Radisson Blu Hotel, Durham

Lounge or bar, Banquet/Function facilities

Property building, Night, On site, River view

4.1

Excellent(5,819 Reviews)

Hotel in Durham

4-Star Hotel

Reasons to book

Includes essentialsPool, Air conditioner, Internet / Wifi and more

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About this hotel

Just 1 mile from Durham Rail Station and city centre, the Radisson Blu Durham has fantastic views of Durham Cathedral. It offers stylish rooms, free WiFi, a restaurant, bar and modern health club.

Amenities

Pool

Air conditioner

Internet / Wifi

Parking

Laundry

Balcony or Patio

Hot tub or spa

Wheelchair accessible

Gym or Fitness Center

Family friendly

Map of Durham

Nearby attractions

Beamish, the Living Museum of the North

Available Rooms

Premium Room

1 Double • 301 ft²

Sleeps 2

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

Standard Room

1 Double or 2 Single • 269 ft²

Sleeps 2

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

Superior Room with River view

1 Double or 2 Single • 269 ft²

Sleeps 2

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

Premium Room with River View

1 Queen • 452 ft²

Sleeps 2

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

Family Room

1 King • 387 ft²

Sleeps 4

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

$$$$

Radisson Blu Hotel, Durham

$$$$

4.1

Excellent(5,819 Reviews)

Hotel in Durham

4-Star Hotel

Reasons to book

Includes essentialsPool, Air conditioner, Internet / Wifi and more

Book with confidenceWe partner with the top travel sites so you know you're getting a great deal on the perfect rental

About this hotel

Just 1 mile from Durham Rail Station and city centre, the Radisson Blu Durham has fantastic views of Durham Cathedral. It offers stylish rooms, free WiFi, a restaurant, bar and modern health club.

Amenities

Pool

Air conditioner

Internet / Wifi

Parking

Laundry

Balcony or Patio

Hot tub or spa

Wheelchair accessible

Gym or Fitness Center

Family friendly

Map of Durham

Nearby attractions

Beamish, the Living Museum of the North

Available Rooms

Premium Room

1 Double • 301 ft²

Sleeps 2

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

Standard Room

1 Double or 2 Single • 269 ft²

Sleeps 2

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

Superior Room with River view

1 Double or 2 Single • 269 ft²

Sleeps 2

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

Premium Room with River View

1 Queen • 452 ft²

Sleeps 2

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

Family Room

1 King • 387 ft²

Sleeps 4

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

Reviews

4.1

Excellent(5,819 Reviews)

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2.5

Oct 2024

Not a good hospitality

Nill It’s not a real Radisson blu

The staff, services and the breakfast.

4.0

Oct 2024

Nice hotel, good location but some service issues to be addressed.

Location was very convenient, lobby area is very nice and Reception staff very helpful and friendly. Allowed us to store our bags before check-in and after check-out which was very helpful. Room was comfortable with a nice view across the river. Shower was very good. Check-in and check-out was easy. Breakfast hours were good.

Upon arrival in the afternoon and walking the quite long hallway to our room there was a lot of room service items littered outside various rooms including wine and spirit bottles and unfinished food. What was shocking was they were all still there the next morning! Would have expected better from this hotel. Very disappointed the second morning at breakfast. My son and I decide to order items off the ala carte menu. I was told they had run out of avacado, at 9.30am, OK but then my son had wanted the pancakes with maple syrup and fruit compote. The waitress told me we could get our own pancakes using the pancake machine in the buffet section. I replied he wanted what was on the menu including the fruit compote. She said she would make them? Anyway I had finished my poached eggs and no sign of the pancakes? I enquired to their whereabouts and when they eventually came, to our sheer disappointment there were 2 small pancakes on the plate, obviously from the pancake machine, with a packet of Nutella on the side, my son is allergic to nuts! I went to the buffet to at least get some maple syrup it was meant to come with. Just very unimpressive and extremely underwhelming service.

4.0

Oct 2024

A good deal, convenient for the city centre

Convenient location

Nothing

4.0

Oct 2024

Last minute booking, all the extras on top! Breakfast not included, xharge for parking not pleased about.

Modern

Dark

4.0

Oct 2024

Perfect location

Perfect location. Reception and bar area are lovely.

The room was quite dated

4.0

Oct 2024

great value

the bed and the quiet. i was there to do a talk, but when enjoying the hotel room i got the peace and quiet i wanted

the kettle wasn't working properly, the view wasn't attractive

5.0

Oct 2024

Very nice hotel in a great location. Book a river view.

It’s a nice hotel in a great setting. Quick walk from the town centre.

Paying for parking when you’ve spent a good bit of money on a room always urks me but it’s England. Bar staff were working at a snails pace but very pleasant. Double bed was two singles pushed together.

5.0

Aug 2024

Modern hotel in good location with friendly staff and excellent facilities

Great location in city centre. Close to restaurants snd city sites Carpark at hotel. Good bar with snacks and meals all day. Excellent room. Excellent breakfast

We were given breakfast included in the rate. Otherwise it was £25 per person.

