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The hotel was built based on the calendar, 365 rooms, 52 chimneys, 12 floors & 4 turrets to represent the seasons.

This is probably the most recognizable building in Scarborough so it's heartbreaking that it's being run by Britannia who seem to buy up iconic buildings then run them into the ground. Shame on them.

Heavy "The Shining" vibes from that basement 😮

Certainly a massive improvement compared to your last visit. It would seem they have done some decorating, but i still can't help but criticise britannia hotels for letting such grand buildings go to ruin.

You're a brave man to use a black light in a hotel room Tim. If I cant see it, it doesnt exist...

That locked door is where they keep the last customer that found a stain in the room and told everyone.😂

We recently visited the grand as we do every year and this year was a bitter sweet experience. Our room was fantastic, a family room with sea views was huge and very clean. No complaints there. The hotel has been updated slowly. You can clearly see signs of improvement with regards to decor and cleaning staff are visible throughout the day. The reception staff were delightful and couldnt have been more helpful. What hasn't improved are the feral kids running round at all hours up and down the corridors. The lounge area is like a war zone and on a couple of nights the local homeless folk had taken up residence in the lobby and were begging. Its a shame that the hotel needs security to make its guests feel safe. We absolutely love this hotel so we are forever hopeful that it's fortunes can be turned around.

The Grand Hotel Scarborough was built in 1863 and completed in 1867. The hotel was designed by Hull-based architect Cuthbert Brodrick and was considered the largest and handsomest hotel in Europe at the time of its opening.

I'm starting to think it's actually genius of these hotels. They are so bad that it is now a tourist attraction where people like Tim happily come back to the hotel to see if it is still bad. Repeat customers😂 You even meet hotel guests who go AFTER seeing your videos on how bad it is.

I cleaned rooms at the Grand for a few months and it wasn't the best let me tell you! One day it rained so bad most of the pantry ended up drenched, all they had to mop the water up was towels 🤢

Some thoughts: 1. Those slot/ fruit machines as soon as you walk in to the hotel make the place look cheap 2. When you got off the elevator I couldn't help but think it looked like a hospital 3. I'd die in a hallway if there was ever a fire because I'd never find the exit in all those corridors 4. The basement rooms are serving dungeon vibes 5. Idk about Britain but where I live Black mold is a real thing that can kill you, so as soon as I saw that mold I would have turned tail and bolted right out the front door

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That room looks scary claustrophobic, not to mention a possible death trap in a fire. No visible fire alarm in the room.😱. I guess it compares to an inside, below sea level cabin on a cruise ship!😅. Plus the saggy mattress! You're a braver man than me Gunga Din🤪

We are currently here at the grand hotel, also staying in the basement. How bizarre we were mid way through your video when the fire alarm goes off, made our way through the maze of stairs to get to the lobby to find everyone stood round having no idea what’s going on, however the bar staff are carrying on as normal serving drinks while the alarm continues to go on and off!

To be fair it is a bit better, but the state of the bed with all of those hairs would have had me running to reception and demanding a room change 😳 Still, for £45 is not too bad, maybe that's why it was busy if a lot of rooms were that cheap. I don't know if the black light is a blessing or a curse, and you didn't try the bathroom with it either! Well done for being brave on our behalf again Tim 👏 👍

The building outside is stunning, and some parts inside, like the grand staircase, etc., but they have neglected like 80%. If they modernised the hotel, they could easily make it a 4/5* rating, but this hotel needs a new owner willing to put the money into the building.

In my (hideous and not to repeated) experience Britannia Hotels is hotel speak for, 'Give up all hope ye who enter here.' The Grand was once a marvellous hotel and its a pity that the current owners don't pause to look at some of their photo.s of the hotel in it's heyday - they might pick up some tips on how to run a hotel properly. I am pretty certain that the basement rooms, like the one you were in, were originally intended for the use of guest's personal staff such as maids and butlers.

Also want to mention the door at 2:00 is a tiny empty room that is mostly mouldy! Honest, when I opened the door for a nosy it was empty except for a few pictures and lots of mould. You're lucky you didn't get the rooms nearby as I had to do a deep clean as they were terrible for mould. I should have a video of the cupboard somewhere... The lift at 18:37 should be the service lift for staff, lovely to see it STILL isnt working 😆 ! It was out of order for a month when I was there, which meant I had to take the cleaning trolley into the main guest lifts that you were using earlier in the video. It also meant I couldn't clean rooms fast enough for management's liking - just imagine trying to lug towels, bedding, cleaning items through the circle on floor 5 in August heat! Lost a stone just a few weeks after starting. So happy to have left!

