The Grand Hotel

Noisy quests kept me awake in night..banging.. Poor selection for Gluten free meals . Waited hour for chips...hotel smelt damp in corridors.

I always enjoy my stays at The Grand, and have visited annually for 16 years. The pool is fantastic and the ambience lovely. Great bar in wonderful setting with views of the bay, and reasonable prices for drinks. Breakfast is good and tasty, but I have never liked the marmalade, far too sweet and sickly, and I wish they could provide sourdough in this day and age. Rooms are clean and comfortable but found hot during my recent stay, and you cannot turn off the heated towel rail in the bathroom. The main thing which lets the hotel down is the reception staff. It is the same year after year. You can be overcharged, if not on the ball, and even though I sent an email explaining about my two bookings and who would be in each room (and received an affirmative response), there was utter confusion on arrival and departure, and we witnessed other guests experiering similar issues. They were blaming the new system, but it has been the same story at reception for years. If only they would get an efficient reception manager to sort them out, I could then give five stars.

Enjoyed our stay even though given a room sea facing as asked for but traffic noise was terrible for most of the night due to poorly maintained windows Very old building could do with lots of maintenance work Staff Very polite in all areas food beautiful so tasty Room clean and bed comfortable No pool in use due to work being carried out

The double room with sea view was good but it was as it said COMPACT Great shower though Need more staff on reception at check-in and checkout time Ridiculous queues

A lovely period hotel but needs quite a bit of updating. It was clean and tidy but dated bedrooms in need of modernisation and a good luck of paint.