With a stay at The Royal Hotel in Scarborough (Scarborough City Centre), you'll be a 3-minute drive from Scarborough Open Air Theatre and 8 minutes from North York Moors National Park. .This beach hotel is 0.2 mi (0.3 km) from Opera House Casino and 0.3 mi (0.4 km) from YMCA Theatre.
What's nearby
South Bay Beach - 3 min walk - 0.2 miles
Scarborough Spa - 9 min walk - 0.5 miles
North Bay Beach - 13 min walk - 0.7 miles
Peasholm Park - 16 min walk - 0.9 miles
Scarborough Open Air Theatre - 3 min drive - 1.3 miles
Getting around
Scarborough Station - 8 min walk
Leeds (LBA-Leeds Bradford) - 114 min drive
Restaurants
McDonald's Scarborough - 3 min walk
Olympia Leisure - 3 min walk
Tricolos - 3 min walk
Costa Coffee - 3 min walk
Scarborough Flyer Scarborough - 1 min walk
About this property
The Royal Hotel
Hotel for sandy fun and salt air, near Scarborough Open Air Theatre
The Royal Hotel offers 159 accommodations with hair dryers and irons/ironing boards. In-room wireless Internet access is available for a surcharge.
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.
Make yourself at home in one of the 159 guestrooms. Wireless internet access (surcharge) is available to keep you connected. Bathrooms have shower/tub combinations and hair dryers. Conveniences include desks and electric kettles, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Take in the views from a rooftop terrace and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access and wedding services. Additional amenities at this hotel include a television in a common area and a ballroom.
Enjoy a meal at Sea View Restaurant or snacks in the coffee shop/cafe. The hotel also offers room service (during limited hours). Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge. Full breakfasts are served on weekdays from 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM and on weekends from 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include a 24-hour front desk, multilingual staff, and luggage storage. Planning an event in Scarborough? This hotel has 108 square feet (10 square meters) of space consisting of conference space and 4 meeting rooms.
Full breakfasts are available for a surcharge on weekdays between 7:30 AM and 9:30 AM and on weekends between 7:30 AM and 9:30 AM.
Sea View Restaurant - Onsite restaurant.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Languages
English
Property amenities
Internet
Available in all rooms: WiFi (GBP 7 per 24-hour period)
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 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM on weekdays and 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM on weekends; GBP 12 to 15 for adults and GBP 6 to 10 for children
A bar/lounge
A coffee shop/cafe
A restaurant
Restaurants on site
Sea View Restaurant
Things to do
TV in common areas
Family friendly
Free crib
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
Smoke-free property
Traditional architecture
Room amenities
Bedroom
Bedsheets provided
Free crib
Bathroom
Hair dryer
Private bathroom
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: 4:00 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
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
Free cribs are available on request at the property
Property payment types
Important information
Optional extras
Fee for full breakfast: approximately GBP 12 to 15 for adults, and GBP 6 to 10 for children
Fee for in-room wireless internet: GBP 7.00 per 24-hour period (rates may vary)
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
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10 - Excellent
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8 - Good
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6 - Okay
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4 - Poor
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2 - Terrible
121
7.2/10
Cleanliness
7.6/10
Staff & service
7.2/10
Amenities
6.6/10
Property conditions & facilities
7.0/10
Eco-friendliness
Reviews
6/10 Okay
Melvyn
Traveled with partner
Aug 26, 2024
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
I did not dislike the hotel, it is in a good location, convenient to all amenities and services in the town centre.
The hotel itself is dated and tired, the ground floor rooms are in reasonalable repair, and comfortable. the bedrooms, and I can only comment on the room I stayed in, was in need of a major upgrade to be more inline with the tariff charged.
Melvyn
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024
4/10 Poor
Jimmy
Traveled with family
Aug 25, 2024
Disliked: Amenities
Very dated and in need of a good facelift and a good clean.