Great video of what looks to be the UK version of The Overlook. Some fascinating features and great views of the town, but those corridors looked very creepy. At one stage whilst watching the video, I fully expected the lift doors to open and two little twin girls to appear 🙈 Great to see, but definitely not an experience I'd put myself through 😂

It's so brave of you to stay in the backrooms

I actually live in Scarborough… And I’ve never been inside the grand hotel. Your review video was brilliant. But the feeling I got from the building is that it would be a perfect setting for a horror movie. 😮

You are a brave man and a glutton for punishment!I walked past that hotel a few weeks ago and I saw a huge dead rat on the steps between the hotel and the funicular railway.I hope that the rat didn't come out of the hotel but I very much doubt that it lived in the funicular railway!

Well I stayed at the Grand for one night in mid August. An absolutely stunning building but needs a bit of TLC. I paid £75 for a room with a window on the 4th floor. A bit more than I've heard some people have paid but I suppose it was the height of the season. You can pay double that and more for Travelodges and Premier Inns now. My room was fine. It smelt fresh and was clean - no mould in the bathroom, no hairs or urine stains on the mattress etc. It looked like it had new carpets. The only thing was the window was quite grubby but this was on the outside and I wouldn't expect window cleaners to regularly risk their lives by working at that height. From what I could see the rest of the hotel was clean too. It looked like it recently had a lick of paint in certain areas. I must admit I didn't eat in the restaurant there. It's a fascinating building. It really needs a company to invest in it and bring it back to its full former glory. Maybe something along the lines of the former Midland Grand at St Pancras now the St Pancras Renaissance. Maybe not as high end as St Pancras - I imagine you wouldn't get a room there under £1000 a night or maybe much more. There is so much potential at the Grand in Scarborough though. Maybe a combination of affordable living space - flats and apartments for local people and good quality but affordable hotel rooms for holidaymakers and visitors to Scarborough retaining those ballrooms and large rooms for entertainment and conference facilities. Would I stay there again as it is now though - yes definitely.

Thanks for your honest review Tim. I would’ve complained about the shower tbh. That uv light your using could be a good thing but I’d be put off quick by some stains 🤢 I like the building itself and the terrace area it’s a shame a lot of it is run down

I LOVED the intro on this video, the tense music and TripAdvisor reviews with the night background really built up the anticipation! The production on your reviews is amazing!

My daughter is a police officer in Scarborough and she tells me she makes frequent visits to this hotel , I’ve been in the hospitality business all my life and in my training we were taught that when a room has been cleaned and before the new occupants move in the room should have no evidence of anyone ever being there before. So no hairs and no toe nail clippings 😆 You are a brave brave man 😂. Ha ha yes I’m back w hen you mentioned the kids running in and out and turning the taps on and flooding the place my daughter was dealing with that but it’s a lost cause they were going to numerous other hotels too .

11:32 I love how he pans to the open door. I don’t know if it’s deliberate but it just feels like when you’re playing a horror video game and you quickly turn to a open door. God I don’t know why but I love this channel, oddly comforting. Kind of love these kinds of hotels spent a lot of my childhood in hotels like this across Ireland. A certain charm to them. Keep up the good work m, Tim :)

Hi Tim, The Grand is such an amazing building, especially architecture. You can see why they called it the Grand but sadly parts looking very neglected and dirty,don't think I would stay in room without windows,l remember seeing a hotel before without windows and it had a mural on wall looking out on to New York,this hotel was in Manchester how strange,great video really enjoyed watching this video 👍

Great video. I have a content idea for you, I don't know if you've ever heard of the TV show the hotel inspector but it would be good if you could visit some of these hotels that have appeared on the show through the years to see if they have got better or worse.

James Herriot (vet) was stationed in the Grand Hotel when he was a recruit in the RAF during the Second World War. He relates in his book (Vet in a Spin) how they used to do training along the beach front.

We were on a coach trip with people who had stayed at at Britannia Hotels on previous trips. They talked about them almost as if they were a badge of honour, about which was the worst. Yet some of them were going to a Britannia Hotel for Christmas!

Seems as if improvements have been made but in a place that size there will always be water leaks. I wonder if your room was originally for staff or the staff of the rich guests when it was originally built. £45 was an ok price but I wouldn't like having no window. Good to see an update.

