And at £3.60 for a coffee and £16.00 for a room service ham sandwich I don't think it will take them long. Very grubby, freezing and desperately in need of attention. I paid £69 for a one night stay.. There is a lovely travel lodge literally over the road. Book that!

Have just returned from our 4th trip to The Royal Bath in a couple of years. It is in a perfect location in Bournemouth only acouple of minutes walk to beach and town. The Royal Bath has so much character yes it is in bad need of some refurbishment. We were upgraded to sea view room for small charge which was lovely but the shower was really bad and just a trickle. But the room was spacious and bed very comfortable. room quite hot even though it was so cold outside. Shame the breakfast room was so cold this morning I didn't want spend much time in there!! Seemed like everywhere was quite short staffed. The cleaners also quite rude not one of them said good morning which we have always had before. Was great shame that the snug bar wasn't open again wasn't when we came in December either not sure why but great shame as is such a lovely place to have night cap. Was disappointed with health club aswel the steam room was out of order and was last time aswel and the jacuzzi was so cold couldn't get in it and we had that trouble last time aswel!!! The parking charges are quite excessive aswel but we found hotel called Applewood where they allow you to park for £3 per day!!! I know I have moaned alot in this review but The Royal Bath has something about it that I can't put my finger on and we love it. And hopefully will return soon just hoping that De Vere decide not to sell it or pull it down!!!!

I stayed at the hotel for two nights last weekend. After queing for 10 mins to check in I was handed a card for the room door, I arrived at the door quite some distance away and found that the door used a key not a card! So back to the front desk again to join another queue!
The room was tired with decor old, the bathroom taps dripped, the toilet would not flush properly the shower took about 4 mins to get hot water through it!
The breakfast was varied but the hot food was just warm, having egg shell in my scrambled eggs and the tomatoes hard although cooked.
For the cost the hotel is a waste of money as its not cheap, the food is poor the room I had was poor, overall you guessed it POOR!

The Royal Bath Hotel has clearly seen better days and the De Vere group need to spend some cash on the hotel.
The hotel itself is ideally situated just up the hill from the pier and beach. It's grounds extend to one of the upper promenades overlooking the sea.
On arrival the car parking arrangement is odd. You cannot enter the car park which is protected by a barrier but, instead, have to leave your car in the front entrance way and hope that a porter will be available to park it for you. Your keys are then retained by the hotel and you have no idea where they have parked your car. So if you want to get any items from the car you will have to wait for a porter again. It costs £20 per night for the inconvenience.
We were allocated a sea view room on level 4. One of the lifts was broken - long rambling walk trying to remember the directions we had been given.
It was one of the coldest days of the year so far. The heating was not working in the room or in the bathroom. On informing the reception a portable electric radiator was brought to the room (this was clearly an ongoing problem as other reviewers have mentioned it). Nothing was done about the heating in the bathroom.
The room itself was comfortable and clean and there was a flat screen TV, a fridge and tea/coffee making facilities. There was an opened half eaten packet of complimentary biscuits and, to be fair, an unopened packet in case we didn't fancy someone's left overs! The bed was large and comfortable.
The public areas are tired and worn. Carpets are worn through on the stairways. We tried both bars. At night the lighting is low, disguising the very worn furniture in the bars (shame they couldn't hide the high prices they charge for drinks).
We had a sandwich lunch one day. The sandwiches were rather pathetic - one very thin slice of tough chewy beef and a thin layer of horseradish on fairly dry white bread - and a thin smoked salmon sandwich with the thinnest cream cheese layer that would hardly have passed for a layer of butter. Expensive and poor quality - they should be ashamed. All "enjoyed" in seats that were so worn and dirty on the arms that you wouldn't give them to a charity shop.
No entertainment provided although there were some rather nice looking pianos.
The breakfast buffet was very good although the cooked food suffered the usual hotel problem of keeping it hot enough. The small square tables were worn and their surfaces chipped and cracked which added to the "tired" look of the place. They could easily have covered the tables in white cloths but, my guess, it is part of the cost cutting or lack of pride in the place.
We used the pool. It was pleasant enough but a little cool at first. The steam room was...you guessed it...broken!
We did not eat in Oscars Restaurant - it looked very quiet and not particularly inviting with a view of the main road with Prezzos opposite (so we went to Prezzos instead!). Oscar Wilde stayed several times at the hotel and hence the restaurant name.
Check out involved the wait around for our car and...a £2.50p credit card charge which we were not told about
Finally, the front of the hotel looks good, but to quote Oscar Wilde - "Illusion is the first of all pleasures"