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3 out of 5
The Chimes on the sea
265 Promenade, Blackpool, England

Reviews

6.8
Rating 10 - Excellent. 21 out of 92 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 29 out of 92 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 16 out of 92 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 15 out of 92 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 11 out of 92 reviews" "

7.0/10

Cleanliness

7.8/10

Staff & service

6.0/10

Amenities

6.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

5.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Laurence

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

4/10 Poor

Lisa

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Well where to start.. upon arrival we were checked in early and shown to our room. We booked a superior double room sea view. The room was tiny and the window catch was broken so it didn’t shut properly. It was blowing a gale outside and was cold and noisy. The owner agreed to swap our room but no sea view . The replacement room although was bigger had 3 beds in it the cleanliness was the same dirty walls and hairy skirting boards. Pulled out the single bed to close the curtains to find it fill of rubbish .. a bun and wrapper an inhaler under the double bed just generally needs a good clean and lick of paint. The carpets are all frayed and need replacing. We were disappointed because we booked going off of the pictures it looks so nice. And when you walk in it’s clean and tidy but to then be shown to a room that clearly is dirty how can you be proud to do this. Could be a nice place to stay just needs some tlc.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Elizabeth

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

4/10 Poor

Paul

Disliked: Cleanliness
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

2/10 Terrible

Sayed

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Ian

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

6/10 Okay

Tina

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
A place to rest
Was what you expect in Blackpool, we were upgaded to a larger room so suspect some are small, was clean bedding and nice comfy bed, bathroon could do with a little tlc but didnt affect us cos we just wanted somewhere to sleep, no musty smells infact it smelt really pleasant, if your not looking for luxury this is the place.
Sea view
Nice beds
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Miss Jessica

Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2022

2/10 Terrible

Courtney

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

2/10 Terrible

Susan

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Extremely disappointing
Extremely disappointing, it’s not what it advertises, holes in the ceiling, rooms dusty, showers rusted, was given dirty towels, was told we had to be in by 12am. First room offered had no heating, door handle was hanging off and damp. Wish I’d took photos
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2021

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Room wasn't that great there was a blacket/throw on the bed that had hairs on and wallpaper around the window was peeling off and the cups for the tea and coffee wasn't clean it was old looking not updated like others...
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2020

2/10 Terrible

Rose, LONDON

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
PLEASE DO NOT BE FOOLED!! THIS HOTEL DOES NOT EVEN DESERVE TO BE CALLED A HOTEL!! Me and my husband needed a place for the night as we had been travelling on the road for a long time. We only booked this hotel as the check in time was till 11.30pm. When we arrived the person who checked us in was quite rude. He asked us what we was doing in Blackpool in such a demeaning manner. He also asked where we were coming from which came across very inappropriate. The room is nothing as pictured. I wish I had read the reviews as many people have said the same. The room was a box room; the state of the room was disgusting. The room smelt of damp. The toilet light did not work and the bath as a whole was extremely tiny that i felt claustrophobic. We couldn't even find the person after to tell him that the light wasn't working. We returned the keys and left. I would have much rather slept in the car then to have spent the night in such a room. Yes the hotel is opposite the sea but what's the point when the entire atmosphere of the hotel and room feels like something out of the film Psycho?! DON'T BE FOOLED BY THE PRICE!! I'VE PAID THE SAME AMOUNT AND HAVE GOTTEN AMAZING ROOMS!!!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
If you're just after a cheap clean bed for the night it's fine . Small basic and clean .Owners friendly , welcoming and helpful .
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

4/10 Poor

terry

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

2/10 Terrible

Mr Nomaan

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Horrible !NEVER AGAIN
Terrible! We was given a used room!!! Someone had already been inside! One of the bed was was not made , Dirty towel was on bed , used tea cup! ! It was SHOCKING ! No one was at reception to talk to. Because It was late , we asked for a late check in not a USED room!!. - Also the mattress weren’t comfy at all!, the room was dirty! , towels were dirty, floor was dirty and shower was horrible. - the next morning when we spoke to the manager, he said the beds are new. ..NOTHING ELSE! -We didn’t want to argue so we just left and thought we’ll just leave a review.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Room comfort
Not bad for the money
The room was small and very basic but for around the £30 mark we couldn’t really complain. Good location on the sea front.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

6/10 Okay

Gateth

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

RUTH

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
value for money
would stay again, not good for people with limited mobility as alot of stairs
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very nice room was clean staff were lovely right by the beach , went with my 3 children ended up staying another night .
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Catherine

