8.7

311 reviews

Impossible Motel

Impossible Motel

5 Saint Helen’s Square, York, YO1 8QN, United Kingdom

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Restaurant

Adults only

Free wifi

Spa tub

Hot tub

Air conditioning

Tour desk

Bar

Impossible Motel

Welcome to the Impossible Motel, where charm meets comfort in the heart of York! Nestled just 0.2mi from the bustling city center at 5 Saint Helen’s Square, this quirky hotel is your perfect jumping-off point for exploring the rich history and vibrant culture of one of the UK's most iconic destinations. With prices starting from just $139, you can indulge in a unique atmosphere that promises to make your getaway truly unforgettable.

Prepare to be pampered with our fantastic amenities! Unwind in our soothing spa tub or hot tub, take a swing at the nearby golf course (extra charges apply), and enjoy complimentary Wi-Fi to keep you connected. Our adults-only policy ensures a serene ambience, perfect for a romantic retreat, while the live music performances will sweep you off your feet on select nights. Plus, our delightful on-site restaurant and bar will keep your taste buds tantalized and satisfied after a day of exploring.

With over 311 fantastic reviews highlighting our exceptional service and delightful accommodations, guests rave about their experience at the Impossible Motel. Picture yourself lounging on our sun-drenched terrace or enjoying a cozy evening in a non-smoking room complete with air conditioning and free toiletries. Our 24-hour front desk and tour desk staff are always smiling, ready to make your stay as enjoyable and hassle-free as possible. Join the fun at Impossible Motel – your adventure in York awaits!

At the Impossible Motel, the adventure doesn’t stop with your accommodations. The on-site restaurant, aptly named Pink, invites you to take a seat in its romantically charming ambiance, perfect for those intimate dinners or celebratory nights out. Indulge in a delectable menu brimming with local flavors that are sure to tantalize your palate. Whether you’re sharing a bottle of wine or savoring their signature dishes, Pink creates an unforgettable dining experience right under your roof.

As you explore the hotel, you'll find cozy corners and inviting spaces designed for relaxation and socializing. From the sun-drenched terrace where you can sip your morning coffee while soaking in the stunning surroundings to the elegant settings for live music nights, there's a vibrant atmosphere at every turn. The Impossible Motel takes great pride in offering guests an experience filled with delightful surprises, making every moment of your stay feel magical. Gather with fellow travelers or enjoy a quiet evening with that special someone; there’s something for everyone.

With multiple room types to choose from, including the luxurious Deluxe Queen Room and the charming Queen Room with Spa Bath, each option features plush furnishings and a warm, inviting design. Perfect for couples seeking a serene getaway, these rooms are designed to make you feel right at home after a thrilling day of exploration. So why not unwind in a tranquil space and let your worries melt away? At the Impossible Motel, your journey is designed to be extraordinary every single night!

Closest airports

RAF Linton-On-Ouse

9.2mi

Leeds Bradford International Airport

24.4mi

Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield

33.2mi

Humberside Airport

40.1mi

Durham Tees Valley Airport

40.4mi

Most popular amenities

Restaurant

Adults only

Free wifi

Spa tub

Hot tub

Air conditioning

Tour desk

Bar

Terrace

24-hour front desk

Non-smoking rooms

Patio

Bathtub

Free toiletries

Rooms

Deluxe Queen Room in Impossible Motel

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Deluxe Queen Room

1 King Size Bed

140 sqft

City view

Private Bathroom

Flat-screen TV

Air conditioning

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Enjoy the stunning city view from our Deluxe Queen Room, featuring a spacious 140 sqft with a comfortable king size bed. Indulge in modern amenities such as a flat-screen TV, air conditioning, and a private bathroom for a truly relaxing stay.

Deluxe King Room in Impossible Motel

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Deluxe King Room

1 King Size Bed

140 sqft

City view

Private Bathroom

Bathtub

Flat-screen TV

More details

Welcome to our Deluxe King Room! This spacious double room offers a stunning city view, a private bathroom with a bathtub, a flat-screen TV, air conditioning, and free toiletries. With its comfortable king size bed and modern amenities, it's the perfect haven for a relaxing stay.

