The Royal Sutton

The room was freshly renovated. The beds were huge. I unfortunately had a sick relative in the hospital nearby. This was a very convenient location to stay. The staff doing late check in were great and they were and have been super compassionate and helpful during and after my stay. I would highly recommend for location and customer service. I would in particular mention the manager Paoula who was outstanding in the level of customer service she delivered when I had a difficult query.

Cold room due to old windows ubable to close fully and only small heater. The noise from the pub is not a reasonable amount it is excessive, coupled with the noise from outside made it impossible to relax or sleep.

The hotel is fine - nothing special but what you'd expect and generally fine. However, there was no wifi and I was told this was an ongoing problem - no solution or compensation offered. I had made it clear on booking that I was travelling for work, but regardless I would have expected wifi in 2025. Disappointing.

Stayed on 1st floor on a Saturday night and the noise level was very bad from the bar and customers downstairs until after 3am.. 4 hours without sleep. Breakfast was however great & staff very nice.

Amenities

I have to say that the playing of loud thumping music on the night (Saturday night) of my stay in the bar downstairs until 02:30 in the morning is 100% effective in ensuring no-one staying in a Royal Sutton Hotel room can possibly get any sleep what-so-ever. My naivety in booking a hotel above a disco I suppose but, rest assured, it will never happen again. I do thing that any advertisements for The Royal Sutton should carry a stark warning that SLEEP INPOSSIBLE BEFORE 02:30 AM is a fact. You're welcome ......

Staff helpful and bubbly

Everything was fine but the noise on friday and saturday night until 2:30 am is TERRIBLE and IMPOSSIBLE to sleep..

The Royal Sutton is a Hotel/Pub with a large downstairs bar and a stage/dance area. They tend to host events/bands at the weekends whose performances last into the early hours past 2am, so good if you are into that sort of thing but not the place to be if you like an early night and uninterrupted sleep - the noise is extremely loud (I really mean that) and permeates through all bedrooms. To be fair, it does mention the entertainment hours and noise on their website, but just understand that this venue is not intended to be a quiet weekend getaway! The rooms are fairly average if you are viewing them in comparison to a pub-style B&B, but pricey and a little dilapidated if you are going to compare them to a Hotel chain. They are really in need of a refurbishment; for instance the window frames are original/antiquated, grubby with peeling paint and no double glazing, so if you are near the main road you will hear quite a lot of external noise. The room I stayed in was big enough, but overall it was sparsely finished and couldn't be described as anything other than basic accommodation. There is quite a bit of parking off the main road to the side and around the back of the hotel. So that shouldn't be a worry if you need to leave your car overnight. Some of the spaces around the back are very tight and unsuitable for large cars, but if you go into the overflow area (down a small ramp) there are plenty more spaces that are less cramped.

The location mainly because it was very close to where we were supposed to be over the weekend

One of the worst hotels I have ever stayed in. Run down, rooms were very basic, not very clean, clearly not been invested in their upkeep. We had a leak and a broken blind and had to switch rooms. We had three children with us and there was music blasting until 1:30am both nights. The pictures make it look better than it was.

Heating in room did not work. Carpets didn’t seem clean. There was a blood stain on bed sheets under quilt. Staff was amazing and friendly.

Comfortable room and lovely food. Staff were very polite and professional.

Staff great, downstairs areas (bar, restaurant, food, etc) great. Bedrooms were really grim - horrible smell (stale cigarette smoke) and can't open any windows in the bedrooms. Would never book again for that reason which is such a shame as the staff are great

Inital impressions were favourable, easy parking, friendly staff, and a nice room recently refurbished. First clue we had to the inadequate soundproofing was early evening when there was a live band in the pub below. Every word. every note, could be heard clearly. After the band finished around 9pm the disco started and continued until 2am. Heavy bass beats physically shook the bed and decibel levels averaged 67db and peaked at 91db. Needless to say, not much sleep was had and my tinnitus today is raging. No mention on the hotels.com site or when checking in. Shame that it spoilt what could have been z pleasant stay

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.

Quiet with wonderful staff. No noise from downstairs. Even had a drink downstairs before retiring for the night

Hotel was very neat and tidy

Perfect for me.