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Dryburgh Abbey Hotel

3.0 star property

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Fishing
Breakfast and dinner served, garden views
Deluxe Double Room, 1 Double Bed, River View | Premium bedding, individually decorated, individually furnished
Reception

Reviews

8.6 out of 10
Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Restaurant
  • Business services

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St Boswells, Melrose, Scotland, TD6 0RQ
  • Place, Dryburgh Abbey
    ‪6 min walk‬
  • Place, Scott's View
    ‪17 min walk‬
  • Place, Northumberland National Park
    ‪30 min drive‬

Room options

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Premium bedding, individually decorated, individually furnished

Standard Double Room, Ensuite (Rear Facing, Limited View)

8.4 out of 10
Very good
(10 reviews)
  • 10 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Premium bedding, individually decorated, individually furnished

Abbey Double/Twin Room

8.6 out of 10
Excellent
(57 reviews)
  • 15 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed OR 2 Single Beds

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Deluxe Double Room, 1 Double Bed, River View | Premium bedding, individually decorated, individually furnished

Deluxe Double Room, 1 Double Bed, River View

9.4 out of 10
Exceptional
(10 reviews)
  • 104 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Suite, 1 King Bed | Premium bedding, individually decorated, individually furnished

Suite, 1 King Bed

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
(2 reviews)
  • River view
  • 35 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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About this property

Dryburgh Abbey Hotel

Along with a restaurant, this smoke-free hotel has a bar/lounge and a snack bar/deli. Free full breakfast, free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, coffee/tea in a common area, a business centre and conference space are on-site. Housekeeping is available on request.
Dryburgh Abbey Hotel offers 38 accommodations with coffee/tea makers and a hairdryer. Each accommodation is individually furnished and decorated. Beds feature premium bedding. Guests can surf the web using complimentary wireless Internet access. Bathrooms include a combined bath/shower unit and complimentary toiletries. Hypo-allergenic bedding and an iron/ironing board can be requested. Housekeeping is provided on request.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on-site or nearby; fees may apply.
Our customers tell us they can't get enough of Dryburgh Abbey Hotel's great location. During your stay, you're just a quick walk from Dryburgh Abbey. Features include free breakfast, free WiFi in public areas and free self-parking. This property offers pet-friendly amenities, such as food and water bowls.
  • Free full breakfast served daily
  • Free WiFi
  • Free self-parking
  • Enjoy garden views while dining at Tweed Restaurant
  • Amenities include a front desk safe, a business centre and meeting rooms
  • Guests have great things to say about the helpful staff and the location
  • Just a 4-minute walk from Dryburgh Abbey and a 5-minute drive from Scott's View
  • Pets welcome for a fee (restrictions apply)
  • Pet-friendly amenities are available, including food and water bowls
Along with a restaurant, there's a snack bar/deli on site. You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. Free breakfast is served daily. WiFi is free in public spaces.

Business amenities include a business centre and meeting rooms. Event space at this hotel measures 1615 square feet (150 square metres) and includes conference space. A terrace, barbecue grills, and a garden are also featured at Dryburgh Abbey Hotel. Self parking is free.

This Edwardian Melrose hotel is smoke free.

Guests are served a free full breakfast daily.
Tweed Restaurant – Overlooking the garden, this restaurant serves breakfast and dinner. A children's menu is available.
Abbey Bistro – Overlooking the garden, this bistro serves lunch and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. A children's menu is available. Open daily.

Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and transport

  • Free self parking on site
  • Limited on-site self parking

Food and drink

  • Free full breakfast available daily
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant
  • Coffee and tea in common areas
  • Snack bar/deli

Restaurants on site

  • Abbey Bistro
  • Tweed Restaurant

Things to do

  • Fishing

Family friendly

  • Snack bar/deli

Conveniences

  • Limited-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Housekeeping on request
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • 1,615 square feet of conference space
  • Business centre
  • Meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • Barbecue grill
  • Garden
  • On a river
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Lift
  • Wheelchair accessibility
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)

More

  • 1 building
  • 3 floors
  • Banquet hall
  • Built in 1845
  • Edwardian architecture
  • Fireplace in lobby
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Hypo-allergenic bedding
  • Premium bedding

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower/bathtub combination
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • TV

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle

More

  • Heating
  • Individual decor
  • Individual furnishings
  • Iron/ironing board on request
  • Phone

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3 PM; check-in end time: 10:30 PM
Late check-in subject to availability

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 7:00 AM - 10:30 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

  • Pets: GBP 15.00 per pet, per night
  • Maximum 2 pets
  • Food and water bowls are available
  • Certain rooms only, restrictions apply
  • You can request a pet-friendly room by reaching out to the property at the number on the booking confirmation
    • Service animals are exempt from fees.

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Kids stay free! Children 6 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are available for GBP 35.00 per night.

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.

  • Pet fee: GBP 15.00 per pet, per night
  • Service animals are exempt from fees
  • Rollaway bed fee: GBP 35.00 per night

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; cash is not accepted
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher
The front desk at this property is open daily from 7:00 AM - 10:30 PM.
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.

