The bed test In our case, a four poster. Not too hard, not too soft. The bathroom test Large, full of mirrors and free soaps. Plus points for breakfast - a monumental buffet. The lounge A comfortable, airy piano bar, mainly for the oldies.
Younger guests head for the hotel's Midnight Blues Nightclub.
Or, much better, go to town. Other facilities Hairdressing salon, massage, facial, manicure, sauna, sunbed, indoor pool, gym. The beach, the Palace Pier and dilapidated West Pier, the Royal Pavilion, Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, the Lanes shopping district, the Sea Life centre. The pretty hilltop town of Lewes and the rolling South Downs. Glyndebourne opera house is very close.