The Roker Hotel, BW Premier Collection

4.0 star property
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Cocktail bar, ocean views, open selected days
Individually decorated, individually furnished, desk, laptop workspace
Meeting facility
Reception
Exterior

Reviews

8.2 out of 10
Very good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Room service
  • Breakfast available
  • Laundry
  • Parking included

Explore the area

Map
Roker Terrace, Sunderland, England, SR6 9ND
  • Whitburn Sands
    ‪13 min walk‬
  • Stadium of Light
    ‪4 min drive‬
  • Sunderland Empire
    ‪4 min drive‬
  • Newcastle (NCL-Newcastle Intl.)
    ‪31 min drive‬

Room options

Standard Room, Multiple Beds, Non Smoking

  • 25 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bed

Junior Suite, 1 King Bed, Non Smoking, Jetted Tub

  • 30 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Executive Room, 1 Double Bed, Non Smoking

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
(7 reviews)
  • 20 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Standard Room, 1 Single Bed, Non Smoking

  • 15 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

Standard Room, 1 Double Bed, Non Smoking

7.4 out of 10
Good
(8 reviews)
  • 25 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Standard Room, 2 Single Beds, Non Smoking

7.0 out of 10
Good
(2 reviews)
  • 25 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

Standard Room, 1 Double Bed, Non Smoking (Cozy Room;Small Room)

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
(2 reviews)
  • 25 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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About the area

Sunderland

A stay at The Roker Hotel, BW Premier Collection places you in the heart of Sunderland, within a 5-minute drive of Whitburn Sands and Monkwearmouth Station Museum. .This eco-certified hotel is 12.5 mi (20.1 km) from St. James' Park and 1.7 mi (2.8 km) from Stadium of Light.

What's nearby

  • Whitburn Sands - 13 min walk
  • Stadium of Light - 4 min drive
  • Sunderland Empire - 4 min drive
  • University of Sunderland - 5 min drive
  • Port Of Tyne - 17 min drive

Getting around

  • Seaburn Station - 2 min drive
  • St. Peter's Station - 3 min drive
  • Newcastle Intl. Airport (NCL) - 31 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Fulwell Tandoori - ‬15 min walk
  • ‪New Derby - ‬7 min walk
  • ‪The Blue Bell - ‬19 min walk
  • ‪Cat and Dog Steps - ‬9 min walk
  • ‪Grannie Annies - ‬5 min walk

About this property

The Roker Hotel, BW Premier Collection

Eco-certified Sunderland hotel in Roker with 3 restaurants
The Roker Hotel, BW Premier Collection offers 43 accommodations with hair dryers and complimentary toiletries. Each accommodation is individually furnished and decorated. LCD televisions are featured in guestrooms. Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations with rainfall showerheads and hydromassage showerheads.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks, desk chairs, and phones. Housekeeping is offered on request and irons/ironing boards can be requested.

Stay in one of 43 guestrooms featuring LCD televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Private bathrooms with shower/tub combinations feature rainfall showerheads and complimentary toiletries. Conveniences include phones, as well as desks and electric kettles.
Take in the views from a terrace and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access and wedding services.
Grab a bite at Poetic License, one of the hotel's 3 restaurants, or stay in and take advantage of the room service (during limited hours). Snacks are also available at the coffee shop/cafe. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge. Cooked-to-order breakfasts are available daily from 7:00 AM to 9:30 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include express check-in, express check-out, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Event facilities at this hotel consist of a conference center and 2 meeting rooms. Free self parking is available onsite.
Cooked-to-order breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 7:00 AM and 9:30 AM.
The Roker Hotel, BW Premier Collection has 3 restaurants serving lunch and dinner.
Poetic License - This cocktail bar overlooks the ocean and specializes in soul food. A children's menu is available. Open select days.
Let There Be Crumbs - This café overlooks the ocean. Open daily.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Awards and affiliations

Eco-Certified Property
This property participates in Green Tourism Program, a program that measures the property's impact on one or more of the following: environment, community, cultural-heritage, the local economy.

