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Britannia Grand Hotel Scarborough

3.0 star property

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2 bars/lounges
Indoor wedding
2 bars/lounges
Exterior
Sun deck

Reviews

6.8 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Breakfast available
  • Pet-friendly
  • Free WiFi

Explore the area

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St. Nicholas Cliff, Scarborough, England, YO11 2ET
  • Place, South Bay Beach
    ‪1 min walk‬
  • Place, Scarborough Spa
    ‪8 min walk‬
  • Place, Scarborough Open Air Theatre
    ‪3 min drive‬

Room options

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Sea View Double Room

Sea View Double Room

  • 3 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

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Individually decorated, individually furnished, desk, laptop workspace

Standard Double Room No Window

  • 2 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Family Sea View Sleeps 4

Family Sea View Sleeps 4

  • 4 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed and 2 Twin Beds

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Individually decorated, individually furnished, desk, laptop workspace

Family Room Sleeps 4

  • 3 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed and 2 Twin Beds

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Individually decorated, individually furnished, desk, laptop workspace

Standard Twin Room No Window

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Individually decorated, individually furnished, desk, laptop workspace

Standard Double or Twin Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Individually decorated, individually furnished, desk, laptop workspace

Family Sea View Sleeps 4

  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed and 2 Twin Beds

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Single Room

Single Room

  • 3 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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Standard Double Room

Standard Double Room

  • 3 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Standard Twin Room

Standard Twin Room

  • 3 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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About the area

Scarborough

With a stay at Britannia Grand Hotel Scarborough, you'll be centrally located in Scarborough, a 3-minute drive from Scarborough Open Air Theatre and 7 minutes from North Bay Beach. .This beach hotel is 4 mi (6.5 km) from North York Moors National Park and 16.8 mi (27 km) from Robin Hood's Bay Beach.

What's nearby

  • South Bay Beach - 1 min walk - 0.0 km
  • Scarborough Spa - 8 min walk - 0.7 km
  • North Bay Beach - 12 min walk - 1.0 km
  • Peasholm Park - 15 min walk - 1.3 km
  • Scarborough Open Air Theatre - 3 min drive - 2.7 km

Getting around

  • Scarborough Station - 8 min walk
  • Leeds (LBA-Leeds Bradford) - 112 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Olympia Leisure - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪McDonald's - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Starbucks - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Scholars - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Wackers - ‬4 min walk

About this property

Britannia Grand Hotel Scarborough

Fun on the beach, near Scarborough Open Air Theatre
Britannia Grand Hotel Scarborough offers 413 accommodations with coffee/tea makers and hair dryers. Each accommodation is individually furnished and decorated. This Scarborough hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access, with a speed of 25+ Mbps.

Business-friendly amenities include desks and desk chairs. Additionally, rooms include irons/ironing boards and complimentary toiletries. Housekeeping is provided on request.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
Make yourself at home in one of the 413 individually decorated guestrooms. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Bathrooms have complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include desks and coffee/tea makers, and housekeeping is provided on request.
Take in the views from a terrace and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access and gift shops/newsstands. Additional features at this hotel include a ballroom and a vending machine.
Grab a bite to eat at The Harbour Lights, one of the hotel's many dining establishments, which include 2 restaurants and a coffee shop/cafe. Need to unwind? Take a break with a tasty beverage at one of the 2 bars/lounges. Full breakfasts are served on weekdays from 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM and on weekends from 9 AM to 10 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include a 24-hour front desk, a library, and a safe deposit box at the front desk. Event facilities at this hotel consist of a conference center and meeting rooms.
Full breakfasts are available for a surcharge on weekdays between 7:30 AM and 9:30 AM and on weekends between 9 AM and 10 AM.
The Harbour Lights - This buffet restaurant serves breakfast and dinner.
Premier Restaurant - This buffet restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

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 9 per day); discounts available
  • Street parking available

Food and drink

  • Full breakfast available for a fee 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM on weekdays and 9 AM to 10 AM on weekends; GBP 12.50 for adults and GBP 8 for children
  • 2 bars/lounges
  • 2 restaurants
  • A coffee shop/cafe

Restaurants on site

  • Premier Restaurant
  • The Harbour Lights

Things to do

  • Indoor pool (guest access)
  • Library
  • Personal motorised watercraft

Family friendly

  • Access to nearby indoor pool

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Gift shop/newsstand
  • Safe at front desk
  • Vending machine

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (on request)
  • Proposal/romance packages

Business services

  • Conference centre
  • Meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • On the beach
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Assistive listening devices
  • Lift
  • Raised toilet seat
  • Stair-free path to entrance
  • Thin carpet in room
  • Well-lit path to entrance
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible business centre
  • Wheelchair-accessible path to lift
  • Wheelchair-accessible public bathroom
  • Wheelchair-accessible restaurant

More

  • 12 floors
  • Ballroom
  • Built in 1863
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • TV

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker

More

  • Desk
  • Desk chair
  • Individual decor
  • Individual furnishings
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Laptop workspace

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Early check-in subject to availability
Early check-in fee: GBP 10
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10 AM
Late check-out subject to availability
Late check-out fee: GBP 10

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets allowed for an extra charge of GBP 10 per pet, per stay (maximum GBP 25 per stay)
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees
Welcoming dogs and cats only
1 total pets

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for full breakfast: approximately GBP 12.50 for adults and GBP 8 for children
  • Nearby parking fee: GBP 9 per day (62 ft away)
  • Pet fee: GBP 10 per pet, per stay (maximum GBP 25 per stay)
  • Service animals are exempt from fees
  • Early check-in fee: GBP 10 (subject to availability)
  • Late check-out fee: GBP 10 (subject to availability)

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
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash
This property reserves the right to pre-authorize the guest's credit card prior to arrival.

