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The Royal Hotel

3.5 star property

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

Reviews

7.4 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

  • 24/7 front desk
  • Bar
  • Room service
  • Pool

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

Room options

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

Double Room

7.6 out of 10
Good
(61 reviews)
  • 15 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed

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Coffee and/or coffee maker

Single Room

9.2 out of 10
Wonderful
(18 reviews)
  • 3 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Single 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 Single Beds

Twin Room with Sea View

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single 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 Single 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
(8 reviews)
  • 18 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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

Twin Room

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(15 reviews)
  • 15 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single Beds

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About this property

The Royal Hotel

Beach hotel with rooftop terrace and 24-hour front desk
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 a hairdryer and an iron/ironing board. This Scarborough hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access, with a speed of 25+ Mbps.

Bathrooms include a combined bath/shower unit. Business-friendly amenities include desks and desk chairs. Change of towels and change of bedsheets can be requested. Housekeeping is provided on a daily basis.

Recreational amenities at the hotel include an indoor pool.
The Royal Hotel's great location gets high marks from our customers. During your stay, you're just a quick walk from South Bay Beach. Features include free WiFi in public areas, plus an indoor pool and a restaurant.
  • Free Wi-Fi (speed: 25+ Mbps)
  • Drinking and dining options include a coffee shop, a restaurant and a bar/lounge
  • Full breakfast served daily for a fee
  • Take a swim in the indoor pool
  • Amenities include a front desk safe, 4 meeting rooms and conference space
  • Guests have great things to say about the helpful staff and the location
  • 13 minutes by foot from North Bay Beach and a 3-minute drive from Scarborough Open Air Theatre
  • Cats and dogs welcome for a fee
Along with a restaurant, there's a coffee shop/cafe on site. You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. Public spaces have free WiFi. Event space at this hotel measures 108 square feet (10 square metres) and includes conference space. An indoor pool, a rooftop terrace, and multilingual staff are also featured at The Royal Hotel.

This 3.5-star Scarborough hotel is smoke free.

For a fee, guests can enjoy full breakfast on weekdays from 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM and at the weekend from 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM.
Sea View Restaurant – On-site 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 transport

  • Offsite parking available (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.
  • Handrails in stairways
  • Lift
  • Visual fire alarm
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible lounge
  • Wheelchair-accessible path to lift
  • Wheelchair-accessible public bathroom
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk
  • Wheelchair-accessible restaurant

More

  • 5 floors
  • Ballroom
  • Banquet hall
  • Built in 1830
  • Reception hall
  • Smoke-free property
  • 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: GBP 10 per pet, per night, plus a deposit of GBP 25.00 per stay
  • Only dogs and cats are allowed
    • Service animals are exempt from fees.

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.

Payment types at the property

Important information

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • 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

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business or profession.
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-authorise the guest's credit card prior to arrival.
Guests arriving after 6:00 PM must make advance arrangements by contacting the property using the information on the booking confirmation. Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property.
If you cancel your booking, you'll be subject to the host's cancellation policy. In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, property booking services are not subject to the right of withdrawal.

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 1007 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 314 out of 1007 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 150 out of 1007 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 98 out of 1007 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 105 out of 1007 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

8/10 Good

Catherine

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Couldnt fault the hotel , our visit was good from the start staff very welcoming from start to finish. Only gripe was they dont except cash in the hotel , my mum is 70 and doesnt pay anything by card
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

4/10 Poor

Tracey

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
The staff was amazing at there job but the cleaner don't clean the rooms properly the shower was disgusting the mould and hairs and the drain was full of brown dirt and the smell was over powering definitely not staybthere again
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Lynda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Comfortable stay with grandchildren, nice breakfast, close to amenities.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed for 3 nights Sunday 27th July to Wednesday the 30th. Found the hotel to be above expectations due to some of the reviews I had read. The room was very clean and tidy, bed very comfortable. The hotel I thought was a wonderful old building in good condition. would definately stay there again.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Stephen

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

Convenient but tired‼️

Up for cricket & cheaper hotel for couple of nights within walking distance. Hotel was fine & convenient but a bit tired & worn around the edges‼️ A place for Secure Luggage Storage is a MUST‼️
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Jean

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

The hotel and staff are amazing

Everything is beautiful for the price only let down was the breakfast the day of our stay there was lots of kids who was rude and unruly we had breakfast before here when we stayed and it was beautiful and relaxing but due to the amount of kids filling plates piled high items was empty and there was a lot of queuing and waiting around
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

DEBORAH

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean,spacious room.comfortable bed.Had the dinner and breakfast and both were excellent.staff very helpful.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Carol

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

8/10 Good

Elaine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Noisy during the night, seagulls, hotel deliveries and noise from other rooms. Comfy beds and convenient location.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Denise

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Paid for a 3 bed family room with sea view didn’t get it, Got a 4 bed with view of a wall which wasn’t good for My little girl as she really wanted to look out at the sea
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Joanne Alice

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

Break of journey

I prefer the Royal hotel by Britannia over their sister hotel because they are lgbt, non binary and disabled friendly. I decided to break my journey back from Hull pride as have stayed many times before. Excellent staff and a friendly welcome awaits at this Scarborough hotel
Room 332
Bathroom room 332
Bathroom room 332
Massive fan supplied by the hotel for room 332 to combat the July summer heat
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

4/10 Poor

Glenn

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Had to change room as someone had been smoking in non smoking room. Next room was larger but dated.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Stephen

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

2/10 Terrible

Ken

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
First room we were given was small, furniture was stained, portable fan was full of dust, mould around the bath. We asked to move room. Second room was slightly bigger and better but still not brilliant. Wallpaper was loose, water very slow to drain away in sink and bath, damaged sink unit. All just very untidy and tired looking. £183 paid on room only basis. Photos on Expedia were certainly not our impression of this hotel.
Bath grime
Damaged sink unit
Stained chair
Dusty fan
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Denise

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

Fab dog friendly hotel

Brilliant location - 5 mins from South Bay beach. Room was basic as dog friendly but was clean, comfortable and had storage. Dogs allowed in bar area. Multi-storey car 5 mins away. Indoor pool at £6 a session. Will definitely come back.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Andrew

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The lobby and staircase after that for the amount of money l paid other people where complaining we complained about our room which was on the 5th floor the lifts where broken and only went,to the 4th floor and we are OAPs when we complained they moved us to another room but still the amount of money l paid was far too much
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

4/10 Poor

Louise

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

Grubby tired uncomfortable

Awful bedrooms, bed was small and rock hard and the furniture is not even fit for a charity shop. Sash window rope was broken, managed to get it open slightly but no wedge to keep it open. Glitter all over bathroom floor, and tiny shower over bath. Grubby and tired and uncomfortable, not worth half of 179 we paid for one night
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Mark

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Callum

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was good
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

John

Liked: Amenities
Staff good,room clean and bathroom excellent,all in all ok.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Peter

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Cheap hotel, it would have been beautiful in its day but that's just typical of British seaside resorts. Scarborough itself was exactly as I remembered as a child, fun, cheap, tacky but great for a couple of days with kids
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Henok

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Nicola

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

Ok for a one night stay

My stay was mixed, I had booked a single room for one night. On arrival I found the bedding to be torn and had a large hole in the quilt cover. I reported this to reception and was moved to a different room, this was a very nice room and the bedding was fine. The hotel itself is quite tired, would benefit from a refurb, there were several leaks around the building. Pleasant staff who were very helpful.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Eleanor

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Lovely place, nice staff, very clean and tidy.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

Mike

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, room comfort

2 night stay

Great stay with son and his friend. Ideal location. Would stay again.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025