Is Dora Hotel pet-friendly?

Yes, this property allows cats and dogs with a maximum weight of up to 23 kg per pet. There's a fee of GBP 5 per accommodation, per night. Service animals are exempt from fees.

How much does it cost to stay at Dora Hotel?

As of 5 Nov 2025, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at Dora Hotel on 6 Nov 2025 start from NZ$106.92, including taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.

How much is parking at Dora Hotel?

This property doesn't offer parking.

What time is check-in at Dora Hotel?

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; check-in end time: 11:00 PM. Late check-in is available during limited hours.

Where is Dora Hotel located?

Located in South Shore, this hotel is within a 5-minute walk of Grosvenor G Casino Blackpool, Blackpool Pleasure Beach and Sandcastle Waterpark. South Pier and Karting 2000 Raceway are just steps away. Blackpool Pleasure Beach Station is 12 minutes by foot and Blackpool South Station is 13 minutes.

Dora Hotel Reviews, Deals & Photos 2025

10/10 Excellent

Stephanie

30 Jun 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

It was a lovely little hotel right in the middle of the pleasure beach area

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2024

2/10 Terrible

Louise

26 Jul 2025

Disliked: Amenities

What u see in the picture is most definitely not what u see on arrival,first impression r everything and this place was not good,it was that bad we didn’t even stay.

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Osita

25 Aug 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

The place is very welcoming with polite reception service. breakfast is served and very communcable distance to fun locations

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

vicky

24 Jun 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Was ok

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Sule

30 Aug 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Best customer service experience so far in the UK. Great memeber staff they have got. I definitely will revisit there.

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

Chloe

11 Aug 2025

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

Absolutely awful. Air show weekend we booked and upon arrival we were told our room was canx. No email before hand which the owner was adamant he sent. He had rooms available for three hundred pound!! When our orginal room was under hundred. Multiple people turned up same time as us just one told the same. Seemed like he didn’t realise it was air show weekend so canx rooms to earn more money. Awful. Wasn’t even a reception desk, walked into an empty room greeted by a man and a random dog. One couple told us they paid the extra money and instead of giving them the double room they paid for they got a room with bunk beds in.! avoid avoid. Yet to get my refund may I add…

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Mark

10 Aug 2024

Liked: Staff & service

The owner bj couldn't be more helpful. The breakfast was good. However the service was a little un organised. Due to inexperience. Me and my family felt so welcome

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

4/10 Poor

Julie

8 Oct 2023

Liked: Staff & service

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Very dirty ,needs a good deep clean, although staff were friendly enough

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Lisa

11 Sept 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort

We booked for 2 adults and a child just for one night, the room and hotel was adequate for an over night stay, any thing longer i wouldnt of been happy as the room was very small.. the bar and lounge area was not open, when i come to blackpool for a couple of nights i like to have the bar facillities

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

2/10 Terrible

Christopher

8 Jun 2025

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

I got a phone call from someone asking what time we were checking in as jo one would be there to check us in. This was nit the owner but was helping him out. Upon arrival we got sent a few different room numbers and and codes to gain entry. The front door was not secure. When we did finally gain entry to a room the would not lock and it was filthy and unmade. The whole property is a debacle. We left without staying and found other accommodation as did not feel safe. This property should be removed from the site. I have applied for a refund but doubtful i will get one.

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

2/10 Terrible

Christina

18 May 2025

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

DO NOT BOOK

Absolutely appalling! For one it’s false advertising looks nothing like the photos on the advertisement! Got to the room and wow I have no words, pictures to follow! The cleanliness WHAT CLEANLINESS! the only thing clean about this stay was the bag in the bin! I booked this room as a treat for my grandson as he had just finished his SATS and I was absolutely gutted and mortified! Then to top it off we went down for breakfast everyone around me got their breakfasts I was told they forgot about mine. I would have never have booked it I knew then what know now!

Stayed 1 night in May 2025

2/10 Terrible

Craig

1 Dec 2024

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Hotel is dirty smells it's unsafe got took to the top floor in the attic room was cold bedding was filthy so asked for another room and got shown it it was basically a crack den only not advertised as one it's horrendous I wouldn't let a rat stop there neither mind a human being I would advise anyone to not stop here if the was a minus star I would give it minus 1000

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

2/10 Terrible

Katrina

8 Jul 2023

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Avoid

This hotel looks nothing like the photos. There is no bar or pool table. Its a former indian restaurant. The rooms were very run down and very dirty. The staff were very scruffy looking and also did not engage with us. The whole experience was just awful. We and another couple checked out as soon as we checked in.

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Stuart

9 May 2023

Liked: Room comfort

Cheap and cheerful.

We booked at 1pm, family room. We arrived around 5.30pm. On arrival our booking wasn't found, so our room wasn't ready for us so where asked to come back in half a hour and it would be ready, Received a text about a hour later to inform that the room was now ready, Room itself was fine for what we paid, great location and great view from our room. Wasn't a hairdryer or ironing facilities in the room, unsure if these would have been available if we had asked, so worth checking this before you stay, didn't matter to us as we were just getting up and heading home and I had my own hairdryer with me. There was a microwave in the room, a toaster would have been an advantage for anyone staying longer, no tea bags either just coffee. An overall pleasant enough stay.

