The Royal Hotel Stromness

This is a friendly place with clean pleasant rooms and a nice breakfast. However, it isn’t really a hotel, more a pub offering bed and breakfast. When I booked it advertised a restaurant, but this had closed down by the time we arrived, and we had to book dinner in a sister hotel nearby. Not a big issue, but as there are only two restaurants in town you have to book early. We found here that like many places in Orkney there seems to be a serious staff shortage. The same lovely lady who served breakfast also ran the bar all day and tried to cover reception duty. She was fantastic (older lady with long hair) but struggled to cover everything. However, we would stay again, and it seemed much nicer than the other hotel in town.

Hotel looks bit drab from outside but inside is more modern and updated. Comfy room and bed, shower good, lovely breakfast, friendly staff. Great photos in breakfast room, lovely dinner served in sister restaurant just down the street, no on street parking as such narrow streets in Stromness but parking is very close. Very safe for walking in the evening and climbed to the view point behind the hotel in the morning. Terrific view of several islands in the sunshine, wonderful. So much to see and do in Orkney, could stay for longer

This is one of the few places to stay in the ferry port of Stromness, Mainland Orkney. The staff (and pretty much everyone on the island) are extremely friendly and helpful. The hotel is well-located close to the ferry to mainland Scotland. The rooms are clean and comfortable. The included breakfast is marvelous! The main drawbacks are that the building is old, so there is no parking and no elevator. The hotel is staffed only by the breakfast servers and then the bartender, so checking in is slightly confusing. The sister hotel, The Ferry Inn, responds promptly to any concerns however and is very helpful. I would definitely stay here again!

We only really saw staff at the hotel when we checked in and out. Otherwise it seemed relatively unattended. Noise from the pub carried upstairs into our room. The hotel has no lift, which I understand, but I sorted my search by places with lifts and it still came up. My friend has problems with stairs, so it was kind of inconvenient. Overall am OK stay, but next time I would stay in Kirkwall.

We had room 16. Great views of Loch and Lewis Castle. Room was huge and had a great shower. Dinner was great in HS-1. Alacart is served in the main restaurant but we arrived too late to get an early booking. So book restaurant prior to arriving. Only 3 minutes away from the ferry it was extremely convenient. Highly recommended.

Ottima struttura, personale preparato e che ci ha seguito ed assistito con professionalità. Camera bella, spaziosa, pulita, ottima biancheria. Bagno nuovo. Parcheggio a 400 metri gratuito. Colazione abbondante e ottima.

We stayed two nights at the hotel. We received a very helpful e-mail prior to arrival advising of check in arrangements, directions & places to eat. We had a very warm & friendly arrival and our room was excellent. It was spacious, spotlessly clean, comfortable beds & we had no issue with noise. Breakfast is served in a lovely dining room with lots of choice and a very good cooked breakfast. Chef & dining staff were very friendly and went above and beyond to help us. Wonderful hospitality. We will definitely be back and certainly will recommend the Royal Hotel to anyone visiting Stromness.

Large room, comfortable bed, everything was clean. There is noise from the pub downstairs but it quiets down pretty early and you can put in earplugs (we live in a city and are used to street noise). Breakfast was generous and the scones were particularly delicious. Easy walk to/from the Ferry. We would stay here again!

Well located, a short walk from the ferry and close to several coffee shops and the Ferry inn. Comfortable bed, clean room. Nice size, walk-in shower for the UK. Not crazy about the two flights of stairs to the room, could be a problem if you're not easily able to walk. Fantastic breakfast and no understanding of small portions! Fresh scones and croissants as well as a choice of cold cereals, porridge or a full cooked breakfast. Loved it.

Very nice host.