Well appointed hotel with good quality service. Restaurant food very good. Recommended. Bar…read morerecently refurbished.

We had a three day stay at The Royal Hotel in Ventnor, which was pleasant with no real nasty…read moresurprises for us, but not worth a return visit. I would give it a 2 star but my partner said that was a bit mean, so it gets 3. Room: clean and comfortable, had all the extras you need, and as the hotel is placed well away from any busy roads, it was quiet... The bathroom is showing signs of wear and tear, bits wobble, black mould around the bath, shower unit could do with a look at. Breakfast: I have stayed at a range of hotels and b&b's, but I can't remember that I have to sit where the table is allocated to a room number apart from when I was on a cruise ship, until my first breakfast dining experience at The Royal. What a Royal pain it was to try and sit near a window, first I got asked to move by the waiter with 'these tables are reserved', with no signs on the table saying at much, and when I later asked a waitress if I could sit on a window table, she looked at a clipboard and point to a table with ' they didn't come to diner last night'. The hotel wasn't even half full from the number of diners who came down during breakfast, and plenty of vacant window tables remained so during that time. Could this hotel do as others do, take a room number from the guest and allow the guest to sit where they want to sit, simple enough. Hotel Restaurant: We did have an evening meal booked for one of the nights but after the breakfast fiasco, we cancelled and went to other local restaurants. I'm sure the food would have been nice, but why sit somewhere that they see you as an inconvenience. Price: a little much for what it is.