The Royal Comfort Hotel Kettering

By His Royal Dryness, The Duke of Cork -
I recently stayed at the Royal Comfort Hotel in Kettering. I think it is now just called the Royal Hotel. It's easy to see why they dropped the Comfort bit of it. My nickname for it used to be the Royal Discomfort Hotel. This once majestic building really is suffering and I've stayed there a few times, each time with a story to tell. This time I thought I'd document it. My first room had loads of flies buzzing around outside the door. The open fire escape was above a massive skip. Nice.

They changed my room without much fuss, putting me in a double instead of a single. It was OK, but several things amused me (apart from the toilet seat). Pictures below tell the story. Hopefully, they will give the hotel the lick of paint it deserves and turn it into a really nice place to stay. It's a fantastic building, with some lovely parts inside (genuine, old, wooden-carved seat benches).

I was only here one night. Previously I have stayed here for a week and didn't have hot water in my room until the second to last night! I'll probably stay somewhere else next time, I think...



Corby trouser press. Excellent.


In case of fire, try and work out where you are...


Wooden toilet seat mangled to bits.


2004/2005 Business Pages came in handy.

See my report on TripAdvisor

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