Royal Lion Hotel

3.5 star property
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On the beach
View from property
Front of property
View from property
Desk, free WiFi, bed sheets

Reviews

6.4 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Bar
    Bar
  • Housekeeping
    Housekeeping
  • Breakfast included
    Breakfast included
  • Free WiFi
    Free WiFi

Explore the area

Map
1-2 High Street, Tenby, Wales, SA70 7EX
  • Harbour Beach
    4 min walk
  • Castle Beach
    5 min walk
  • Laston House
    6 min walk
  • Swansea (SWS)
    82 min drive

Room options

Standard Single Room

  • 20 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

Standard Twin Room

  • 20 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

Double Room, Beach View

  • 20 sq m
  • Beach view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

Family Room, Beach View

  • 150 sq m
  • Beach view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed and 1 Twin Bed

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About the area

Tenby

With a stay at Royal Lion Hotel in Tenby, you'll be on the beach, within a 5-minute drive of Tenby Beach and St Mary's Church. .This beach hotel is 0.3 mi (0.4 km) from Paragon Beach and 0.3 mi (0.5 km) from Castle Beach.

What's nearby

  • Harbour Beach - 4 min walk - 0.4 km
  • Castle Beach - 5 min walk - 0.5 km
  • Tenby Castle - 6 min walk - 0.5 km
  • Tenby Golf Club - 9 min walk - 0.8 km
  • Tenby Beach - 1 min drive - 0.1 km

Getting around

  • Tenby Station - 5 min walk
  • Cardiff International Airport (CWL) - 122 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Tap & Tân - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Park Road Fish & Chip Shop - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Fecci's fish & chips - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Harbwr Tenby Harbour Brewery - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪The Bush Inn - ‬3 min walk

About this property

Royal Lion Hotel

Beachside hotel walking distance from Tenby Beach
Royal Lion Hotel offers 21 accommodations with coffee/tea makers and complimentary toiletries. Cable television is provided.

Bathrooms include showers. This Tenby hotel provides complimentary wired and wireless Internet access. 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 21 guestrooms. Complimentary wired and wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming provides entertainment. Bathrooms have showers and complimentary toiletries. Conveniences include desks and coffee/tea makers, and housekeeping is provided daily.
This smoke-free hotel features windsurfing nearby.
Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge. A complimentary continental breakfast is served daily from 8 AM to 9:30 AM.
Featured amenities include multilingual staff and luggage storage.
A complimentary continental breakfast is served each morning between 8 AM and 9:30 AM.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and public transport

  • No on-site parking available

Food and drink

  • Free continental breakfast available daily 8 AM–9:30 AM
  • 1 bar

Things to do

  • Billiards/pool table

Guest services

  • Daily housekeeping
  • Front desk (limited hours)
  • Luggage storage
  • Multilingual staff

Outdoors

  • Beachfront location

Accessibility

  • If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • This property does not have any lifts
  • Wheelchair-accessible concierge desk
  • Wheelchair-accessible lounge
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk
  • Wheelchair-accessible restaurant
  • Wheelchair-accessible (may have limits)

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bed sheets
  • Heating

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • TV channels
  • TV

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle

More

  • Desk

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 9:00 PM
Contactless check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours

Renovations and closures

The property will be renovating from May 1 2024 to April 30 2025 (completion date subject to change). The following areas are affected:
  • Exterior
  • Hallway
  • Select guestrooms
Renovation work will only be conducted on weekdays. Every effort will be made to minimize noise and disturbance.
The following facilities are closed on Monday:
  • Bar/lounge

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets not allowed (service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees)

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

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
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash
Cashless transactions are available

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

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Royal Lion Hotel Reviews

Reviews

6.4
Rating 10 - Excellent. 72 out of 353 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 99 out of 353 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 71 out of 353 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 48 out of 353 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 63 out of 353 reviews" "

6.4/10

Cleanliness

7.2/10

Staff & service

5.6/10

Amenities

5.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Hrsh

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
No mention that the hotel was covered in scaffolding prior to booking 2 weeks before stay, amazing location but no views for hotel as to ongoing work, rooms are in dire need of modernising, staff were great and very helpful
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

Kamel

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bad hotel experience
Need lot to do I have walk to 4 floors no lift I have knee is really is not.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

4/10 Poor

Stephen

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Nour

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
Great central location. Staff are pleasant and helpful. Breakfast is good. However the cleanliness of this place is poor my room was not properly cleaned after the previous guest. There was man body hair allover the bedsheets, towels, toilet seat, shower, sink and on the floor. There are toothpaste stains on the sink, bathroom floor not properly sweeped. Towels did not look clean and didn't smell fresh. I asked for new towels and bedsheets. The new face towel smelled so bad that the smell was stuck on my face and I had to wash it again. My room was in 4th floor so the water pressure was very low if someone else is taking shower in the other rooms, you'll have to take a shower with a very weak stream of water. This place needs to improve the standards of cleanliness. It's a shame really as this place is in a perfect location and the staff are good but it has such poor cleanliness.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