Stayed 1 night in May 2023

2/10 Terrible

Claire

31 May 2023

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Pros is it is in a very good area and the lady checking us in was nice. Cons - never have I ever stayed in a hotel and felt so unsafe. We returned back in the evening and were greeted by a man who seemed off his face on drugs. He could barely even stand up and didnt seem to know what was going on. We were going to leave our pram downstairs but instead we used it to barricade the door. We were meant to be staying 2 nights but we left the hotel the next morning. The corridor stunk up near our bedroom which the lady sprayed some air freshner which made it better, the rooms were not the cleanest AVOID AT ALL COSTS I have suggested to ebookers that they should remove this hotel from their website.

Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

2/10 Terrible

neil

30 May 2023

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

This hotel is also known as Hawes Hotel. It is the worst hotel we have ever stayed at. When we checked in the lady was very pleasant and showed us to our room. We should have left then but we also had 2 family rooms booked and were unlikely to find anywhere else to stay at short notice. We decided to make the best of it and went out for a few hours. When we got back the front door was locked so we had to ring the bell. It was eventually opened by a man who was clearly drunk or worse who barged passed us and ran up the street. There was also other men in the bar area who were passed out on the chairs. We went to our rooms, barricaded the doors and tried to get some rest. We left at 9am the following morning and wont be back. One of my daughters had booked for 2 nights but didnt stay the 2nd night. I dont know how ebookers have these hotels on their booking sites.

Stayed 1 night in May 2023

2/10 Terrible

Karen

29 Sept 2025

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

The room was not fit for paying customers. Loose wires, peeling wallpapers, filthiest place I've ever seen. Landlord did not care at all how it looked or how he looked. The view was good and pet friendly.

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2025

2/10 Terrible

Sylvia

8 Sept 2025

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

My stay at the Dora Hotel was horrendous!!.To begin with the Dora Hotel sign is no longer there so it took me a good 15minutes to actually find where the hotel was as I could not get an answer from No.4 Station Road. It is now called the Hawkins Hotel. The house stank. The room was dirty. The facilities were bare minimum in fact I had to ask for tea bags cause I don’t drink coffee. There was no internet! No double glazing! The windows had condensation on inside and out. The net curtain at the window had seen better days. And there was a very thin curtain which barely covered the window. I could not get into the toilet because the door stuck. I had to phone the owner who also had trouble opening the door but eventually did. The smell was horrendous and it was filthy. The bed was awful. None of the pillowcases matched and there was spots of blood on the sheet under the pillows. In fact in the morning I found two bed bugs and I have been bitten. I have photos of the bloodstains and the bugs. I did not sleep because of the noise outside, people having fun obviously cause that’s what they’re there for, plus cars up and down the road all night, sirens from emergency services, plus the wind!! Double glazing might have made a difference. When I left in the morning, I struggled to get out the front door. I was so glad to get out of there. Expedia should stop advertising this hotel it’s disgusting.. Paying £60 for the room was a gross over charging. I HOPE YOU TAKE ACTION TAKE IT OFF

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

2/10 Terrible

LORRAINE

22 Aug 2025

Liked: Amenities

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

It was dirty when you entered. Lounge area was in a state of disrepair. Room was disgusting mould in shower cubicle. Bathroom was filthy.the pillows should be thrown in the bin as they were paper thin. You sat on the mattress and you could feel the bed base never tried the breakfast as I stayed somewhere else this place should be shut down 👇

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

2/10 Terrible

Stephen

11 Aug 2025

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

They cancelled my room, I found out on arrival at the property

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

2/10 Terrible

Garry

26 Jul 2025

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Crap hole

This place needs closing down our room was disgusting. Stains on the bedding my partner had to buy new bedding

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Racheal

11 Jun 2025

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Didnt even stay more than 5 mins it was awful there was no way my child were sleeping there and there was a dog howling in a room below!!

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

2/10 Terrible

Karl

2 Jun 2025

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

We stayed here after looking at the pictures online unfortunately the pictures were nothing like the actual hotel very dirty old bedding on floor filthy paper hanging off walls. well over 30 year old beds as walked in a mattress that had urine all over, breakfast tables disgusting dust everywhere cups and animal hair on pubic had in a roon change straight away. To top it off found my partner has bed bug bites today. Soo having to treat all my house.. Place should be shut down and fumigated.... Manager shouldn't run a hotel

Stayed 1 night in May 2025

4/10 Poor

Sandra

23 May 2025

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

Good welcoming, old property, room had ensuite bathroom that made the room smelly, room flooring dirty, poorly decorated

Stayed 1 night in May 2025

6/10 Okay

JAMES

29 Apr 2025

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort

Was ok but needs alot of work

Place is managed by one man Tom who was very nice ...Owner was off to Birmingham as we arrived and another lady disappeared when I spoke to her so not much of a welcome . Place needs work and cleaning tbh ... Basic standards are a must especially in a town with so much competition.. Hotel had two names which doesn't help.Think we were the only ones there but we were the only ones for breakfast ... Took a while to get any response from anyone as place was deserted but got there in the end ...Tom is doing a grand job but needs help imho. Breakfast ok but basic and wasn't asked what we wanted but dining room needs a clean and they did have a new dog so that comes with it's challenges ... Can't fault location for pleasure beach and south shore and was a late booking .. As I said place needs work and there are basics that are missing so those should be addressed if the are to survive a summer session ...Who place needs TLC but after coming to Blackpool now for 30 year then whole town needs some TLC and Cleaning .

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

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