We recently spent two nights here. We had booked a superior double with sea view. On arrival we were shown to a rather bleak room decorated in "Superior Travelodge" style, with a view over an ugly flat roof to the sea. We asked to see something else, and were shown another, smaller room, with nice views of the town and sea, but with very dated décor and furnishings. The bathroom had been badly converted into a wet room, and the heated towel rail didn't work. Sue, the lady who showed us the room, said that the towel rail would come on automatically during the afternoon, and that the shower would not flood the room, Sadly she was wrong on both counts. Later on we reported that the towel rail wasn't working (the bathroom was bitterly cold) and Sue's response was that there was nothing she could do about it, but she would make sure we got clean towels every day! Surely a hotel of this standing would give their guests clean towels every day as a matter of course? Needless to say, the bathroom flooded after a shower, despite the fact that the water pressure was feeble. Breakfasts are cooked to order, and ours were disappointing. Fried eggs with hard yolks, burnt bacon and very underdone sausage. Breakfast was served until 11 a.m., but at 10.50 staff briskly cleared away the orange juice, bread, toaster etc. We didn't bother with breakfast on our second day. Public areas of the hotel are dark and dated, the gardens are pleasant, and the swimming pool (not in use due to the time of year) was full of murky water and debris. Not a pretty sight. All the staff were very pleasant, but we shall not be returning.
