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Brighton Rocks in The Lanes
Advantages: great location, friendly & knowledgable Disadvantages: car parking & breakfast!!
...work.
We choose the Thistle due to cost and availability really - many of the hotels on the travel website we use were fully booked or looked in need of paint and repair. This was advertised as being close to The Lanes and numerous restaurants as well as being sea front based.
LOCATION
The Thistle is a glass fronted, modern looking hotel, situated approx 200 yards from Brighton Pier, directly on the seafront.
I say modern looking, because most ... ...so the Thistle stood out somewhat!!!
Directly behind this hotel is The Lanes and various restaurants - so it really is close to all amenities as advertised.
ARRIVAL
Finding the hotel was easy, parking was not!!!
The car park the hotel uses is not signposted well - in fact, it has signs all over stating this is not for use by hotel guests!!
However, that said, there is parking available directly under the hotel - charged at £15 per 24 hour period ...
jude76 26.02.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Thistle Hotel, Brighton
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Thumbs up for Square Hotel, Brighton
Advantages: Fantastic sea views from King Room, chic room, friendly staff Disadvantages: Blinds let in light, few mod cons
I went to this hotel for a romantic getaway in February and it was exactly that, incredible romantic. We love our boutique hotels and Brighton has a great selection. The Square is definitely up amongst the best in my experience. It has 9 contemporary rooms and a sophisticated bar. You can even get a range of treatments such as massages in your room for ultimate luxury.
The hotel is well located in a Regency garden square on New Steine which is just ... ...in Kemp Town. We arrived by car and as we are regulars to Brighton knew that the best place to park is at the Marina, where it’s free for the length of your stay and then catch a bus back to Kemp Town. However, the staff at the Square were great in reminding us that this is a good idea. The bus stop is on the main road and only a 2min walk from the hotel and costs £1.70 each. If you don't fancy the bus a taxi will cost you about £4-£5. There are ...
girlgrey 20.06.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Square, Brighton
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New Steine Hotel
Advantages: Good location, small and friendly Disadvantages: Poor decor and furnishings for the price of the rooms
The New Steine Hotel is in a good location, very close to the sea front and close by to the shops and bars, however, when you look at the website you imagine the hotel to be of a higher standard than it actually is!! Rooms/lounge etc. Our ''Deluxe Double with a Sea View' was 2 matresses pushed together with a hard ply wood head board stuck to the wall. No lamp on one side of the bed and the sea view was only visible if you put your head outside of ... ...it was fixed in one position and not visible from one side of the bed. Although it was clean and the people were very helpful and friendly we did expect more for £230 for 2 nights. Have to say the breakfast was ok though.
Maybe I am out of touch with the prices of Hotels but I have stayed in hotels of a much higher standard from less money in the past!! Guess thats the city for you! ...
FiFiClarke 11.09.2009 · Read full review
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Review of New Steine Hotel, Brighton
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Don't believe all the hype
Advantages: Great location Disadvantages: Not worthy of 4 stars
The Alvia is a small guest house in Brighton that describes itself as a boutique style hotel but don't be fooled by this promotional blurb. That's not to say that there is anything drastically wrong with this place so long as you are not expecting anything more than a standard seaside B&B. It is graded as a 4 star guest house by the Tourist Board and has won numerous awards over the years. However please note that this place has recently changed ... ...that attracted me to the Alvia is that it offers parking spaces. Parking is notoriously difficult and expensive in Brighton but this place has room for about six cars at an additional fee of £10 per day. One thing that you need to be aware of however is that if you park here you will not be able to use your car at all during your stay since the proprietors don't live here and your car will be locked in. This wasn't a problem for me and it was explained ...
micksheff 18.04.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Alvia Hotel, Brighton
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A bit tired and manky
Advantages: A place you can book for 1 night Disadvantages: Expensive for what you get
Stayed at the Metropole this weekend. Booked 3 rooms, a Deluxe plus room for my mother (it was her birthday treat) at £210 and 2 rooms for our family at £145 each on mezzanine room. My mothers room was nice, large, seaview although the weather was hideous and there was a gap around the window where the rain came in.No bath robe but Champneys toiletries were a nice touch. However our rooms were dark with tiny windows looking our onto a brick wall, ... ...and bins. Both had dark manky nets. Inferior toiletries, no bath robes, a hairdryer that only had cold air, a flickering bulb in the bathroom.(which they changed quickly when we rang). On the whole for the money it was awful.The toilet in our kids twin room actually started off as a hilarious joke but became annoying. When flushed it made the noice of a motorbike for approx. 3 mins then changed to a higher pitch for the next 2 mins! They also had ...
PezButs 06.10.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Hilton Brighton Metropole, Brighton
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Kodak Easyshare P720
Nice size and fairly stylish, good range of features, picture quality decent enough (*)
LG 42LF7700
Elegant case, good connectivity, good hidden speakers (*)
Shure SM 57
Can be used to pickup a whole range of instruments very well! (*)
(*) Reviews by Ciao members
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