Local Reviews
In July 2016, SherryEssex said about The Afton Hotel
Have just returned from a weekend in Eastbourne with relatives. We had 4 rooms in the Afton on a Saturday night, three doubles and a single. The single was for me and was clean, the bed was comfortable and very good value at £35 (without breakfast), it was a quiet room as the window was on the inside of the building and not facing the sea front. There was tea and coffee and a kettle in the room, with a hairdryer, a large TV and soap, (no other toiletries provided). Shower worked fine but was a bit small, had to have the door open to wash properly and to bend down to pick up shampoo etc. The other three rooms were all doubles, but my family said that they were all good, clean, comfy etc. but one had very hard pillows, one had a completely broken and unusable shower, and they all said it was VERY noisy outside as they all had rooms facing the seafront, and being a Saturday night and as the hotel is bang opposite the pier, there were lots of younger people drag racing along the sea front in cars and bikes, and shouting and general partying going on outside, kept them all awake I'm afraid, but that was not the hotel's fault. Staff helpful and friendly. We did not get the rooms we were promised when booking which was direct with the hotel over the telephone as 2 of the 4 rooms were supposed to have a balcony, none of our rooms had a balcony. These were just gripes, generally we were all happy, but the shower was not too much of an issue as we had multiple rooms so the unfortunate couple borrowed one of the other showers. If you was staying there on your own with no shower for me that would have been a disaster. The hotel did have free wi-fi but they said it was only in the bar and reception area, I did actually get on line in my room. The lift is small, slow, hot and claustrophobic, but worked. Would have preferred to use the stairs, but we were on the 3rd floor, so suffered the lift. In conclusion we all said we would go back, and probably will, as this is a clean and comfortable reasonably priced hotel in a great location, just some rooms are noisy.
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In July 2016, bomber831 said about The Afton Hotel
a brilliant positioned hotel with staff who go out of their way to make visits as enjoyable as possible. we go there for our Naval reunions and they cope with all we ask of them even at the last miute.
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In August 2016, denisowen said about The Afton Hotel
stayed there for a week -room looking out to the bay-food ok average-room satisfactory-entertainment a singer disco music was paid off to play bingo-staff very friendly-the pier opposite the hotel worth a visit-trip to hastings shopping centre not worth the trip-trip to brighton went to a place called the lanes quaint very narrow lanes and old shops worth a visit-then we went to brighton pier this was also worth a visit -not enough to do in east bourne wont go there again
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In August 2016, Boldwyn56 said about The Afton Hotel
Wouldn't put yourself forward for "Four in a bed" anytime soon. Could have had a banquet using the flies off the bathroom window sill. Must be a shortage of toilet rolls in Eastbourne too. Had to ask twice in 3 days. Food ok but don't expect too much choice. Location good if you want to be woken up by bin men at 5.30 am and screaming boy racers at 2 am.
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In August 2016, Sharon W said about The Afton Hotel
I had my 50th party at The Afton on Saturday - all we can say is a massive Thank you to Jason & his team - fabulous layout of the ballroom, lovely service, food & wines Such a lovely venue for a party. Very highly recommended - Well done to the team X
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In August 2016, ingridday said about The Afton Hotel
good food,excellent silver service, excellent management and staff, always choose to stay there if vacancies available. i stay as often as i can possibly three times a year, i really cant fault it
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In August 2016, gina n said about The Afton Hotel
good location near the pier and seafront. we came on Friday after a very hot week, the room was good and clean, linen wasn't the right size for the bed though, no window open so like going into an oven, old sash windows which we had to lodge open with a suitcase. they never seem to leave enough tea, coffee milk , and they wanted 10p for extras! The shower was good , but wouldn't stay on the shower rail. nowhere to park, it was a bank holiday , you can pay a pound for parking anywhere around the hotel if you can find somewhere, you pay at hotel reception. We ended up parking at a hotel further along the seafront. Breakfasts were ok nothing special but sufficient, baked beans where served on the plate in a chrome dish! what was that about, just more washing up
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In September 2016, Paul M said about The Afton Hotel
Visited this hotel for one night, our room was spotlessly clean and the staff at reception were very helpful! The hotel was in a very good location as it was within walking distance of many shops and restaurants! Also was pet friendly which allowed us to bring our two dogs!
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In September 2016, j7jingo said about The Afton Hotel
just come back yesterday from here,with edwards coaches.lovely location close to prom/pier.staff couldnt do enough for you,food as you expect from hotels who cater for large coach parties,no complaints from us on all aspects of hotel.some people want 5star service for 3star prices .thank you also the young lady who waited at our table always smiling,thanks afton nice stay
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In September 2016, christopher p said about The Afton Hotel
Just returned from a visit to Eastbourne with Edwards coaches. We stayed at The Afton Hotel which is situated on a corner plot overseeing the beach and promenade, which was just across the road, great location. The hotel is a typical Victorian building with stairs and rooms going off in every direction. We found the room we stayed in, overlooking the pier, clean and comfortable. We could not fault the service and friendliness of all the staff who were ready to help in anyway. Our meals were served very quickly, no waiting for say your toast with breakfast or your veg with main meals, and in addition to this a good selection of dishes which were always hot and fresh. We heard somebody did complain about the food and portions, but our party enjoyed every bit, as I said served hot and a good selection. We had entertainment every night except one, and the artistes worked hard to keep us entertained.The area itself is flat for miles and very close to the shopping centre if you like shopping on your holidays. The icing on the cake was the weather which was dry and sunny for all our stay. We will definitely be visiting The Afton again.
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