Good sized double room with shower/bath, nice and light, found the bed comfortable. hanging space for clothes. Iron and ironing board(though only 2 hangers), tea/coffee/biscuits, hair dryer. Staff helpful and very friendly, free parking, nice selection on breakfast menu. Fresh towels provided on our 2nd day and bed made and tea/coffee refreshed.
Down side was our room faced the road which was very busy and noisy, also very stuffy, though we opened a window second night and actually slept reasonably well despite the noise ( probably because I barely slept the night before). To be fair staff did offer to see if they had another room but we were only there 2 nights in any case. Shower a bit slippery so could probably do with a shower mat and extractor didn't seem to work. TV reception was poor.
Whilst the pub and restaurant parts of The Royal have been recently refurbished and are very nice, the same cannot be said for the hotel part. It is very dated, shabby and in desperate need of refurbishment. There are steep narrow stairs up to the accommodation so totally unsuitable for anybody with access needs. The room was clean despite the issues with dated fittings. The door handle was like some kind of Chinese puzzle and generally took about 5mins to lock from either side. In our room, we had 2 very old dirty secondary double glazed windows which would not open at all. The heated towel rail in the bathroom was permanently on and impossible to turn off making the room like a sauna when the bathroom door was open, which may be nice in winter but was intolerable on a hot July night. To make matters worse, they provided a small electric fan which was so noisy as to make it unusable if you were trying to sleep. We stayed there two nights so asked for the fan to be changed and the heated towel rail to be fixed so it could be turned off but neither was done. The other main problem was, even if we had been given a quieter fan, it would have been pointless as the thumping repetitive beats of the night club held in the pub on Friday and Saturday nights went on until 2am were so loud they may have well just set up a speaker right outside our door. The only upside was the staff who were generally friendly and helpful even though they failed to remedy the issues with the room.
Unfortunately on a summer day when the temperature outside was high our room had the heated towel rail on full blast, no way of opening windows. The heat in the room was extraordinary and very uncomfortable. I usually find the good in everything but sadly this was poor, as was the state of cleanliness in the bathroom.
The stay was awful, didn't sleep at all.
There was a RAVE on until 3am that felt like you where in it in your room.
There was no mention when we booked it that there was music event on down stairs. at the end of the day we booked a room above a pub so under stand noise but not a RAVE until early hours of the morning.
When we checked in they where doing a sound check and we asked what was going on and the girl laughed. When I mentioned that it didnt state an even on booking she said oh its normally only a Friday Saturday but we doing in on Thursday this week. but no apologies or anything.
Cracked bathroom sink
High step into bath and no grab rails to support you getting in and out at correct height
No bedside sockets
Positive comfy bed
Too expensive per night for not the best quality standards. Was just convenient for what we needed it for.
The staff - brilliant. Zoya on reception carried my case up and down stairs. Let me borrow a fan heater. Keiran, the bar manager, sorted my food out with the chef (I have a dairy intolerance). The hotel needs upgrading in certain areas. It is a night spot on Friday and Saturday night, my ear plugs dealt with the music, the revellers leaving unbelievable noise for about 40 minutes 3am to 3.40am. I was warned about the music!!!
Disappointed with the food menu, lukewarm food. We had terrible trouble with the door lock, even the staff had problems!
The staff were all very friendly and helpful.
We would come back.
Friday night was good, Saturday night was unbearably noisy from party revellers and loud music, and cars beeping their horns went on until gone 3 in the morning.
Nice location and convenient. Decent VC dining options and room was ok as I paid under ÂŁ80. However this seemed like a family run hotel and the manager who checked me in was very familiar and called me âmateâ on a few occasions and dropped the odd f*#k word into conversations which didnât offend, but still not professional at checkin desk