Editing on this is fantastic. The music is really atmospheric and feels like a mini Netflix doc. Awesome stuff!

When you were in the cocktail lounge and you heard that whisper, it was right after you said there's nobody in it and the whisper said "Just me".

My grandfather used to paint the fencing and port windows around the domes at the top of this building...on a clear day he said you could see all the way to Europe

Thanks for the video Tim, it looks like there's some progress since I stayed there myself a few years ago, in a room on the lower floor, which I ended up changing because my original room hadn't been cleaned at all, thankfully the operations manager was very understanding. The Royal Albion hotel in Brighton suffered a large fire a few months ago, which is also owned by Britannia, and had to be partly demolished. Lets hope there's no more hotels destroyed, and Britannia have a robust refurbishment programme in the future.

I’m 42 and have been going to Scarborough since my childhood, always staying at The Grand. Back then, it was THE place to stay in Scarborough, so it’s really sad to watch this video and how it’s deteriorated. That said, my wife and I return every October (stopping in a Premier Inn mind) and a walkthrough of The Grand is always on the itinerary. Thanks for this video, Tim. Quite a few little areas I didn’t know existed. By the way, the door that was locked at the top mezzanine leads to another balcony overlooking the ballroom.

A hotel with rooms with a lone lounge chair by the bed, facing the bed, completely gives "rent by the hour" and other disturbing vibes. May be some cultural differences, but with the random empty alcohol containers also all over, I would really hesitate booking a family stay (or even a stay by myself) in a place like that. Aged and unsavory are different (negative) attributes - the aged can be overlooked, but the unsavory is what would turn me away.

Great video Tim, these worst rated hotel ones are my favourites! One question though....why do you always go to breakfast so late?! If there's a breakfast involved for me my alarm is set nice and early so I don't miss any bacon 😂 Keep the content coming, loving it all!

Ah love your worst rated hotels videos and great to see the comparison! Looks like some improvements and such a grand building in a prime location, shame it’s not more well looked after! Mad how that wire in the ballroom is still there!

Love this series ("bad hotels")! I've yet to stay in a Britannia Hotel they seem to be consistently and deliberately crappy, but looks like they've made a bit of an effort here since last time...

Went to Scarborough last weekend to look at this place, booked a different hotel to stay in, the hotel is huge and a fascinating building, terrace has best views in the town. On the downside the place smelt like a nursing home, and was really really warm inside, loads of old people sat about gave more credence to the nursing home vibe, huge line of people waiting to check in too, overall a really odd, fascinating place

Great video , behind that brown locked door is the ballroom balcony just a viewing point for over the dance floor 👍

Really good to see you return to this one - do you plan on revisiting any other of the other places from your ‘worst rated hotel in…’ series?

Nice bit of paranormal activity caught there. Maybe they should start selling it as a haunted hotel! 😂

A room without window is usually called a cupboard in the U.K…

Just wondering Tim watching your video, what do you do if there's a fire in a room with no windows? Sounds quite dangerous really 🤔

Some of those damp patches are a classic sign of air conditioning being installed in a building that was never intended for it; it's the same where I work - it's a listed building from the 1800's and AC has been installed recently. It works fine when turned on, but when winding down the water leaks through several floors and causes damp patches like these, even waterfalls at points.

The Grand used to be one of the best hotels in the UK. Such a shame that they've let it become so run down :(

Hi Tim I love your channel, I've been missing for a few months but today the algorithm brought you back, keep up the good work.

The spider at around 5 minutes in (under the desk) would make me run straight outta Scarborough. 😂

It must be a nightmare to maintain. Right on the sea front with all that weather hitting it day after day & just the size of it. It's an amazing building, but oh my gosh I'm so glad that I don't have the headache of having to keep it clean & mould free. Absolute nightmare

This is when I first started watching! Your channel has grown and grown and grown since then! Well done mate

My wife and I stayed there earlier this year and the lock on the door to the room was held on with sticky tape so that the locked door could be open with force applied from a single finger. This was reported to reception who said it would be fixed while we were out so we loaded out belongings back into the car and went out for the night but when we returned at midnight the lock had still not been fixed and we as the hotel was busy that night, the only room available was down in the basement. It was the last room in the hotel and their computer system is such that they cannot issue refunds at the hotel. You have to ring or write to their customer services department and they cannot check for vacant rooms at other hotels if you can not be accommodated, even the one across the road for them which is also run by Britannia. I think missing or damaged furniture and is a standard feature of Britannia hotels. We stayed in the Britannia Hotel on Manchester and that had a missing wardrobe door, not one piece of furniture in the room matched any other or was manufactured in the same decade as any other and the window wouldn't close properly.

