St. Raphael Guest House

We stayed at St Raphael guest House in October 2025. We stayed for 3 nights in the Ebor suite. Parking is located at the rear of the property, get out and you walk straight into your accommodation. The suite is self contained with a little courtyard, and for an extra £25 you can have access to the kitchen, would of been nice to have a fridge in the main area just to keep drinks cold so we could of had a glass of wine in the evening. The accommodation is roomy and well equipped with a good sized living room with TV and dining table, big bathroom with nice shower nice bedroom looking into the court yard. The location of the guest House is awesome, 15 minute slow straight walk and you are at the minster bang in the town, 5 minutes to the museum gardens. Breakfast is ordered the night before and brought to you in the dining room in the morning Good WiFi connection during our stay. Owners and staff are lovely and helpful, we thoroughly enjoyed our stay and would recommend. Book through their website and contact directly for best prices. Great location, parking included, would definitely recommend.

I can only review the room we had which was named The Shambles. It was very small located in the roof space so a lot of the room had the roof slope cutting off the space available. There were tea and coffee provided but only 5 teabags on arrival and 4 on the second day, also a minimal supply of uht milk cartons. The unit these were situated on was about 40cm high so you had to sit to brew up or bend over a long way. A small kettle took about 10 minutes to boil two cups worth of water There was one small low down bedroom type chair for two of us. The bathroom door was a sliding door with no rail at the bottom so it was impossible to open and close without it banging into the frame. The tiny television is about 20 years old with no smart features. The biggest problem for us was that the walls are very thin and the people in the two neighbouring rooms could be heard when just going about their normal business. They disturbed us and I am sure we must have disturbed them. The bed and pillows were clean and comfortable. The breakfast is tasty but not plentiful, my portion of mushrooms consisted of one mushroom about 5cm in diameter, on the second day it consisted of two mushrooms of a similar size! There is one do it yourself domestic toaster for up to 14 people! There is a full page, in great detail, in the guest information book informing guests how much they will charged if they damage anything! The guest house is well located for York's attractions being about ten minutes walk from the centre. All the staff were very friendly and helpful. The place is clean and warm, but it is not a cheap guest house, and for the money we paid I would expect a little bit more.

Small but comfortable room. Bed comfy, sleep spoiled by noisy guests returning at 1.30am. Could hear other guest snoring loudly too which disturbed our sleep. I understand it is a listed building but I have stayed at similar establishments before without the noise issues. I accept the owners do not wish to live on site but perhaps the noisy late returning guests would have been put off if they had been there. Breakfast very good. Very clean.

Great location with parking close by. Walkable distance to all major attractions. Very comfortable bed. Breakfast delicious and fresh. Amazing little gem in York. Thank you for having us - we will be back in the future when in the area.

We stayed at St. Raphael and it was probably our favorite accommodation on our entire holiday! Danny, our host, was incredible, and one of the most personable, memorable, and friendly people I have met! I wish he could have joined us for breakfast-ha! Speaking of breakfast, it was very good and a comprehensive full English. I little note I may add is their bread is a 10/10. Rooms were perfect and very clean