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The Royal Hotel

3.5 star property

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Desk, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets
Rooftop terrace
Exterior
Restaurant
Reception

Reviews

7.4 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

  • Pool
  • Pet friendly
  • Free WiFi
  • Business services
$70
includes taxes & fees
Jan 7 - Jan 8

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St Nicholas Street, Scarborough, England, YO11 2HE
  • Place, South Bay Beach
    ‪1 min walk‬
  • Place, Stephen Joseph Theatre
    ‪6 min walk‬
  • Place, Scarborough Spa
    ‪9 min walk‬

Room options

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Desk, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Double Room

7.6 out of 10
Good
(65 reviews)
  • 161 sq ft
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed

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Coffee and/or coffee maker

Single Room

9.2 out of 10
Wonderful
(18 reviews)
  • 36 sq ft
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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Family Room Sleeps 4 | Desk, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Family Room Sleeps 4

7.8 out of 10
Good
(9 reviews)
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed and 2 Twin Beds

Twin Room with Sea View

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Family Room Sleeps 3 | Desk, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Family Room Sleeps 3

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bed

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Desk, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Superior Suite

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

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Penthouse Suite | Desk, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Penthouse Suite

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

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Desk, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Double Room with Sea View

7.8 out of 10
Good
(9 reviews)
  • 190 sq ft
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Desk, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Twin Room

8.2 out of 10
Very good
(16 reviews)
  • 161 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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About this property

The Royal Hotel

3.5-star hotel in Scarborough City Centre
Along with an indoor pool, this smoke-free hotel has a restaurant and a bar/lounge. WiFi in public areas is free. Other amenities include a rooftop terrace, a coffee shop/cafe, and conference space. Housekeeping is available on request.
The Royal Hotel offers 159 accommodations with hair dryers and irons/ironing boards. This Scarborough hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access, with a speed of 25+ Mbps.

Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations. Business-friendly amenities include desks and desk chairs. Change of towels and change of bedsheets can be requested. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Recreational amenities at the hotel include an indoor pool.
Dining options at the hotel include a restaurant and a coffee shop/cafe. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Wireless Internet access is complimentary. Event facilities measuring 108 square feet (10 square meters) include conference space. This beach hotel also offers an indoor pool, a rooftop terrace, and multilingual staff.

The Royal Hotel is a smoke-free property.

Full breakfasts are available for a surcharge on weekdays between 8:00 AM and 9:30 AM and on weekends between 8:00 AM and 9:30 AM.
Sea View Restaurant - Onsite restaurant.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • In-room WiFi speed: 25+ Mbps
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Offsite parking within 0.25 miles (GBP 8 per day)
  • Street parking available

Food and drink

  • Full breakfast available for a fee 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM on weekdays and 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM on weekends; GBP 12 to 12 for adults and GBP 6 to 6 for children
  • A bar/lounge
  • A coffee shop/cafe
  • A restaurant

Restaurants on site

  • Sea View Restaurant

Things to do

  • Indoor pool
  • TV in common areas

Family friendly

  • Indoor pool

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk
  • Water dispenser

Guest services

  • Change of bedsheets (on request)
  • Change of towels on request
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • 108 square feet of conference space
  • 4 meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • Direct access to the beach
  • Rooftop terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Elevator
  • Handrails in stairways
  • Visual fire alarm
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible lounge
  • Wheelchair-accessible path to elevator
  • Wheelchair-accessible public washroom
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk
  • Wheelchair-accessible restaurant

More

  • 5 floors
  • Ballroom
  • Banquet hall
  • Built in 1830
  • Reception hall
  • Smoking not allowed
  • Traditional architecture

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Hair dryer
  • Shower/bathtub combination
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • TV

Food and drink

  • Electric kettle
  • Limited room service
  • Tea bags/instant coffee

More

  • Desk
  • Desk chair
  • Heating
  • Iron/ironing board

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 2:00 AM
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
If you are planning to arrive after 6:00 PM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets allowed for an extra charge of GBP 10 per pet, per night, plus a deposit of GBP 25.00 per stay
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees
Welcoming dogs and cats only

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for full breakfast: approximately GBP 12.00 to 12.00 for adults, and GBP 6 to 6 for children
  • Nearby parking fee: GBP 8.00 per day (1312 ft away)
  • Pet deposit: GBP 25.00 per stay
  • Pet fee: GBP 10 per pet, per night
  • Service animals are exempt from fees

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
This property accepts credit cards and debit cards; cash is not accepted
This property reserves the right to pre-authorize the guest's credit card prior to arrival.

