Just returned from the Riviera Hotel, a group of 11, staying five days. Found the hotel very friendly and the staff very helpful. The food was excellent and a most enjoyable stay was had by all. The general area is quite hilly, but by making use of the car park near the beach and using the land train, we found... More

hotel is nice clean, food/staff excellent, rooms clean, although ours was a little draughty when the wind blew , hotel is not situated near the town/seafront, there are very steep hills to the seafront and a good 30 minute walk to the town of bournemouth along the prom. not really suitable for persons elderly or have walking difficulties. didnt use... More

My partner and I stayed here for a long weekend over the May Bank holiday. Arriving just before 2pm on Saturday, our room was ready and waiting for us. The reception staff were very friendly and described all of the hotels facilities to us. We had a double room with a sea view and balcony and the best word to... More

We revisited the Riviera Hotel following a previous stay over 25 years ago. We were not disappointed! The Hotel had been improved dramatically since our first visit but retained all the warmth, welcome and character that we remembered from our previous stay. We initially booked a standard double room for 3 nights but on arrival we requested to upgrade the... More

Adequate but comfortable location for our walking group on a Spring weekend break. Some TLC required in a few of the rooms but coffee/tea making facilities and toiletries were good. Entertainment on both Friday and Saturday nights was ideal for our group, giving us the chance to relax after an energetic day's walking. Half board meals were good, and our... More

We booked this hotel last minute at a reasonable price. When we arrived there was no parking spaces free so we parked on the road a short walk away. When we got to our room we were disappointed as we were expecting sea views and couldn't really see any sea out of the window. We phoned down and reception said... More

We spent a two night break with friends at the hotels first Gourmet and Wine Tasting Weekend. We were greeted by very friendly reception staff. Only 2 of our rooms were ready, but that was our fault for arriving an hour before official check in. We decided to leave our cases in the cars and headed off in the direction... More

WE had a wonderful weekend at the Riviera wine tasting weekend, Sarah from Viva 3663 did us proud with the wine and Jonathan and Simon did us proud with our wonderful gourma dinners on both nights plus the rest of the staff gave us great service. Peter & Barbara Sabastian please do it again!!!