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Reviews of The Langham Hotel

3.5 out of 5
The Langham Hotel
43-49 Royal Parade, Eastbourne, England

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 341 out of 566 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 167 out of 566 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 45 out of 566 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 8 out of 566 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 5 out of 566 reviews" "

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

8.4/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Sandra

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I opted for the bed & breakfast package which was totally worth it. Although the rooms were small, they were clean and had ample space for 2 adults. Amenities were good - hot chocolate, tea with milk, and sugar were a nice touch. The breakfast in the dining room was lovely. The hotel is a bit of a walk from the town center but it is a nice walk to pier -along the boardwalk.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

Karlyanne

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely staff, nothing too much trouble. Right on the beach front with lovely view of the sea.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2021

8/10 Good

Penelope

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fabulous views and breakfast
Lovely sea-view single room with bathroom bigger than bedroom. Great view. Parking wouLd be a bit of a nightmare before 6. Fantastic breakfast with loads of options. I would stay here again.
View from window.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

8/10 Good

Michael

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Thoroughly pleasing experience
Every member of staff I came across was friendly and helpful in a punctual manner, even when it was clear they were busy with other work, or customers, at the same time. My room had everything I needed, and the cleaning staff clearly go to great care to make everything look fresh and presentable.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Gill

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful.
Lovely - old fashioned customer service. Hard working staff - all very friendly and so attentive. The only issue was poor or non existent WiFi on upper floor at rear of hotel but outweighed by everything else - will visit again. Food brilliant.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Colin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Sarah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely! Food was amazing - best menu I have had a choice of for a long time Staff went above and beyond and were so friendly and helpful
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice Hotel
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Sharon

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We adored our room and the furnishings and space we had. Nice touch with swiss chocolates on arrival. Nothing was a problem
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Chris

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Spotlessly clean. Wonderful place to stay. Loved it.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Catherine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Will stay again
Very friendly staff. Nice food. Lovely hotel right on the sea front. Will stay again but will choose a sea view room and request a bigger shower. Bed and pillows very comfy. Tv a bit small for a modern hotel room. Very good breakfast.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Nathan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful hotel.
Fantastic stay at this lovely hotel. The Langham is well deserving of it's 4 stars. From start to finish my trip was lovely. Very friendly welcoming staff at reception on arrival. I had a nice sea view room which was incredibly comfortable. The breakfast in the morning was great and the serving staff so friendly and helpful. Thanks to everyone at the Langham for a nice trip.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
All staff members were polite and welcoming. The food at the hotel was nice. We would definitely go back to this hotel.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

David

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Being ceoliac my main concern is that the gluten free diet I require must be kept free from cross contamination. I think you did that well.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2021

8/10 Good

Gary

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Road trip.
Short but very enjoyable visit.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very enjoyable. The room was very clean and had everything we needed. Hotel location good and having (near) offsite parking very handy.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Patchy service but nice room
We stayed here on the buzz we saw in the reviews about how good the service is. But hoo boy we didn’t have that experience. Curt & disinterested. The welcome at a hotel sets the tone and we didn’t feel welcomed at all. Apart from the super friendly night-concierge, and the waiting staff, our interactions with the front desk left us with the impression that they weren’t really interested in helping. The room was nice and really spotless. Could do with some AC in the summer.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Susan

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

8/10 Good

Tazmoon

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The location was excellent and sea view room was comfortable and very clean .Prices of drinks in the bar was reasonable for a hotel . Were not too keen on the service of the breakfast .
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021

8/10 Good

Andrew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Pay for the sea view
Staff were attentive and able to answer all the questions we asked. We were especially appreciative of the gluten free breakfast options. While we chose not to pay the premium for a sea view, the outlook from our room at the rear of the hotel was drab, and if we did stay again we would make a different choice.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

stephen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Christine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Shilpa

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021

8/10 Good

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Alison

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Fantastic staff and excellent food!
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Rosina

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Always a nice place to stay. Breakfast was a bit slow but otherwise all good.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

6/10 Okay

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Pleasant stay
The room was a little dated, but clean. It was very small and the bathroom tiny. It was fairly hot during the night, with only a noisy desk fan for cooling. The breakfast was very good.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Weekend break
Lovely hotel. Overlooking the sea. Quality friends and clean. We did pay extra for sea view and superior room.
View of Eastbourne pier
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Debbie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean room with amazing views
We had a one night stay at the Langham .We choose to pay an additional charge to secure a parking space at the hotel which was definately worth it . The cleaniness of the room was exceptional so thank you to your wonderful housekeeping team. The breakfast was of a good standard , and the young man that served us was very attentive and pleasant. We stayed in the cuckmere junior suite which an amazing view of the beach we would definitely visit again.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Toshiro

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The room was very clean. They provide nice towels. Parking was a problem but it seems true in many cities in UK.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
It was pleasant. The best feature was Miguel and the cocktail bar. Well situated by the beach and a walk into town.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2021

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Quite dated in decor but ok. Lack of atmosphere
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Gail

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Enjoyable stay
Stayed for one night but wish it had been longer. The lady on reception was friendly and as we had booked online, check in was very quick, we were literally given our keycard and parking pass with a quick explanation of breakfast times and how to access the hotel after 9pm. Our room was lovely, it was a good size and layout with a nice modern bathroom and more important to us, was the cleanliness which we couldn't fault. Breakfast was included and our full English was served within a few minutes. The hotel itself was a little bit further away from town and restaurants/pubs than we would have liked but did have it's own lounge bar and restaurant, although having only one night there, we didn't get chance to try either. We would definitely stay there again and would try to book the same room as we couldn't fault it.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very good breakfast.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Sally

