I booked this accommodation expecting for the price they charged that it was a decent hotel, and was a bit shocked to find it was little more than a B&B, with modernised bedrooms and a cramped breakfast room in the basement.

Unfortunately, Aberystwyth doesn't seem to have any "proper" hotels so it seems that the guest houses & B&B's are cashing in on the fact that parents who bring their kids to university have no where else to stay and charge the money you would normally pay for a 4 star luxurious hotel. For over a £100 a night for a room, I was disappointed to find creaky old beds with the most uncomfortable matresses, pillows that have had better days, and a TV screen so small that you need glasses to see the TV, with just a handful of terrestrial channels, and most of which the signal was rubbish you couldnt get them.

Then came my biggest concern, the room we were given was clearly built to maximise income on this property, in a cramped loft conversion, accessed by an un-lit spiral staircase, of which anyone over 5ft 8" would spend most of their time ducking their heads, as they would if they used the bathroom as the toilet and washhand basis were under a sloping eave. The bedroom itself was in two parts and was a nice size, but one thing really concerned me was that there was no fire escape or any advice regarding exit from this room in the event of a fire. Maybe something that wouldnt normally cross my mind, but given many properties on this sea front are under scaffold due to fires, its something that clearly these properties are at higher risk of. The room had windows to the front and the back and neither of them had any form of exit, I wonder if this room is even legal.

Anyway, putting that aside, the breakfast room in the basement is nice, but tables are cramped in there, and a cooked breakfast was on a hot buffet which was nice, but very limited continental breakfast if you didnt want cooked breakfast. Would like to have seen some bread rolls, or croissants and jam on offer.

I wouldn't stay here again, and for that matter I wouldn't stay in Aberystwyth unless my life depended on it, or they have built a proper hotel here. I would rather the hour journey from Llandrindnod Wells where they have real hotels, which I will do next time, for same price of this you can stay in Llandrindnod Wells and have a luxurious hotel, with a restaurant, spa and leisure facilities.

We needed a room for one night to see the Philomusica of Aberystwyth concert - like a lot of others, we booked via booking.com and were originally staying in their sister hotel but got our reservation transferred over to Ty Belgrave. They changed our booking from 2 twins to three rooms (which turned out to be a family room with 3 beds and two ensuite singles) which meant we had a spare bed and a bit more space which was a pleasant bonus for us.

My room and the family room were both at the very top of the hotel - one grumble was we had to get up two of the three flights of stairs in the dark as the lights wouldn't work (something to do with a circuit breaker going reception said) but this was rectified later on. Both of these rooms had sea views and it's worth mentioning that any rooms on Aber's seafront are part of a conservation zone so have to have sash windows. These can be a bit draughty but the heating was fine in the rooms (even for mid November) - my window also rattled a bit, but having lived in a Georgian house, a bit of toilet roll stuffed in the window soon solved this. I'm 6ft, so the sloping ensuite was a bit snug but I could stand up straight in the shower and there was plenty of hot water. There wasn't a door on my bathroom but as it was a single room, this wasn't really an issue and we were lucky that we had the family room to sit in as it had plenty of space even with the sloping roof and a nice big bathroom.
The other room we had was on the first floor and was quite large for a single, with a small walk-in wardrobe and big bathroom, with a bath.

We all slept well, my mattress did squeak a bit but there was very little noise from the rest of the hotel or from the road. Breakfast was good, with the usual full English selection as well as cereals - breakfast time itself was a bit restrictive for a Saturday though (think it finished by 9.30) which wasn't great after a night out. We had no issues parking outside as it was out of season so there are less parking restrictions but it would be harder finding somewhere during the summer.

Overall would definitely consider using again for a short break in Aber as the location is great (on the sea front and a flat, very quick walk to town) - would also recommend seeing the Philomusica of Aberystwyth as they were great too!

I booked this without checking the reviews . I commited the sin of looking after , so was
very apprehensive about staying here .
We arrived and was given key when we got there , it was very impersonal you have to ring a bell to get some one to reception . They gave us a key to room one.
We were pleasantly surpised it was nicely decorated and clean . The shower was a little small . Had fantastic view of the sea.
The bed was very firm but very comfortable . The light was on out side but not a problem just closed curtain.
We went down for breakfast , the room is very small as pointed out on other reviews .
The breakfast was very good lots of choice and good service .
Overall I wouldnt rate it as four star but we had a very pleasant stay and could not fault it .

Booked this hotel with booking.com, arrived at 9.30 and was told to early to check in, so went to breakfast in town walked around a few shops and headed back, where i was told, i didnt have a room to go to?
The manager had decided to move us, BUT it was ok, we had a better room and sea view!
Really a better room and sea view? rip of place charge £75.00 for the night and the hotel i got put into (review wrote) was not a £75.00pn room, more like £35, Dont bother booking here, try somewhere else