Lovely big rooms with lots of character features. The food at the restaurant was excellent and the spa facilities were great.

Despite the food itself being great, the organisation of breakfast was slightly chaotic with people struggling to find tables, tables not being cleared and staff generally unsure of which tables had been allocated. The central location was perfect in the day but can be noisy overnight with parties taking place even at 5am on streets directly adjacent to some of the hotel rooms. Plumbing in the rooms was also poor with low water pressure for sinks, baths, showers and even the toilet flush.

Excellent location right on the sea front near pier. Fabulous breakfast every morning with really good selection of food including fresh fruit, continental meats and cheese and English breakfast buffet with quite a late finish. Really helpful and happy staff. We ate an evening meal in restaurant and it was really good and had tea and cake often. Loved the gym and swimming pool facilities with very nice changing rooms and showers. We stayed in the one bedroom apartments next door but still used all facilities.

Pool was a little on the chilly side, could have done with a pool cover for use overnight to keep temperature up a bit. Apartment block looked a bit shabby from outside and could be a bit noisy from the night life.

Breakfast was very good. The room had a great ocean view and was relatively quiet . The hotel has a swimming pool, exercise room and an on site spa. You could walk to the Pavilion, pier and all the shops in the Lanes from the hotel, Across the street is the beach and boardwalk, and on the same street, multiple restaurants.

She's a glorious old hotel with great architecture but could use some sprucing up. Also, this is not a reflection of the hotel, but children in the breakfast room need to be watched by the parents and it should be a policy that the child cannot get food for themselves. The children I saw were touching food and putting it back. Yuck!

We stayed here for 5 nights and the hotel was nice to stay in, whilst we enjoyed exploring Brighton... we didn't have Breakfast as it was a bit pricey £15pp. The location is really great and the facilities were ok... however, I do think the rooms and swimming pool all need to have a makeover and bring it back to a good-looking hotel. Overall, I wish we didn't have to return back home, as we had a lovely time in Brighton.

It was a bit dusty, and it had some mould & mildew around the windows/on the curtains in the Triple room, but overall the room was good.

We stayed in the apartment across the road that is linked to the hotel. Overall staff was very friendly and polite that work in the bar especially Fabio and the mixed race guy that works in the morning. Made us feel very welcome. I met Kim from Eastenders as she was staying there with her family.

Very noisy as I stayed in the apartments.Once the clubs shut a lot of people was shouting as there is a kebab shop right next door to the entrance and windows are thin and there is an Alcatraz prison bar on the other side of the entrance.So shouting from the people who left the clubs until 5am.

Close to amenities Good gym Pool Friendly staff

Feel to further improve as looking a bit rundown in places .Just a nice refreshing coat of paint in bedroom maybe retile bathroom.Nice cushions on bed and nice modern pictures on walls would improve appearance. Air conditioning in rooms as small fan just didn’t seem enough especially as windows only open so far or like our room one was stuck and couldn’t open. Swimming pool needs to have broken tiles fixed in walls and cleaning needs to be more regularly in the ladies changing rooms as hairs everywhere when we used late afternoon but first thing in the morning was ok. The hotel served its purpose for a one night stay.

The location is perfect for the pier and is pretty central. It's an old building, but the room and facilities are clean. Great breakfast. Really helpful and friendly staff. Our room was a family room, and the bedroom was a separate room with the lounge, which had a single bed and sofa bed, which was perfect for us.

Our room faced a pub and kebab shop. Very, very noisy on Friday night from people enjoying a drink. It wasn't overly disrupting but enough to wake us now and again until around 6am. The fire alarm went off on Friday night, but there didn't appear to be any staff around on floor one to help people. It was a false alarm, but messages were sent back with guests with this information. There was no mention of it the following morning.

It’s a very charming old hotel, in a great location, and our room had lovely views of the sea and pier! We loved the furnishings and elegant style of the room. We also really liked the fact that the hotel is quirky and imperfect; it’s such a refreshing change from bog-standard, boring chain hotels. We’d love to visit again one day.

We weren’t informed in advance about the road closure and spent around an hour trying to get to the hotel from just one street away. My phone battery had died and the reception staff didn’t have any maps and weren’t clear about where the nearest parking lot was, so I had to go searching for one. The parking cost is insane. I know that’s not the hotel’s fault, but it would be great if the hotel could make an arrangement with the nearest parking lot, to give a discounted overnight rate to guests.

Right on the Beach Front, just opposite the Pier....lovely friendly staff......we were also kindly offered a free upgrade to (room 103) which had the best views ever as it was a family suite on the side of the building and the Stunning views of Beautiful Brighton Bursting on a Hot Summers day was spectacular! Big rooms, clean, comfortable beds & white fluffy towels, I shared this suite with my bestie, 2 older children & also took along my 2 fur babies (the hotel is very dog friendly!)... we also made full use of the indoor swimming pool, sauna & steam rooms.... highly recommended for a little escape/break away!

No hotel parking & it can get quite expensive parking around that area, so just be prepared and check car parking prices and include them in your budget before you stay!

Rooms basic but functional and very clean, kind of like the older style Holiday Inns. Beds comfortable. Pool area clean, well kept and pool not too cold. Good quality freshly cooked breakfast with reasonable choice and seafront view from breakfast room. Staff friendly and helpful, especially at the front desk, they really made us feel welcome!

City view room looked out over scaffolding. Building work started just after 8am which was okay for us but wouldn't have been if we wanted a lie in. Have to walk through gym to get to sauna and steam room. These are all minor niggles though, overall we had a lovely stay and would return as it was very good value for money.