These are great videos of yours, just subscribed and now binge watching your past videos..

I enjoyed your VLOG Tim. It's such a magnificent building and I can see that some improvements have been made since your last visit. It would cost an absolute fortune to bring it up to scratch and at £45 per room, it would take a long time to raise enough cash. I would hate to be in a room without windows, so even at the price you paid, I wouldn't want to stay there.

It’s sad how these old buildings get even more ruined by Britannia and it’s wrong how the hallways to the rooms and actual rooms are dirty and damp

10:07 i like how theres just people arguing in the background

When I get round to it, Tim, I like watching your visits to these hotels. This Grand is incredibly massive! I would never have known that floors went down, and the room you stayed in would feel rather strange with not having windows, but feeling unusually cool in temperature, whereas the upper floors were hot. From what I could weigh up with this video, is that the place is extremely inviting, but requires a fair amount of maintenance as regard ceiling stains, elevators and wires that should be covered up that are sticking out of walls. Maybe your room could have been vacuumed as regards hairs on the mattress, etc. Anyhow, thank you for this presentation.

Seemed better than reports of the place. Claustrophobia springs to mind with that room. I'd have to pay a bit more for a window room. Thanks for your vlog xx

Thanks for the review Tim! It’s a very beautiful building, the company seriously needs to take in consideration of concerns and the negative reviews as such, it needs some major TLC and probably less amusements/fruit machines lol, I don’t think I’d cope with no window in the hotel room, I’d imagine it what it would’ve been like back in it’s heyday, it was probably a hugely popular choice regarding tourism and of course, the locals in Scarborough back then. £45 is pretty good, considering how expensive things are at the moment but personally, I wouldn’t stay here unless things improve, again, thank you for the review and I hope all is well!😊

I would love it if you explore a haunted hotel, especially for Halloween lol 😊

The last time we stopped there (15 years ago)they put us in one of the turret rooms on the top floor with only a tiny round window to look out of. It was so claustrophobic in there too.

Hey Tim. Great vlog once again. You're very good going to these bad rated hotels. Though being a "bad" rated hotel, it looked very very busy! People seem to still come & stay here. Shame the owners of the hotel are letting the hotel get run down. It looks immaculate from the outside! Take care Tim. Xx

Thanks for your latest video on the Royal Hotel,I agree with you .I wouldn't want a room in the basement,especially with no window.Shame you missed breakfast, the whole hotel is creepy.Nice to see they have improved the basement,let's hope they are going to improve the rest of the hotel.I imagine the sun terrace will be nice when the weather is right.They need to fix the damp in places and put new carpet down in the areas they haven't spruced up.then it might be a half decent hotel again.Also those fruit machines need to go.

Good vid Tim as always. Would love to recommend my hometown of Tintagel to visit. You will be the only man trendy enough to be wearing Hollister! Look forward to next weeks video 😊

I did not know about the quiet room! i'll definitely be using that next time i'm staying in scarborough. the basement rooms do seem to get the most mould unavoidable in such a old building.

The building must take an absolute fortune to maintain, it’s a shame it still seems so empty, but times have changed.

Legend says according to folklore is that Ellie went missing in the hotel and got lost to this very day! Did she go through the dark door in the basement or through the giant mirror to another world? Nobody knows but she left her name as a clue in blood on the basement room wall as a reminder; Ellie was once here….

It would be nice when you revisit a hotel that you already reviewed, if you could show still pictures of what it looked like when you first encountered it. Whether improvements or worsening conditions, that you found on your second visit. 😊

Another good review! Once you go blacklight things can get scary, then if you take bacterial counts in the bathrooms, chairs, etc.....you should see Dan Bells Another Dirty Room series on KZfaq for the truly scary rooms. You'd never travel again ..

Thanks for your review as always I don't think this place is as bad as the rating suggests. There corridors give me heebie-jeebies like something out of the shining 😅

Such a shame- it really was a Grand Hotel in its day! The PH count on the bed would've scared me off and the broken shower would have made me want to ask for another room. I liked the quiet area but would be a bit uneasy hanging out there alone. Glad to see some improvements since your last visit.