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very friendly welcome Beds were the most comfortable I’ve slept in in blackpool
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
location was the main good part of this hotel. The rooms were awfully small with stains on the bedding. The rooms walls are very thin and this caused a huge problem at night bc we hardly slept and oh the mattress had a spring feeling on the back, very discomforted. The owner was arguing with this wife at 9am as we were getting set to check out. We left behind sliders (sandals) in the bathroom but we went back to look for them, they said they were in the bin? Not about the money but why lie as my mrs tied the bins and left them to aside. Unless the sliders slid across the floor untied the bag and slid in! Overall this place is a 2/10. We stayed for 4 days and was terrible not even an okay. Whilst sat in the lounge the owner was always arguing with other customers which is okay but ruins the mood lol. Anyways thanks for reading and thank me bc this hotel is quite disappointing, before it was too late.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Kay

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We had a lovely time, thank you :)
Very cheap but clean and comfortable
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
After reading a lot of negative reviews thought the chimes on sea excellent value .Room small but very clean .In perfect location .Hotel staff friendly and welcoming .Lovely view over sea .Would not hesitate to rebook on another visit to Blackpool .
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel was nice
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Liked: Amenities
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Sidney

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastic stay
Stayed 3 nights in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very friendly staff and let us keep our stuff there after we cheaked out so we could spend the day hands free
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Freda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Friendly reception and very helpful staff
Booked at the chimes for a long weekend with the family the reception we got was really friendly if we needed anything all we had to do was ask. We were also helped with getting our car parked safely for the weekend at the guest house next door and it was not over priced. It's not the Ritz but if your on a budget it's just the place for people to go to. We have booked again for later in the year as well. Thanks for making us all welcome.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

2/10 Terrible

Hayley

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Disappointed and not slept a wink
Horrible partner did not sleep we left at 8.00am as fella come out in rash was itching all night and room was far too hot in a box room with heating on full all night felt like was being sufacated would never go back
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Jan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely stay
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Sandor

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2018

8/10 Good

Tracy, Edinburgh

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location & friendly owner!
This was a great location as it was right in the middle of the promenade. Rooms were small but adequate & the owner was lovely, nothing was a problem to him. Would stay again!
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

robert

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Lovely friendly hotel in a great location
Lovely friendly hotel in a great location
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

peter

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

4/10 Poor

barry, Doncaster

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Perfect location
as we arrived we couldn't enter the hotel as the door we're locked.there was no host to check us in we had to wait up to 5 minutes . The front door was a pain to open with the silly looking keys. The room desperately needs a bit of tlc as the wallpaper was chipping away there was stains on the front of the bed , the carpets were disgusting had black marks all over ,there was rubbish in bedside drawer , there was no milk and tea provided and the tv was too high up you felt like you were breaking your neck to watch it . The sea view we're lovely . And why have a dining area with no breakfast facilities so that was 88 pound wasted In my opinion. we was in room 5 also when we checked out there was no host to give our key too so I left them on counter with a hand written note and parking omfg! Stay clear it's impossible to park had to pay in a car park several streets away
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel and very friendly and helpful, close to beach and walking distance to everything I needed.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2018

8/10 Good

Tj, Cannock staffordshire

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Nice enough hotel
Nice enough place. The room we were given was a family room 1double bed & 1 single bed for my daughter, the room was very small so for a 1 night stay was adequate, but wouldn’t have been able to stay more than 1 night in this room, but overall stay was ok, plus didn’t get a breakfast with price but wasn’t a major problem
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2018

2/10 Terrible

Liban

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2018

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Poor hotel in need of a refurb all areas require redecoration, no heating in room . Poor....,,!
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2018

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Close to attractions
Small room damp above window, pillows didn't smell nice bed up to wall my husband had trouble getting out to bathroom in night without waking me. No breakfast available. Toilet didn't flush properly. Kettle was dirty on arrival but they did clean it when made aware of it.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2017

2/10 Terrible

sparky, north west

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
in need of mordernisation
we were absolutely freezing as there was no heating at all.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2017

6/10 Okay

S&D, Sandwell

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
2 night stay
Clean rooms but cramped and in need of redecorating. Staff polite and friendly. Good central location oppersite beach.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2017

8/10 Good

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2017

10/10 Excellent

Warren

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The Chimes on the sea
A very nice hotel to stay and the location was fab.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2017

8/10 Good

Meg, London

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Ideal Hotel
The hotel was lovely, right in the centre of everything. Staff were lovely and let you leave your bags after you've checked out so you don't have to carry it with you. Only thing was rooms were a bit smaller than advertised but was ideal for our stay! Would stay again and recommend to a friend.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2017

2/10 Terrible

lee, southport

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
disappointing hotel
booked a 2 night stay here but only lasted a night, the noise there of a night is terrible, and it was all night and thats no joke, i told the owner of the hotel in the morning about me leaveing and the noise and he did say he would refund me for the night i wasnt there, but guess what he hasnt, he just said that to keep me happy, anyway terrible hotel
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2017