4.0

Aug 2024

Enjoyable

Hotel decor. Was very clean.

Stood and waited 10 minutes to check in and waited the same amount of time to be served in the bar.

5.0

Aug 2024

Exceptional

I can't fault the hotel. Price, staff, facilities, breakfast, room and view over river and cathedral were exceptional.

Maybe the mushrooms could have been tastier but the hash-browns were the best ever.

5.0

Aug 2024

Excellent

Excellent location, accommodation, facilities and customer service. Food excellent vegetarian choices.

4.5

Aug 2024

Great hotel, fabulous location, would definitely recommend.

Clean, convenient, great location, easy access to everything.

4.0

Aug 2024

I had a very pleasant overnight stay.

I liked most things about the hotel. The staff were friendly and helpful. I had a great view of the Cathedral from the room which was a great surprise. The only downside was my evening meal wasn’t very nice. The belly of pork was chewy, the mash potato was to dense rather than light and fluffy. The meal was so heavy I couldn’t eat it.

Its location

4.0

Aug 2024

I love staying here, having done so since the week they opened but the restaurant is to be avoided.

I asked for a room not too far from the lift and they provided this. The location is great, right on the riverside with a short walk to the city centre. The staff were unfailingly friendly and helpful, as ever! The breakfast was very busy but the food was excellent and the staff were working very hard to accommodate us.

The new menus for the restaurant and bar snacks are completely unsatisfactory with very few choices. The room service menu looked marginally better. My sister and I had to settle for a sandwich for an evening meal with a portion of chips as we were unable to find anything that appealed to us. We weren't the only ones. It took an hour and the chips were cold.

4.5

Aug 2024

It’s was good would stay again

The location was great we have stayed here before one New Years Eve

The air conditioning was on all the time it was warmer outside

1.0

Aug 2024

Shocking

The bar was open late meaning we could stay at the hotel and enjoy a drink late rather than wonder the streets

Was in a “ double room” given two single beds covered with a skinny mattress cover to create the illusion of a double - however wasn’t much of an illusion when I fell through it , raised concerns via multiple emails to be ignored by the property multiple times , very loud , alarm sounding in the morning (Sunday) 8.30am .

5.0

Aug 2024

Lovely hotel. Excellent breakfasts, comfortable room and very helpful staff.

The hotel was very well situated and extremely comfortable. All the staff we spoke to were very helpful.

Nothing springs to mind other a minor point that no biscuits were in the room.

2.0

Aug 2024

It was ok for a stop over

It was quiet, the ghost in the room kept turning things around. Good location for the city shops and amenities staff were friendly and helpful

The bin hadn’t been emptied it was made up as a twin the shower head squirting in my eye needed fixing coat of breakfast was shockingly expensive 😳

4.0

Aug 2024

Nice location to chill and relax

Very friendly and great location

Little update to rooms and changing rooms

4.0

Jul 2024

A modern hotel in a great position for a visit to Durham

Great location with a view over the river to the cathedral, walking distance to the town centre

The parking was expensive, the USB power sockets in the room did not work

5.0

Jul 2024

Will definitely recommend and stay here again

Friendly and helpful staff on reception Clean and very comfortable Great location

3.0

Jul 2024

Average

Breakfast was poor.

Breakfast and air conditioning)which didn’t work properly.

4.0

Jul 2024

Great!

All was fine, especially the bar :)

5.0

Jul 2024

We had a fantastic stay and would definitely return.

Everything about the hotel and room was lovely and the staff were so friendly and welcoming. Apart from the steam room issues the pool and sauna were lovely too. Breakfast was delicious lots of choice.

The steam room was far too hot I couldn’t stay in it at all had to go straight back out sadly as I love a steam room. We were told by a member of the leisure club that there were some issues regulating the temperature so assume it’s an ongoing thing but does need to be sorted out.

4.5

Jul 2024

Great location and great staff

Location is excellent, it is a five minute walk to the city centre. The staff are extremely friendly and helpful, Room was clean and light. The Euros were on and the staff put the TV on in a closed off area so I could watch it there. Also the revamp and new bar area is very good.

Lifts and communal areas need freshening up.

2.5

Jul 2024

Great location, lovely staff but quality of room not what I would expect for the price.

Room - bathroom was cleaned and bed made but kettle not put back, soap dispenser in bathroom left fallen over (not properly attached to wall ). Material on bed headboard coming apart.

3.5

Jul 2024

Average - Bar Lounge area was pretty basic and air-con too high, was cold by windows.

Location, friendly staff.

Shower was too small,head at my shoulder level, drinks fridge had been removed and TV broken. £443pm too high for quality stayed in better within Durham in last few trips.

5.0

Jul 2024

Ideale Lage zum Bahnhof und nah an der Innenstadt

Die Betten war nicht zu weich. Super!

In der Bar hat es etwas gezogen.

3.0

Jul 2024

Average

lovely pool, good view, friendly staff

overpriced for what wasn’t far off the Premiere Inn. It was very expensive for what you got. Everything felt a bit mean -2 teabags, no biscuits, no minibar, one loo roll. Just all over priced for what you got. For the price charged it needs to be more special.

