we stayed at the blenheim mount hotel central prom it was very disappointing as i felt that what we paid for 2 rooms for 4 nights was way over priced for the state of the hotel and the meals were very disappointing 1 night in particular i had spaghetti bolognese and it was terrible i could have made better myself. very kind friendly sfaff is 1 good thing they had going for them. i have stayed in a few central prom hotels and this is definetly the worst. the car park is a joke, as we got stuck in traffic on the way down we were a few hours late so the car park was full as its first come first served basis. i know they cant help the size of the car park but you dont expect to pay £600 for 2 rooms for 4 nights and then you cant even get your car parked and then forced to pay £60 to park the car in a private car park.

I stayed here with a friend for a few days to see the illuminations. On our arrival we received a friendly welcome and were shown to our rooms. The hotel is quiet and comfortable with bright interior and furnishings. My room however had a stale urine odour that would not go away. The bathroom was not cleaned in all of the time we stayed there, in fact I never saw a cleaner the whole time we were there. The dining room appeared clean with plenty of room between tables. On the hygiene front however things were far from satisfactory. The wine glasses were filthy, and I mean filthy. Even when I tried to clean one of mine with the napkin the stains would not come off, I did this in plain site of the waitress who never even bothered or offered a clean glass. The teaspoons had not been cleaned with remnants of food still on them; the same applied to other cutlery. The polish dining room staff have to be by far the rudest people I have ever encountered, this was echoed by other guests I chatted with also, no matter how friendly guests are with them a simple hello or smile never came from any.

The meals were (ok) with only two choices from the menu. Breakfast was miserable to say the least, a full English breakfast it certainly was not! I got the impression if they could have got off with tea and toast they would have served it up? They even put the milk into people cereal and it was not fresh!

I probably will not use the hotel again, pity though as I was looking forward to staying there. I spoke to a couple of ladies who were booked in for a ten day stay and they were not at all happy with the way things were. I work with two charity organisations that specialise in providing holidays for people with disabilities. Some improvements clearly are needed.

My favourite places to eat, pub grub style in the general area are:

The Squirrel Bispham for an excellent carvery for £3.50 during the day rising to £7.50 on a sunday.

The Ship at Elswick - good sit down pub food in a comfortable environment

The Crofters at Garstang - good pub food, family run pub/hotel

The Punchbowl at churchtown near Garstang - a real hidden secret; gastro pub type food and plenty of it.

Enjoy.

Blackpool has always been a family attraction sea side holiday location.

We thought that the promenade from North Pier and Central Pier needs to be brightened up. It was the same old shops and stalls from 20years ago.

The stag and hens were out in force at the weekends, but they were there to have fun. It's a case of walking on the promenade rather than the streets where the overflow of party goers tend to be drunk and fights break out.

It's still a great place