Travelled with wife and 5 year old son; front staff was helpful and let us check in early and check out late, which I appreciated rather than having to haul our luggage around to accomodate our travel times. Location is pretty great for seeing things in Blackpool.

Room was so so; neither the bed nor the bunk bed was terribly comfortable, and the TV is nearly mounted on the ceiling. Bathroom is ok but small.

Breakfast was very good, other than the service. We walked into a completely empty breakfast room, and sat down. When some friends joined, we asked if we could switch tables (in the still empty room, to the larger table right beside ours) and the server looked at us like we had just asked for her firstborn child before telling us it wouldn't be a good idea. One of the most bizarre things I've ever seen.

Didn't ever try to eat or have a drink at the bar (since there are so many other places to go), but I definitely can see how others would have felt; the owners were always sitting in there watching TV.

As a B&B it was just ok; certainly not some place that was terrible to stay, but definitely not deserving 5* or to be rated one of the top 10 hotels in Blackpool. I'd try somewhere else if we visited again.

Booked in for 2 nights with our 13 yr old son and his mate. We were given a room for 5 people which consisted of 2 separate areas which would have been great....

BUT....

The double bed room was absolutely tiny. There was barely enough room to walk around the bed at each side. There was a chest of drawers at the foot of the bed and if you wanted to open the drawers, you had to sit on the bed. To see the Sea View you had to tip toe to look out of 1 of the 2 small windows, that had badly fitting curtains which let in a lot of light which, for me, meant not a great sleep. There was a small flat screen tv on the wall.

The children's area had a set of bunk beds and a single bed with a small wardrobe. Again, the room was tiny, with barely any room to move. A bigger/better window in here and a small flat screen tv which wasn't working properly (screen kept flickering really badly)

The en suite, again, it was really tiny but it was reasonably clean.

Breakfast was ok I suppose. Poor quality sausages and bacon (very fatty and was pretty undercooked) but a good selection of cereals and a bunch of bananas. Big pot of tea was served too, but on both mornings it was cold. Might be an idea to warm the pots first.


Now to the bar area....

I experienced exactly what everyone else is saying. We went into the bar and the woman and daughter looked up and the woman drew her breath as though we had just disturbed her. The man was sitting at the bar on his laptop and it was a good few mins before he decided that he better get behind the bar to get our drinks. We got our drinks (which were reasonably priced) and sat in the lounge. We then had to endure them moaning at each other about how they hadnt had their dinner yet and arguing about who was going to fone for a takeaway then they started talking about some guests that had left that morning and they laughed at some of the comments that had been left on their review cards. It maybe explained why no other guess were in the bar and it was why we didn't use the bar on the 2nd night. We finished our drink and headed upstairs with a comment from the woman along the lines of "has our arguing scared you away hahaha"


For the price we paid (£240 for both nights b&b) i felt a bit ripped off. I think we would rather have paid a bit more and stayed in The Big Blue Hotel across the road, which we have stayed in before and it was excellent.

We stayed here as a family a few months back.

Without doubt the location is great, close enough to town centre, right next to pleasure beach and sandcastle but far enough away so no noise at night from revellers.

The breakfast is huge (or as small as you like) and is very tasty and good quality.

The rooms are clean, tidy, flatscreen TV with DVD, and ensuite.

I agree with a lot of the other posters on the bar area. This lets the hotel down badly. It is not welcoming at all. You fell as if you are in the way and asking for a drink is putting the owners out. It is not comfortable to sit in as the owners watch TV and eat their dinners off the bar tables as you try to relax. More than once they talked disparagingly about guests in front of other guests. Not professional at all. This would make me try somewhere else if we find ourselves in Blackpool again.

This hotel is in no way a 5* rating

was very disapointed after reading reviews.They do serve a very good breakfast and we had a very nice room which was spacious and clean, it was the owners that were very unwelcoming aned we actually felt very uncomfortable in the bar area as if we were in the way. We didnt have our room cleaned while we were there but we did only stay 2 nights .