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Schooner Hotel

3.0 star property
Hotel in Alnwick with restaurant and bar/lounge

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

Reviews

5.0 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Breakfast available
  • Housekeeping
  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi
  • Restaurant
The current price is NZ$138
includes taxes & fees
29 Aug - 30 Aug

Explore the area

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

Room options

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Double Room, Ensuite

Double Room, Ensuite

Highlights

Heating
Flat-screen TV
Separate bedroom
Private bathroom
Electric kettle
Digital channels
Daily housekeeping
Desk
  • 19 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Family Room, Ensuite

Family Room, Ensuite

Highlights

Heating
Flat-screen TV
Separate bedroom
Private bathroom
Electric kettle
Digital channels
Daily housekeeping
Desk
  • 19 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bunk Bed

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Twin Room, Ensuite

Twin Room, Ensuite

Highlights

Heating
Flat-screen TV
Separate bedroom
Private bathroom
Electric kettle
Digital channels
Daily housekeeping
Desk
  • 19 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Triple Room, Ensuite

Triple Room, Ensuite

Highlights

Heating
Flat-screen TV
Separate bedroom
Private bathroom
Electric kettle
Digital channels
Daily housekeeping
Desk
  • 19 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bed

About the area

Alnwick

Schooner Hotel places you steps from Alnmouth Village Golf Club and within a 20-minute stroll of Northumberland Coast. Highlights at this hotel include a restaurant, free self-parking and a bar/lounge. .The restaurant, Spice Galleon, serves Indian cuisine and is open for dinner. Other amenities include free Wi-Fi in public areas, a games room and a terrace. English breakfast is available daily between 8:30 AM and 10:00 AM. .In the area of this 3-property class Alnwick hotel, you'll find Alnwick Castle.

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 (NCL-Newcastle Intl.) - 43 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪McDonald's - ‬10 min drive
  • ‪The Hogs Head Inn Hotel - ‬10 min drive
  • The Tavern
  • The Running Fox
  • ‪The Running Fox - ‬10 min drive

About this property

Schooner Hotel

Hotel in Alnwick with restaurant and bar/lounge
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/games 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
  • Games 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 on a daily basis.

Languages

English

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Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and transport

  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • Daily English breakfast available 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM for a fee: GBP 9.95 to 20 per person
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant

Restaurants on site

  • Spice Galleon

Things to do

  • Arcade/game room
  • TV in common areas

Family friendly

  • Arcade/game room

Conveniences

  • Luggage storage

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Outdoor furniture
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • No lift
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible lounge
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk (107 centimetre high)
  • Wheelchair-accessible restaurant

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 32-inch flat-screen TV with digital channels

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.
  • Cots (infant beds) are not available.

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 9.95 to 20.00 per person

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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Frequently asked questions

Is parking available at Schooner Hotel?

Yep, Schooner Hotel has a free self car park.

How much does it cost to stay at Schooner Hotel?

As of 16 Aug 2025, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at Schooner Hotel on 29 Aug 2025 start from NZ$138.31, including taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.

Are there any beaches close to Schooner Hotel?

The closest beach to Schooner Hotel is Broad Sand Rocks (18 km).

Does Schooner Hotel serve breakfast?

You bet, English breakfast is offered daily from 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM.

Is there a free airport shuttle available at Schooner Hotel?

No, Schooner Hotel does not offer an airport shuttle service.

Is there a bar or restaurant at Schooner Hotel?

Yep, they've got a lounge bar and an onsite restaurant that serves Indian cuisine. Pre dinner cocktails anyone?

What time are check-in & check-out at Schooner Hotel?

Check-in begins at 3:00 PM. Check-out time is 11:00 AM.

Are pets allowed at Schooner Hotel?

No, only service animals are allowed.

Is there a golf course on site at Schooner Hotel?

There isn't one on site, but Alnmouth Village Golf Club is a short 2-minute walk away.

Schooner Hotel Reviews

Reviews

5.0
Rating 10 - Excellent. 20 out of 213 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 36 out of 213 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 38 out of 213 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 43 out of 213 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 76 out of 213 reviews

5.2/10

Cleanliness

5.6/10

Staff & service

5.0/10

Amenities

4.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

4.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

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

2/10 Terrible

Dani

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Rob

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

Room ok but hotel has skeleton staff

Arrived late and no one was there to let me in, despite me calling. Hotel did say it was 11pm final check in so I suppose they did warn me. But I had to sleep on the beach until the hotel phoned me back at 3am.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

4/10 Poor

Matthew

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Too many lies about hotel

It was clean but the whole hotel is tired. There is no restaurant even thou you advertise on hotels.com. There is no breakfast either had to use an alternative hotel and pay. I wouldnt stay again but it was ok for 1 night.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

2/10 Terrible

Irene

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Bed linen inadequate. Cold room. In need of refurbishing. Not a pleasant stay
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

2/10 Terrible

Alison

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Dreadful experience !! We did but stay in the end as it was unclean and staff were unable to communicate well in English and they were surly and intimidating. Do not stay there !!!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

2/10 Terrible

William

Travelled with partner
Lies about TV which would not wirk
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

6/10 Okay

Beth

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

6/10 Okay

Russell

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service

Schooner Hotel

It was extremely clean ,room well equipped, but avoid dining there. The meal was inedible and overpriced. It felt like Fawlty Towers!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

6/10 Okay

Colin Paul

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Carolyn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
There is no parking
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Penelope

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

4/10 Poor

William

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities
Food choices were poor
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Trevor

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Plain but comfortable room. Bar and restaurant areas exceptoinally and clean and well organised and a credit to the staff; who were welcoming, friendly and always willing to go the extra mile. Food was beyond expectation; this is great place to eat; and takeaways seem to be very popular.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

4/10 Poor

Cordelia

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property is very old and has lots of character. Seemed generally to be clean, but tired in places. We had no TV in the room, just an empty bracket on the wall and aerial cable/ other electrical wires hanging loose across and around the bathroom door. Kettle provided but only decaf coffee on the tray, no milk, no tea available. Only 2 small bath towels and 1 hand towel left for 3 adult occupants. Fire alarm went off early in the morning, but as the property has no reception staff, there was no one to check guests were all evacuated. The alarm just stopped after a few minutes so I assume it was a false alarm? Predominantly Indian meals offered which were ok, but as my husband is not keen on spicy foods he asked to see a more main stream menu. He was offered fish and chips as the only option available, which was served very over cooked and with a strong taste of old, dirty oil. We booked for 2 nights, but after a disappointing first impression, we checked out after one night and cut our holiday short. Overall disappointing!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024