Queen Room with Spa Bath in Impossible Motel

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Queen Room with Spa Bath

1 Queen Size Bed

160 sqft

Hot tub

Spa tub

Private Bathroom

Terrace

More details

Indulge in luxury and relaxation in our Queen Room with Spa Bath, featuring a private terrace and a hot tub/jacuzzi. Unwind and pamper yourself in this stylish room, complete with a comfortable queen-size bed, flat-screen TV, and a spacious private bathroom. Perfect for couples looking for a romantic getaway.

Deluxe Queen Room in Impossible Motel

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Deluxe Queen Room

1 King Size Bed

150 sqft

City view

Private Bathroom

Flat-screen TV

Air conditioning

More details

Our Deluxe Queen Room offers a spacious and comfortable stay with a stunning city view. Enjoy the convenience of a private bathroom, flat-screen TV, and air conditioning, while indulging in a good night's sleep on our luxurious king-size bed.

Deluxe Queen Room in Impossible Motel

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Deluxe Queen Room

1 King Size Bed

140 sqft

City view

Private Bathroom

Flat-screen TV

Air conditioning

More details

Welcome to our Deluxe Queen Room, a cozy retreat designed for a perfect getaway, featuring a spacious 140 sqft room with a stunning city view. Enjoy the comfort of a king-size bed, private bathroom, flat-screen TV, air conditioning, and free toiletries. Relax and indulge in our modern amenities and enjoy a memorable stay.

Superior Queen Room  - Windowless First Floor in Impossible Motel

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Superior Queen Room - Windowless First Floor

1 Queen Size Bed

110 sqft

Private Bathroom

Bathtub

Flat-screen TV

Air conditioning

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Experience utmost comfort in our Superior Queen Room, located on the first floor. This cozy double room boasts a queen-size bed, a private bathroom with a bathtub, a flat-screen TV, and essential amenities such as air conditioning and free toiletries. Enjoy a peaceful stay in this windowless retreat, perfect for couples seeking a restful getaway.

Superior Queen Room - Windowless Basement in Impossible Motel

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Superior Queen Room - Windowless Basement

1 Queen Size Bed

185 sqft

Private Bathroom

Flat-screen TV

Air conditioning

Shower

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Unwind in our cozy Superior Queen Room - a windowless basement oasis spanning 183 sqft with a queen size bed, private bathroom, flat-screen TV and essential amenities like air conditioning and free toiletries. Perfect for a couple seeking a comfortable and intimate stay.

Superior Queen Room in Impossible Motel

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Superior Queen Room

1 Queen Size Bed

150 sqft

City view

Private Bathroom

Flat-screen TV

Air conditioning

More details

Experience a comfortable stay in our Superior Queen Room, featuring a Queen size bed and a stunning city view. Enjoy the modern amenities such as a private bathroom, flat-screen TV, and air conditioning, ensuring a relaxing and enjoyable stay.

Standard Queen Room - Windowless Basement in Impossible Motel

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Standard Queen Room - Windowless Basement

1 Queen Size Bed

150 sqft

Private Bathroom

Flat-screen TV

Air conditioning

Shower

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Experience comfort and ease in our cozy Standard Queen Room, located in the basement. Although windowless, this room offers modern amenities including a private bathroom, a flat-screen TV, and air conditioning, ensuring a relaxing stay. Perfect for couples looking for a peaceful retreat.

 Superior King Room Windowless - Basement in Impossible Motel

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Superior King Room Windowless - Basement

1 King Size Bed

195 sqft

Private Bathroom

Bathtub

Flat-screen TV

Air conditioning

More details

Discover the allure of our spacious and cozy Superior King Room in the basement. Relax in the comfort of a king-size bed and enjoy top-notch amenities such as a private bathroom, bathtub, flat-screen TV, and air conditioning.

