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The Royal Hotel

3.5 star property

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

Reviews

7.4 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

  • 24/7 front desk
  • Room service
  • Bar
  • Pool
  • Housekeeping
$70
includes taxes & fees
Sep 7 - Sep 8

Explore the area

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St Nicholas Street, Scarborough, England, YO11 2HE
  • South Bay Beach
    ‪1 min walk‬
  • Scarborough Spa
    ‪9 min walk‬
  • Scarborough Open Air Theatre
    ‪3 min drive‬

Room options

Twin Room, 2 Twin Beds, Sea View

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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

Standard Double Room

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

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Coffee and/or coffee maker

Standard Single Room

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

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

Family Room

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

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

Double Room, 1 Double Bed, Sea View

9.4 out of 10
Exceptional
(6 reviews)
  • 190 sq ft
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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

Standard Twin Room

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(14 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

  • 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

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 1022 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 315 out of 1022 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 152 out of 1022 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 100 out of 1022 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 115 out of 1022 reviews

7.2/10

Cleanliness

8.0/10

Staff & service

7.4/10

Amenities

6.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

4/10 Poor

Steven

Stayed 1 night in May 2025

8/10 Good

MARIYKA

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Not luxury, but ok for the price. The building is very old, but interesting. We struggled to open the window for fresh air.Helpful staff. Mucky windows from outside, but with nice views. Cobweb on the ceiling. Impressive fitness and leisure facilities with additional fee of 6£.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

8/10 Good

Steven

Stayed 1 night in May 2025

8/10 Good

Elizabeth Ann

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Had a really nice stay Hotel was clean staff were very nice and friendly food was lovely great location just a shame cliff lift went off on 2 days so we were unable to go down to front as I wouldn’t have been able to get back up
Stayed 3 nights in May 2025

8/10 Good

Ip

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Grand but not modern, like a mazes to run out from our room 😅
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

8/10 Good

Adaiah

Stayed 1 night in May 2025

2/10 Terrible

Ayesha

Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Joana

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Easy to find, quiet and comfortable room, really good location to the beach and shops/restaurants.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

6/10 Okay

Sharon

Liked: Staff & service

A beautiful hotel but in need of care.

The Royal is a beautiful ornate building situated in an excellent position for the town and beach but in need of tlc. A massive task for anyone to maintain. The bedrooms need an update and cleaning thoroughly although bedding clean and towels soft. The reception staff were so friendly and helpful a plus for the hotel. We all have to make a profit but £3.60 for a small bottle of coke in the bar seemed extortionate having paid £2.60 at The Britannia hotel Aberdeen. This drives away extra custom for the hotel.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2025

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

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

78th Birthday Celebration

Not Happy! We paid extra for a 'Sea View' room, but could only see the sea through a side window of the bay window. The other widows overlooked car parking and buildings opposite including The Grand Hotel. It was my Husbands 78th Birthday and we were hoping to be able to relax in the room if the weather was poor enjoying the Sea view. Fortunately the weather was sunny although cold so we were able to get out and see Scarborough. The room looked tidy when we arrived, but we noted that it needed dusting and surface cleaning generally. We have not been able to get away since the Covid lock down and we were hoping to have a couple of days away on the coast. We may aswell of booked a Standard Room for the benefits we got.
exclusive Sea View?
another glorious Sea View?
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

8/10 Good

Nigel

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

4/10 Poor

Lisa

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Kealy

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful hotel very welcoming will definitely be back
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

6/10 Okay

Nicola

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
great place to stay
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Nathan

Traveled with partner
Liked: Amenities
Friendly staff and brilliant hotel would definitely stay again
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

2/10 Terrible

Kimberley

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Do not stay here

The hotel is not what the images show. The place is old and run down. We had to request a new room as the bathroom smelt of very strong urine our second room wasnt much better. The heating was turned on and we were unable to turn it off within the room. (Automatically turned off in the evening) don't waste your time on brealfast. Awful quality we ended up with a cup of tea and toast. Hotels.com should check that adverts are correct we booked this in a hurry on the road and so didnt get much chance to research and booked due to the images on the website. Will nnot make this same mistake again.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

ken

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

lee

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Great stay
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

2/10 Terrible

donna Marie

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Sadly we’ve just come home from the break the sink and shower room were covered in thick limescale and a old tissue left at the side of the toilet and on the soap dish in the shower black mold and felt very dated I am disabled and I asked for a disabled room and we was located on the 4th floor the furthest room away the lift was broken so sadly I’m happy to be back home
Stayed 3 nights in May 2025

6/10 Okay

Charlotte

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Disliked: Cleanliness
First thoughts walking in was a very beautiful old building, the rooms were huge, and at first sight looked very clean, but then found a dirty yoghurt lid and bottle top under bed, toilet hadn’t been flushed, and lots of thick dusty cobwebs in the light shades, In my daughter’s room the single bed runner was extremely stained, there wasn’t a proper shower screen so when showering, the floor became wet through. There was tea bags and no sugar in my room, or teaspoons, and the tray that the kettle on still had stains from the previous guests, there was no teabags only coffee in my daughter’s room. This was rectified quickly by going down and asking at reception but I feel housekeeping maybe need to be more vigilant. The hotel is in a prime position for exploring Scarborough but let down by its cleanliness.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

8/10 Good

Heather

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

FRANCES

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Carole

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very friendly staff, very comfortable, good value, will stay again when visiting scarborough
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

6/10 Okay

Jason

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025