We booked through an agent who gave us a standard double room.
I contacted the hotel direct and requested a non smoking double room with a view of the river. We were contacted very quickly by the hotel who confirmed this at an extra cost of 5 pounds. On arrival we found our room quite large with a king size bed. It was simply furnished in modern style with a decent size bathroom, plenty of hot water etc.
It was early summer (May) with good weather and the room had a good view of the river Ouse, with the usual boats going up and down, geese and their young, swans, riverside pubs directly opposite. We wondered if these pubs would be a problem late at night but they went quiet soon after 11 pm.
No problem with this hotel-well situated fo the city and good value in my opinion.

Just come back from a 2 day stay at the Queens Hotel, York. Great location. Very Good Weather! Self Service Buffet breakfast - excellent! Paid an extra £5 per night for a river view. Excellent Room (Room 40). My parents stayed in Room 39 - even better! Dual aspect room overlooking river. The room is huge and has two pull out matresses from the king size bed. Secure Parking (underneath hotel) was available for £10 per night - cheaper than the NCP up the road. A 5 minute walk takes you to the Shambles and Jorvik Centre. Plentry of places to eat/drink nearby. We had a set menu on first night at Rustiques, Castlegate (round the corner from Jorvik Centre). £12 for 3 course set menu. Very nice for early birds (5.30 - 7.00 pm). Second night ate at Russels, Coppergate. Again a 3 course carvery for £16.95. Excellent meal. Very filling! Highly recommended (5.30 - 7.00 pm). If you like shopping York is the place to go - excellent shopping round the Shambles/Coney Street/Newgate Market. We did the York Tour Bus (£9 per person), Jorvik Centre (£8) per person and would recommend both. Walked up to York Minster but did not go in. It is approx £8 per person and it can make it an expensive weekend if you try and do everything. Most things are approx £8 entrance fee. Will probably do this on our next visit together with Fairfax House which also looked very welcoming. This is opposite the Rustique Restaurant and Masonic Lodge. Whilst eating our dinner we noticed a lot of gentleman around next door in their Black Ties! Will definitely be going back and will definitely stay at The Queens Hotel.

Maybe it is a bit late to write a review of a hotel a year after you have stayed in it but I've just got into Trip Advisor and think that I should write a review about this place.

We stayed here for a long weekend in March 2007 and we really liked this hotel. It had a superb location and the Hotel was really clean and welcoming. There was underground parking for lots of cars and we had no problems being allocated a space.

york is such a nice place to visit and I think that the Hotel really did the city justice and we was on the top floor in a room that had 2 lots of windows and the bathroom was really nice as well. The staff were really friendly and helpful and we really enjoyed our stay here. Hopefully it is still the same now and I relaly hope standards have not slipped ( I can't see that this would happen) and we hope to go for another weekend in York soon. I would not hesitate to book this hotel again - it was great and just what we needed for a really nice UK city break away.

we spent last weekend at the queens hotel on the banks of the river ouse,don't book the smoking floor we were meeting up with 3 other couples one of which booked the hotel.2 days before we arrived phil had a phone call to say we could'nt park until 5pm as there was a conference booked so we had to pay for alternate parking at £5.30 for 3 hrs,on arrival to our room N0 77 the smell was pungent with smoke on enquiring re another room we were curtly informed you new it was a smoking room when it was booked,we had to go out and buy air freshner,never have i even smelt a pub that bad it was in the sheets and pillows.good job it was only 2 nights then we were informed it was £10 a night to park when i asked if we could stay later on the sunday we were told emphatically no as cars were booked in for the sun i explained yes we were but we could'nt park until later and we had paid for 48hrs parking the receptionist would'nt budge and the manageress was'nt aavailable until mon when we'd be home!so look elsewhere there are other hotels believe me!!!!!