Standard Queen Room - Windowless Basement in Impossible Motel

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Standard Queen Room - Windowless Basement

1 Queen Size Bed

150 sqft

Private Bathroom

Flat-screen TV

Air conditioning

Shower

More details

Experience ultimate comfort in our Standard Queen Room, a cozy double room nestled in our charming windowless basement. With a spacious 151 sqft, a plush queen size bed, private bathroom, and top-notch amenities including a flat-screen TV, air conditioning, and free toiletries, your stay with us will be nothing short of exceptional.

Standard Queen Room - Windowless Basement in Impossible Motel

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Standard Queen Room - Windowless Basement

1 Queen Size Bed

150 sqft

Private Bathroom

Flat-screen TV

Air conditioning

Shower

More details

Experience cozy comfort and modern amenities in our Standard Queen Room. Perfect for couples, this intimate room offers a private bathroom, flat-screen TV, and air conditioning, ensuring a relaxing stay.

Guest reviews

8.7

311 reviews

Categories of assessments

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Comfort

Location

Facilities

Staff

Value for money

WiFi quality

Featured reviews:

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Reece

10

December 2022

everything was fantastic!! from the moment we walked in we was greeted by Nick. He escorted us to the upstairs main lobby and proceeded to check us in with his colleague, whilst providing us with a hot towel to warm our hands from the cold. We were then given a fantastic opportunity to upgrade our room for free from this lovely team of staff. After hearing the brilliant news about our free upgrade we then got to choose our very own hand soaps from their soap bar collection. after choosing our desired cleansing stick we were then offered a beverage to which we gracefully declined. finally we were escorted to our room by a lovely woman who gave us the low down on the room. The room itself was absolutely impeccable! Very clean and Very snug! beautiful choice of decor and lighting to accompany. I’m certainly impressed with the quality of the bed as I haven’t slept in for a very long time! Overall, the team of staff here are unreal! The kindest, friendliest welcome we have ever experienced! From start to end we were given the V.I.P treatment. absolutely Chuffed with the service Nick and the rest of the team provided! 11/10 I would completely reckon end to all around! Thank you Nick and the rest of the team, you have made our little getaway an even more memorable experience! merry Christmas to you all and a happy new year!

nothing. top notch secret getaway location. Parking is a pain if you don’t know the area, however it is of no fault to the hotel.

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Chantelle

10

May 2023

Honestly, the entire hotel is immaculate. The staff were wonderful, attentive and incredibly friendly. I felt right at home. You feel like absolute royalty from the moment you step through the door. The decor, from entrance to the room were maximalist HEAVEN. Dark academia dreamscape with a twist of art deco. A bougie goth's heaven. I could have lived in the Stellar Solarium forever. The views over the city were beautiful, the added little touches such as the choice in Lush soaps and tour of your room by the staff just made for the perfect stay.

If one was to REALLY split hairs, the lack of vegan/ plant based milks for tea and coffee in the morning and not having any plant based option for the pastries. (My partner loved them though) And the spa bath would cool down incredibly quickly and was difficult to get to a comfortable, consistent warmth. Nevertheless, the time we spent in there was lovely.

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Kelli

10

July 2023

The staff were outstanding! Nothing was an inconvenience; they were always willing to go above and beyond to make our stay as enjoyable and comfortable as possible. One of the best customer service experiences we have ever had. Thank you Nikita, Nick and the other lovely girl who checked us in on our first day. We are vegan and staff bought in vegan pastries for us on request and brought tea and coffee to our room every morning. Exceptionally accommodating.

Issue with our air conditioner unit on the first night that kept me awake; however, when I notified the staff they dealt with the issue straightaway (within 5 minutes!) and even upgraded our room for our remaining two nights stay, and made sure we were comfortable and happy. We couldn’t believe how quickly the issue was dealt with and what was offered as an apology - we were sent champagne and chocolate to our upgraded room!

