We have lift off! We're delighted to announce that our quintessential hotel lift has been refurbished and is now back in fully working order. It even now tells you which floor you're on as you glide up and down. But do not worry, the original double gates are still in situ, so we've lost none of the fabulous features.  To celebrate, we're running a competition on our Facebook page. To be in ...

What an amazing night! On Thursday 27 February, eight members of our fabulous team got their best dresses and dinner jackets on, and headed off to Kesgrave Hall in sunny Suffolk in great trepidation. We found out in December that Imperial Hotel was one of four finalists in the ‘Customers at the Heart of Everything’ category in the prestigious Hoseasons Norfolk & Suffolk Tourism Awards...

2020 is going to be quite a year for hotel proprietor, Nick Mobbs. He’s been appointed Captain at Great Yarmouth & Caister Golf Club on the east coast of Norfolk. He’s quick to point out that being Captain doesn’t necessarily do anything to improve his handicap! Nick’s granddad, Campbell Lindsay, founder of Imperial Hotel, was a jolly good golfer. But Nick never really...

Our fabulous proprietor, Aileen Mobbs, is honoured to be receiving the highest accolade in Great Yarmouth on Monday 9 December 2019, when she becomes only the second woman in history to be awarded the status of Freeman of the Borough. We haven't dashed out just yet to buy a flock of sheep for her to take to graze on the Market Place now she has the freedom of the borough, but we have got our best...

Imperial Hotel Proprietor, Nick Mobbs, is celebrating 35 years at the helm of the hotel this September.  Over the last 3 and a half decades, Nick and his family have seen some incredible changes at the hotel, and also in Great Yarmouth. In 1984, the seafront hotel was graded 2 star with 45 bedrooms, only some of which were en suite. Back in the 80s, it was quite acceptable to pad to the end of...