Friendly staff, good shower facilities.

You need to get the keys from the pub next door, I don’t think I saw any staff in the hotel It’s noisy when people are coming into the hotel at night, so not the most restful night sleep, but well priced if you just need somewhere to sleep after a night out

Parking on the street for a fee.

Excellent location, a short walk into town and some excellent cafes and restaurants nearby. Comfortable bed and spacious room, everything clean. Owners very friendly and helpful when we booked in. We were able to purchase a parking permit cheaply and, although parking tricky,we managed to find a space a short distance away. At time of visit there was only one towel hanger; some extra hooks and a shelf for washbags etc would be useful! Overall a very enjoyable stay!

Resepsjonen var i en pub på hjørnet. Den var så møkkete at jeg fryktet for hvordan rommet skulle se ut, og holdt på å snu med en gang. Hyggelig mottagelse av de som ordnet med rom. Rommet var rent nok, med de fasilitetene som var nevnt. Men det er støy fra gaten, gangen og lytt til rommet over. Sengen hadde en gammel, nedligget madrass. Hotellet er sentralt med kort vei til alt.

Good location

Small quirky well equipped room, with nice welcoming tea and biscuits - very nice pub from which you collect keys next door but one. Bed comfy but slightly worn, bedside light did not work. Some noise from outside sounded like a pub or club party but went quiet shortly after midnight. The TV in the room switched itself on automatically at 06:18 in the morning waking me up, so I turned it off at the plug. The hotel itself has a lot of character. It is near the sea and plenty of shops and bars, cafes and so on.

Positives: Location was fantastic. Good shower. Negatives: Price extortionate (due to marathon day I assume). Room was very cold. No heating coming out of the radiators. Fridge was leaking water all over the floor. Cleaners were knocking on the door 15mins before checkout time.

Easy, welcoming check-in next door at pub.

I think I may have stayed in a different hotel to the one advertised on Hotels.com and other websites. Certainly my single room looked nothing like the photographs, it was very small, in need of upgrading (the sockets were coming off the wall), with a thinly mattressed bed squeezed at one end, with a noisy fridge (with a glass door and light on permanently. The wifi didn't work, the bedside lamp didn't work, the light on the wall in the bathroom didn't work, and the shower was similar to something you'd find in a campsite in terms of pressure. It was noisy both from the outside and from the inside, I could hear every time any of the other guests moved around in the room opposite or above. There were no staff on site, and I wasn't going to leave my luggage behind the empty reception desk in the morning. I can find no positives about my stay - I wouldn't recommend it to anyone, and would never stay here again, and it was hugely overpriced for what was offered.

Great sized room with seaview,clean,tidy & comfortable.Perfect location for the seafront & city centre.Friendly & helpful staff..would definitely visit again

Lovely, welcoming hosts,. Nice room and comfy bed. Good availability of sachets of coffee, tea, hot chocolate and snacks.

Clean, comfy, great service, excellent pub downstairs. Will return. Five stars.

The staff are lovely!!!

We couldn’t stay as the whole building had a terrible smell, room was so filthy, carpets discussing, bed hard and horrible and all the furniture had stains. I tried to contact hotels . Com to get a refund as the hotel said that’s what we had to do and I’ve had no response be e yet.

Nice hotel helpful staff

Friendly welcome and upgraded to an absolutely stunning room. Thank you

Convenient location that is very close to a lot of attractions in the city

Parking was mis-advertised. The hotel explained this is not their issue, and that Hotels.com are responsible for the mis-advertising. The only hotel within 2 miles advertising "Convenient and secure on-site parking". The rooms at the Grand Hotel were only £40 per night more, but they didn't guarantee on-site parking, so I opted for the only hotel which did. My entire decision to stay here was based on secure parking. A quick check of Street View, and I could see a gate with secure parking behind. On arrival, I discovered there is no parking whatsoever. The only option they have is to buy vouchers to park on the street (ie: the same as every other hotel in Brighton centre), apparently the secure parking is for permanent residents only, not hotel guests. The room was tired and dusty, but to be honest that would have been fine if I could have parked as advertised. The people were very friendly, and need to contact Hotels.com urgently to have their advertisement made legal! The friendly chap didn't seem bothered though, and doesn't seem to recognise the importance of this. I've checked the advert today and it is still making the same false claim. I will not ask VISA to refund my charge, as my car was undamaged on the roadside, but I would have refused payment to VISA if there had been any damage to my car, as the hotel and/or Hotels.com would have been liable and I would have claimed free accommodation as part of the compensation.

Excellent