we stayed in the king edward suite on both evenings you were squeezed into a tiny side room for the evening meal where the person next to you could hear your conversation on the saturday night they held a private party which didnt finish untill midnight and then the dining room was got ready for the following morning breakfast! so with the banging of table and chairs and the staff talking loudly there wasnt any peace untill 2am!the staff were hard to understand and didint understand what you tried to say half the time we have stayed at the hotel many times before and had a delightful tlme but we wont be back again the swimming pool was kept to the minnimal temperture that they could get away with!we found that the manager couldnt care if he spoke to you or not my wife has been diagnosed with a serious illness so i brought heraway for a nice relaxing weekend what a dissapointent!!!

My husband and I stopped at The Royal Lion for a couple of nights in one of the balcony rooms. We visit Lyme regularly and normally stay at The Alexander but thought we'd give The Royal Lion a try as we have often eaten in the bar and have been impressed with the improvements made to the Hotel under the current ownership.

The room was comfortable and clean and had a wonderful view over the roof tops and out to sea. I'm really fussy about bathrooms and this one was spotless and well stocked. On the ground floor there's a games room and swimming pool which we didn't use but would be a real bonus if the weather was poor. One major positive for Lyme is the sizeable and secure car park - parking space is at a premium in the town.

Breakfast was very good: well cooked with lots of choice although we didn't quite understand why there was a need to charge a £2.50 supplement for a kipper. We ate in the bar one evening and had an enjoyable, well cooked meal.

Definitely somewhere we would stay again.

I have stayed before here and love it. The Balcony Room was superb lovely view of Stonebarrow and beyond. The hotel is spotless cannot fault such cleanliness but the only critism I had was when I ordered a cream tea the staff member whose english was not good did not quite understand my enquiry. When it arrived it was one scone and was not clotted cream it was double cream whipped up, apart from that was ok.
The Breakfast in the hotel was to die for but staff were too quick to take my plate away when i finished which I dont like.
I would definately stay again no doubt but staff who dont speak good english need to be more observant in the communication. but otherwise GREAT HOTEL

The Royal Lion is a quaint historic hotel on Lyme's main street that has set up an afternoon tea display in the main window. Unfortunately, we were duped into assuming they really could produce afternoon tea. Instead, we got whatever they could scrabble together. At one point they even had to take items off the plate that had been sat in the window all day, uncovered! To add insult to injury they only give one scone and jam/cream per two people. Bizarre! We had thought of staying at the hotel and having dinner. However, if this is the best they can do with a simple tea then we will go elsewhere. Such a pity as the building is lovely.