Guy Fawkes Inn

4.0 star property

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1 bedroom, individually decorated, individually furnished
Courtyard
Interior entrance
1 bedroom, individually decorated, individually furnished
Interior

Reviews

8.6 out of 10
Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Housekeeping
  • Free WiFi

Explore the area

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25 High Petergate, York, England, YO1 7HP
  • York Minster
    ‪1 min walk‬
  • Shambles
    ‪4 min walk‬
  • York City Walls
    ‪8 min walk‬
  • Leeds (LBA-Leeds Bradford)
    ‪56 min drive‬

Room options

Double Room With Garden View

  • 172 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Suite

  • 237 sq ft
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Small Double Room

  • 108 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Deluxe Double Room

  • 194 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Four Poster Double Room

  • 172 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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About this property

Guy Fawkes Inn

4-star inn in City Centre
This smoke-free inn features a restaurant, a bar/lounge, and coffee/tea in a common area. WiFi in public areas is free. Additionally, free newspapers and a garden are onsite.
Guy Fawkes Inn offers 13 accommodations with complimentary newspapers and hair dryers. Each accommodation is individually furnished and decorated. 32-inch flat-screen televisions come with digital channels and Netflix.

Bathrooms include showers and complimentary toiletries. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Additionally, rooms include irons/ironing boards and fans. Housekeeping is provided daily.

The inn offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Wireless Internet access is complimentary. This York inn also offers a terrace, a garden, and coffee/tea in a common area.

Guy Fawkes Inn is a smoke-free property.

Cooked-to-order breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 8 AM and 10 AM.
Guy Fawkes Inn has a restaurant on site.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and transportation

  • No onsite parking available

Food and drink

  • Daily cooked-to-order breakfast available 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM for a fee: GBP 15 per person
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant
  • Coffee and tea in common areas

Conveniences

  • Free newspapers in lobby
  • Limited-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • No elevator

More

  • 2 buildings
  • 4 floors
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shampoo
  • Shower
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 32-inch flat-screen TV with digital channels
  • Netflix
  • Streaming services

Food and drink

  • Electric kettle
  • Tea bags/instant coffee

More

  • Fan
  • Free daily newspapers
  • Heating
  • Individual decor
  • Individual furnishings
  • Iron/ironing board

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 4:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Contactless check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 8:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for cooked-to-order breakfast: approximately GBP 15.00 per person

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; cash is not accepted

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms

Property is also known as

Guy Fawkes Inn
Guy Fawkes Inn York
Guy Fawkes York
Guy Fawkes Hotel York
Guy Fawkes Inn Inn
Guy Fawkes Inn York
Guy Fawkes Inn Inn York
Guy Fawkes Inn Sure Hotel Collection by Best Western

Guy Fawkes Inn Reviews

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 268 out of 522 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 162 out of 522 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 63 out of 522 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 21 out of 522 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 8 out of 522 reviews

8.8/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

mike

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

10/10 Excellent

Janelle

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Steve

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Stay in a part of History.

If you want an un-historic, un-genuine and un-quirky stay in a hotel only several years old,then there’s a bland chain-hotel somewhere for you. Otherwise,come to this hotel. Yes,it has several “wonky stairs” (quoting a previous reviewer )and yes,it has signs of age in places,and yes, it’s not laid out in geometric angles, but that’s the charm of this type of hotel. It’s hundreds of years old,for goodness sake!! Hundreds! You’re part of history! The staff were very welcoming,friendly and accommodating. We had a need for left luggage,late checkout,and an ill friend who needed some extra attention- No Problem. The pies in the restaurant are delicious. The breakfast was all we wanted. The hotel is an easy walk to the train or taxi rank. It’s also very convenient for Minster and the beautiful old streets nearby. I’ve visited the restaurant and now the hotel. All four of us visitors loved it. It’s a fantastic experience and reasonably priced.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Andrea

Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

beverly

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service

Very very central

Check in nightmare. Bottom of stairs outside very very busy pub toilets on way to restaurant! Took ages lots of moving bags. Breakfast ok.... apart from they bring your hot food.... THEN ask if you want toast. Then go and make it. So if you wait everything is cold.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Philip

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Anthony

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Guy Fawkes Inn was amazing, room was like the leaky cauldron and the bed was very comfy. Walkable to everything and will absolutely return again!
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