We should mention

  • Children aged 6 years old and younger stay free in the same room as the parent or guardian when using existing bedding.
  • Registered guests are the only ones allowed to be in guestrooms.
  • Pets are welcome in certain rooms only; other restrictions apply (please see the Fees section for related charges). To make arrangements for your pet, contact the property directly at the number on your booking confirmation.

National rating

This establishment has received its official star rating from VisitScotland, the National Tourist Board for Scotland.

Property is also known as

Abbey Dryburgh
Dryburgh
Dryburgh Abbey Hotel
Dryburgh Abbey Hotel Melrose
Dryburgh Abbey Melrose
Dryburgh Hotel
Dryburgh Abbey
Dryburgh Abbey Hotel Hotel
Dryburgh Abbey Hotel Melrose
Dryburgh Abbey Hotel Hotel Melrose

Dryburgh Abbey Hotel Reviews

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 424 out of 864 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 317 out of 864 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 84 out of 864 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 36 out of 864 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 864 reviews

8.8/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

8.2/10

Amenities

8.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

8/10 Good

DR DOBBIE

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Super comfortable bed in a spacious room. Very clean and tidy. Lovely welcome and advice about the state of the footpaths in the area are very muddy, so we wore walking boots for our river walk to William Wallace monument and along the river bank.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2026

10/10 Excellent

Thomas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Communication and information from the hotel very good, warmly greeted at check in. Very helpful and friendly staff, good breakfast choices and a nicely varied dinner menu in the restaurant, very well cooked using local produce. Lovely quiet country setting on the river Tweed.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2026

8/10 Good

amanda

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Beautiful location and great size rooms. Tv needs upgraded from a 14inch to at least 32in. Breakfast on day one was farcical. Breakfast was 7 to 10 but when we arrived at 9.30 we were told "well guys you have arrived late so you can only have whats left". Not a great welcome. There was no milk for cereal and i had to ask 4 times to get some. I had to find the staff to ask for tea and coffee. Next day there was more staff at breakfast and though we arrived at the same time an older lady was clearly making sure breakfast flowed smoothly. Upstairs lounge was a great place to hang out. Hotel is great for dog lovers. Base of the bed was really tatty but mattress good
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2025

10/10 Excellent

Susan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It's a beautiful place. The staff are very friendly and helpful and the whole experience is so relaxing and different.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2025

10/10 Excellent

anthony

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2025

6/10 Okay

Darren

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Location, lounge, staff, food were great. The bed was terrible, very old mattress that dipped in the middle. Shower was almost inoperable with poor water flow and temperature. Other than it was great.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2025

8/10 Good

Robert

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2025

10/10 Excellent

Ivy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
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Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Jonnie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2025

10/10 Excellent

Anthony

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great food and nice atmosphere
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2025

8/10 Good

Mara

Lovely hotel in fabulous surroundings but some areas of the hotel was in need of little refurbishment and updating
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2025

10/10 Excellent

Nigel

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely character property with excellent food
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

George

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
First visit to this Hotel.Birthday treat weekend for my Wife. Will certainty return. Would be hard pressed to find a negative.The staff excelled.Food great .Parking spots abundant safe and pretty secure. Room nice.All in all a good choice for our weekend away.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2025

8/10 Good

Neil

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Staff were great, very helpful and dog friendly. Beautiful building and gardens
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2025

8/10 Good

David

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2025

4/10 Poor

Susan

Disliked: Amenities
Breakfast - only plain brown or white sliced bread, jam seemed to be apricot only, fresh food - satsuma on display was half rotten, tweed restaurant chairs - most in need to repair in some form or other. Lacked atmosphere. Tired looking. Frayed curtains in bedroom. No biscuits to go with tea/coffee. No bottled water. No shower cap or hair conditioner. ,
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2025

10/10 Excellent

alan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
excellent in all ways breakfast, parking
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

8/10 Good

Paul

grea
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Karen

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely location, comfortable room and bed, lovely food and very attentive staff. Tasty breakfast with a beautiful view
View having breakfast
Dryburgh Abbey right next door
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2025

4/10 Poor

Craig

Travelled with partner
The rooms are outdated
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2025

6/10 Okay

Mr A D

Tired but good cooked breakfast, reasonable price

Had a deal to stay including breakfast. Location was ok and nice by the river. Quiet as in the countryside. Bathrooms could do with a better clean. Towels worn. Bed hard. However slept ok due to quiet. Staff young and don't seem trained but what's new with that in the UK currently?! Difficult to get attention to order at breakfast. However eggs benedict and full breakfast both very good. Ok for a reasonably priced break near Melrose and Abbotsford House. Right in the grounds of Dryburgh Abbey also.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

6/10 Okay

Sandra

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
The hotel is lovely although undergoing a little renovation. Great for walking and excellent breakfast. However the menu in the Bistro is limited with little for vegetarians and does not change.
View from our bedroom
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2025

6/10 Okay

CJG

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I stayed, I saw, I left.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Philip

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful property excellent location stunning food and friendly staff
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2025

8/10 Good

Brian

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Rooms spacious beds comfortable ensuite loots of room and effective shower. Road signs to hotel very lacking
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025