Brighton Hotels > £80 to £99 Brighton Hotels

Pricey hotel by the sea.

Advantages: Fabulous views, decor, function room, disabled facilities
Disadvantages: "Casual" staff, inconsistent drinks prices, cheap loo paper!

Just returned from a weekend at the Seattle hotel in Brighton and feel Ishould share my views thoughts and comments on my stay there. Not only have I been I guest there but also attended a function in their function suite, performed there as an artist (at the function) and partaken in a few drinks in their residents bar, called the Black and White Bar. Here are my thoughts on the hotel and its service. Location. Wonderful marina side location ...
...is easily accessible by car and has an adjacent car park where you can park for free if a resident (use level 6 if a hotel resident). Surrounded by a variety of nightlife and restaurants, it is a great place to be in the evening. However it is about 2 miles from the town of Brighton itself. Staff. All very friendly and helpful, if a little young looking! Maybe im getting old. I would say everyone I came across was younger than me and im 33! One ...

andycharger 13.11.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Alias Hotel Seattle, Brighton

Relaxing break at Drakes of Brighton

Advantages: Well located chic hotel with some great amenities
Disadvantages: Sightly overpriced and smaller room than expected

This great little boutique hotel on Brighton's sea front is a welcome escape from the city. I stayed at this hotel in the Autumn and although I had hoped to get a sea facing room the next best thing left was a City Facing Feature room at £155 a night. When we arrived in Brighton, reception arranged for a taxi to pick us up from the marina where we parked the car for free and actually it was a very speedy affair and better than having to trawl around ...
...the hotel we were shown immediately to our room and everyone was very friendly. Reception was in the bar and looked good but we didn't actually have drinks there as it always seemed a little quiet. The room was located at the back of the hotel and therefore we didn't suffer from road noise which I guess was the payoff for not managing to get a sea facing room. It was split level with the bathroom down a small flight of stairs, this feature made ...

girlgrey 26.05.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Drakes Hotel, Brighton

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

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

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