Property is also known as

Royal Hotel Scarborough
Royal Scarborough
The Royal Hotel Hotel
The Royal Hotel Scarborough
The Royal Hotel Hotel Scarborough

The Royal Hotel Reviews

Reviews

7.4

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 340 out of 1006 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 311 out of 1006 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 150 out of 1006 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 100 out of 1006 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 105 out of 1006 reviews

7.2/10

Cleanliness

8.0/10

Staff & service

7.4/10

Amenities

6.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Mark Howard

Liked: Staff & service
Yes
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2025

6/10 Okay

Maxine

Traveled with partner
Bed uncomfortable and lumpy mattresses, terribly stained mattresses and toppers, flimsy thin toppers, asked receptionist if they can sort out, no help there. Found liken room took couple of quilts and topped mattress with those. Broken pull knob in bathroom that converts bath taps to shower head unable to pull up. Broken duel push button for toilet flush. Windows wouldn’t open further than a couple inches room so stuffy, average clean for rest of room.
Broken shower converter pull knob Rusty shower hose
Broken toilet flush button
Back panel of under sink unit not replaced to back of wall
Unable to open window any further for fresh air
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Jacob

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel was generally clean and pleasant, staff were friendly and helpful. One of the reasons I chose this hotel was it has a pool, however after booking I received a message from on hotels.com from the hotel saying the pool has been shut since August, slightly disappointed by that so didn’t pack my trunks. However on arrival it became apparent this wasn’t the case and the pool and other leisure facilities were actually open! So denied a morning swim.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

6/10 Okay

K

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

4/10 Poor

Selcuk

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Sink were blocked. Changed my room to worse one with full heating on in a warm weather. The bathroom was extremely inconvenient and so narrow. Although the receptionists were friendly.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Lesley

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Woulld have liked a proper double bed as it was 2 single beds pushed together and the mattreses were very hard, making for an uncomfortabe sleep. We had a beach veiw and the room was large and clean. We had a good apart from the uncomfotable bed. Cose to everything and good value for the money. Would stay again.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2025

4/10 Poor

Stuart

Disliked: Cleanliness
Original features good room awful
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

anthony

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Keith

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Lovely staff and great food.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Large room . good services in hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Ben

Traveled with family and small children
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Staff were nice and the place was great, the hotel is a bit old but we don’t mind old and quirky, It was a shame that the swimming wasn’t included for guests but we will be back again.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Sandie

Traveled with partner, Traveled with pets
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent location- love this hotel. We go a few times a year. Love that it’s Pet friendly. Only downfall- Disappointed at this visit as we are regular to the hotel it wasn’t as clean as usual.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

JEAN

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very clean, value for money
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Brian

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Value for money. Great hotel with really helpful staff. Near the beach front anf town centre
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Harry

Traveled with group
Yes anytime it a lovely hotel
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2025

6/10 Okay

Matthew

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

4/10 Poor

Pete

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very old hotel that needs refurbishment or at least decent cleaning of rooms, very poor
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Emily

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

2/10 Terrible

john

Business traveler
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Disgusting smell in the hotel

Oh my word, I stayed in room 5 on first floor, the entire corridor stunk of drains, vile ! Thanks heavens it didn’t seep into my room, bed was very hard and uncomfortable and bathroom was dirty with things falling off the walls, also no shower gel ) only got suits apparently ) despite having a knackered dispenser half hanging off the wall - never again
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

john

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Like stepping back intime when hotels had character not like the like the little boxes of some I could mention
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Sam

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Solo visit with dog

This was my first stay at the Royal Hotel, and for what you get I am of the view it is a fair price for a basic hotel stay. The hotel permit they offer is £9 on hotels website it said £7 which needs updating just giving others a heads up. My room was generally clean other than what seemed to be make up marks on the netting of the window, but this was raised upon check out. I heard upon leaving these will be washed. In the room I liked there was an iron and ironing board. Tea/coffee basic, not a fab of Twinings English Breakfast tea and biscuits may have been a nice touch. The rest of the clean was clean, bed was comfortable. A warm room likely due to the pool downstairs. I got the sense staff I met have been at the hotel a while, it would have been nice to know more about areas in the hotel I could/couldn't access with the dog beforehand. I.e top lounge. Hotel is in a good location. If i'm back in the area again I will re-book.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Unspecified

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Unspecified

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely hotel. Wanted to stay longer!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Bethanie

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

6/10 Okay

Tracy

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Room was reasonably clean, staff were helpful,
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025