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Royal Lion Hotel

3.5 star property
Tenby beachfront hotel with bar/lounge

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Near Tenby Beach, Royal Lion Hotel offers a warm welcome with continental breakfast and a cozy bar. Connect to WiFi, unwind with billiards or simply enjoy the smoke-free premises. The helpful multilingual staff has left a lasting impression on previous guests.

Reviews

6.6 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Non-smoking
  • Free WiFi

Main amenities (7)

  • Daily housekeeping
  • On the beach
  • Breakfast available
  • Bar/lounge
  • Multilingual staff
  • Luggage storage
  • Limited hour front desk

Feel at home (5)

  • Private bathroom
  • Television
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Free toiletries

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The price is AED 254
AED 305 total
includes taxes & fees
Nov 19 - Nov 20
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About the neighborhood

Map
1-2 High Street, Tenby, Wales, SA70 7EX

What's nearby

  • Tenby Beach - 2 min walk - 0.2 km
  • Harbour Beach - 3 min walk - 0.3 km
  • Tenby Castle - 5 min walk - 0.4 km
  • Castle Beach - 5 min walk - 0.4 km
  • Tenby Golf Club - 10 min walk - 0.9 km

Getting around

  • Cardiff International Airport (CWL) - 122 min drive
  • Tenby Station - 5 min walk
  • Saundersfoot Station - 8 min drive
  • Penally Station - 29 min walk

Restaurants

  • ‪Tap & Tân - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪The Cove - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Royal Lion Hotel - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪D Fecci & Sons Fish & Chip Shop - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Town Crier - ‬3 min walk

About this property

Royal Lion Hotel

Royal Lion Hotel is a great choice for a stay in Tenby. You can unwind with a drink at the bar/lounge, and full breakfast is available daily. Fellow travelers love the helpful staff and breakfast.

At a glance

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Hotel size

    • 21 rooms
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Arriving/Leaving

    • Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 8:00 PM
    • Contactless check-in available
    • Minimum check-in age: 18
    • Check-out time is 11 AM
    • Contactless check-out available
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Special check-in instructions

    • The front desk is open daily from 9:00 AM - 8:00 PM
    • Front desk staffed during limited hours
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Required at check-in

    • Credit card, debit card, or cash deposit required for incidental charges
    • Government-issued photo ID may be required
    • Minimum check-in age is 18
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Children

    • No cribs (infant beds)
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Pets

    • Pets not allowed
    • Service animals welcome
WIFI

Internet

    • Free WiFi in public areas
    • Free WiFi and wired internet access in rooms
LOCAL_PARKING

Parking

    • No onsite parking
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Other information

    • Smoke-free property

Property amenities

Food and drink

  • Full breakfast (surcharge) 9:00 AM–9:30 AM on weekdays and 8:00 AM–10:00 AM on weekends
  • Bar/lounge

What to do

  • On the beach
  • Pool table
  • Windsurfing nearby

Services

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

Accessibility

  • Wheelchair-accessible concierge desk
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk
  • Wheelchair-accessible restaurant
  • Wheelchair-accessible lounge

Room amenities

Be entertained

  • Television
  • Cable TV channels

Home comfort

  • Heating
  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle

Sleep well

  • Bed sheets provided

Freshen up

  • Private bathroom
  • Shower only
  • Free toiletries
  • Towels

Stay connected

  • Desk
  • Free WiFi and wired internet

More

  • Daily housekeeping

Fees & policies

Optional extras

  • Full breakfast is offered for an extra charge of approximately GBP 8.00 for adults and GBP 5.00 for children

Renovations and closures

The following facilities are closed on Monday:
  • Bar/lounge

Policies

This property does not have elevators.
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards and cash.
Credit cards accepted: Visa, Mastercard, American Express
Cashless transactions are available.

Also known as

Royal Lion Hotel TENBY
Royal Lion TENBY
Royal Lion
Royal Lion Hotel Tenby
Royal Lion Hotel Hotel
Royal Lion Hotel Tenby
Royal Lion Hotel Hotel Tenby

Frequently asked questions

Are pets allowed at Royal Lion Hotel?