Languages

English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Food and drink

  • Cooked-to-order breakfast available for a fee daily 7:00 AM–9:30 AM: GBP 12.95 per person
  • 3 restaurants and 1 coffee shop/cafe
  • 1 bar
  • Room service available
  • Coffee/tea in a common area

Restaurants on site

  • Poetic License
  • Let There Be Crumbs

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities
  • Snack bar/deli

Conveniences

  • Ballroom
  • Banquet hall
  • Lift
  • Free newspapers in reception

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Housekeeping (on request)
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Multilingual staff
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • Conference centre
  • Meeting rooms - 2

Outdoors

  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Lift
  • Well-lit path to entrance
  • Wheelchair-accessible lounge
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path to lift
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk
  • Wheelchair-accessible restaurant
  • Wheelchair-accessible (may have limits)

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bed sheets
  • Heating

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hairdryer
  • Hydromassage showerhead
  • Private bathroom
  • Shampoo
  • Shower/bath combination
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • LCD TV

Food and drink

  • Electric kettle
  • Free tea bags/instant coffee

More

  • Desk
  • Desk chair
  • Individually decorated
  • Individually furnished
  • Iron/ironing board (on request)
  • Laptop-friendly workspace
  • Phone

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: midnight
Early check-in subject to availability
Early check-in is available for a fee
Contactless check-in available
Late check-in fee for check-in between 11:00 AM and 1:00 PM
Express check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Contactless check-out available
Late check-out subject to availability
A late check-out fee will be charged
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival
For more details, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation
Guests might experience some noise from the bar located downstairs.

Renovations and closures

The following facilities are closed seasonally each year. They will be closed from December 25 to December 26:
  • Dining venue(s)
  • Meeting facilities
The following facilities are closed on New Year's Eve:
  • Bar/lounge
  • Dining venue(s)
The following facilities are closed on Sunday:
  • Dining venue(s)

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed (service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees)

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • A damage deposit of GBP 50 will be collected before check-in.

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

  • Fee for cooked-to-order breakfast: approximately GBP 12.95 per person
  • Early check-in is available for a fee (subject to availability)
  • Late check-in fee for check-in between 11:00 AM and 1:00 PM
  • Late check-out is available for a fee (subject to availability)

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards and debit cards; cash is not accepted
Cashless transactions are available
Noise-free guestrooms cannot be guaranteed
This property affirms that it follows the cleaning and disinfection practices of We Care Clean (Best Western)
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property

We should mention

Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms

National rating

This establishment has received its official star rating from VisitEngland, the National Tourist Board for England.

Property is also known as

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The Roker Hotel, BW Premier Collection Reviews

Reviews

8.2

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 312 out of 739 reviews" "
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Rating 2 - Terrible. 20 out of 739 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

7.8/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Steven

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good location for north east business visit
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

6/10 Okay

craig

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Our room looked nothing like the room we thought getting & nothing like the pictures we were shown. We were put in a upstairs room that we had to climb stairs too. Kettle station was there but no plug socket had to get on my knees to move it by the bed. Whole room was on a slope so wardrobe doors constantly fell open. 1 bath towel between 2 for 2 days . Bed so low was difficult getting in & up.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Pauline

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Alexander

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The Roker Hotel is is our favourite hotel in Sunderland and it's the one me and my partner keep coming back too each year. It has a prime location by the sea and it's easy to get out to Durham, Newcastle or the surrounding area. The beach is just a short walk away, and has some lovely coffee spots and restaurants on it. The Stadium of Light is also in walking distance if you are vising to see Sunderland play. The rooms are clean, comfortable, and the staff are very friendly and helpful. The on-site bar is also really good!
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2024

