Coming from London, I was in this hotel for one night at march 14th and had room #415. Very small lift only for 3 person without, or two person with luggage. Very thin walls, you could hear your neighbour in room beside yours snoring during the night. Also others can here you, if you are using the telephone or mobile phone. Walking in the corridor seems like walking on a ship, the floor in this fourth floor was unstabled under your feet. Room and bathroom were clean. I think this 4th floor was a former attic or was put on the top of the house in a later period :-) Breakfast was not so good. Toast or baguette were offered and everyone could cut the baguette taking it in his hand without a towel or a serviette, that's unhygienic. Was wondering that no cheese or any sausage was offered for breakfast, only butter, jam or honey for your toast or baguette. Coffee was given by the waitress from a thermos bottle and has not really deserved its name. Also apple or orange juice were offered and last but not least tea - from a thermos bottle. Had ordered smoked bacon with scrambled eggs and was very dissapointed in this. Never saw such light-toned eggs before. Eating bacon and eggs at McDonald's is the better choise. Had payed GBP 39,- by pre-order for my single room and had to pay GBP 7,95 extra for the breakfast. Price for the room is ok, for breakfast not. Staff was friendly and I would come again, if I had to find a overnight accommodation for one day. But it is not the right place to spend my holidays. Because I have to decide between bad, good, very good and excellent, I would give an indifferent, but this is not offered. But I don't want to give "bad", so I have given "good", but it was NOT...
Read moreBooked this hotel for a long weekend. When we have visited Brighton previously we have stayed at the Queens which is a far better hotel but unfortunately fully booked for our recent stay. The Brighton Hotel (Best Western) is slightly cheaper than the Queens but is about a 15 minute walk from town. The room was spacious and ok although the bathroom was a bit 'spit and sawdust' in terms of the decor. Tiles had been painted over instead of replaced and the electric shower wasn't the best. The biggest let down was the breakfast which seemed to hark back to the 70s in terms of choice. I have become used to really nice buffet type affairs for breakfast and this hotel didn't deliver, for example, you had to choose between fruit and a cooked meal.......you were not allowed both unless you were willing to pay a £5 supplement. The cooked meal included one very cheap and nasty sausage, a rasher of bacon, overcooked egg, beans, mushrooms and tomato. My partner selected some bread for toast which was covered in mould. This was unforgivable. The other big bugbear for us was the fact that tea and coffee was dispensed by the cupful. This meant that every time our cups became empty we had to summon a member of staff who would then have to go and get the tea/coffee pot thus making what should have been a very simple procedure a time consuming exercise. Overall our stay at this hotel was a bad experience and we shall not be returning. On the plus side, the staff were friendly but the management need to do more to make this establishment better...
Read moreI was previously an EF Malta student and was completely satisfied with the residence there. That was my expectation when I came here, but I was shocked by what I encountered. First of all, I will start with the room. The room they gave me was a room with a bunk bed for two, even though it was not very difficult for one person to fit in. I felt like I was in a military barracks. The bathroom is so small that if you have claustrophobia while taking a shower, you should not use this shower. Lastly, the bed shook when someone walked in the next room. Secondly, regarding the staff, the older staff are friendly and helpful, but the younger staff act like agents. If you enter the room with a big bag in your hand, they come to check your room within 10 minutes. One time, they came to check while I was sleeping at 2:30 at night. Everyone was shocked. Finally, let me talk about the laundry room. If you want to use the washing machine, you have to pay 3 pounds. If you want to use the dryer, you have to pay 2 pounds. This incident shocked me because we had our own washing machine in Malta and we could use it whenever we wanted. I paid an extra 550 dollars for this hotel and the funny thing is, if you are thinking of coming to EF Brighton, do not...
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