South Beach Kings Promenade Hotel

they asked for 60 quid cash upfront, had to run around blackpool with our stuff for half hour to find a working cash machine!

I would recommend getting the Sea View room. Without the view, the room is severely lacking. The bed was worn out, with a dip on the sleeping side (the side that wasn't agaist the wall). The shower was incredibly small and awkward, as it had no shelving for soap or shampoos, and the curtain doesn't keep the water off the bathroom floor. The towels are not very absorbant, possibly due to liquid softener, but they were are soft! I didn't like that the towels were black. Couldn't tell if they were really clean or not. There was loud party music from the bar downstairs and there is no longer on-site parking as ******* advertises. However, we had no issue finding parking right across the street. The £60 is a little weird, but ok. Leave extra time at checkout because they have to go to your room and look at it before they'll give you the £60 deposit back. All in all, it served its purpose for the one night I was there. The staff were nice and helpful. An electric kettle and tea were provided in the room, so the best part for me was making tea in the morning and sitting in bed watching the waves crash on the quiet beach.

Great

Friendly and clean The room was clean and well maintained the staff were really friendly Only issue it says parking available It’s not, no fault of the hotel on street parking is available if you can get it but 10 hrs and no return for 24 that was the only disappointing bit

Do not book here if you expect any communication. Wish I could leave a review of the actual hotel, but we never actually got to check in. We booked two rooms for one night as it was the last of the available rooms in the vicinity - when we realized that we would be delayed arriving for check in, later than 11pm, we began trying to call and email to make check in arrangements. This was at 8:00pm. We had several people helping us trying to get through to the hotel, but it would either ring forever, or tell us that the "cell phone" had been turned off and was not accepting calls. When I finally got someone just after 11pm, I said we had a (paid in advance) reservation and would be arriving late. The person on the phone just said "no, there are no rooms, full" . I said again, we booked and paid online. The person on the phone said "what is your booking number?" And as I looked it up, he hung up on me. I tried calling back several times (again) and no answer, so we ended up driving overnight to our destination the next day. After reading these reviews we realized that this seems to be a common thread with the hotel, but losing nearly $600 was a life lesson unneeded during our time in the UK.