Sorry, pets aren't allowed, but service animals are welcome.

Is parking offered on site at Royal Lion Hotel?

Sorry, there's no onsite parking at Royal Lion Hotel.

What are the check-in and check-out times at Royal Lion Hotel?

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 8:00 PM. Check-out time is 11 AM. Contactless check-in and check-out are available.

What is there to do at Royal Lion Hotel and nearby?

Have fun with nearby activities like fishing and windsurfing.

What's the area around Royal Lion Hotel like?

Royal Lion Hotel is a short 5-minute walk from Tenby Station and 4 minutes' walk from Harbour Beach. Travelers say that the hotel is in a great location.

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Royal Lion Hotel Reviews

Reviews

6.6

Good

6.6/10

Cleanliness

7.4/10

Staff & service

5.8/10

Amenities

5.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Popular mentions

Room
Breakfast
Service staff
View
Location
Bed
Ocean view
Shower
Bathroom
Elevator

Reviews

10/10 Exceptional

Very hospitable and accommodating staff.Lovely spacious rooms with sea view.
Eleanor, 1-night trip

8/10 Very good

Excellent stay, brilliant sea view
Gary, 2-night trip

10/10 Exceptional

Staff were polite friendly and helpful, our room was clean and comfortable. The breakfast was lovely, we would happily stay here again. Thank you we enjoyed our anniversary break.
Donna, 2-night trip

10/10 Exceptional

Lovely hotel in the process of being renovated so not many rooms open breakfast lovely room spotless £45 per nite with breakfast amazing value
Helen, 2-night trip

6/10 Good

Although it needs updating the rooms were clean and we had a cooked breakfast which was nice .the staff were friendly and the location was great
Andrea, 3-night trip

8/10 Very good

Had a lovely stay at the hotel. We really enjoyed it. Fantastic views from our room. The room was clean and tidy. Lovely friendly staff at breakfastl.
Jo, 2-night trip

8/10 Very good

Great views

Hotel needs a complete overhaul but it's cheap and cheerful so can't complain, pub adjoining the hotel is great with a lovely couple running it
ALAN, 1-night trip

6/10 Good

Beautiful view of the harbour but the hotel looked a bit tired. Breakfast quick and adequate. Staff we’re all pleasant.
Mrs M N, 5-night trip

10/10 Exceptional

Sea view was amazing. The room was large, warm and comfortable. Breakfast was really good too. Right in the heart of Tenby so close to all the shops and pubs etc. the hotel is in need of repair but it did not affect our stay at all. Great price. We would definitely stay here again
mandy, 1-night trip

6/10 Good

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
Hrsh, 2-night trip

8/10 Very good

Would say 2* star

Great location, except no parking, and friendly staff. Breakfast was lovely. We had a sea view, dog friendly room. It was acceptable but needs some tlc.
Mark, 1-night trip

8/10 Very good

Good
Hayley, 3-night trip

8/10 Very good

Brilliant harbour view room

Ok hotel, issues with poor WiFi, toilet flush not fantastic and showers took a while to heat up. Breakfast was fine, cooked breakfast was hot contrary to previous reviews. The ocean harbour view was Spectacular and without doubt the highlight! Overall, i would recommend if you get an ocean view room!!
Sukhvinder, 3-night trip

10/10 Exceptional

Very good hotel!

I don't know why this hotel has a very low rate on bookings. Yes, it is old, but everything was alright. It is nice, clean, I liked a city view from my window. The bathroom was in good condition. Location is also perfect 10/10. Absolutely no problems. Highly recommend.
Sergei, 1-night trip

8/10 Very good

Cheap And Cheerful.