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Wendy

10

August 2023

I have stayed here twice now, most recently with friends who we recommended the property too. We all agree that the property is visually beautiful. So much thought has been put into the interior design whilst including so many original features. The hotel is super central, you can’t ask for anything better location wise! I have now stayed in both the Labyrinth room and Sensational room and can firmly say both rooms have a lovely atmosphere and are a wonderful experience in addition to the history surrounding you in York. The hotel also have a great addition of complementary pastries and coffee in the morning and a soap/bath bomb choice experience on arrival, a lovely touch. The hotel has recently fitted air-con which we didn’t have on our first visit, which was great. The staff are so lovely and helpful. I will be back again!

Lots of outside noise, especially from the local McDonalds around 3am but the hotel staff are super clear about this and provide earplugs. Sometimes the lack of light in certain rooms are a little annoying when getting ready to go out. A makeup mirror closer to natural light would be a wonderful addition.

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Chris

9.1

July 2023

Brilliant central location, couldn't be better for access to what York has to offer. Comfortable and quirky rooms. Wonderful friendly and helpful staff. We really appreciated the flexibility of the hotel staff about our checking in time, as well as being able to store our luggage after checking out so we could explore more on our last day. There's Betty's tea rooms right opposite, loads of bars and restaurants right on the doorstep. I noticed other reviews mentioned noise from the street, but I didn't hear a peep from outside my room (the Bank Vault) at all during my stay. Lovely little touches like the soap selection, a well stocked mini-bar, complementary hot drink selection in the rooms. Great shower. I would definitely stay again, and happily recommend to friends visiting York

The basement rooms did not have reliable WiFi coverage, and of course there's no phone reception either, being below ground level. I think the hotel can easily fix this by setting up a WiFi mesh network, or deploying some WiFi extenders throughout the property. The atmosphere throughout the hotel is themed around it being dark with mood lighting everywhere, which isn't a problem, but certain sections like reception and the entrance could benefit from having some more standard brighter lighting, just to assist with filling in check in papers etc. Minor snags were no hand soap in my bathroom, and my shower had 2 bottles of shower gel, but no shampoo.

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Elizabeth

10

July 2023

Excellent stay at impossible, amazing location just on the door step. Car parking 10 minute walk away. We stayed in a basement room, not too noisy, great experience. Staff were very very friendly and very professional, the soap option when checking in is a lovely touch. Beds very comfy! It was my partners birthday and they wrote a little note saying “happy birthday” this wasn’t requested, just went off his DOB, which was a lovely special touch

- toilet roll, very thin and cheap. Could spend a bit more on the toilet rolls to ensure customer satisfaction - bedding felt wet, don’t know if this is because we was in the basement, but the bedding felt it had been put on wet and not dried with the room having no sun light - very strange - our toilet didn’t seem to flush properly in room 2

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Lindsay

10

June 2023

Fabulous decor, very atmospheric and romantic. Very welcoming reception. Loved the extra touch of being able to choose own soap and bath bombs for the room. Room was beautiful and the staff couldn't have been more helpful. They were aware it was my birthday do they left chocolates in our room. Excellent position for the hotel, just across from Betty's and the Ivy. Our room had no noise issues. Amazing bath and shower. Air conditioning was amazing in the hot weather. We were made aware, through reading the descriptions of the room before our stay, that although the bath, toilet and shower are in a separate room, there is no door. But this didn't bother us as we've been together 23 years! Lol! We made it to the Impossible Bar, where we had some of the best cocktails we've had. We will definately be staying again.

Nothing!

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Jen

8.2

August 2023

The decor was quirky but stylish. A lot of attention has been made to design and if you like dark moody sumptuous decor then the Impossible is for you. Hand made soap and pastries and coffee in bed were a lovely touch and the staff couldn’t be more attentive. We loved the 4 poster bed and velvet drapes. Touch of luxury.

There was a lot of noise outside until about 4 am. We were aware of the city centre location and had thoughtfully been provided with earplugs by staff but was very loud. The bathroom was teeny tiny but made up for it with it’s quirky charm.