2/10 Terrible

Laura

Travelled with family
Bad checkin but niceish hotel
Check in took a long time. The website offers free room upgrades when available but we were told this wasn’t true. We then had to argue that this was what was advertised and we weren’t willing to pay the money to upgrade if it was advertised as free. This was embarrassing and we had to wait 20 minutes and show the wording on the booking for the receptionist to speak to his manager and confirm that we were right and give us the upgrade. The computers then crashed and we had to wait again for this. Completely not the receptionists fault but hotels fault. He couldn’t apologise enough for the inconvenience of the long wait but in the stress of the situation forgot to give us vouchers for drinks and explain about bar tabs etc. which were explained later. Website advertises multiple restaurants including an Italian, which is amazing but not actually affiliated with the hotel and the receptionist tried to convince us to use their restaurant instead. Weird. Italian was 10/10 and would definitely recommend. Bed in the room was very low. Anyone with nobility issues would not be able to get up and down off the bed. Room as spacious and furniture okay but signs of wear/damage on furniture and bedding. Carpet was lumpy and a trip hazard between the bathroom and the bedroom. Plastic cups rather than glasses which was again a bit unusual. Poetic license bar was nice, barmaid friendly and helpful and there was a good choice of drinks available. Comfy seats and a good view.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

6/10 Okay

Richard

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
The Roker BW Hotel is a reasonable hotel with decent rooms and a very nice bar/restaurant area, which has very good prices. My issue was with the room i was allocated, where I had to walk up one floor, then walk along a long corridor then diwn to flights of stairs to access my room! This process was in reverse if you were to return to the reception or front entrance/exit. I thought this was totally unacceptable and easier access/ egress should be provided by the Roker BW Hotel, not very convenient!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

Beard

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
First room was bad, went to reception and was upgraded to a much bigger and better room with a sea view.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely beach hotel
Lovely hotel next to the beach, very friendly staff happy to help. Good bed comfy, large TV excellent… only issue was the toilet in the bathroom was a bit noisy for a while after flushing, but not a real problem. Great stay will be back
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

Darren

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

6/10 Okay

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness
Very disappointing for the following reasons. Room very small.water cold on shower, however fixed on reporting. Need to consider where you put guests when functions are running/ occurring. Noisy with doors slamming and guests involved in party running up and down corridor shouting. Doors need to have soft close. Think about replenishing the tea/ coffee even if the room not cleaned.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Douglas

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is in a beautiful place directly across from the beach. The staff are very nice.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Admin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Manish

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Small room, hardly any space to move, could not even move the chair out of the desk without touching the bed.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Miss

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
The room was a flight of stairs to the first room , a long a corridor down two flights of stairs which were narrow . Through a heave door only to find the steps down literally as you open the door and then three stairs up to the room . All very narrow and difficult to carry bags . I was asked if I needed help but the main stair case was fine if I had been made aware of how far the room was away I would have taken it . Staff very friendly
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Glyn

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Limited options for vegetarians in the hotel restaurant. Very noisy if you did choose to eat there with a DJ playing loud music in the bar. Coffee in the room and at breakfast was dreadful, please change the brand. Room was nice, but not particularly clean, our view was of an air conditioning duct and the back of a building, bathroom was clean.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Elizabeth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
As always staff were excellent . Room was beautiful and all in all great stay :)
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Ian L

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Overall a Very good stay 3 nights, Staff very good especially the breakfast staff nothing to much trouble, Room was ok we had a problem the first night but was resolved very quickly by Reception, room could do with small table and 2 chairs instead of large chair, View out back would be better if area was tidy. Bathroom large and spotless , better with light curtains and hand rail on wall of bath 78 getting old lol,, ate in 3 nights night 1 ok night 2 excellent night 3 Not good. In all a good stay we do travel around Hotels after 30yrs a Publican serving beer and food Did Not want Bedrooms lol Ian Ann MBII
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

David, Hartlepool

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Lisa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Review
Very good hotel good service clean and v friendly and helpful staff
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Bob

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Daniel

Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Derrick

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
A little dated, layout like a rabbit warren lots of coridors and stairs so not so great if your of restricted mobility
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024