Choice Hotels in Blackpool

Advantages: Well appointed,clean, kids club,spacious,good food,friendly staff
Disadvantages: None

...I know, I know, Blackpool is perceived as fish'n'chips, bucket and spades, amusement arcades, B&B's. What about something different? Choice Hotels in Blackpool run 3 hotels - The Claremont (near the North Pier), the Talk of The North (near South Pier) and the Cliffs Hotel (North Promenade just up from Gynn Square). My family and I have stayed at the Cliffs Hotel on 6 occasions, ranging from weekend breaks to full weeks. Why? The hotel is large and well appointed - it has a 1920's feel about the facade and interior and is very clean and spacios. There are 5 bars and a large resturant. The food is excellent with a very good selection - the staff are very helpful and friendly. There is a well appointed leisure club - free to residents. It has a pool, jacuzzi, small but very good gym, sauna, sunbeds and a leisure club bar. It...

sdwatson 09.02.2001 · Read review
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Review of The Cliffs Hotel, Blackpool

Norbreck Castle Hotel - Blackpool

Advantages: Late bar and all you can eat food
Disadvantages: Too far to the town

...My friends and I decided to have a weekend away because it was one of their birthdays. We booked for a two-night weekend break at the Norbreck Castle Hotel in Blackpool through National Coach Holidays on 19 November 2004. The brochure described the break as being ?All inclusive? and we looked forward to fact that we would be able to drink copious amounts of alcohol for free (and why not!). We paid £89.00 for two night?s dinner, bed and breakfast with drinks also included from 7.30pm ? 10.30pm in one of the three bars in the hotel. When we arrived at 1.30pm we were met in the lobby with a poster telling us that we were unable to check in until 3.30pm, this was our first mishap. The décor in the lobby was okay and the hotel on the surface seemed rather nice. We made our way to the bar (as you do), to kill a couple of hours...

LeahMartin 23.11.2004 (31.12.2004) · Read review
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Review of Norbreck Castle Hotel, Blackpool

The Elgin hotel, Blackpool

Advantages: lovely food and good service from the waiters
Disadvantages: Everthing else about the place

...I have already done a review about Blackpool, and I absolutely love the place, we went to Blackpool two years ago on a family holiday, myself husband and three kids. We booked our holiday through The Belfast Telegraph travel agentsand we went through Ulster Bus tours, the price was £800 approx this included traveling expenses and the hotel.(Bed, breakfast and evening meal). The hotel was the Elgin and we were told that this was a great hotel for families. Arriving at the hotel We arrived at our hotel at about 7.30pm and had to que at the reception to get our keys this I didnt mind but our dinner was at 7.45pm and we still had to get our luggage to our room, we got our luggage sorted and went down for dinner, the food was beautiful and the service from the waiters was fantastic. First impressions of the hotel Well there was...

jenny967 09.12.2007 (20.12.2007) · Read review
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Review of Elgin Hotel, Blackpool

Claremont Hotel, Blackpool

Advantages: Lovely staff, great location, Facilities, Cost!
Disadvantages: Ummm...oh, parking.

...later at night we arrive - around 8pm and the car park was jam-packed. We found a space not too far away and were able to re-park the next day but I would advise checking in as soon as you can to avoid that problem! Additional Information. * The Claremont Hotel is part of the Choice Hotels group. They always send me brochures to let me know what is available, and they send me an annual news letter to keep me updated on changes and staff news which is lovely. * The website: http://www.claremont-hotel-blackpool.com * WATCH OUT: When we first tried to get the AA Routemaster for the journey, we nearly ended up with the wrong directions! There are 2 Claremont Hotels in the Blackpool area. There is one with the address 1 Derbe Road and post code FY8 1NJ which is much further outside Blackpool. The correct address is 270 North Promenade...

shazilrock 22.02.2007 · Read review
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Review of Claremont Hotel, Blackpool

A bleak Blackpool hotel

Advantages: see review
Disadvantages: see review

... Background When Mrs B and I decided that we would take Baby B on her first seaside holiday we knew that Blackpool was tacky so knew that it wasn't exactly sparkling and the place it used to be but we thought we would go along anyway and try and have a little family break with our 3 month old baby. It all seemed like a really good idea but seeing as we were not the most rich of new parents we thought we'd do it on as much as a budget as possible and after trawling through the internet we came across Liberty's and decided that it sounded ideal. The fact that it included dinner in with the deal was really what swung it for us, we didn't fancy walking around for hours in an evening trying to find somewhere to eat with a young baby in tow. First opinion When we first saw the hotel we immediately thought what have we done...

mrbing10 29.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Liberty'S On The Square, Blackpool

