given as a xmas gift,well received at book in ,but no information about facilities,hotel requires acomplete refurb,first morning at breakfast,shown to a table,carpet very badly stained and dirty,breakfast was vegitarian,and we were informed bye another guest,that if you required sausage and bacon,you had to order from a waitress who were standing talking,in a group toast consisted of 2 slices and cold,when the sausage and bacon arrived on a cold plate,and dried,sorry but we were very disapointed.

Stayed here for a mid Winter break for two nights in January and there's not much you can criticise about the Hotel.Free (large) car park, our room was a good size, clean, very quiet at night.The Hotel has indoor and outdoor pools, a snooker room, sauna etc...
Only minor negatives, and these really are minor, were the bath was a bit small, no 'proper' shower, WIFI wasn't free, something like £6 for 24 hours and the television only had four channals, come on, at least chuck in freeview!

What a great hotel and a fantastic atmosphere.... There's a lot to be said for places with character and this beautiful Victorian hotel really is very welcoming. Very clean and more than adequately sized bedroooms (we had a twin room on first floor, my parents had a double room on first floor), cannot fault the excellent service by all the staff. The gala dinner food was superb - all five courses, plus wine and champagne! Entertainment was very enjoyable and catered for all tastes until well past midnight. Five of us in our group, including mums and dad all had a fantastic time and enjoyed the company, fun and laughter with the other six guests on our table. Would thoroughly recommend it for 2012. Breakfast the following morning included as many options as I had ever seen and was very appetising.

Thanks to everyone at the Wessex who made our stay comfortable and enjoyable. We will definitely be booking again when we return to Bournemouth in the not too distant future!

Keep up the good work Mr Warren....

We have stayed here upon 4-5 occasions with our 3 young children Great hotel with fab pools, 2 mins to beach, fantastic restaurants closeby, as well as the hotel restaurant being of a good quality.