Lovely hotel, like you've walked into someone's home. Staff were so friendly and kind.

The only things that let down this place were the size of the room, slight difficulty with two people getting ready to go out. The shower was dreadful too, needs a power shower desperately.

Great location and price and it was clean and contemporary plus free wifi. At the end of the day you get more for your money on this place and the staff were amazingly friendly - best service ive had in a long time.

We saw the scary reviews here, but they were in 2008 and the hotel has undergone renovation since then, plus we had recommendations in an Internet chat room so decided to give it a go for the New Year – we are not on the gay scene a lot and thought it would be nice to be mixing with other gay folks.

Big mistake.

On the positive side the room we were in (number 2) was newly decorated, had a Freeview TV with DVD and was clean.

Conversely it’s a good job there wasn’t a cat there, as there was no room to swing it. The room was really tiny with barely room for a double bed. Storage for two people was a three drawer bedside table (usual 15-18 inch size) and a coat rack with four hooks and four coat hangers. It was even difficult living out of our bags as there was barely space to put them on the floor. The en-suite was tiny with insufficient knee room in front of the toilet. My companion described the water flow from the show as like using a plant mister.

When we booked, it was explained that they were not providing breakfast as the dining room was being refurbished, although we saw no sign of that – we were not offered a reduction for having no breakfast.

We should have realised the problem when we were asked to pay the full amount upfront before we saw the room. At check-out time there was a notice up saying the owners had gone “walkies” so it was not even possible to complain.

We would not recommend staying in this establishment. It may be gay, but we didn’t meet any other residents so you might as well stay in one of the gay friendly places in town.

I stayed here with a friend who has booked a weekend away as a surprise. I guess I shouldn't compain because I didn't pay but it was a horrible place to stay.

The whole house is VERY worn and tired and really old fashioned, it is like going to a bed and breakfast in 1978. We went down to breakfast one day to see the owner's dog helping itself to food that had been left out on a plate, glad we noticed otherwise we might have been eating it ourselves a minute later.

To be honest I would have rather paid half and stayed somewhere nice, being in such a depressing atmosphere slightly ruined the weekend. If you go away you want to be able to relax and we simply couldn't.

having been looking for a gay place in Bournemouth for ages, I googled and found the bondi at www.thebondi.co.uk it is probably the most eye catching gay hotel site I have ever seen!!!

I found it to be clean, tidy, very friendly and just like home. Unlike the last review, I found the ornaments added something nice to the place and make it interesting.

The owners are really lovely people and make one feel extremely welcome. The room was very comfortable, ok not up to The Ritz in London, but it is a small victorian terrace in Bournemouth for chrissakes.

It is clean, very tidy, and a lovely place to stay overall. I will go again definitely.

I suspect that the previous reviewer is malicious in intent and probably has never been there.

harry
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