The Royal Guesthouse

3.0 star property
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Suite, Ensuite (Double and Single)
Room
Classic Triple Room, Ensuite
Room
Miscellaneous

Reviews

5.0 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • 24/7 front desk
  • Parking available
  • Bar
  • Laundry
  • Pet-friendly

Explore the area

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High Street, Dingwall, Scotland, IV15 9HL
  • Dingwall Museum
    3 min walk
  • Highland Farm Cafe
    1 min walk
  • Dingwall Station
    5 min walk
  • Inverness (INV)
    31 min drive

Room options

Single Room, Ensuite

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

Double Room, Ensuite

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Basic Single Room, Shared Bathroom

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

Basic Single Room, Ensuite

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

Basic Double Room, Shared Bathroom

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Suite, Ensuite (Double and Single)

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Twin Bed and 1 Double Bed

Twin Room, Ensuite

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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About the area

Dingwall

With a stay at The Royal Guesthouse in Dingwall, you'll be a 3-minute walk from Dingwall Museum and within a 5-minute drive of Blackmuir Wood. .This bed & breakfast is 4.7 mi (7.6 km) from Castle Leod and 4.9 mi (7.8 km) from Upper Pump Room.

What's nearby

  • Dingwall Museum - 3 min walk
  • Victorian Market - 19 min drive
  • Inverness Cathedral - 20 min drive
  • Inverness Castle - 20 min drive
  • Eden Court Theatre - 20 min drive

Getting around

  • Dingwall Station - 5 min walk
  • Inverness (INV) - 31 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Cookies chinese - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Glenord Distillery Visitor Centre - ‬10 min drive
  • ‪The Storehouse - ‬7 min drive
  • ‪Conon Bridge Chip Shop - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪Strathpeffer Old Station - ‬8 min drive

About this property

The Royal Guesthouse

Bed & breakfast in Dingwall with free breakfast and a 24-hour front desk
The Royal Guesthouse offers 20 accommodations. Housekeeping is provided daily.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
Make yourself at home in one of the 20 guestrooms. Conveniences include electric kettles, and housekeeping is provided daily.
This smoke-free bed & breakfast features hiking/biking trails nearby and mountain biking nearby.
Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge. A complimentary breakfast is included.
Featured amenities include complimentary wired internet access, a 24-hour front desk, and multilingual staff.
A complimentary breakfast is offered.

Languages

English, Polish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi and wired Internet

Parking and public transport

  • Extended parking on site (surcharge)

Food and drink

  • Free breakfast available
  • 1 bar

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Multilingual staff

Accessibility

  • This property does not have any lifts

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Food and drink

  • Electric kettle

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 10:00 PM

Check-out

Check-out before 10:30 AM

Pets

Pets allowed
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees
Welcoming dogs only

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Important information

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
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a security system, a first aid kit, and outdoor lighting

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

Royal Guest House B&B Dingwall
Royal Guest House B&B
Royal Guest House Dingwall
The Royal Guest House
The Royal Guesthouse Dingwall
The Royal Guesthouse Bed & breakfast
The Royal Guesthouse Bed & breakfast Dingwall

The Royal Guesthouse Reviews

Reviews

5.0
Rating 10 - Excellent. 20 out of 259 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 50 out of 259 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 43 out of 259 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 57 out of 259 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 89 out of 259 reviews" "

5.6/10

Cleanliness

5.6/10

Staff & service

4.8/10

Amenities

4.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

4.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Jennifer

Do NOT stay here! This isn’t a hotel. There was no exterior sign identifying this accommodation as a hotel but multiple signs advertising a bar and billiards club! Inside had NO reception desk only a random, unidentifiable man with a cell phone. The building appears to be in some state of sale/renovation and the rooms had paper signs taped to the wall in the hallway identifying the room numbers. The eating area was in shambles. The room we were shown does look like the one on the website so I believe it has been staged for photos. I WOULD NOT feel safe staying here. We cancelled and complained to Hotels.com asking that this be removed from their site. It’s not suitable for anyone. A hostel is better than this.
Front of the “hotel” from the street with no identification other than advertising it as a bar and billiards club
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

2/10 Terrible

Douglas

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Room was filthy, dirty cotton buds in drawer, stains, stained/soiled linen stuffed down the back of bed
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

4/10 Poor

Lorraine

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

2/10 Terrible

Sidnei

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Avoid… very old building
Old building and mold Carpet bad smell Shower has no pressure No hot water Avoid if possible.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

4/10 Poor

Elizabeth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
They are trying to get this hotel better but it is lacking in simple things. No bulbs in the bedside lamps. Can’t reach a socket for one of them or the kettle. No hooks for towels. No wardrobe. No bin only a bin liner. Window won’t open. No cups or teaspoon. Had to ask. 2 flights of stairs and no lift.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

