This hotel is located just into Hove on the seafront. The reception is a little uninspiring but the welcome was friendly.

The corridors between the rooms are very well kept and have striking blue patterned carpets however the room I was given was a letdown.

The carpet was green and floral, very 1970s and had been joined together in a number of places. The bedding was the early 1990s brown patterned style with furniture being dark pine and very worn out.

Main doors and wardrobes in deep mahogany and the bathroom suffered from slow drainage.

I have to warn travellers that the car park is very small and crowded so squeezing your car in there is very difficult.

The main redeeming factor here was the breakfast and service. Both continental and full English are served with a basic but decent menu. I didn't feel rushed and the view from the dining room is straight over the sea.

It's difficult to sum up my feelings on this hotel. It is clearly very dated and worn out with poor parking but still tries to appeal.

Shop around for a good deal on rooms here, I found a twin room for 49GBP on one of the web links off this page.

Would I stay here again - maybe but would check out the rest of the similar ones first.

We travelled on business & booked through LateRooms (so we got a good rate). The decor was dated and the hotel wasn't much to look at from the outside - but the room was spacious, clean & had all that was required for an overnight stay. We had a room overlooking the beach which was a nice suprise.
We ate in the hotel (as we arrived after a long day of work). The waiter was excellent, friendly and very attentive & the food very nice! Breakfast was much the same. Location wise, just a nice stroll along the promenade gets you to Brighton (I would recommend the italian ice cream parlour just down the road for a treat)!
All in all - I would stay again if in the area on business :-)

I stayed one night at this hotel with business colleagues.

It has a number of good points. The location is excellent for Hove though a little way from the centre of Brighton. It's more or less on the seafront and there is free (though limited) parking.

My room was fairly large, well-appointed and clean, with tea and coffee making facilities, plasma acreen and toiletries.

Less impressive was the reception area, which was shabby, old-fashioned and unwelcoming, and the food.

For the evening meal there was a large menu - that is, until the waitress proceeded to list all the items on it that weren't available (including "anything with chicken"!). But in fact even more was unavailable - including the ice cream! - as we found out up to 10 minutes after we had ordered. Someone needs to get their act together - the waitress was totally uninterested.

The cooked breakfast had been microwaved to within an inch of its life and was quite tasteless.

Otherwise the hotel was OK, and indeed better than many.

I was a bit concerned as to what I would find after the reviews but was pleasantly surprised. my room (double for single occupation) was very large and clean and bed comfy. SO much better than the pathetic rooms I have stayed in at the Hilton which are shabby, in need of renov. and very small. And the hilton is much more expensive. I agree the staff are a bit quirky (particularly one waiter who was a bit funny when you asked for anything at breakfast but then all lightness and good humour when he brought it) but they were always helpful and efficient. I had a room at the back of the hotel because i am such a poor sleeper and it was really quiet with distant views over house back gardens and the downs - better views than many town hotels. free parking also big bonus - hilton charges £14 a night and street parking is impossible. only 20 to 30 muntes walk or short taxi ride to brighton conference centre (saving in room rate and parking easily pays for taxi ride). full english breakfast freshly cooked and brought by waiter. i would reccommend it