Hambledon Holidays from £260

Great staff on reception. Very convenient location. Room was clean and well equipped.

The room was very clean, and the facilities were fantastic

On arrival to the East Cliff Hotel, I saw some A4 notes written on the doors saying to go to the Carlton Hotel next door to check in.

Very strange and confusing experience with parking registration ​ "I recently stayed at this hotel and encountered a very confusing situation at check-in. I noticed a tablet on the reception desk for parking registration. When I entered my car's registration number, the screen clearly displayed a message saying I had free parking for 24 hours. ​However, as soon as the receptionist saw this, they became visibly unhappy and told me I wasn't supposed to do that. They claimed that the free option on the screen was for 'other types of guests' and insisted that I had to pay for parking separately. To my surprise, the staff member then immediately moved the tablet out of my reach/sight. ​It felt very unprofessional and lacked transparency. If the hotel’s own system identifies a vehicle for free parking, why would the staff discourage using it and hide the device? It felt like I was being pushed to pay for something that the system had already cleared as free. I hope the management can clarify why there is such a difference between what the screen says and what the staff tells the guests."