We were very warmly welcomed by the reception staff who really could not have been more helpful. We are really fussy travellers and everything that we had requested (special pillows etc) had been dealt with before we arrived. We had a lovely twin sea-view room. Spotlessly clean, very comfortable and extremely spacious (definitely room to swing quite a large cat!).... more

After having read the previous reviews i was quite apprehensive about this hotel. However, I was extremely happy with the stay here. From the initial booking in, with very helpful staff, I was extremely surprised with my room. It was very spacious for a single with a large bathroom with shower. Very clean and comfortable bed and pillows. All fittings... more

I stayed at the Lions with my parents at the beginning of Dec and had agood time. I stayed in a single room which was very spacious nicely decorated and warm. The food was excellent and the staff were very helpful. The location was good as well and I managed to get most of my Christmas shopping as the shopping... more

We stayed at this hotel with a Beavis coach party.We were apprehensive prior to arrival due to the poor reviews,however we were happy with our stay[it is a 3 star hotel afterall.]The room was on the small side but clean and in the process of renovation e.g new heated towel rail ,new radiators in the corridors[could do with a new... more

My wife and I stayed at this hotel for 4 days at the end of October. Very disappointing. The room, although fairly large, was very dirty. The windows were filthy, the main window was badly cracked, the balcony door could not be locked so the room was insecure throughout our stay (we had to try and wedge a chair underneath... more

let me start by saying this hotel had some good points, but not many I’m sorry to say the bad ones very much Outweighed the good ones 1st bad point this hotel was very cold the central heating was not turned on and our stay was in November we were provided with a small electrical heater in the room but... more

we booked the above hotel for one night, ( thank goodness) we had two rooms one double and one single . we arrived and the hotel was full of over 60 s coach party people, we got to our rooms and the only good thing about it was the view. the bathroom smelt so bad you could smell it as... more

Stayed at hotel as had wedding over bank holiday weekend. We had bags with us and wanted to leave in our prepayed for room, we arrived at 2:30 and were told that Checkin was 3:30, these days this is extremely inflexible and not very customer friendly! Hotel surrounds could do with updating as well as how they offer customer service... more

A Victorian Hotel, some 100 years old, terrific seafront location. Staff were friendly , our room spacious and clean. Food was excellent with good choices at Dinner. Bar prices rather on the expensive sid. tea ,snacks available during the day in the lounge or front conversatory at reasonable prices.- a pot of tea whilst watching the world pass by is... more