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Property Amenities
Rooms
Air-conditioned accommodations at The Royal Hotel offer safes and complimentary newspapers. Televisions come with satellite channels and pay movies.
Bathrooms include handheld showerheads, bathrobes, makeup/shaving mirrors, and phones. In-room wireless high-speed Internet access is available for a surcharge. Additionally, rooms include coffee/tea makers and electronic check-out. In-room massages, extra towels/bedding, and wake-up calls can be requested. A nightly turndown service is provided and housekeeping is offered daily.
Room Amenities
Dining
The Royal Hotel has a restaurant serving breakfast and dinner. 24-hour room service is available.
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“Be aware!”
The Royal has a wonderful staff, friendly and helpful. It has very good conference amenities. There are wonderful views of Durban from the bedrooms on the upper floors. Visitors should be aware that many areas of Durban are unsafe for visitors.This means that it is advisable to restrict sightseeing on foot to the immediate hotel environs. However, it is very easy to get taxis to places of interest or join one of the many organised tour to places such as the Drakensberg mountains of the Valley of the Thousand Hills. Although the hotel advertises wi-fi internet connections in all rooms, the reality is that connection is only possible on the ground and first floors. The internet connection is not reliable and download speeds are very slow. Be aware that time-keeping is not reliable. In particular, if you rely on the airport shuttle bus to get to the airport - go an hour early. We had to take a taxi when the shuttle didn't show at the expected time.
“A bit overpriced”
We arrived shortly after the hotel reopened after an electrical fire. Some of the eating establishments were not yet open, so I have no advice on this. It was clean and the service was very good, but it was a bit over priced for the condition of the hotel. It was also not safe after dark and we were sent to eat somewhere and were rescued by a local woman who spotted our trouble. She walked us to safety, but gave us very good advice about what not to do in the future. The hotel should have been more prepared to give advice on what to do about eating arrangements if they knew they were going to be closed.
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The preferred airport for The Royal Hotel is Durban (DUR-King Shaka Intl.) - 28.5 km / 17.7 mi.
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