Well ! you start with a modern reception very well managed . Arrive at your room and it looks very tired for the £220 we are paying . The windows do not fit that well, not a problem we are at least overlooking the sea .We are on the second floor and it is a little noisy from the outside .Tried again with the windows but never mind its not freezing .
We have a cup of tea and leave to enjoy the town. Whilst out my wife purchases ear plugs and a herbal sleep remedy just in case . Me ,I dont need such things .
On return to the hotel we manage to eventually buy a drink at the bar this was difficult enough but silly me I asked for some nibbles ,nibbles what you mean nibbles .
We drink up and head for our room a cup of tea would be nice but we are out of milk
two teas is the max then . Change our clothes and out we go . By the way if you are poortly the fire brigade will be needed to extract from the loo as the toilet roll holder
is positioned to make it very difficult to sit on or get off the loo.
Great night out back in our room, by this time very noisy inside and outside sensible
wife in with the ear plugs and herbal draft and away with the fairies . Me help, it was worse than the hotel we stayed in New York with the incessant blowing of taxi horns .
Police cars, ambulances you name it, well there was a period of between six and seven in the morning when you could dose off. When people have a few to many why do they shout so loudly. Anyway my wife is bright and breezy and to breakfast we go . After finding a clean table ,that was a mission we are shown the buffet table and coffee was brought to our table . Because we had been limited to one cup of tea each in our room we asked for another pot of coffee and was brought tea after the second time it was wrong my wife asked how does this keep happening we were told because the pots were identical. Do I need to say more ,other than the floors in the Dining- room were filthy . It had been raining but they were filthy and tiles
were broken rain doesnt break tiles. When we arrived I was awake and jolly looking forward to our wedding anniversary now we are leaving I feel like the Old Ship is in fact
a pirate ship and we had been robbed.

We have stayed in many hotels in Brighton over the last few years and this one has to be the friendliest of all. This is an old world hotel we beleave the oldest in Brighton and yes after 450 years there are a few cracks but everything works well, it is close to the shops and right on the sea front. The highlight was the welcome our children got from all the staff. We were very concerned when we read some of the reviews and really came away feeling some of you really need to stop watching these hotel inspector prorammes and get yourself a life. Why spend your hard earned time off looking for reason to complain and just go and enjoy yourself. Its a lot more fun.

I booked this hotel for the August bank holiday weekend, and as we were booking so late, the choice was extremely limited. I was very nervous having read some of the reviews for this hotel, but was pleased to discover that they seemed unfounded. The hotel is in a fantastic location and is overall a decent 3.5ish star hotel (I wouldn't quite give them the 4 stars they claim). The reception is nicely furnished and sympathetic with the old style of the building. The room was compact but neutrally decorated and clean. The bathroom had a lovely powerful shower and heated towel rail (which was a bonus) and seemed clean and fresh. My only criticism is that the windows in both the room and the bathroom were a bit grubby and could have done with freshening up. The bed was very squishy indeed - this could either be a pro or a con depending on your preference. As a late booking, we did not have a seaview but overlooked a small roof with various airvents. Not an attractive sight, but not the end of the world as there were net curtains which still allowed plenty of light, and it probably minimised the noise. Previous reviewers who have complained about the noise are probably well justified - given its location near the clubs, the seaview rooms will inevitably be noisy. I can't comment personally on this as we were out till pretty late ourselves! A pair of earplugs are a good idea. I briefly investigated the Wi-Fi option but it seems you have to pay for it. We didn't stay for breakfast as this was quite a bit more expensive and we had a nicer (and less time restricted) brunch in the Lanes. Overall, this is a perfectly serviceable hotel that, if you can get a room for £100 or thereabouts, is pretty good value.

After reading the previous reviews here, I was expecting worse with this hotel (I booked it because it was one of the cheapest I got in Brighton). I actually found it wasn’t too bad (if you can get a good price that is).

The hotel has a nice exterior. Inside the hotel everything is very old-fashioned (or traditional to put it nicely). Lift is very small which could be an issue if you carry large items with you.

The room I had, putting aside the dated carpet and wallpaper, wasn’t bad at all. It was reasonably spacious in European standard. It had most amenities you would see in a 3-star hotel. I think all it needs is a “facelift” really.

Location couldn’t be better in Brighton, right by the sea with lots of bars and cafes nearby (we were not interested with the hotel’s bar and restaurant). It is true that there are lots of noise at night but we were out at night ourselves as well (we came back after 2am). I think this is not a hotel for early sleepers. On the other hand if you plan to be out at night then the noise problem shouldn’t affect you much and given the location this hotel should be right for you.