Royal Bath Hotel  

A lovely three day visit to what I had always believed to be the best hotel in town. I new it as a child and now visiting from Canada I was not disappointed. Spacious seaside and sea view with excellent breakfast and service.

The staff tried their best, but as always, werent trained, but they tried. The breakfast was good, but so it should have been we had paid £428 for two rooms.

The rooms were tired looking and at £228 per night, that isnt good enough,but they were clean. The food in the restaurant was very poor, and my meal was disgusting ! That shouldnt be at £20.80 for a supposed lamb with a herb crust, and I had to leave it. I am not fussy but felt deserving of edible food. As always, the dining room staff didnt understand they had a role in a customer's meal, and just carried on. The meal had to be taken away and they returned some 15 minutes later with a bowl of mashed potato, all too late my fellow diners had finished their meal and the occasion was very spoilt.

Down stairs room room above noisy floor boards

After a small problem, the manager promptly sorted the issue promptly.

in need of updating. the hotel seems tired.

My first time staying at the De Vere and I will stay again. Staff so friendly and could not do enough to make my stay so comfortable.

Very smart, nice hotel. Was given a huge room! Very convenient location for sea views and for shopping. Nice bar and restaurant.

Doesn't have it's own car park - you have to use the public one next door and, being Bournemouth, it's expensive. Difficult to criticise, but the plumbing is ancient and knocking pipework kept me awake nearly all night. Perhaps they heat the hotel at night on Economy7, I don't know. It will save them money but until they lag the pipework it disturbs guests. Handy tip - take earplugs with you!

Breakfast and leaving

Rooms are dilapidated and so are the buildings. I had to change rooms 3 times.. The first bed was worn out. the second shower water was scaulding hot and no cold water

We very much liked the resturant style, quite small but very nice, we spent a very nice evening with our daugther. Love the location of the hotel, we usually stay at the Chalton a bit further up.

We had a delux sea veiw room, and although very comfortable and clean it did look a bit tired and could do with a re-furb.

Really enjoyed this hotel, have stayed in other De Vere hotels and we were not disappointed. Large clean room a little out dated but this didn't spoil our stay. Location excellent, staff very friendly, breakfast lots of choice, nice pool, small pool for the younger children. Overall we really enjoyed our holiday experience in Bournemouth and will be back later in the year hopefully at the Royal Bath

Thank you Royal Bath Hotel for a fantastic stay at your hotel with my kids. The trip was for pleasure as well as business and it was well worth the stay. The location was fantastic and walking distance to my business meeting as well as leisure. My kids and I thoroughly enjoyed the stay. Thank you very much. The staff at the leisure club were friendly and helpful. The full English breakfast was fresh and delicious!Thank you Thank you Thank you.

The hotel is very nice, room was very clean, need updated. I'm a mother of 2 children, the youngest was 7 months! it was really hard to reach my room, impossible to take the buggy, lots of stairs. so I carried my baby and the changing bag! Breakfast was v good. I recommend the hotel for couples or families with older chirldren.

Was an easy walk to the BIC, which is where we were going.

Very expensive room. A bit shabby - peeling paint etc

Th location and staff were excellent and the value was very good for what we got. A nice pool alongside the jacuzzi and steam room was a bonus.

The hotel is a bit old fashioned and could do with a renovation. The lift was absolutely tiny and it was quite a long walk to get to our room as we were on the other side of the hotel. The gym was pretty small and the spa treatments were either non existent or not very well advertised.