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Schooner Hotel

3.0 star property

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Enjoy a meal at our restaurant, where a variety of beverages and a chalkboard menu are available at the bar counter.
Enjoy a meal amidst lush gardens and scenic views from our outdoor dining area.
View through a window, showcasing the room's interior with a patterned wallpaper, chandelier, and radiator.
Experience the charm of Spice Galleon, an exclusive Indian restaurant and takeaway, with its elegant sign and nautical accents.
Enjoy a warm and inviting atmosphere in this stylish space, featuring a polished countertop, comfortable seating, and beautiful artwork.

Reviews

5.0 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Breakfast available
  • Housekeeping
  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi
  • Restaurant

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8 Nothumberland Street, Alnmouth, Alnwick, England, NE66 2RS
  • Barter Books
    ‪9 min drive‬
  • Alnwick Garden
    ‪10 min drive‬
  • Alnwick Castle
    ‪11 min drive‬
  • Newcastle (NCL-Newcastle Intl.)
    ‪46 min drive‬

Room options

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Double Room, Ensuite | 1 bedroom, desk, free WiFi, bed sheets

Double Room, Ensuite

  • 205 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Family Room, Ensuite | 1 bedroom, desk, free WiFi, bed sheets

Family Room, Ensuite

  • 205 sq ft
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bunk Bed

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Twin Room, Ensuite | 1 bedroom, desk, free WiFi, bed sheets

Twin Room, Ensuite

  • 205 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Triple Room, Ensuite | 1 bedroom, desk, free WiFi, bed sheets

Triple Room, Ensuite

  • 205 sq ft
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bed

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About this property

Schooner Hotel

3-star Alnwick hotel with restaurant
This smoke-free hotel features a restaurant, a bar/lounge, and an arcade/game room. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include a garden and a TV in a common area.
Schooner Hotel offers 19 accommodations. 32-inch flat-screen televisions come with digital channels. This Alnwick hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is provided daily.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access. This Alnwick hotel also offers a terrace, an arcade/game room, and a garden. Onsite self parking is complimentary.

Schooner Hotel is a smoke-free property.

English breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 8:30 AM and 10:00 AM.
Spice Galleon - This restaurant specializes in Indian cuisine and serves dinner only.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and transportation

  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • Daily English breakfast available 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM for a fee: GBP 9.95 to 20 per person
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant

Restaurants on site

  • Spice Galleon

Things to do

  • Arcade/game room
  • TV in common areas

Family friendly

  • Arcade/game room

Conveniences

  • Luggage storage

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Outdoor furniture
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • No elevator
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible lounge
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk (42 inches high)
  • Wheelchair-accessible restaurant

More

  • Smoking not allowed

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 32-inch flat-screen TV with digital channels

Food and drink

  • Electric kettle
  • Tea bags/instant coffee

More

  • Desk
  • Heating

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 11:00 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

There is no front desk at this property
The host will greet guests on arrival

Access methods

Host will greet you

Pets

Pets not allowed (service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees)

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 English breakfast: approximately GBP 9.95 to 20.00 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, debit cards, and cash

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

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Schooner Hotel Reviews

Reviews

5.0
Rating 10 - Excellent. 19 out of 208 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 35 out of 208 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 37 out of 208 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 43 out of 208 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 74 out of 208 reviews

5.2/10

Cleanliness

5.6/10

Staff & service

4.8/10

Amenities

4.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

4.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Dean

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
After confusion regarding breakfast due to the Expedia booking system, the staff were rude, dismissive and said it was our fault for not using another well known webiste !! When we checked in, there was no mention that breakfast was not included, and even when we added a third room on the day, not once was breakfast mentioned or offered as an extra. When we pointed this out after the confusion, the staff suggested it was our fault for not asking for breakfast. It was not their policy to ask if a guest might want it. They then stated you can only book breakfast via the aforementioned website!! The rooms were very outdated and a little scruffy, but this wasn't the problem. It was the lack of customer service to come to a resolution regarding breakfast there was not even the change to pay for hreakfast on the day. Any notion of breakfast was refused as it was not booked via the previously mentioned website. I would avoid this hotel as i feel any issue or problem would be dismissed and handled very rudely.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

4/10 Poor

Richard

Traveled with family
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Hotel is in need of repair, room so ok beds were comfy our biggest issue was no hot water to have a shower in the morning looking at previous reviews this has been an issue for a while.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

2/10 Terrible

Kate

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

Terrible

Avoid- hotel very run down and dirty. Very expensive for sub standard accommodation. Unsafe plugs/ poor decoration/ poor level of cleanliness/ damp. Several areas of the hotel need cleaning bunch as stairs / dining room / bar area. On arrival room smelt unclean (of wet dogs) asked to move rooms but was told hotel was full despite this not seeming to be the case. Met with other guests on stairs who informed me that there was no hot water and they had reported. On arrival checked hot water and indeed was cold, went to reception to report and member of staff seemed surprised. No hot water for the entire Friday evening. Tea and coffee equipment dirty. Internal lock on bedroom door not working - this is a concern for females travelling alone.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

2/10 Terrible

Constantin

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

Avoid this hotel!!

