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Schooner Hotel

3.0 star property
Hotel in Alnwick with a restaurant and a bar

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Dinner served, Indian cuisine
Terrace/patio
Interior detail
Bar (on property)
Exterior detail

Reviews

5.2 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Breakfast available
  • Housekeeping
  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi
  • Restaurant

Explore the area

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8 Nothumberland Street, Alnmouth, Alnwick, England, NE66 2RS
  • Place, Alnmouth Village Golf Club
    ‪2 min walk‬
  • Place, Alnwick Garden
    ‪10 min drive‬
  • Place, Alnwick Castle
    ‪11 min drive‬
  • Airport, Newcastle (NCL-Newcastle Intl.)
    ‪46 min drive‬

Room options

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Double Room, Ensuite

Double Room, Ensuite

  • 19 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Twin Room, Ensuite

Twin Room, Ensuite

  • 19 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Triple Room, Ensuite

Triple Room, Ensuite

  • 19 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bed

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Family Room, Ensuite

Family Room, Ensuite

  • 19 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bunk Bed

About the area

Alnwick

In Alnwick .You'll be within half a mile (1 km) of Alnmouth Village Golf Club and 2 miles (3 km) of Northumberland Coast with a stay here. Warkworth Castle and Barter Books are also within 6 miles (10 km).

What's nearby

  • Alnmouth Village Golf Club - 2 min walk - 0.2 km
  • Barter Books - 9 min drive - 9.4 km
  • Alnwick Playhouse - 10 min drive - 9.8 km
  • Alnwick Garden - 10 min drive - 11.7 km
  • Alnwick Castle - 11 min drive - 10.4 km

Getting around

  • Alnwick Alnmouth Station - 3 min drive
  • Newcastle Intl. Airport (NCL) - 43 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪McDonald's - ‬10 min drive
  • ‪Coquet Tea Rooms - ‬10 min drive
  • ‪The Tavern - ‬11 min drive
  • ‪The Hogs Head Inn Hotel - ‬10 min drive
  • ‪Geordie Bangers Company - ‬11 min drive

About this property

Schooner Hotel

3-star guestrooms with free WiFi
There's a restaurant on site. You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. WiFi is free in public spaces. A terrace, an arcade/game room, and a garden are also featured at Schooner Hotel. Self parking is free.

This 3-star Alnwick hotel is smoke free.

  • 19 guestrooms or units
  • Breakfast available (surcharge)
  • Storage area for luggage
  • Game room or arcade
  • Terrace
  • Garden
  • Television in lobby
  • No smoking on site
  • Bar or lounge
  • Dining venue
Schooner Hotel offers 19 accommodations. 32-inch flat-screen televisions come with digital channels. This Alnwick hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is provided daily.

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Property amenities

Family friendly

  • Arcade/game room

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • English breakfast available for a fee 8:30 AM to 9:30 AM on weekdays and 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM on weekends; GBP 12.95 to 12.95 for adults and GBP 6.95 to 6.95 for children
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant

Things to do

  • Arcade/game room
  • TV in common areas

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • No elevator
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible lounge
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk (42 inches high)
  • Wheelchair-accessible restaurant

Room amenities

Entertainment

  • 32-inch flat-screen TV with digital channels

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Towels provided

Food and drink

  • Electric kettle
  • Tea bags/instant coffee

More

  • Desk
  • Heating

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 11:00 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

There is no front desk at this property
The host will greet guests on arrival

Access methods

Host will greet you

Pets

  • No pets allowed, but service animals are welcome

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
  • Cribs (infant beds) are not available.

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Fee for English breakfast: approximately GBP 12.95 to 12.95 for adults, and GBP 6.95 to 6.95 for children

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash
Charges for extra guests may apply and vary according to property policy.
A cash deposit, credit card, or debit card for incidental charges and government-issued photo identification may be required upon check-in.
Special requests are subject to availability at the time of check-in. Special requests can't be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.
    This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession. This property accepts Visa, Mastercard, debit cards, and cash.

