Hotel Royal

Located in the historic French Quarter of New Orleans, Hotel Royal deserves five stars for location alone. The property is close enough to walk to all of the local attractions, but with enough distance to enable a full night's sleep if you need it! This historic beauty has all of the charm one would hope to find in a French Quarter hotel dating back to 1790! There is a central courtyard with a network of surrounding walkways and corridoors on multiple levels. Visitors will find beautiful brick and tile, exposed beams, iron lace railings, historical portaits, antique furniture and so much more. Ironically, I'm discovering it's some of these historic qualities that are off-putting to some of the visitors writing reviews on the property. The layout of the hotel is a bit confusing. I've stayed at the property several times, and always seem to get turned around when trying to locate my room. During my last stay I had to walk up two flights of stairs, follow a narrow corridor to a half-stairway that led to a balconied walkway that revealed another corridor with several steps leading to a small foyer with three doors to choose from. I thoroughly enjoyed this heavenly ascent to my room, but others find it nightmarish. Each of the rooms in the hotel have architectual characteristics that make them completely unique. Some of the attic rooms have slanted ceilings with limited headroom, while others might have odd angles and tight spaces. The bed took up 90% of the room during my first stay, whereas another room seemed cavernous during my second visit... but at four times the price! Visitors should be aware that higher priced rooms provide more polished accomocations. That's generally how it works in historic properties. I simply adore all of the historic quirks and charm at Hotel Royal, and I'll likely return next time I'm in New Orleans. Visitors with concerns about creaky floors, tight spaces and accessibility should definitely ask questions when booking their room. No two rooms are alike in this 225 year old building.

Love this quaint hotel pretty loud being by the stairs but it's New Orleans and people are parting all hours of the night!! The front desk gentleman are all wonderful very safe as well can't get in without a key

This is the first time in my life I book a room when my bed was cover in hair,dusty ,dirty and beside that the looks of the door doesnt work...I complain to the front desk lady and they change my room ,the other room ,was cover in dust ,was so diffacultad to open the shower door ,was loose I ended buying in the Drug store ,Lysol and Bleach to clean the room and bathroom...The front desk Perry is the only wonderful thing in that place,he was super friendly and professional...Those Housekeepers from Honduras,who they were always in the cellular ,they perform a horrible Housekeeping job....This Place has to be close and fix all rooms

My husband and I stayed at this hotel for our 20th anniversary. I state up front that the staff was very friendly and very helpful, we have no complaints with them. For the price of this upgraded room though, we were disappointed.Yes, we had a semi private balcony view, which we did enjoy. Unfortunately, we also had to walk up several flights of stairs to get to that room... It's not an easy task after walking around all day sightseeing. When booking this room, I saw no mention of this... or I wouldn't have purchased this room because it most definitely is not worth the extra money... at least not to us.There is a lack of electrical outlets (if you want to use the coffee maker, you have to move it to the only bedside table where outlets are located. However theres no room for it there if you have a cpap machine on the table), there is no mirror that can be used in the main bedroom if someone is occupying the bathroom, there is no mini fridge or microwave either...these are standard ammenities today in rooms. People often bring drinks or leftover food back to their accommodations, but you can't do that here. So, if you want a cold drink, you have to hike the steps down to the only ice maker in the courtyard and then back up again.We enjoyed our trip to New Orleans, but we will try another hotel next time.

Wonderful stay at the Hotel Royal. The staff was amazing and friendly. Shawn was especially awesome and had great recommendations for places to check out while visiting. We had our 1 year old daughter with us so we had a stroller. They do have a wheelchair lift but we opted to just carry the stroller up and down the few steps to get to the elevators to get to the rooms. The staff helped us a ton with that!

I stayed back in 2018 and it was honestly the best time ever . Great hospitality. Central to everything and it was so memorable! I stayed there when I found out the originals filmed a clip there I was like say less . It was cozy simple and everything I needed for my stay .

I've done countless road trips throughout my life. I've stayed in many hotels and motels throughout my travels. None of my stays anywhere else in the U.S. have been as bad as my experience here. My initial draw was the price, it was definitely affordable and located right in the middle of the French quarter. My initial impression was that the place was old and cute. Since it was so old, I expected to see at least one roach during my stay. I honestly didn't see a single one throughout the week. I also checked for bed bugs and rodents. They passed the test here too. I only observed a single gnat and 1 mosquito over the course of the week. This observation is why I've awarded at least two stars.My room was rather big and appeared clean at first glance. There was a smell about the room. It smelled similar to a minty toilet spray. The air was stale with this smell. The bathroom sink and shower were itty bitty and the toilet was so close to the shower that your thigh touched the shower if you sat. The shower had lots of soap scum. Next to the toilet paper roll, the wall had a smear of blood on it.The bed area had some broken bricks on a wall, the floors creaked loudly and the bedspread had a dirty stain on it. The window was located facing into the center of the hotel so you heard drunk people stomping all night right next to you. The bedspread I called downstairs to address maybe 7 times between dinner and late night. They didn't come up until midnight. They didn't have a replacement bedspread, they could only offer us these wooly itchy thin blankets. Good lord was that nights sleep terrible!The cleaning staff behaved rather unprofessionally during the daytime. They'd throw supplies like clean towels or water bottles from the second story down to someone below and if it hit the floor they'd laugh loudly (which attracted my attention). They appeared to run it into a fresh room after getting it from the floor. I was extremely bothered by what I was witness to. The best part of the stay was the fact that the First 48 was on TV constantly and when I checked out. Checkout was a breeze and I was happy to leave.

Do Not book here! There is no elevator. That was my fault for not reviewing very well. However, the stairs are dangerous for even sober people. The desk clerk was nice and offered to "help" with luggage, he let us walked up all the stairs with the luggage and then took us back down to the 2nd room.(booked 2 rooms). Do not, under any circumstance, let them assign you to room"8". This room would not get cool, maintenance said nothing they could do. it was stifling even in November. The other room, "16" was slanted. Our suitcase would roll across the floor. The door had at least a 1 inch gap from floor. You stepped down into room and up into bathroom. We checked out that night! You could park your car in a lot around the corner that was not secured for $55 each night but there is no valet service. If you want authentic , this may be for you. But at least you are warned.

Ain't nothing royal about it. Freezing cold room, phone in the room doesn't work. Cheap decor. Hot water takes 5+ minutes to get hot. It's clean...

I had such a great time here! The staff is beyond amazing and so friendly! It's only about a 5 minute walk to French quarter and Bourbon! Will 100% stay here again!