Queens Hotel, Brighton

So, I'm sat here having been tasked with performing a full hardware audit at our parent company's various sites spread throughout the UK. Oh the exciting life I lead! The Brighton office is one of the larger ones and as such, required an overnight stay in the seaside resort of Brighton.

So, preamble over, I checked into the hotel having spent pretty much a whole day on the train to get down there.

Greeted by an almost ...
...experience has suggested that budget, mediocre hotels are often run poorly by eastern Europeans. I only paid £59 for my bed and breakfast stay at the hotel.

In any case, check in was smooth and I was given my big old fashioned key to my room and told that it was on the third floor down a miriad of corridors.

I was shocked to say the least when I opened the old white gloss door onto a modern, beautifully decorated room. ... more

So, I'm sat here having been tasked with performing a full hardware audit at our parent company's various sites spread throughout the UK. Oh the exciting life I lead! The Brighton office is one of the larger ones and as such, required an overnight stay in the seaside resort of Brighton.

So, preamble over, I checked into the hotel having spent pretty much a whole day on the train to get down there.

Greeted by an almost entirely eastern European staff, my suspicions were raised. Previous experience has suggested that budget, mediocre hotels are often run poorly by eastern Europeans. I only paid £59 for my bed and breakfast stay at the hotel.

In any case, check in was smooth and I was given my big old fashioned key to my room and told that it was on the third floor down a miriad of corridors.

I was shocked to say the least when I opened the old white gloss door onto a modern, beautifully decorated room. There was a mounted flat screen tv (only 21" wide though) with freeview, a good sized desk and a huge bed. The room was styled in whites and greys with a splash of dark red to give a nice feature and the art on the wall was interesting without being garish. Despite the good sized desk there was dial-up internet access only, which was a major disappointment, and despite being housed next to several pubs and houses, I couldn't find a network to "borrow" their connection.

The ensuite bathroom was a slight cause for concern. A couple of the tiles were cracked and the heat from the shower seemed to have 2 settings... Really really really t*sticle shrinkingly cold, or skin scaldingly hot. The complimentary aromatherapy toiletries were a nice touch however.

One of the key reasons that I booked the hotel was that there was a gym on site and whilst the equipment itself was of a decent standard, the pool was tiny. I could push off from one end, take 2 strokes and be at the other end. I think it would have been better served as a spa room than a pool.

I can't really comment on the dinner provided since I didn't eat it and the dining room was out of action due to a refurbishment. Breakfast was held downstairs in a function room and was your typical hot buffet affair. It was a little disappointing, but understandable because of the refurbishments going on in the main dining room.

Check out was also an easy affair and they had a very good little luggage storage room, so i didn't have to lug my overnight bag about the place during the day.

Overall, I would probably use this again for business, but I doubt I would stay here for pleasure. 

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