Horrible hotel, me and my family felt so disgusted to stay there everything felt so dirty and it was so smelly everywhere we literally left to go back home at like 10pm to drive 4 hours home as we just couldn’t stay there. Absolutely horrible
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Marjorie

Liked: Cleanliness
Unfortunately we were told the chef was on holiday so we couldn’t eat at the Schooner. It would have been nice to know that information so we could make alternative arrangement and not be disappointed when we got there and be inconvenienced by having to go back out. Also there was no hot water and none of us particularly wanted a cold shower
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

2/10 Terrible

christopher

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

DO NOT BOOK THIS PLACE

DO NOT BOOK!!! Half finished, dirty, no hot water (constant theme not one off check other reviews), no one contactable. No one on ‘reception’ and no one ever answers phone. Also offers breakfast - good luck getting that!!! To offer breakfast there has to be someone there to actually provide it, not that I’d want it given no hot water and therefor handwashing or shower facilities in the building.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

2/10 Terrible

Kenneth

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We booked in at the bar ran by 1 man who gave us our keys. The bar area was absolutely freezing I think it was warmer outside. Decided to have a beer after 2 hour journey they had no draught beer no coffee or tea the only drink they had was a small variety of bottled beers. Went to drop our bags in room at least there was a small heater in the room but bathroom freezing and no hot water. Went out in a taxi to Warkworth for the night. The next morning we went down at 9 for breakfast there was no sign of anyone in the hotel so left keys on bar and walked out. I would urge you to remove this so called hotel from your website as it is not fit for purpose. They should refund us our money back for the lack of everything at this hotel disgraceful.

2/10 Terrible

Daniel

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

2/10 Terrible

Dani

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Rob

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

Room ok but hotel has skeleton staff

Arrived late and no one was there to let me in, despite me calling. Hotel did say it was 11pm final check in so I suppose they did warn me. But I had to sleep on the beach until the hotel phoned me back at 3am.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

4/10 Poor

Matthew

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Too many lies about hotel

It was clean but the whole hotel is tired. There is no restaurant even thou you advertise on hotels.com. There is no breakfast either had to use an alternative hotel and pay. I wouldnt stay again but it was ok for 1 night.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

2/10 Terrible

Irene

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Bed linen inadequate. Cold room. In need of refurbishing. Not a pleasant stay
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

2/10 Terrible

Alison

Traveled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Dreadful experience !! We did but stay in the end as it was unclean and staff were unable to communicate well in English and they were surly and intimidating. Do not stay there !!!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

2/10 Terrible

William

Traveled with partner
Lies about TV which would not wirk
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

6/10 Okay

Beth

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

6/10 Okay

Russell

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service

Schooner Hotel

It was extremely clean ,room well equipped, but avoid dining there. The meal was inedible and overpriced. It felt like Fawlty Towers!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

6/10 Okay

Colin Paul

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Carolyn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
There is no parking
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Penelope

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

4/10 Poor

William

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities
Food choices were poor
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Trevor

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Plain but comfortable room. Bar and restaurant areas exceptoinally and clean and well organised and a credit to the staff; who were welcoming, friendly and always willing to go the extra mile. Food was beyond expectation; this is great place to eat; and takeaways seem to be very popular.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

4/10 Poor

Cordelia

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property is very old and has lots of character. Seemed generally to be clean, but tired in places. We had no TV in the room, just an empty bracket on the wall and aerial cable/ other electrical wires hanging loose across and around the bathroom door. Kettle provided but only decaf coffee on the tray, no milk, no tea available. Only 2 small bath towels and 1 hand towel left for 3 adult occupants. Fire alarm went off early in the morning, but as the property has no reception staff, there was no one to check guests were all evacuated. The alarm just stopped after a few minutes so I assume it was a false alarm? Predominantly Indian meals offered which were ok, but as my husband is not keen on spicy foods he asked to see a more main stream menu. He was offered fish and chips as the only option available, which was served very over cooked and with a strong taste of old, dirty oil. We booked for 2 nights, but after a disappointing first impression, we checked out after one night and cut our holiday short. Overall disappointing!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mike

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel restaurant was Indian plus some local food. Was amazing meal highly recommend hotel but especially Indian food fantastic.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

Natalie

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The bed was infested with fleas. We raised this with the manager, he accused us of bringing them in despite only being in the room for 30 seconds and bringing no luggage in with us. After saying it wasn't us, he came up to investigate. We had caught a flea in a glass and he dismissed us saying it was a jumping bug and then proceeded to flick it on the floor. (I have a video of the flea but the hotel makes you sign saying no images to be shared on social media without the hotel's permission at check-in). My boyfriend and I spent as little time possible and wished we just slept in the car (we were practically eaten alive by the fleas). My boyfriend also found thick black hairs in the bed, which neither of us have. Bathroom was thick with mold and the shower drain was clogged. We set out very early the next day and weren't the only ones with this plan as there was another room key left on the floor by the exit. Breakfast may have been included but we certainly weren't sticking round to find out after learning the place has failed its food hygiene rating and was previously closed due to rat infestations yet still continues to serve food. Wouldn't put my worst enemy here. Do not waste your money. Before booking, Google this hotel as has made headline news before at how vile it is.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

phil

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

Value for money

Value for money ! Ok the hotel shows its age in places, but our room was very clean, the bathroom had recently been refitted and was excellent The manager "Sam" could not of been more helpful and friendly Highly recommend the Indian restaurant, which is partnof the hotel, probably the best curry I've every had !
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024