4/10 Poor

Ryan

Traveled with partner
Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities
One of the worst places I've ever stayed! Arriving there and the location was great, a couple minutes walk from York Minster, but that's pretty much where the highlights end. Going in you have to go straight through the small pub, everything felt really cramped. As soon as we went in, we knew we wouldn't be staying long! The room we were in was right next to the courtyard, so we heard everyone outside drinking, smoking, listening to music up until 12am when the bell for last orders rang. Safe to say, we didn't get much sleep that night! Not to mention the room was absolutely boiling, far too hot! Breakfast was also bad, really awkward with everyone who stayed the night in one room, with the radio on really quiet. The food tasted as bad as it looked, I thought the salmon was out of date! And it was so salty. We checked out early (was originally supposed to be there for 2 nights) and found somewhere else - much better! And we couldn't leave quick enough. It nearly ruined our weekend away, but thankfully we were able to leave early. I definitely wouldn't recommend staying here. And most other reviews say the food is bad, and the prices of drinks too. The history is interesting and the only thing it has going for it, otherwise avoid at all costs!
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Carol

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

8/10 Good

Richard

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great historical hotel, central location, excellent staff.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

John

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely room, staff friendly. Would recommend
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Cynthia

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

6/10 Okay

Nicola

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kathryn

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great spot in the Shambles. Walk to everything.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Guy Fawkes

Great location, helpful, friendly staff, massive breakfast !
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

Amelia

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

Sharon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The history of the property was interesting. Bed was very comfortable. Room a bit cramped and dark.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Paul

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

10/10 Excellent

Christopher

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
What's not to love? It's right in the middle of everything. The view from the room was amazing. Right outside the hotel you're in the historic shopping area, with its tiny roads, quaint shops, and more haunted locations than you can count. And when you're done, have a pint downstair in the Guy Fawkes pub before heading up to bed. Just watch out for the wobbly floors and tilting stairs. But after almost 500 years what do you expect. All part of the charm. It was a brilliant stay
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Sarah

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Super central location, charming rooms

Really central location, lovely and kind staff, and a special place to stay! (Old, slanty floors and wavy glass windows provide charm!) We loved how close the hotel was to all the attractions, and the history of the location made it feel extra special!
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

6/10 Okay

Paul

Disliked: Staff & service

Disappointed

It wasn’t clear to me that this hotel is actually a pub. Our room was next to the beer garden. We had people eating/smoking right outside our bedroom window. Fortunately it was on,y Thursday night. I imagine it would be unbearably noisy on a Friday or Saturday.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved the authentic furnishings combined with the update bright bathroom! Location can’t be beat.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

Ryan

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Very well situated for the City centre and easy walking distance from the train station. All attractions easily accessible within short walking distances. The inn is very busy and the food was very nice. The room we were in was clean but it was certainly starting to look tired. This is the second time staying at the Guy Fawkes and I would be happy to stay there again.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Caren

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very unique inn. Historic, wonky, quirky. Great location right across from the Minster, everything is within walking distance. Wonderful staff, very helpful and accommodating. Nowhere else like it!
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2024

6/10 Okay

Holly, Laguna Niguel

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Checkin was very strange. isn’t a checkin counter (understand it’s old) we checked in over tray of dirty cups and dishes on table near a sign that said “receptionist”. We were early, so they said we could leave our bags there by table behind the dirty dishes and they’d put them in our room when ready. That was it. This is a seventeenth century structure so be prepared. It feels like that. we had room at very top (14). It was “a suite” and was strangest, oldest, creepiest room I’ve ever stayed. room was clean, appointed with very old furniture and creepy photos. could have been an attic, large odd rooms and spaces. watch your head! A CON was the lack of instruction from staff. No info about our strange room and figuring out how to work things. instruction pamphlet about the room, history, fire escape safety, and how to work things would be nice to have. Lastly, room slanted greatly to right, not quite 45* angle. Many flights to get to room, stairs tilted so that a metal rod was placed to hold stair landing secure. That was interesting. In closing, this certainly WAS an experience. Know what to expect when you book here and you’ll have an interesting historic stay!! Not great service, it’s a tourist trap so the staff can’t give hotel guests any real attention or keep track of who’s coming and going. I wouldn’t stay here again, but can certainly say I’ve been and it was a strange experience.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024