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Sarah

10

December 2022

This hotel was probably those most incredible hotel we’ve ever stayed in EVER!! On arrival we were offered a lemon hand towel and scented soap which we chose. This was such a beautiful touch and start to the total experience. The hotel room was fresh, cosy, Comfy and we loved the decor of old in the new. We stayed in the King room with the jacuzzi and me and my partner had an amazing time together. We will definitely be staying again. Thank you for a wonderful stay!

The only thing that we could say was the location was perfect!! If you want a quiet nights stay on a weekend you will be offered ear buds. The townlife is rowdy and was loud at parts of the night. This didn’t bother us but it might for some that want a quieter evening.

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Amy

10

July 2023

We loved how unique and quirky it was! The check in was fantastic as you got to choose a bath bomb and soap or your preference which we thought was a nice touch. I booked this as a surprise for my boyfriends birthday and he was amazed by the room. The bed was really comfortable and despite the location it wasn’t noisy at all even after we had been pre-warned that this can be an issue with how central it was (Impossible provide earplugs!). Really great stay and staff were so friendly and helpful! Would recommend to anyone who doesn’t want vanilla!

Nothing we didn’t like.

Points of Interest Around Impossible Motel

Attractions

York's Chocolate Story

0.1mi

York Minster

0.1mi

Yorkshire Museum

0.2mi

The Shambles

0.2mi

Treasurer's House

0.2mi

Jorvik Viking Centre

0.3mi

Merchant Adventurers' Hall

0.3mi

Henry VII Experience at Micklegate Bar

0.4mi

York City Walls

0.4mi

York Castle Museum

0.4mi

Castle Howard

13.3mi

Helmsley

19.8mi

Kilburn White Horse

20mi

World of James Herriot

21.6mi

North Yorkshire Moors Railway

23.4mi

Restaurants

Pink

Ambiances

  • Romantic

Amenities of Impossible Motel

Restaurant

Adults only

Free wifi

Spa tub

Hot tub

Air conditioning

Tour desk

Bar

Terrace

24-hour front desk

Non-smoking rooms

Patio

Bathtub

Free toiletries

Stay rules - Impossible Motel

  • Check-in / Check-out

  • Pets

  • Internet

  • Age restrictions

  • Curfew

  • Parking

  • Reservations

  • Children and beds

  • Cards accepted at this property

Frequently Asked Questions - Impossible Motel

What are the check-in and check-out times at Impossible Motel?

Guests at Impossible Motel can check in between 04:00 PM and 11:00 PM. Check-out time is set for 11:00 AM.

How much does a stay at Impossible Motel cost?

Starting prices for Impossible Motel are around $139. This may vary based on room categories and travel dates. To confirm rates, please provide your stay dates.

Which room categories can I book at Impossible Motel?

The hotel offers a variety of room types, including Deluxe Queen Rooms, Standard Queen Rooms, Deluxe King Rooms, Queen Rooms with Spa Baths, Superior King Rooms, and Superior Queen Rooms. All rooms have a double occupancy capacity and do not allow smoking. Bed sizes range from Queen to King, and room sizes range from 108 to 194 square feet.

What activities does Impossible Motel offer?

Guests at the Impossible Motel can enjoy a wide range of leisure amenities during their stay. The hotel features an adults-only atmosphere, allowing guests to relax and unwind in a peaceful environment. For those seeking relaxation, a spa tub and hot tub/Jacuzzi are available for use. Additionally, the hotel offers a golf course, providing guests with the opportunity to enjoy a round of golf.

In the evenings, guests can be entertained by live music or performances held at the hotel. The bar on-site offers a variety of drinks and beverages for guests to enjoy while socializing or relaxing.

For those looking for activities outside the hotel, bike tours and walking tours are available. Additionally, guests can enjoy stand-up comedy shows for a night of laughter and entertainment.

When it comes to dining, guests can indulge in a romantic dining experience at the on-site restaurant called Pink.

Does Impossible Motel have on-site restaurants?

The hotel has a restaurant called Pink on site. The restaurant has a romantic ambiance.

Are both cash and credit cards valid payment options at Impossible Motel?

Yes, both cash and credit cards are valid payment options at Impossible Motel.