Riviera Town House Hotel, 16 St. Nicholas Cliff, Scarborough, YO11 2ES

The Riviera is an elegant town house hotel spanning six floors including the basement, ground floor and four floors of bedrooms. The entrance is on the ground floor where there is a welcoming reception area and office, a charming guest lounge and small bar. On the lower ground floor is a smart and stylish restaurant/breakfast room serving locally sourced best quality produce.

The basement provides a huge amount of practical and usable space including dry store and linen cupboards as well as the very impressive catering kitchen which has a good range of cooking, heating, cooling and washing appliances plus associated storage rooms and preparation areas.

The Riviera Town House enjoys an excellent central location in the heart of Scarborough, just a short walk from the town centre with its cafes, restaurants and shops and with easy access to South Bay Beach. The world famous ‘ Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round’, Scarborough Spa Conference Centre, Scarborough Cricket Ground and Scarborough Castle are all close by while slightly further, but still within walking distance are the Open-Air Theatre, Alpamare Water Theme Park, Miniature Railway, Peasholm Park, and North Bay Beach.

Scarborough is one of the UK’s busiest and most popular seaside resorts with its busy harbour, medieval castle and sandy beaches and throughout the year there are fairs, festivals and regattas plus shows at the Spa and Open-Air Theatre which help to drive year round tourism.

Just a short drive away is the North Yorkshire Moors National Park with a variety of quaint and beautiful villages while the Yorkshire Coast is home to a wealth of visitor destinations such as Robin Hoods Bay, Sandsend, Runswick Bay and the well-known coastal town of Whitby. Castle Howard, Flamingo Land, Bridlington and Filey are all just a short drive away whilst the historic City of York can be reached by car and train in less than an hour.

On the ground floor there is a reception area, a guest lounge and a small bar. On the lower ground floor there is a smart and stylish restaurant/breakfast room serving locally sourced best quality produce. Also on the lower ground floor there is an excellent selection of storage and staff rooms and a well equipped commercial catering kitchen.

Boasting an Enjoy England Silver Award and a 4-star guest house rating, The Riviera town House is also very popular with visitors via Tripadvisor and Booking.com with ratings of 4 out of 5 and 8.5 out of 10 respectively. The hotel also boasts a good level of repeat business hence becoming less reliant on on-line travel agents.

There are 20 very well-presented en-suite bedrooms and these comprise small doubles and classic doubles or twins plus family rooms catering for either one or two children. Each room boasts luxurious linen and bath towels and also have Panasonic Flat Screen TV’s with Freeview/Radio, trouser press with ironing facility, hairdryer, radio, telephone to reception and complimentary tea and coffee making facilities. The majority of the rooms are located at the front of the building and hence enjoy partial sea or castle views.

Within the hotel there is a fabulous town house apartment with accommodation across three floors. This includes a large and elegant through lounge and dining kitchen, three double bedrooms and one single bedroom, two with en-suite shower rooms, and a family bathroom. There is also a westerly facing terrace balcony to the second floor providing outside space to make the most of sunny afternoons and evenings. This is an excellent property and could be used either as owners or managers living space or could be leased as holiday accommodation or converted to provide additional rooms stock for the hotel.

Our seller clients are selling to seek retirement having owned and operated the Riviera for well over 40 years. Trade levels are modest however it should be noted that the sellers operate the business very much on a lifestyle basis to suit their present needs and close the business for 4 months a year to take holidays and also to carry out remedial work in order to maintain the hotel standards. Trade and profits could be increased substantially if a buyer wished to trade all year round, which is entirely possibly in this location.

Room rates currently range from £100 to £165 per night bed and breakfast and depend upon room size and season.