On a Solo walking holiday through Tenby and needed some where cheap on the Coast Path that included Breakfast. Was booked in by a very helpful Lady who told me all i needed to know re my stay. Other reviews have mentioned the decor as being tired and whilst i agree to a certain extent given the size of the building any major upgrades would be un economical to carry out without pushing up prices. So given its location with the breakfast room overlooking the beach and a decent nights sleep i was happy with my stay.
Simon, 1-night trip

4/10 Fair

Hotel is literally being demolished before your very eyes - hopefully it will come out stronger without leaks, slanted floorways, and better windows. The rooms themselves are extremely small and not super clean. The walls are coming undone with fiberglass showing and it's just a troubling sight. Breakfast was good and staff are doing their best given the condition of the structure.
Eugene, 1-night trip

4/10 Fair

There having work done didn’t think it should be open
Debra, 1-night trip

2/10 Poor

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!
Luke, 1-night trip

6/10 Good

The location was the only good thing about this property. The hotel needs refurbishment urgently. The room was dirty and things were broken. At breakfast the bread was mouldy and the tin fruit tasted bad (out of date)
Yusmila, 2-night trip

2/10 Poor

Poor

Building was in state of disrepair could hear everything from the next room
Brett, 2-night trip

8/10 Very good

Good location but very old building. One of the fire doors of ground floor needs work. Didn’t provide shampoo. There was only one chair beside the sea view window which supposed to be two.
SHARMIN AKTER, 2-night trip

4/10 Fair

Was disappointed that we were five stories up on the attic.75 stair steps to the room . No lift , no toilet in reception, had to go up to room room was very clean and bathroom was lovely Breakfast was excellent and service was great, but left a day early as couldn’t cope with all the stairs, would never have booked there if I was informed that was the only room,
Keith, 3-night trip

6/10 Good

Not want to come again

The room was spacious and very clean. Two elevators were out of service. The signal of the internet was so weak that TV did not properly work. Obviously I used my 3G instead of WIFI in the room. The shower was too weak to have a shower. There was no view but the wall decorated with the artificial grass. On the same floor, someone brought his/her dog barking all morning so disturbed my sleep…not that great experience all in all
YONJOO, 1-night trip

4/10 Fair

The Royal Lion Hotel is desperately in need of maintenance, it is building in a prime location, overlooking the sea, but sadly now in need of refurbishment. The pictures on the Internet do not reflect the actual poor condition of the property. The condition in our bathroom was stomach churning, I purchased cleaning products to removed the build-up of black mould around the taps and in the grouting of the surrounding tiles. The black mould atound the window was most off-putting, cleaning desperately needed. The whole property is very tired, worn out and not aesthetically pleasingly! On a positive, the bedding and towels were crisp white, the breakfast was excellent albeit very small and all the staff very friendly. This is building could be an asset to the tourist industry but in my opinion should be avoided.
Andrea, 2-night trip

10/10 Exceptional

Excellent value for money and peace and quiet

EXCELLENT VALUE FOR MONEY. Excellent central location, with panoramic views of both North Beach and the harbour. I stayed in February, a winter month, so I kept coming back to my room, to enjoy the beautiful views, which I could never tire of. A real quiet place to recover and relax. Television to enjoy after dark, in a warm cosy room with high ceilings and original plaster coving. Poky B&Bs in back streets with no views at all were charging much more than the Royal Lion. A bonus is that there is Free parking in many streets in Tenby eg. The Esplanade and streets running off it, and it was so easy to find parking spaces. No need to go to a car park. There were only 5 other rooms occupied, and continental breakfast was a delight, with views over the harbour whilst enjoying your breakfast. The outside of the hotel needs refurbishment, but I gathered that the owners are only leaseholders, and the freeholder is responsible for it. But the critical success factor is the low price, plus the magnificent views, and if the hotel invested to become 4 star, guests would not want to pay the much higher rates needed to justify the investment.
Room 112
friendly seagulls tapping on my window each morning, hoping I have some crumbs left over after breakfast. They are so tame, they eat out of your hand
view from Room 112 at night
view from Room 112 to the harbour
Dr R. L., 3-night trip

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