The Crescent Hotel
Listed South Bay hotel with an award-winning kitchen
About this hotel
The Crescent Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the centre of Scarborough, ten minutes' walk from South Bay Beach and overlooking the pleasant Crescent Gardens, placing it firmly in the South Bay town-centre camp relative to Alpamare's North Bay location. The award-winning Reflections Restaurant serves fresh local seafood and Yorkshire steaks, with a more relaxed carvery option featuring roast beef and steak and kidney pie for a less formal night. Rooms include a private bathroom, flat-screen LCD TV and hundred-percent goose-down quilts. Brunswick Shopping Centre is a two-minute walk away, and North York Moors National Park is a fifteen-minute drive. It closes as a period-character South Bay base built around genuinely good food.
- Listed building
- Award-winning restaurant
- Overlooks Crescent Gardens
Our take
This suits families or couples who want South Bay's town centre, listed-building character and a genuinely good restaurant, and are comfortable with a short taxi to reach Alpamare across town. The goose-down quilts and award-winning kitchen make it a step up on comfort, though North Bay-focused families should weigh the walk against South Bay's amenities.
- ✓Book a table at Reflections Restaurant ahead for weekend evenings, since the award-winning kitchen draws non-guests too.
- ✓Use the two-minute walk to Brunswick Shopping Centre on a rest day away from Alpamare.
- ✓Plan a short taxi or bus ride to reach North Bay and Alpamare, since this hotel sits firmly in South Bay's town centre.
Why we love it
- Award-winning restaurant on site
- Grade II listed building with character
- Goose-down quilts in every room
- 10 minutes' walk to South Bay Beach
Why guests love itWe chose The Crescent for the restaurant as much as the location, and Reflections lived up to its reputation with fresh Yorkshire seafood on our first night. The ten-minute walk to South Bay Beach filled our mornings well, and the goose-down quilts made for genuinely restful sleep after long Alpamare days across town, which we reached by a short taxi each time.