Name: The Royal Oak Ripon
Address: 36 Kirkgate, Ripon
Telephone: (888) 323-5826
Rating: 4

visiting family in the area...

Liked: very central
Disliked: na

It was ok

Liked: Location was great, breakfast was very good. Encounted two members of staff while staying, one who showed us to our room snd one who served us breakfast, both were very helpful and friendly.
Disliked: Hot tap in bathroom did not work properly, you had to hold it before turning it on. Needs hangers, only 4 in wardrobe and they were useless. Curtains hanging off. Bad sleep due to green light on ceiling and red light on TV being diectly towards the bed. All of these could easily be put right if a little more effort was put in

Just a few niggles, so...

Liked: Nice location in a very nice city with lots to see and do, a nice bar and very good tasty food both in the bar and for breakfast. No noise from other residents so it was nice and peaceful
Disliked: I paid for what i thought was a better room than the standard. It certainly cost more than could have paid. and was described as an executive room. The website said it had free wifi in all areas, but it dropped off halfway up the stairs. The tv was sometimes difficult to get switched on and working due to the large blue square over the screen saying it needed connecting to the WiFi, sometimes it was no bother but there weren't programme guides to see either.The room was definitely in need of an update as the paintwork was extremely scuffed in places.Bedside tables need to be next to the bed, not screwed the wall over an arms length away, where it proved difficult to reach anything without putting your feet out of the bed.The cold water tap was loose, and the toilet roll holder, a full toilet roll kept falling off.The shower would have benefited by having a shelf inside to hold your shampoos etc and z bath mat would have been appreciated greatly. We tried thd shower several times but could not get it warm apart from the last occasion before 7.00am.A light in thd lobby outside the bathroom didn't switch on most if the time just flashed on and off intermittently and when that happens at 4.00am it is not good.Other than that, it was nice, but the biggest moan was the enormous cobweb that stretched from the back of the wardrobe to the smoke alarm that had obviously been there some considerable time and overlooked

Superb

Weekend away

Liked: Stayed here alot now. Lovely place to stay. Staying again in a couple weeks
Disliked: Nothing

Great Place to Stay

Liked: The hotel was in a great location for seeing the sights of Ripon with the stunning Cathedral literally at the end of the street. The Manager Kat was absolutely lovely and made our night staying at the Royal Oak really pleasant. Nothing was too much for her.Our Yorkshire Breakfast was delicious. I Would highly recommend this accomodation
Disliked: Nothing really