2.5

Jul 2024

A special occasion to celebrate our grandson’s graduation but not equalled by our accommodation.

The position near the centre. The staff were very pleasant and accommodating.

It was very expensive because it was graduation week and accommodation was at a premium. Our television didn’t work properly and although it was fixed it went wrong again. We had a drink at the bar and there were no crisps or peanuts available to purchase. There were no newspapers despite the promotion stated that they were available. There was no guaranteed parking space which when you have travelled a long distance and paid £415 for the night is disappointing. We did get one but were concerned that we might not.

2.0

Jun 2024

Poor

Location was beautiful and so accessible.

The hotel is a building site. The staff were so un-welcoming and had a very cold demeanour on check in which both my partner and I instantly felt. Considering we were here celebrating our anniversary it wasn’t the greatest start. When booking we were not made aware of the fact there was so much construction going on with furniture and plastic curtains all over the foyer, which I think for the price you pay especially if you have an upgraded room you should be made aware of. As well as construction going on inside the hotel there’s also a building site next to it which also starts works early.

3.0

Jun 2024

Had a lovely view over the river. Don't like the carpeted floors. Breakfast lovely. Perfect location

We only had breakfast one of the days - and the buffet was a standard buffet. All nice, full english breakfast, all sorts of other choices AND also possible to order ala carte. It has the perfect location! And we had a view over the river and seeing the cathedral in the distance. Short walk to city centre AND the railway station.

I generally don't like hotels with carpeted floors. Also there was no small fridge in the room - we had a superior room with river view. Normally a small fridge is a dealbreaker for me, but other reasons made us choose this hotel. I found the staff nice, though not super friendly and saying "Hi" or "god evening" etc as we were passing the lobby. There were renovations being done. We also let the staff know there was missing soap in the showers at the spa - they weren't filled when we were there. Someone that visited us also got a parking ticket - as he didn't understand witch parking options where free.. or where to pay.

1.5

Jun 2024

City great. Hotel very disappointing on many fronts

Position good

No bar, could have been informed at time of booking Lack lustre staff in breakfast room and reception, tv in room not working. Most staff seemed disinterested in their jobs Quality of food on offer at breakfast poor Fell far short of standards at other Radisson Blu hotels we have used. Car parking charge 3 times the cost of the public carpark adjacent to hotel

4.0

May 2024

Good

All v good

Sauna smell - really bad! Pool was a little cold but good overall

3.5

May 2024

Good

nice breakfast and nice location. If you are stay in tree side, You can heard the birds always. If you stay in river side, You will see perfect view.

If you can come the main area, Main area doesn't smeels good unfortunately. In the room I try to use hairdresser lots of time and I founded only one side to use that.

3.0

May 2024

Overall good except for the toilet issues

Convenient and 10mins to town

Toilet - no shower screen when shower, making the whole toilet floor wet.. n the toilet sink was too low.. I think this toilet was meant for the disable..

4.5

May 2024

Great location, clean hotel, and friendly, helpful staff

nothing obvious

5.0

May 2024

On the whole a very enjoyable stay

We got a free room upgrade

They were having renovations and we weren’t informed before hand

4.5

May 2024

Clean and comfortable, well located

Modern, well equipped and comfortable

Would like a PowerPoint both sides of the bed. Room was hot for about 45 minutes after we arrived. Would have been nice if a/c was activated pre arrival

4.0

May 2024

Will definitely return

Beautiful hotel and close to everything, staff very friendly and beds comfortable.

FAQs

How much does this hotel cost compared to others in Durham?

The average price for a rental in Durham is $212 per night. This rental is $36 above the average.

Is parking included with this hotel?

Yes, parking is listed as an amenity at Radisson Blu Hotel, Durham. For more information, we encourage you to contact the property about where to park.

Is there a pool at this hotel?

Yes, a swimming pool is available for use at Radisson Blu Hotel, Durham. Enjoy the water!

Is Radisson Blu Hotel, Durham pet friendly?

Unfortunately, this hotel is not pet-friendly. Try searching again and filter for "Pets Allowed"

What amenities are available at Radisson Blu Hotel, Durham?

We found 11 amenities for this rental. This includes pool, air conditioner, internet / wifi, parking, and laundry.

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Radisson Blu Hotel, Durham

Hotel in Durham

Reasons to book

About this hotel

Amenities

Map of Durham

Nearby attractions

Available Rooms

Premium Room

Standard Room

Superior Room with River view

Premium Room with River View

Family Room

Radisson Blu Hotel, Durham

Hotel in Durham

Reasons to book

About this hotel

Amenities

Map of Durham

Nearby attractions

Available Rooms

Premium Room

Standard Room

Superior Room with River view

Premium Room with River View

Family Room

Reviews

FAQs

How much does this hotel cost compared to others in Durham?

Is parking included with this hotel?

Is there a pool at this hotel?

Is Radisson Blu Hotel, Durham pet friendly?

What amenities are available at Radisson Blu Hotel, Durham?

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