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Schooner Hotel Reviews

Reviews

5.2
Rating 10 - Excellent. 24 out of 225 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 39 out of 225 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 41 out of 225 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 45 out of 225 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 76 out of 225 reviews

5.4/10

Cleanliness

5.8/10

Staff & service

5.2/10

Amenities

4.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

5.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Steve

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Michele

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Amenities
We had read that the hotel was being refurbished by new owners, but felt that our room, whilst clean, was unfinished. There was no toilet roll holder; the en-suite door frame had been primed but not painted; areas around the window needed decorating; a strip of new coving was not properly fixed to the ceiling and there was a strange plastic tube with a tissue stuffed in the end running across the top of the window. Personally we also disliked the laminate flooring and the fact that the window (ground floor, street facing) had only vertical blinds and no curtains. All that being said, this room was at least 40% cheaper than anything else in the area for the one night that we wanted and clearly some work had been done as the en-suite looked new with quality tiling, and the ceiling looked new.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Jeff

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Are you in the mood for a depressing seaside hotel with black mold, electrical wires draped over furniture, filthy towels and public hair in the sink? Well then - do I have the place for you! Did I mention the front desk staff is oblivious to your suggestions to clean the room and make it habitable? If all of the above is not what you are looking for then just search for hotels with more than one star.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Very poor and not as advertised

Both hotel and room was not as advertised on website except for beer garden. Staff not friendly. Room was down a number of corridors and doors all of which were in poor repair. Room was not of a good standard and felt more like a hostel. I did not stay and booked alternative accommodation in the village as apart from the standard of whole hotel being poor, i did not feel safe as a female on my own
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

2/10 Terrible

Michael

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Toilet did not flush, this was reported but no the problem was not remedied. Other guest were noisy , exacerbated by banging from the fire door whenever anyone moved along the corridor. Rooms were not very clean.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

Alexander

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

6/10 Okay

Gabrielle

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

6/10 Okay

ross

Travelled with family
Fairly good if you want a well priced decent bed for the night, perfect we stayed whilst playing golf in the area. Pretty good to be fair
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

6/10 Okay

Joanne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Hotel was clean, spacious and quiet. In need of decoration. Owners say they have taken over hotel and are in process of redecoration. Was quiet and peaceful.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Gillian

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

4/10 Poor

Sara

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort

Not good

Understanding the hotel is in a 400 year old building and not wanting to sound like an entitled American. The hot water didn’t work none not a drop, that being said the beds sucked felt like I was on a box spring. Now that said the staff was grate and the food was good the location is amazing. We did however have a grate view of the roof top with old broken ironing boards and an old painting that was crumbling in the rain. The place has issues and not at all worth the price we paid
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jacqueline

Travelled with partner
Helpful staff, Great breakfast and comfortable room. Martin was very accomodating.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

barbara, Castleford

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Quaint hotel with friendly staff who went out of their way to make you welcome. Food reasonably priced and good value.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

4/10 Poor

mary

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Arrived only to discover there was no parking even though it has parking on the app, chap was adamant that it said street parking ( as I said that’s why we picked this hotel ) so I did show him it does say parking
Window would not close properly
Wire hanging from bathroom radiator
Wardrobe is only child size
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

2/10 Terrible

Gill

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very poor customer service, venue very tired and disjointed. No tv working in room and management not interested in this problem. No goodbye on check out, again awful customer service
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

6/10 Okay

Terry

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
We found the hotel quite shabby . The hotel has potential, but there is a lack of welcoming hospitality. Room was ok, but needed dusting. Parking on the road extremely hard to find a place close by
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

2/10 Terrible

Pankaj

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Worst Hotel Experience – A Complete Disgrace

