Old Ship Hotel (The), Brighton

We were very excited about staying at the Old Ship Hotel but what a disappointment it was and really not one I would recommend. The hotel itself is in a good location opposite the sea and near to the town but the bedrooms are small and ridiculously hot, there is no air conditioning and the ceiling fan really isn't sufficient enough to cool the room down. Also for a hotel in it's location, it doesn't have any form of sound proofing on the windows and we were kept up til 4am with partygoers outside swearing and shouting and then woken again at 7am by dustcarts. Overall we managed approx 3 hours sleep which totally ruined our weekend. We thought we would treat ourselves to breakfast in bed but when it arrived the waiter demanded we pay the extra £4 there and then which we didn't have on us so was threatened to have the food taken away, when we finally got to eat, it was cold and revolting. We asked to speak to a manager next morning and told one wasn't available and had to write instead, which we did, to no avail, we were told conservation laws restrict sound proofing the windows!! (I'm sure a little imagination could of got round this.) Apparently they are aware of the heating problem but could do nothing to help us. There really are far better hotels in that price bracket, don't touch The Old Ship.

If you are going to Brighton make sure that you go to this hotel excelent service *****