Ivy By The Sea

We have 2 small dogs and the room was fantastic for us brilliant view of the hourbour quiet at night has a private door to get in and out which is good when you have dogs

Nothing we didn't like

Great location and staff who were very helpful, pleasant and kind. Fantastic room with heating on. Breakfast was delicious.

Bedding and mattress weren’t great. Still comfortable though.

Situated on the sea front Comfy bed

Check in is for 1hr between 3-4pm only No hair dryer is provided in the room and when asked if there was one to borrow was informed that it did say this on the website! Breakfast is at 10.30 till 11.30 but you will wait 40 minutes and be served at the same time as those popping in from the sea front We didn't take breakfast the 2nd morning as check out is 10am. Breakfast when it did come was cold except for the hash brown but being hungry from tea the day before my husband ate his cold then finished what he was anle to of mine. Seemed like the place was being manned by teenagers playing on their phones and no attentivness to the customers. For just short of £200 for 2 nights was not worth value for money and couldn't get a drink or bite to eat after 4pm as the place closed for the night. Oh and what hotel does not provide a biscuit with tea and coffee in the bedroom? That will be this one.

The location could not be any better, the facilities, the hotel staff and cleanliness are excellent. I would recommend this hotel to anyone coming to Scarborough. The rooms are very spacious and well equipped, could not fault the breakfast, it also had other options on the menu. We viewed the suite and we are going to stay in this next time we come as it looked amazing.

Easy to find

Nothing!

The location was exactly as we expected, near the harbour. There is a small car park close to the hotel but this was full. We parked for free (over winter) on the Marine drive which was a bracing shirt walk away and we thought very convenient. The Delux room was on the second floor up steep stairs and was spotless with a view of the harbour. It had a laminate floor and was newly decorated with a clean bathroom and small shower. I misunderstood the room booking and thought it was twin or double, expecting hotel beds that were adaptable, however it was two small twin beds, my mistake. We had an excellent view of the New Year’s Eve fireworks and the room was surprisingly quiet with very few people around.

I booked the hotel with small bar and bistro so we could use these during our stay. They promptly closed at 4pm, locked up and in darkness, it would have been helpful to know this prior to paying the non refundable bed and breakfast rate, and we would have booked somewhere with these facilities, it was all closed in the local area after about 7pm. We were confused by the breakfast not being served till 10.30am, but we had to vacate the room at 10am, the lady booking us in said we’d be okay checking out after breakfast which was helpful. The next morning at 9.30 she changed her mind and said we had to clear the room by 10, and we could have an earlier breakfast (walk in customers where served from 9am). We set off back up the steep stairs to clear the room, and the dog had an accident on the stairs. We cleaned this up, reported it to the staff and paid an extra £40 cleaning bill (£55 total dog charge). Needless to stay we couldn’t get out fast enough and missed the breakfasts so can’t comment further on this.