4/10 Poor

Leigh

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Difficult to find the entrance as I couldn’t see any signs as it happens it’s the entrance to the snooker hall you need to take. Building is like a maze inside with room numbers printed in a4 paper with pen. When I got to the room there was a number of chocolate bar wrappers under the bed and a coffee sachet had been opened and discarded next to the kettle by previous occupant. Empty tablet packets in the wardrobe and no blinds in the bathroom.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

6/10 Okay

Max

Liked: Cleanliness
Simple no frills guest house.
This is a simple very budget conscious travelers guesthouse - no frills so don't expect any. Room was clean but table lamp had no bulb and shared bathroom. No heating in room so stay clear of Apartments in Winter. But it is relatively low cost at £75. Breakfast is tea/ coffee, cereal and toast. Hard to find as there no sign at street level
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

2/10 Terrible

nick

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
For the price, the room itself was about what you’d expect. What I didn’t expect though was it to be within a snooker club with no signage except printed A4 paper with a different hotel name on it! Ok if you need a cheap room but don’t expect a luxury building and location.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

Nicholas

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

Anne

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
It started with zero directions on how to get there and then when we did manage to find it. Our room was moldy, shower had open drain. Hallway smoke detectors had bright green light all night and went off after midnight. One cup provided in room was filthy. Coffee pot. No mugs. No soap. Curtain falling off. WiFi unreliable. Could hear our neighbors using their restroom. Open vents in walls. Not hoovered very well. I understand budget hotels, but this was something else. I never leave bad reviews, but I didn’t sleep well in this hotel. It was hands down the worst I’ve ever stayed in. It should be closed till they finish renovations or charge about half the price. I mean. Just. Wow.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Anveshkumar

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
There is no board or address marker for the property it was difficult to find the property room was good but toilets are little bit smelly staff was very nice and humble always available and very helpful breakfast provided was nice
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Frank

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Okay room was not ready
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Floor is not vacuumed bed was clean room was stained and not looked after, for £35 it’s ok for the night if your looking to just sleep some where but honestly would not ever go here again for the price you can stay at a travel lodge and feel safer, looks as if they are renovating a lot of rooms and improving so this might change soon but right now it was pretty much a spare room in someone’s house (code locked doors felt very unsafe, seemed to be the same code for every door)
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Absolute dive of a hotel. Check in is in a building across the street, no security for the building, anyone could walk in off the street. Hotel rooms are next to a snooker bar. Hotel smells damp, flies everywhere and generally just very run down and dirty. If there wasn’t a group of us staying we would have left immediately, there is no feeling of safety at all - heard screaming and shouting all night long. DO NOT book this hotel if you have kids.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

4/10 Poor

April

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The manager was helpful and they are obviously trying to upgrade the property. They were renovating while we were there. The problem for us is our room was unfinished with broken lights without coversand dirty ripped carpet but the room had been painted. They should only pur people in finished rooms. They had a nice breakfast area.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

Bára

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

Sankar

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stay away.. it’s not worth a penny
It’s a dump.. hotel.com should never market this place The most rubbish hotel I have ever been.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

Edward

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Not what was advertised. Place was diffulcult find. No one at reception.Room was filthy. Bathroom was dirty. Shower was missing door and had no hot water. The list goes on. Booked a 2 night stay and left after first night.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Muhammad A K

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Happy with the services provided during my 1 days stay at this place.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Skye

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
The rooms are comfortable and you can tell there have been recent upgrades to the rooms with the furnishings and decor. There are a few areas that you can tell the hotel is working toward fixing like the windows (which don't open easily) and the shower temperature (which was a bit on the cool side) but we found the beds comfortable and the accommodation quite adequate, especially for the price. The staff are very helpful and there is a number to access a person even when reception is closed. The location is a little challenging to find but if you find the location of the Waverley Hotel, beside the church, then you just need to go to the nearest busy corner and the Royal Guesthouse is on that corner. We found it easier to park on the street by the church but there is a parking lot. To identify the hotel, look for the billiards hall sign on the building, as the name is not visible but everyone local knows where the "Royal Hotel" is. The reception is on the second floor, but there is not elevators. I hope that they are able to revive this hotel back to its former grandeur as the city is quite a pleasant one to visit and very walkable with many interesting finds if you venture between the buildings and lots of good shops and character.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

Agney

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

Rafi

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not so good stay
Check in was difficult. No name board outside people around not aware this Guesthouse. No one to answer the phone and no reply to e mail. Not a great experience.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Nigel

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

Karan

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Just one thing waste of money.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024