This hotel is a grotty dump with eastren european staff and filth everywhere fourteen of our party of over fifty that stayed two nights suffered vomiting and headcramps and yes it was brought to the managments attention, for the price the food was below average which we found out later had been sitting on a hot plate for hours, much better value and cleaner surroundings can be found at many other hotels in the area.this hotel should be called THE DUMP not THE Beach

We also stayed at The Beach on 2 December when there was a very noisy wedding reception going on. We had not been told about it either, I suspect this was because we were only staying for 1 night. This has happened to us before in other hotels with varying degrees of noise going on throughout the night - something you need to be aware of if you stay over on a Saturday night.

We were down to see Paul Weller play at Brighton and were unable to find a hotel for just the one night so booked in at the Beach and took a taxi across. This meant we arrived back at 11.30 p.m. to find the hotel locked and no-one to let us in. The noise was very loud indeed. The porter did eventually arrive and opened the decrepit old door - needs replacing - but said he had been on the phone. Not good enough really. The noise went on until 1 a.m., we were right above the disco but for us it wasn't worth the hassle of moving.

As for The Beach, location is very good, public rooms smart, receptionist pleasant, cooked breakfast fine. Downside - rooms a bit tatty, peeling paint on radiator, furniture very tired. We will probably go back to Brighton for 2 nights next time - most hotels only accept 2 night bookings at the weekend - and have to pay the extra.

There is a general lack of places to stay in Worthing, but we booked this on the back of good reviews on this website. This was a dreadful mistake.

We arrived on Saturday evening, about 7pm, to find that there was a wedding reception, with disco and live band, going on. Imagine our horror when we then found out that the room we had been given was on the first floor, directly about the sound system. We asked to change room, but were told that no other rooms were available - and were assured that the noise would quieten down by about 10pm.

At 10pm, we came back from dinner and sat on the bed in our room, watching the whole room physically vibrate with the sound. I have no problem with people having a good time at a wedding reception - but what I do have a problem with is the hotel not informing you at the time of booking that the only room they had was the one directly above the music. Would I have booked if I had known that? Of course not. Noone would.

Eventually, I went back down to reception and informed them that they could either find me another room, or I would only pay them £30 for the room. Miraculously, at that point, another room was found. This was a large suite - and we passed a comfortable night.

Breakfast was OK - although the waitresses stood round and had an extended chat with each other before choosing to serve anyone. The food wasn't bad - although the scrambled eggs were cold.

The hotel has great potential. The location is fabulous - right on the beach, and there are some good restaurants and bars round the corner. The rooms are a reasonable size and have good high ceilings. However, the decor looks like my grandmother's house - done in the 1960s and hardly touched since. It was reasonably clean - but it took a very long time to get any hot water out of the shower.

We go to Worthing regularly - but I won't be staying here again.

Had a nice stay for a week whilst on business. However there are a wide variety of rooms available , all have the basic reqiurements but there location in the hotel ranges from not so pleasent( facing the car park at the rear) to nice(facing the sea front). The Staff are very pleasent on the whole, hard working aiming to please.