Property is also known as

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Reviews

Britannia Grand Hotel Scarborough Reviews

6.8

6.8/10

Cleanliness

7.4/10

Staff & service

7.2/10

Amenities

6.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.6/10

Eco-friendliness
Rating 10 - Excellent. 380 out of 1367 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 347 out of 1367 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 266 out of 1367 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 145 out of 1367 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 229 out of 1367 reviews

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Nigel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
This has been a very grand hotel, but unfortunately recent investment has not been good, for reasons I understand. Hopefully this may change.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Anthony

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

Very tired hotel

I am sure back in the day this hotel was pride of Scarborough. However it is a very tired and outdated now. Beds - terrible Room condition - stale smelling Secure room - my son pushed the locked door and it opened Bathroom - wife or kids wouldn’t shower as it was so dirty Sorry guys, wish I could say it was an enjoyable stay but it wasn’t
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Richard

Liked: Staff & service
Service at check in good room adequate stsirs between floors didgy
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Tara

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
We often stay at The Grand. It is nothing fancy, but it is clean and welcoming. The bed was a little uncomfortable this time but the bedding and towels were pristine white. The room was quite small but no complaints. When you're paying less than £65 a night for a double room in the school summer holidays, what have you got to complain about?
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Miss Amanda

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

8/10 Good

Ruth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Short concert stay

Queue on arrival at half 3. Went quickly. Room was clean and tidy. Shower didn't work properly. The fan in bathroom didn't turn off with the light or a switch. Leakage from the shower head. The room door didn't feel secure. Otherwise the bed was comfy.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

4/10 Poor

Stephen John

Liked: Cleanliness
Queued literally one hour to check in. Ridiculous not being able to do so until 3pm. During your stay the room doesn't get cleaned unless you ask, so most of the cleaning is in changeover rooms. 9pm at night and no coke behind the bar. No channels on room TV so we tuned it in ourselves but it wouldn't do it, just a blank screen with 1 January 1980 on it. So looks like TV is 45 years old 🤔.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

4/10 Poor

Ian

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

Nice hotel but check in ruined the experience

Check in was horrendous, nearly 1 and a half hours to check in, people jumping the queue, people vaping in the queue, only one person on checking people in which was just silly. No tea making gear in the room.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Jo

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

Disappointed

There were long queues to check in - even though we had checked in online as advised, we still had to join a 50 deep queue to get our room key which took about 45 mins. There were no staff around to organise or direct people apart from the 3 ladies on reception who were frantically trying to check everyone in. Room was ok, we paid for a standard so expected what we got, there were stains on the wall but otherwise the room was clean and the bed was comfortable. Sadly this hotel is charging premium rates for mediocre rooms and service and is in real need of updating. If you are looking for a bed for the night that's clean & comfortable then this place is ok but you could save some £££ by looking elsewhere!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Michelle

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

Sad

The hotel is very tired, needs a lot of TLC. The restaurant where we had breakfast was scruffy and dirty, although the breakfast itself was good. The room was more like a hostel, very basic. Bathroom floor,toilet and shower was dirty. Had to unplug the fridge (randomly placed, our friends room next door didn't have one)to plug in the kettle. The towels and bed linen were clean. Such a shame for an iconic old hotel which in its heyday would have been stunning.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

4/10 Poor

Rachael

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

Very poor experience

I checked in on line but still had to queue for one hour to collect my key, once i was attended to there was not even an apology forcthe wait. We were on floor -1, there was piles of dirty laundry on the floor and in carts all along the corridor. The corridor and stairs to this floor were scruffy and dirty. The kitchen was very close to the room and the smell of grease permeating our room was awful. I would not recommend this hotel or hotel group, and would not return.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

glyn

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

4/10 Poor

Eddy

Disliked: Staff & service
Reported problems that weren't attended to. Far too long to check in.
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Courtney-Jade

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Tina

Liked: Staff & service
Property outdated in some areas including in bedrooms net curtain had holes from wear curtain hanging off rail need a fresh coat of paint in bedroom and some areas of hotel need a clean and a fresh coat of Paint
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very clean, magnificent looking place, staff very helpful. Some quibbles though.... I am not particularly early to rise and 9.30 is a bit of an early breakfast finish by today's standards. Iron in room - but no board! Would have expected 2 pillows each as standard. 2nd delivered on request - though a bit surprised to find them propped up against the door, not taken into the room. None of the above a deal breaker - but the lack of left luggage is a real issue. We had to hump our bags to the cricket having checked out. Is there really no space?
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

paul

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Sue

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The main entrance was well maintained just a shame some parts was needed repairing and our room wasn't deep cleaned as drink up the walls and not repaired rotten wood in bathroom and the window sills were falling apart needed more staff to maintain it apart from that it was beautiful place around the hotel
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Timothy

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The hotel is clean
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

4/10 Poor

Eamon

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Staff were great. Room was noisy, very hot and as basic as can be
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Ricky

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

10/10 Excellent

TL

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

Great value in Victorian magnificence

Iconic Victorian splendor, in arguably the best location in Scarborough. Great value, clean rooms and comfortable beds. Near to all amenites. Parking at NCP just a short walk away at preferential 50% rate for hotel guests with discount code.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Donna

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

4/10 Poor

Kevin

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Douglas

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