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Patrick

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2021

8/10 Good

Tracy

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Sally

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Can’t recommend highly enough!!!!
We were a group of 8 celebrating my mother’s 90th birthday - this hotel pulled out all the stops - they were superb. From the time we checked in they could not have been more friendly or helpful - nothing was too much trouble. They made such a fuss of my mum and the birthday cake was a lovely touch. The staff are exceptional and the food second to none - will definitely revisit.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Claire

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely hotel
Excellent location, I recommend eating in the hotel, the restaurant was delicious food, good value, the bar food was also good , I would definitely stay there again, but shame the breakfast wasn’t served till 10.30 and a later check out on Sundays
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

J

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021

6/10 Okay

James

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Room comfort
Hot
We have stayed at the Langham hotel before & returned as we had enjoyed our stay. Funny enough we were put in the same room 302 ,which although small was adequate. Then the problems started. We were booked for the evening meal,so at around 6pm we began to get ready , went to jump in the shower and found it didn't work. Called reception somebody came to take a look, couldn't do anything. So they offered us another room ,not a double which we were in but a twin , as they said there were no extra rooms ,so no upgrade. The best we got was the use of the bathroom in the twin room which was 100 foot down the corridor. Nice. Had a nice meal bought a bottle of wine with it thought at might be offered on the house for the inconvenience, but no. The room we were in was the hottest stuffiest room I've ever stayed in like a sauna. The staff were friendly, just thought management would have considered our situation
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

andrew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Will Recommend
Lovely hotel - fantastic food and friendly helpful staff
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

8/10 Good

Tracey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Pros and cons: The restaurant was excellent, both breakfast and dinner. I looked in the restaurants of all the decent looking hotels on the front and I am almost certain that the Langham restaurant is a long way ahead of them all, except of course the Grand. Offsite parking arrangements were good. Staff were friendly and helpful. The room was disappointing. It was very small, had the tiniest "double bed" I have ever tried to sleep in, a small TV, small bathroom with shower and no bath, no temperature control. I was only able to get a standard room. The superior rooms may be better.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

8/10 Good

Lindsey

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Lovely stay. Minimal noise fan would improve.
We had 2 rooms for family of 4, next to each other on 3rd floor. Both were spotless. Bathrooms looked brand new they were so clean. The stairways, lift and communal areas also looked incredibly clean. Welcome service was excellent despite it being about 10pm. Very friendly and informative. Breakfast was good quality, well cooked and managed to avoid the temptation to oversize the portion. It was a good size to fuel you for the morning without so much that you just wanted to go back to bed! I was a bit disappointed that initially we were told we couldn’t sit in the conservatory, despite it being 7.45 on a Sunday am, because the tables were only laid up for 2. However, the waitress was quick to pick up on my disappointment and added cutlery to a 4 seater table that was in there at the end. It made no difference social distance wise so I’m not sure why this couldn’t be a 4 anyway. The only thing that would put me off coming back was how unbearably hot the room was all night. It wasn’t a hot night outside and even with the window open it was airless. The small fan was helpful but not enough and certainly too noisy to have on at night. We had to shut the window at 4am due to the seagulls waking up so the room was horrible then. Adding in people in town making noise until the early hours and noisy guests/staff from 5am, we didn’t sleep. Shame as the bed was wonderfully supportive and comfortable. Overall the hotel - clean, well kept, delicious breakfast, helpful staff, comfy bed.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely Seaview from our room, loved the breakfast in the conservertry, staff very friendly.
Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2021

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Essentially the experience was less than welcoming. Parking was not provided. Check out was set as being 10:30. The bed was not a double bed as promised but 2 singles pushed together. Overall just unhelpful reception staff and very poor value for money!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021
Response from Michaela Divis, Reception manager on 4 Jul 2021
Dear valued Guest, I feel very disappointed about your experience in our hotel. As you can see on most our reviews we do pride ourselves with customer service and providing very high standards when it comes to all our guests. To get back to your issues during your stay I would like to point out what has happened and why you might feel that we were unhelpful as you have mentioned in your review. Upon check in you mentioned that you have booked a sea view room, which you didn't so we have tried our best and managed to allocate you at least a side sea view room which you had at the end. We did offer you an upgrade to a sea view which has been rejected. The bed in the room where you stayed is a zip up king size bed which consists of two single beds but they are not pushed together but zipped up. Parking at the hotel needs to be pre-booked hence it was full when you came to check in, alternative parking was offered but again you didn't want to use it. Hotel description online clearly states that check out time is 10.30, you did asked if that can be extended but due to current cleaning procedure during the pandemic and as well as the fact that hotel was fully booked on the day that you were checking out we couldn't extend it. I do wish that you can give us another chance and perhaps book directly so we can make sure that your requirements are looked after. Wishing you all the best from all our team.

8/10 Good

Steve

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great, but book a “superior” room
We had booked a “standard double” room and were very disappointed with it (too small), but no upgrades were available. We had other issues (bathroom size, shower height, bathroom door & power failure) so spoke to the manager, Simon, the next morning. He listened to us, was sympathetic to the issues, and promised to find us an alternative room - which he did. A lovely room, with space to move past each other, a good-sized bathroom and a sea view. All the staff were pleasant and helpful. The hotel is spotlessly clean, with pleasant decor and the food was excellent. We would stay here again, and recommend it for a stay in Eastbourne, but please do book a “superior double with sea view”!
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Parking is available at a daily rate either at the back of the hotel (limited) or at an adjacent secure location a short distance away. Hotel is spotlessly clean and a good standard of COVID security measures are in place and enforced. Tables in the Conservatory at breakfast or dinner are good affording magnificent sea views. One tradition in this hotel is that bedding is sheets and blanket and NOT duvets which may not be to everyone's taste.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2021