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The Royal Guesthouse

3.0 star property
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Reviews

5.0 out of 10

Popular amenities

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

Explore the area

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High Street, Dingwall, Scotland, IV15 9HL
  • Dingwall Museum
    3 min walk
  • Fyrish Monument
    9 min drive
  • Castle Leod
    9 min drive
  • Inverness (INV)
    31 min drive

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Single Room, Ensuite

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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Double Room, Ensuite

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Basic Single Room, Shared Bathroom

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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Basic Single Room, Ensuite

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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Basic Double Room, Shared Bathroom

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Suite, Ensuite (Double and Single)

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Twin Bed and 1 Double Bed

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Twin Room, Ensuite

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 14.4 mi (23.2 km) from Inverness Castle and 4.7 mi (7.6 km) from Castle Leod.
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What's nearby

  • Dingwall Museum - 3 min walk - 0.3 km
  • Victorian Market - 19 min drive - 22.6 km
  • Inverness Cathedral - 20 min drive - 23.1 km
  • Inverness Castle - 20 min drive - 23.2 km
  • Eden Court Theatre - 20 min drive - 23.4 km

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. 19 out of 258 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 50 out of 258 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 43 out of 258 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 57 out of 258 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 89 out of 258 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

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

10/10 Excellent

W

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Looked very shabby from the outside but was surprisingly modern inside with ongoing renovations taking place . Newly decorated room with comfy beds and nice bathroom . Check-in was easy. Reception man was very helpful ,sorry forgot your name , the most surprising was the amount of choice we had for breakfast . No fully cooked breakfast but Buffet style everything else you could think of and more . Even gluten free section . Was a brilliant breakfast . Overall a great stay and highly recommend. And free parking nearby .
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

4/10 Poor

Julie

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stopover
It was supposed to be a guesthouse but it was an “under construction” old hotel. No sign-so hard to find. Tiny window. Dirty hand basin and shower. Un-emptied bin. Best part was continental breakfast.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

4/10 Poor

Hubert

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Where to start? The manager for sure was trying his best. Plenty Gluten Free choice at breakfast. The room - on the top floor, no lift - was small but clean with a decent bed. But... regularly no water in the cold water tap over the sink. Hot water tap did run but only slowly and it took forever to warm up. The power shower did not work for two days running. Then it worked for a bit on the 3rd morning but I had to rinse soap off my face over the sink because it cut out. My wife again had to wash at the sink. The sink plug did not stop water draining out - filling it with hot water from the kettle was useless. No bedside tables or lamps. No chair to sit on. Just 1 coathanger in the cupboard. No pegs to hang anything on. We shall not return to this place.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Amy

Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was okay for one night, the shower head of not on wall, hot and cold taps mixed up and not very easy to find,
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

4/10 Poor

Joshua

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The hotel operates under a different name. It was very hard to find, it wasnt even called the royal huesyhouse, its called "the waverly" Have to go upstairs of a pool club and follow notes written on sheets of paper to fins the guy to check in who doesnt stay there. Breakfast is in a different building down the street...no towels...no deadbolt on door... tv nroken...no itnernet...very sketchy. Giant window in baynroom with no curtains so everyone could see you shower
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

Derek

Some work required!
Hotel had changed its name with no update on website so we had a real job finding it! Check in was a bit bazaar and we were given keys for the room that didn’t work. Website also did not say that breakfast was served in another hotel about 100yards away. I think hotel has just been taken over. Hallways had been newly painted. Room could have been cleaner as we found an empty sweetie bag under a bedside table. Room was functional. Dingwall is a good (cheaper) alternative to Inverness with good public transport links to the city (30 minutes by bus). Car journey is only about 15 minutes. Hopefully some teething issues will be resolved. Proper advertising being key!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

2/10 Terrible

Rajinder

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024

4/10 Poor

Fiona

Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
On street parking close at hand
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

2/10 Terrible

Drew

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

2/10 Terrible

fabio

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Il peggiore albergo trovato in Scozia
Albergo sporco, la stanza assegnata non era stata rifatt, puzzava ed il bagno era indecente. Un membro dello staff ha cercato di assegnare un'altra camera, ma il boss non ha voluto. Ci è stata rifatta la vamera ma ea comunque pessima.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Josh

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
After worrying reviews, we had no problems, only inconvenience was going to another place to recieve key and window not opening in bedroom. Happy with smart tv (mirror from phone) and hot shower
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

2/10 Terrible

Bryan

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Poor facilities, filthy rooms, shabby all round, dirty linen, stained walls and furniture, thich with dust and wobwebs, unhoovered carpets, a total shambles and a disgrace.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Not great, but.... it was ok.
Room was clean, hallways were very dirty with litter.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024