Hotel Royal Oak

Unique, playful, useful use of a venerable 60’s Motor Lodge. Colorful furnishings. Good shower & linens. Comfortable sleep. Adequate breakfast. Fun surroundings w fire pits, pool table & “Vinyl Room”, which, unfortunately was not available this weekend. Walk to downtown Royal Oak for restaurants & theater. Check this place out!!

No coffee maker or cups in room.

Ithe staff is really nice and the place is lively with bar pool table nice people enjoying

It is a motel on the side of the road even though well decorated so expect the noise

room was impressively clean, staff was great, bar was nice, the vibe patio is very cool. don’t miss checking out the vinyl room!

The design of the place was quirky and fun.

Their entire lobby is a bar, so it's confusing when you're trying to check in because the bar tender is also the manager on duty or representative of the hotel. You have to walk up to the bar to get your room keys, etc. The price, the name "hotel," and the slightly misleading photography on booking.com made me think that we were getting something of higher quality. I would have had proper expectations if it were listed as a motel or a hostel. There was a TV provided, but you had to bring your own subscriptions to use streaming services. The "blazing fast" internet was down the first night we were there, but we never found the wifi password anyway. It has that distinct "motel smell." Doesn't come with basic necessities like a coffee pot, hot plate, or microwave. The pillows were thin and cheap, and there were an odd number (3) for two people. They charge another $5 for their breakfast. We aren't sure what was served, because we skipped it. They additionally charge a refundable $100 up front as some sort of deposit against damages when you're checking in. The barn style bathroom door offered no privacy, and when you slide it open, it covers the light switch for the bathroom. So you have to close the door, turn the light on, open the door, go in, and close the door again, at which point there is still a 1/2" gap surrounding the door where you can easily see in and out of the bathroom. The pedestal style basin-only sink took up a lot of room and offered no counter space at all. There was an exposed fuse panel that was labeled to run the room next door and the room upstairs, and was completely unrelated to our room.