Me and my 3 friends stayed here as a cheap one night stay to go out on the town in brighton for my friends b day.

There is limited parking on site which they say they charge for but we were not charged!- very pleased with that. If you cant park there then there is parking close by and taxis along the strip are cheap £3 from the hotel to the peir - the weather was crap and windy.

The hotel is clean and welcoming and easy to check in with the option of a take away breakfast in the morning or the standard free breakfast in the morning which consists of cold ham, cheeses, toast, cereal, fruits and drinks.

They can supply cooked breakfasts, but these are very over priced! - for the usual, bean,mushrooms, one sausage, tomato, bacon and an egg cost my friend £9! So its best to stick to the free morning breakfast they supply.

We had 2 rooms on the third floor, our room was basic and clean with extra pillow supplied.

There was a wardrobe, tv, free coffee and biscuits, phone and clock and the ensuite was clean with a shower, heated towel rack and clean towels.

My friends room was larger, lots of room, clean, similar to ours with the exception of more space and a bath/shower combo.

The only down side is you can hear people coming and going in the morning and im sure if you have people for a night out, you can hear them coming up the stairs.

But you cant fault the rooms, they were clean, comfortable and suited our needs!

Check out is 11am and you can check out later but at an expensive £10 per hour!!!

Location is great, close to all aminities and would go back again and reccamend to friends!

Just after the holidays I thought it would be nice to book a nice hotel on the sea front at Brighton for myself and my partner. The room was advertised, correctly, as being a large room with a view directly over the sea.

The room, in terms of its aspect, was perfect - looking straight out to sea, which was lovely. The problems however were as follows:

- Room was not ready by check in time of 2pm.
- No key was EVER given to us through our stay - we had to ask staff for access to our room.
- When we checked in we were allowed to put our bags in our room-to-be but when we returned with staff member to gain access found that the room had been left unlocked.
- The room was very shabby - 10 years plus past its use by date and in dire need of refurbishment and new furnishings. Dire need, I am being serious here.
- The elevator was not working (we were on the 3rd level up from ground).
- The staff struggled with basic English.
- The room smelled funky.

Apart from the above, our stay was perfect. Do not stay at this hotel. It is truly terrible.

The heater doesn't work in the rooms(e.g. room 412, 413). Be aware if you book this hotel in winter!

It was AWFUL. The first room had no heating and no tv and smelt of wee.

The second room had a shower that hardly worked and no tv.

The pillows were like rock and the sheets on the bed like sandpaper.

They rip you off for the parking. They cant be bothered to help.

The lift didnt work and they gave me a room on the 4th floor.

they lost my booking for the extra day. the lady that answered my call could hardly speak english and was rude.

The place is run like a doss house.

I will NEVER darken the doorstep of the best (joke) western hotel chain again!

Unless your mad or a masochist dont do it!