The Brighton Hotel

Bed was too small and bathroom too small. But staff great and service very good

We were looking for lodging near the beach at a reasonable price for our one-night stay in Brighton, so we were happy to find this hotel. The exterior had scaffolding up although we never heard or saw any construction work during our Friday night stay. Our room was not luxurious, but it was clean, had nice bedding, etc. A tasty sit-down breakfast in a pretty, light-filled room was included. Staff were courteous and helpful. We were pleased with our stay.

This hotel is under renovation and it really needs it. Unfortunately it is still in the "Before" stage. I have stayed in hundreds of hotel rooms and this was one of the shabbiest that I have ever seen. The carpet was horribly worn, stained and filthy. The wall paper was hanging off the front wall. The room does not have air conditioning and only one of three front windows barely opened at all. It was so hot and stuffy that we slept very poorly. We learned too late that fans were available which might have helped but if there were fans they should have been in the room. The outside of the hotel is covered in scaffolding so the ocean view that we paid for had to be "appreciated" through the network of bars and platforms of the structure and to top it off the windows were filthy. The hotel informed us of the construction three days in advance of our stay; much too late to make a decision to change hotels in the middle of our holiday. I felt that this was deliberate and a little underhanded. I hope the hotel will be much improved after the renovation but until then I would definitely NOT recommend staying there. I wish them the best of luck with the reno.

Cost of hotel was reasonable but Expedia took more than £100 for the booking. Book direct next time. Twitter will be aware.

The lady behind reception was ok, no smile but wasn’t rude. Just didn’t seem to enjoy her job. The floor was uneven in the room. Up and down in places and was slanted too. The bed was on a slant also! So as you lay on the bed you can feel your body pulling towards the right side. The bathroom was just shocking and lighting was poor. 1 small spot light so when your in the shower it’s almost dark. Generally not a great experience there. Stayed one night and booked somewhere else for the next night

The staff were amazing. Feel sorry for them rushing around trying to give a good service. Hotel run down. Very dirty roo. And bathroom. Bed was like sleeping on a sack of potatoes. I thi k hostel room would be cleaner. Very disappointed.

Booked as a last minute stay in Brighton. £75 for a standard double room. (Photos of the hotel looked nice) plus an additional £18 to park In the hotels own small car park. Arrived and the room was right up In the attic number 423. The stair carpet was in an terrible state and didn’t Look like it had been hoovered in months. The Floor moved and was uneven, I felt like I was on a ship. The room was sooo small I could not stand up at one side due to the slanted ceiling. The window opened about 4 inches and faced onto a rusty old stair case. The adjoining room had several men in it who stood out on these stairs smoking and talking loudly through there french doors. Despite us having to sign a NO SMOKING disclaimer or a fine of £150 (we don’t smoke anyway) Breakfast was Ok apart from I couldn’t get my fork Into my sausage to cut it as it was that hard and the bacon disintegrated as it was so over cooked, the poached egg was like a bullet. Sorry to say I won’t be staying here again and I certainly wouldn’t recommend it.

I have reviewed this property before, so usual comments apply - only one minor criticism this time, which is that the room I was in had one of "those" bathrooms, i.e: with the toilet crushed into a tight corner, forcing the user into an unusual position, with predictable side-effects.

Room was a little on the small side which made it incredibly hot in the 30° heat! However this was not the hotels fault and they did their best to provide fans. Overall was good value for money given it is right on the sea front and we had a full sea view

We were given room 436 at the top of the hotel in the roof. A very small room, not really a double, a single bed would have fitted better. Stained carpet, dated and scruffy furniture, not of hotel quality. More like guest house standard. Sloping floor made the bed uncomfortable as you tended to roll to the right when laying down.It was also difficult to access from one side due to the lack of space and sloping roof. Door lock did not function from the inside and the spy hole in the door is too high to comfortably use unless you are over 6 feet tall! As we only stayed for three nights we put up with it. Being a hot weekend it would have been nice to be able to open the window a little more! Our room was nothing like the one pictured.