Being so close to the water, it must have flooded on occasion and that's why you're getting that musty smell from the basement. The poor little library windows need longer drapes to make the room more appealing and appear larger. The painter probably thought the mold in the hallway ceiling was a decoration. 😮 ⛵ 🏩

I have very fond memories of this hotel when it was a Butlins hotel in the 80's. At 12 years old I basically had free reign of the place for a week and barely saw my parents. The locked door on the 2nd mezzanine goes through to a similar balcony on the other side that looks down on to what used to be the Princess ballroom, which is the room you said is for functions. In the upper rooms you could climb out of a window and walk on an ancient white metal catwalk, it was very high up and narrow. And, there was the old elevator that had a crosshatch gate that went down to the basement and up to the terrace, you could stop the lift between floors if you opened the gate. We had a beautiful, large, se view room. It was an amazing adventure for kids at that time, we were gen x though, and gratefully left to our own devices.

The building is amazing it just needs a company to spend money and time on it. The history behind it is fascinating 🎉

Unbelievable looks so grand from the outside I always loved Scarborough but never been inside the hotel. That was a very cheap holiday but you are one brave man Tim, I could not have stayed in that basement so well done to you Sir. Again I absolutely love your video and look forward to your next take care 👍👍👍.

17:10 - It's the room where they hold the customers that leave the negative reviews.

That water damage is pretty bad, weird how it's quiet in some rooms and loud when open.

Ha ha, always makes me laugh when you pretend to be going into the room for the first time, being as your camera is already rolling, waiting for you to enter and you're not carrying any bags. 😂 💕

The state of Britannia hotels is representative of Britain as a whole. Appears grand and has formidable history. Beneath the surface it’s sewage, decline and despair.

Content never fails to educate and entertain. Thank you!

I actually have that brown colour from the corridors in my lounge. I find you a brave man for inspecting that place out again. I have been to Scarborough several times and would not stay there even for free. So much they could do with that building which is not done and such a shame.

This hotel seems to have a spooky vibe, judging by the video alone. Although I went to Scarborough when I was 8 and from what I remember, the whole town felt spooky to me due to the old buildings. I was used to Blackpool.

Great video. I've never even seen a hotel without a window never mind stayed in one (and I don't plan to). I think hotel rooms without windows are illegal here in Canada -- probably due to fire regulations.

I’ve watched a few of your videos today and the coffee shop at 21:00 is the same as the one they have in pontins!

I just found your channel and after binge watching a bunch of these videos, I can say as a Yank that I'm incredibly jealous of these gorgeous, historic hotels you have across the pond. We only have a handful of true grand hotels in the States, and even the best can hardly hold a candle to those you've featured in regards to history and architecture. I also echo the sentiments of many who feel that it's criminal that so many of these buildings have been allowed to deteriorate to such a degree. Just tragic.

The basement of a hotel should never contain bedrooms. Having no window would freak me out, I don't think I'd be able to sleep. Also says a lot when the best view of Scarborough is in the dark 😂😂

God that room is creepy as hell! You're doing Gods work Tim and we appreciate you ❤

Hello Tim,another great video,I would have a room with a window because it might feel claustrophobic the blacklight is handy torch to have.

Love this video and the hotel ones. I love the vast corridors and the creak of the floors.

Oh dear..no any chance I will stay in room without windows. Thank you Tim for video x

If you want a bit of luxury, try out the Gisborough Hall Hotel in Guisborough. Just spent a few days there. A bit pricey but you get what you pay for. Really nice place.

Thanks Tim another great video to watch look forward to the next Yvonne 😊

Absolutely loving the production quality mate, Keep it up.

The Grand Hotel is HUGE !! Loved the ornate staircases Tim. I could not stay in a room without a window . Was the smell of paint masking the smell of damp ?

Imagine what it would have been like back in the 1860s/1870s as a new hotel. Would have been an amazing experience.

Hey tim, your content are so amazing and enjoy every video. I want to give a hotel request for the laguna hotel in bournemouth. I havent been for years and I want to see if it kept it's high standard or gone to dead. Thank you for providing the community with these outrageous great content

Hi Tim. I would suggest that you purchase some Sticky traps for insects on your travels, place a few traps around the premises whilst your staying and make sure you don't let the Bedbugs bite, Never mind the Cockroaches and Rodents. Be very careful what your taking home with you.