Rooms are nice and it's great to have a window that opens - fantastic shower too. Bit cheeky to have to pay extra for breakfast though. When being shown to your room by the slightly nerdy guy in reception don't be put off by the slim-line darkly painted corridors and creaky floorboards - you aren't in The Amityville Horror, just pray no-one is coming in the opposite direction because there are no passing places and it could be a squeeze. The woman on reception is an unsmiling very unhelpful type who just wants your dosh double quick then 'NEXT!' So apart from the staff, this is a pretty decent hotel and Hastings is great.

I had need to stay in the Hastings area on Business, having stayed at a St Leanords Hotel earlier I the year I was very surprised at he standard provided by the white Rock Hotel – it far exceeded expectations – yes some floor boards creaked but once off to sleep in was fine.

The bed was comfortable, the bathroom clean, the radiators controlled by you, plenty of hot water. The only drawback was it was a shower room not a bathroom, although he shower cubicle was large.

I thoroughly recommend the “Audrey” breakfast – cooked fresh to order and excellent one of the best I have had for ages.

Would I go back – absolutely.

We stayed in this hotel for 4 nights mid-September and took our two Labradors with us and booked a king size room. I did ask upon booking that we had a second floor instead of third because of the dogs and they had no lift, but they had none available on the second floor so we did have to go up several flights of stairs to get there - good exercise though!
The staff were very welcoming and gave the dogs treats and fussing whenever they saw us and even made bowls of rice for the dogs when they were ill.
We ate in the hotel every day as we were allowed to take the dogs in the restaurant with us and the food was incredibly good and reasonably priced, same with the drinks. We charged most food and drinks to the room and expected a massive bill when we left, but was pleasantly surprised!
The hotel itself is in a great location and is right on the seafront, you could hear the waves crashing as you lay in bed. The room itself was cleaned every day and tea and coffee facilities replenished. The en-suite had some broken tiles on the floor, but they weren't a massive issue. As someone else said, the room was very hot, we ended up using a lot of our water in the air conditioning unit trying to cool the room down - maybe invest in built-in air-con in the top floor rooms?
Overall, it was fantastic value for money and we are looking to go again next year as we have never been to a hotel so welcoming and friendly.

Staff friendly and helpful but the floor above our room was a bloody nightmare.
The floor above us was so creaky and noisy that we were kept awake late and woken at about 6.30 so not a very relaxing night sadly.
Shame really,nice place otherwise.
I left my phone number with reception and asked them to phone me to discuss the issue but they never got back which was also annoying.
Want a good nights sleep? Dont stay here.