ARUNDEL HOTEL, BLACKPOOL

Advantages: Quiet location,competitive rates,clean & homely
Disadvantages: Distance from Blackpool centre,hospitality (see below, my verdict)

...I visited Blackpool with my husband and our two children during the Easter holidays, we stayed for three days and two nights in a three star hotel in the North pier area of Blackpool. We won our stay on an Ebay auction but the hotel can also obviously be booked in a more traditional manner (by phone,post or email). *CONTACT DETAILS* The proprieters are: Andrew and Roxanne Sandiford The address is: Arundel Hotel 102 Queens Prom Blackpool Lancashire FY2 9NS Telephone: 01253 351838 Fax: 01253 595952 Website and Email: www.arundelhotel.com enquiries@arundelhotel.com *THE HOTEL* The hotel building is victorian (as are most in Blackpool), it has twelve...

minxy106 22.04.2006 · Read review
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Review of Arundel Hotel, Blackpool

Norbreck Castle Hotel

Advantages: Out of the town
Disadvantages: Too many people!

...I'm glad that I did not get to read any of the reviews before I went to this hotel, or see the Holidays from Hell programme the night before! The hotel can be found along the seafront, about three miles from the main centre of Blackpool, heading out towards Fleetwood. It is now under the Britannia hotels group and it is easily accessible by tram and bus. We used the trams the whole time instead of me driving all the time. My husband, my two youngest children and myself went last week for a couple of nights, after finding an advert which gave a special price of £35 per person dinner bed and breakfast per night. The two children were included free of charge, including their meals. The advert did state that the hotel was ungoing a £7million pound upgrade, and that some services may not be available. This did not deter us as we...

sarah110 18.10.2004 · Read review
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Review of Norbreck Castle Hotel, Blackpool

A Long Weekend in Blackpool @ the Grand Metropole

Advantages: Clean and generally friendly hotel, very reasonable prices
Disadvantages: Rooms need ventilation

...Are you seated comfortably? This is a long review of my stay at Blackpool?s Grand Metropole. WHAT AND WHERE? The Grand Metropole Hotel, Blackpool boasts that it is the only hotel in Blackpool located between the sea and Blackpool promenade which is certainly the truth. From the hotel there are fabulous views of the Irish Sea. The hotel is fairly close to both the North Pier and Blackpool Tower and is within walking distance from many of Blackpool's attractions. There are numerous bars, restaurants and nightspots within a few minutes walking distance of the hotel, some even less than a minute away. BOOKING PROCESS/RECEPTION We booked in for 3 nights in late June 2009. The booking process was easy enough by telephone and although I asked for a confirmation email to be sent and was advised they would do send one; no...

anonymili 03.07.2009 · Read review
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Review of Grand Metropole Hotel Blackpool, Blackpool

Norbreck Castle Hotel - Armish Paradise

Advantages: It has 18 wheeler in the arcade!
Disadvantages: It has secret communes of people hidden away...

...desk to the celing were noticably unclean. Everything which was supposed to be white was actually a wonderful tinge of yellow, as if people had chainsmoked in there since 1832. Which was probably the case. We wanderd off the centre of Blackpool on a tram (which was a considerable journey I can tell you!) and went to the fairground. We had to leave our luggage in a large, 1960s style room. We assumed someone would have locked it, but on our return we simply opened the door and picked up our bags. Nobody challenged us or anything, which was strange considering the room was full of people's stuff. Anyway, we were told that dinner would be served at 18:30. So we checked in (at last) and were given our room card. This was suprising, as the hotel did not give the impression of being advanced enough to have such technology. We got the lift up to...

Dave1976 19.08.2008 · Read review
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Review of Norbreck Castle Hotel, Blackpool

A quieter side to Blackpool.

Advantages: Clean, friendly and great value for money.
Disadvantages: None worthy of mention during my two night stay.

...so customers know a change has taken place). The room alone was enough to make this a place I would visit again but there was much more to the hotel than just its nice rooms. THE BAR AND RESTAURANT The bar in this hotel was not run down and of cheesy decor like many in Blackpool; instead it had the look of a bar you would find in a much more up-market hotel in a much more up-market place, the decor may have been a bit old fashioned but it was still classy and gave a very relaxed and comfortable feel to the place. The next thing I noticed about the bar was that as well as the usual choices of beers and lagers and the typical spirits on the optics, this bar was very well stocked with a choice of malt whiskey`s and it had a great selection of cask ales. The bar had a very relaxed feel to it on the first night of my stay as me...

thebigc1690 26.05.2009 · Read review
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Review of Belgrave Madison Hotel, Blackpool