This place has no business calling itself a hotel. Our stay at The Schooner was a complete disgrace. On the plus side—no paranormal activity (Thank God!!). At check-in, they gave us a key for a room that needed a card. Reception isn’t 24 hrs, and they forgot to give us the entrance code—we had to go back and ask or risk being locked out. Basic competence? Missing. Worse, the Bangladeshi receptionist was bullying his Indian colleague in front of us. Unprofessional and deeply uncomfortable. The room had poor heating, and the bathroom had no heating or hot water. The freezing bathroom and no hot water meant no shower that night. Next morning we were told their ancient plumbing required taps to be run for sometime before hot water comes - We ran the tap for 10–15 minutes (not joking !!) . Two calls and a waste of water later, we finally got hot water. Then the drain clogged mid-shower. My husband had to wash his legs whiles standing outside the tub. Maintenance “fixed” it by unscrewing the cap—since the opening mechanism was broken. The mattress was awful—we didn’t sleep a wink. So: cold room, freezing bathroom, no hot water, no sleep. To top it all off, we were promised free luggage storage when we checked in but at checkout they refused. Asked us to extend our room and keep luggage there. Shameless, greedy, and beyond unprofessional. I requested a refund. No response. Even locals call this place a disgrace. That says it all. Avoid The Schooner like the plague.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

2/10 Terrible

Dean

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
After confusion regarding breakfast due to the Expedia booking system, the staff were rude, dismissive and said it was our fault for not using another well known webiste !! When we checked in, there was no mention that breakfast was not included, and even when we added a third room on the day, not once was breakfast mentioned or offered as an extra. When we pointed this out after the confusion, the staff suggested it was our fault for not asking for breakfast. It was not their policy to ask if a guest might want it. They then stated you can only book breakfast via the aforementioned website!! The rooms were very outdated and a little scruffy, but this wasn't the problem. It was the lack of customer service to come to a resolution regarding breakfast there was not even the change to pay for hreakfast on the day. Any notion of breakfast was refused as it was not booked via the previously mentioned website. I would avoid this hotel as i feel any issue or problem would be dismissed and handled very rudely.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

4/10 Poor

Richard

Travelled with family
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Hotel is in need of repair, room so ok beds were comfy our biggest issue was no hot water to have a shower in the morning looking at previous reviews this has been an issue for a while.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

2/10 Terrible

Kate

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Terrible

Avoid- hotel very run down and dirty. Very expensive for sub standard accommodation. Unsafe plugs/ poor decoration/ poor level of cleanliness/ damp. Several areas of the hotel need cleaning bunch as stairs / dining room / bar area. On arrival room smelt unclean (of wet dogs) asked to move rooms but was told hotel was full despite this not seeming to be the case. Met with other guests on stairs who informed me that there was no hot water and they had reported. On arrival checked hot water and indeed was cold, went to reception to report and member of staff seemed surprised. No hot water for the entire Friday evening. Tea and coffee equipment dirty. Internal lock on bedroom door not working - this is a concern for females travelling alone.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

2/10 Terrible

Constantin

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Avoid this hotel!!

Horrible hotel, me and my family felt so disgusted to stay there everything felt so dirty and it was so smelly everywhere we literally left to go back home at like 10pm to drive 4 hours home as we just couldn’t stay there. Absolutely horrible
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Marjorie

Liked: Cleanliness
Unfortunately we were told the chef was on holiday so we couldn’t eat at the Schooner. It would have been nice to know that information so we could make alternative arrangement and not be disappointed when we got there and be inconvenienced by having to go back out. Also there was no hot water and none of us particularly wanted a cold shower
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

2/10 Terrible

christopher

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

DO NOT BOOK THIS PLACE

DO NOT BOOK!!! Half finished, dirty, no hot water (constant theme not one off check other reviews), no one contactable. No one on ‘reception’ and no one ever answers phone. Also offers breakfast - good luck getting that!!! To offer breakfast there has to be someone there to actually provide it, not that I’d want it given no hot water and therefor handwashing or shower facilities in the building.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

2/10 Terrible

Kenneth

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We booked in at the bar ran by 1 man who gave us our keys. The bar area was absolutely freezing I think it was warmer outside. Decided to have a beer after 2 hour journey they had no draught beer no coffee or tea the only drink they had was a small variety of bottled beers. Went to drop our bags in room at least there was a small heater in the room but bathroom freezing and no hot water. Went out in a taxi to Warkworth for the night. The next morning we went down at 9 for breakfast there was no sign of anyone in the hotel so left keys on bar and walked out. I would urge you to remove this so called hotel from your website as it is not fit for purpose. They should refund us our money back for the lack of everything at this hotel disgraceful.

2/10 Terrible

Daniel

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025