Jeff

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
This Hotel is Dated, but they are doing it up slowly, the beds are comfortable, and sheets and towels are spotlessly White
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

Tami

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Property was under construction so that i understand. Customer service was good. Beds were comfortable and soft. Breakfast was also good my friend and i enjoyed it very much apart from having the same breakfast options every morning. However the shower curtain looked like a 100 years old so old and crushed. The toilets had feces particles the mirror had toothpaste residues all over it. When booking it did say housekeeping was included but that wasnt the case we get clean towel daily but sheets werent changed and room werent tidy.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Craig

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Comfy visit, nice staff
Lovely hotel, great location. The hotel itself is looking a bit dated, but they seem to be doing a refurb, we had a sea view room overlooking the beach which was really relaxing to look out to in the night, with the sound of sea at night it was lush. A bit disapointing that there was not much going on in tenby on a sat night, no live bands, no singers etc. it didn’t feel like a sat..
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Craig

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Large room with great view
The hotel is very well positioned and the sea view was amazing. The room was a really nice size and comfortable. The Hotel is however old and there seem to be major works going on. The building is surrounded by scaffolding on two sides. We had a leak through the ceiling when raining and the bathroom needs updating. The breakfast on offer is sufficient and a great convenience. The bar on the back of the ground floor is well managed, stocked and quite popular. Overall a good stay
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2024

4/10 Poor

Debra

Travelled with family
There having work done didn’t think it should be open
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Janet

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The property is very centrally located with lovely views. Breakfast was good. Work was being done on the windows during my stay. Room was large, clean and comfortable. Staff were very friendly and helpful.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

4/10 Poor

Sarah

Travelled with partner
Liked: Amenities
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
There is building work going on at this properry, so covered in scaffolding. The building is old and dated. The bar is closed. Lamp didnt work in teh bedroom. Shower curtain was stained and didn't fit the length of the bath. Ceiling paper was hanging off. The breakfast was awful, small potions, non-brand cereal and no fruit! Barely saw staff. The images are very misleading, Ive stayed in Tenby many times, unfortunately this is the worst ive stayed in.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Tracey

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Comfortable stay, great location
A comfortable stay with lovely sea view. Hotel is a little tired and needs updating but super location & reasonably priced.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024

2/10 Terrible

Luke

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
TLC required
It you want a no thrills hotel this is the one, paper bloated on the walls, very dirty. One pillow as flat as a pancake. Breakfast like a spoons kid breakfast. Hash brown needed longer! Needs a complete overhaul to compete with other hotels in the town. Only good thing is the staff are kind and helpful feel sorry for them as they know the hotel needs work!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

4/10 Poor

Mark

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Great view, lots of potential
Nice staff were very friendly but the buildings struggling, windows in the room were worn out , scaffolding covering the front of the hotel for renovations have been there for some time apparently and the interior is very dated. That said their was ongoing work with the building and I would come back if the work is finished and a new life is injected into the building.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024

6/10 Okay

Gina

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2024

4/10 Poor

Jenny

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stay at Temby
Room very spacious and clean. Pillows are flat like pancakes. Hotel had no replacement available. Lift not working its stairs up and down. Staff is very friendly. Pressure of water in the shower not very strong.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Leo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

andrew

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

6/10 Okay

Neil

Liked: Room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
A bit tired
The hotel is in a great position, right on the sea front. Tenby being a quiet, picturesque, little town. The hotel is in a poor state of repair, with scaffolding around the entire outside of the building. The inside is tired and in need of some TLC. The room was comfortable and cleaned every day, with tea/coffee making and hairdryer available. For the price paid, with breakfast included ( juice, cereals, yogurts, toast and cooked to order) it did the job for a short stay.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2024

6/10 Okay

patrick

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
property under refurbisment at this time i think it will be nice when finished
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

6/10 Okay

Shani

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Property in need of renovation inside and out breakfast nice staff helpful and pleasant
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2024

2/10 Terrible

janet

Travelled with family
Location was excellent.The building was very run down
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

6/10 Okay

Mandy

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
I like the size of the room and the sea view was amazing shame about the bird poo on the window, surrounding area is gorgeous, love Tenby very much, we were not aware of the extent of the renovations going on but we were not disturbed by any noise the whole building is in very poor disrepair
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2024

8/10 Good

tak chung

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2024