No car park swimming pool closed
Room tiny and dated
Britannia hotel wouldn’t have booked if I had known
Clean and tidy but has that faded glamour of past glories needs a refurbishment - breakfast brilliant unlike so many hotels the chef knows how to deliver eggs with a runny middle - too many kids making too much noise running around unchecked not a place if you like a bit of quiet - staff at reception really helpful some patrons not so pleasant
Friendly and helpful staff ,breakfast plenty of choice on menu evening meal satisfactory for table d”or menu ( didn’t try a la carte but plenty of variety on menu ). Overall good value for fixed price deal
Chris
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024
8/10 Good
Sandra
Traveled with partner
Aug 23, 2024
Items left outside doors weren’t removed for a number of days take away cartons left laying around
Sandra
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024
8/10 Good
Michelle
Aug 22, 2024
Liked: Room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Expensive but not worth it.
No room wifi.
No tv service even though the tv was mounted on a wall.
Tiny single beds
Noisy room
Expensive for what we got.
View consisted of looking out to walls. No view at all
Upon entering the hotel it is rather grand and beautiful, apart from the tacky flashing bush things in the porchway lol. The rooms are rather different beds are uncomfortable and dated myself and my wife asked for a double room , but found it was two single beds pushed together utter rubbish.Bathroom looked like someone had dyed there hair and the cleaner couldnt reach the splatters , cracked floor tile watch your feet. Noisy drunk neighbours knocked on our door at 1am. Enjoy your stay .
Tracey
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024
10/10 Excellent
Ady
Traveled with partner
Aug 19, 2024
Lovely visit again
Ady
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024
8/10 Good
Mark
Aug 19, 2024
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The Hotel has a classic design and the entrance hall is amazing.
Only interaction with staff was one minute to check in very smooth.
Very quiet and clean hotel.
Only issue was room, very cramped small and too much furniture.
A worry was the number of 4 so ket extension leads at least 3 and one plugged into another, not sure how safe this actually is.
Room was very warm (though was hot outside) but fan did nothing.
TV no signal.
I would stay again but with slightly lowered expectations
Mark
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024
8/10 Good
Keeley
Traveled with partner
Aug 18, 2024
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Lovely hotel, we’ve stayed before and the room we had was stunning. This stay was a basic room but very clean and tidy. The only downfall was the bed, it was very uncomfortable and you could feel every spring. We would stay again however, as it’s reasonably priced and in a great location.
The room was slanted not level and was like walking drunk very outdated smelly old mattress holes in walls room was smelly broken tiles in bathroom limescale all over bath and shower no parking cost me £29 on parking light switch behind a cupboard also opened the cupboard and an iron board fell on me
I was here on business, Dirty room, never seen a hoover, brown marks on bedding and a brown stain on one of my bath towels.
Cob webs in corners.
I was very disappointed
Me and my daughter had a lovely 4 days at the Royal or room was very nice it was very big and very clean it had 2 beds mine was huge and very comfortable my daughter had a single bed and hers was comfortable aswell.. we had a fan in the room which was nice as it was very warm.. there was an iron and ironing board aswell in the room.. wardrobe was massive.. bathroom was a good size and the shower over bath was powerful it was all nice and clean and nice and quiet.. the staff were lovely we didnt use the swimming pool so cant comment on that.. entertainment was good and the bar was well stocked i dont drink but for people who do it is good... i would definitely go and stay again.
On initial entering the property the reception and hall are very impressive. It is largely disappointing that the same cannot be said about the hotel rooms, which are in great need of upgrading. There is no parking available at the hotel free or otherwise.
I have stayed in this hotel previously & found the whole place in need of a total upgrade to bring it into the 20th never mind the 21st century. My room had severe damp on the outer walls, so much so the decoration was peeling from the wall. The bath had mould & the cleaners must never look at any of the appliances as the coffee machine drip tray was full of liquid.
Chris
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024
6/10 Okay
Ann
Traveled with partner
Aug 15, 2024
No shower gel in dispenser. Reception staff carrying on private conversations when guests waiting
Lift wedged open at second floor so could not be used by guests
I have made compliant
On 5 floor idiots out sitting on window ledge spiking shouting people in street rave music on all night no sleep 4-30 hour drive to Glasgow checkout 6.30am
Toilet needs ripped out done again stains bed & pillows mattress poor
Very bad stay