

Accessibility

  • No elevator

More

  • 7 floors
  • Banquet hall
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 30-inch TV with cable/satellite channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle

More

  • Heating
  • Laptop workspace
  • Phone

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for English breakfast: approximately GBP 15 for adults and GBP 15 for children
  • Covered self parking fee: GBP 24.00 per day

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

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
Special cancellation policies or charges may apply for group reservations (more than 8 rooms for the same property / stay dates)
This property accepts credit cards and debit cards; cash is not accepted
Cashless transactions are available
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
Parking height restrictions apply

Property is also known as

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Royal National Hotel London
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National Hotel London
Royal National Hotel London, England
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Royal National Hotel Reviews

Reviews

7.6

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 1632 out of 5595 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 2054 out of 5595 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 1072 out of 5595 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 511 out of 5595 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 326 out of 5595 reviews

8.2/10

Cleanliness

8.2/10

Staff & service

7.2/10

Amenities

7.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

craig

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Faris

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

Marie

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

2/10 Terrible

Tarik

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

4/10 Poor

Glenda

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We tried so many times to work with the property to change the dates related to our stay but they just wouldn't budge and had to pay an extra night. At the end, I don't think this hotel values customer service. From a room perspective, the first night (extra night we paid) the room was outdated and not too clean. They moved the family to a new room the next day which was better.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Johnny

Traveled with family
Disappointing
I don't think we'll be staying here again. Negatives: there were some issues with the bathroom – the hot tap in the sink had zero pressure so you had to turn the tap several times to get a weak stream of water. There was an unhygienic shower curtain in the bath which clung to you while you were trying to have a shower. I'm surprised they didn't think to install a shower screen. We could constantly hear the people next door or upstairs as the walls didn't seem very thick. On another note in the entire room there were only two power points, one of which was used by the kettle. This meant charging phones and laptops etc. was very difficult. Positives: the breakfast was quite good with a hot buffet selection and the usual pastries, toast and cheeses and ham.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Jess

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Easy access and good food options around
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Isabelle

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very friendly staff, happy to help. Nice modern rooms with up to date facilities and technology.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Rebecca

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

4/10 Poor

Nigel John

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
It took half an hour to check in. Plenty of smiley reception staff, staring blankly at screens, achieving very little. Our room and surrounding corridors stank of frying onions (coming up through the fire escape). Otherwise, the room was comfortable. On the morning of departure, it took over 10 minutes to reach the ground floor, due to malfunctioning lifts - with the only alternative being an alarmed fire escape. All these points were mentioned to the receptionist upon checkout. The only reaction was “sorry” and another nice smile. Overall: a poor experience.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

4/10 Poor

Muhammad

Business traveler
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Location is good. But services are bad
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Nigel John

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Affordable
Room was clean comfortable but small it did the job required and a bit warm overnight The beds were comfortable Bathroom facilities were great. Would stop there again.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

2/10 Terrible

Shinn

Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2024

2/10 Terrible

Samantha

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Pamela M

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Shine

Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2024

2/10 Terrible

Andrew

Business traveler
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Shabby and old
Really shabby hotel, shower barely worked and couldn’t plug a lap top in to charge as socket position was so low. I tried to report the issue but the queue at reception was so long I had to leave. Window in room was old and had mould.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Lloyd

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Rooms have been decorated nicely since I last stayed a couple of things to complain one of my suitcases was opened in room nothing taken but someone opened it and check in time loads of people waiting to check in and only one person behind reception it’s a very busy hotel something wrong somewhere I had to complain and two more people came out
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Laszlo

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

10/10 Excellent

Pay

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Beáta

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Shreevats

Traveled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Property was at the perfect location but there was too much noise on our floor in the night. There was a foul smell in the bathroom which was a put off but rest everything was perfect. Room was clean and nicely done.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
OK, once in 30 years is about right.
Haven't stayed here since 1996 on a Uni Field Trip, felt like an appropriate amount of time. It's OK, good location, bed was comfy and the room was clean. Decor is 1990s (not sure it changed since I was there last), breakfast wasn't bad, but field kitchen standard. Check-in was atrocious, we were all guided into lines which then got served faster than those of us who had queued for 30 minutes (this is the UK, we DO queuing here), which was frustrating. Staff were friendly though, despite angry guests waiting for their rooms.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024