Very good stay at this hotel. Everything is as described, no hidden negative points. Very rare these days! Spotlessly clean, modern rooms with big bathroom. Angela, the housekeeper, has an eye on it and even welcomes you with a personal greeting card. To have a good pub in the house is a big advantage. Noise due to the road is bearable (triple glazed windows), aircon is efficient and low-noise. All members of staff are very friendly and welcoming. Car is safely parked off road and buses run frequently to town from bus stop (50 m away) and cost 5 pounds for 24 hrs unlimited traveling. Will definitely recommend this place!

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I stayed here as I was working in the area for a few days and it was the perfect location. The room was very spacious, a lovely bathroom/ shower and a very large comfy bed!! It had a mini fridge, which was very handy to keep my work lunch in and also great tea/ coffee facilities. It looked newly refurbished, with everything coordinated and very clean. The room couldn’t be faulted and clearly had a lot of thought put into what people want/ need for a few days away. There was also ample parking available, which is free for hotel guests, with a side door that can be used to get to the rooms, rather than having to go through the bar area. The only thing that is worth mentioning is remembering that it is a fully functioning and thriving pub (which is a very positive thing!), there will be people enjoying themselves and sometimes live music until closing time. This didn’t bother me, but sound can be heard from the bar in the room. Once the pub is closed, it was a very quiet venue and very little noise from outside. The staff were very friendly and helpful and the food on offer in the bar/ restaurant had a great selection on offer. Thanks for a lovely stay!

Stayed as it was close top the venue I needed to get to for a work event, the AMEX Stadium. Very good value for money. Staff were extremely friendly, helpful and approachable. The room was spotless, Angela had done an amazing job. Room 4 was very spacious and comfortable. There was a little noise from the road, very little from bar (I did stay midweek), but it didnt bother me at all. You can smell dogs on the stairwell but I knew when I booked this was likely. Breakfast was lovely!! and the lady that served me was exceptional in her manner, help and curtesy. I will certainly book this hotel again if close to where I need to work in Brighton.

Nothing considering the price.

The room was lovely. Well appointed, tidy, VERY comfortable. The location was perfect for me. The food was excellent and plentiful. The staff were super. The bus service to the centre of town is pretty good.

I'm not a huge fan of having to register to use Wi-Fi. I also don't like having to download an App to my mobile to use room service. I may be a luddite, but an app is just an unnecessarily nosy way of accessing a website. Just let me visit a website, so I don't have to install apps on my phone that ask if they can get access to cameras, contact, messages, location... So I avoid apps where possible. So I avoided both of these things, and had a perfectly pleasant stay.

The room was excellent even though you had to go up a steep narrow staircase to get to it. It was spacious with comfortable bed and very well equipped bathroom including bath, rain shower and hand shower. Good coffee and tea facilities too. Lovely view with sea in the distance from the room. Friendly staff. Good wi fi

The pub is brash sports bar style with tv snd advertising screens. Not many in when we were there. The food we had on the first night (I accept it was the end of new year holiday period) was disappointing. We did not get the proper breakfast menu the first morning as normal staff were not on so no ‘continental’ options Much better on second morning Is the Downs hotel a local sports pub? Boutique hotel with easy access to Brighton? Or perhaps trying to be a pricey restaurant? I don’t think it knows!

I cant recall the key individuals names but arriving Friday I was told that brekfast didnt start untio 8am on the weekends and I needed to be in Brighton for 0830 having travelled in on the ecxcellent bus service. No problem the ever so helpful very bright and informative young lady who took me to my room 8, told me shed get a message to the duty manager have at lease a continental ready for 0730. In fact I had a hot breakfast, no trouble at all - and the two staff and chef were brilliant. I'd never stayed at a Stonegate Inn and immediately sought out one in my home area. It was that good.

Nothing, all perfect - honestly from the moment I walked in on Friday everything worked like clockwork.

Breakfast good; the location was rather discouraging on arrival (winter, dark), as it’s on a busy road junction with bleak shops nearby, but the view next morning, out over the English Channel, was fabulous. Very handy dog-walking in a vast downland field across the road. Inside is a very positive experience: lovely staff; a quiet competence in evidence; very nicely decorated, spacious room (though the stairs up to the bedrooms are very steep for older folk - us - and harshly utilitarian). I suspect if you arrived without at least one dog, they’d either lend you one or turn you away! Our two were made very welcome.

Those stairs! That’s all. We can’t hold the location against you, but the external socialising area at the front was looking fairly worn (sign of a popular pub, I’m sure). The side door and lobby area at the bottom of the stairs is pretty austere. It must be tricky to balance being a pub in that suburban area with attracting overnight stays. Easy in a pretty South Downs village: not so easy where you are.

The staff were excellent. I called them to let them know I’d be late and asked about food and a 20 year old girl was really helpful on the phone. Even telling me that if I wanted food at 21.59 they would sort it for me. Nothing was too much trouble for these guys. Evening meal was very good and breakfast was lovely. Even providing for coeliac allergies. Room was brilliant. Also car park is plenty big enough for guys with a large van like me. Definitely staying again.

Nothing really. Even if anything was bad the price for the night cancels it out anyway

Booked this hotel for the Brighton Marathon weekend and from the reviews we were not disappointed. Location was ideal for where we had booked parking for the event on the Sunday. The room was fantastic with a bathroom bigger than some of the rooms in our house !!! It was clean and nicely furnished and exceeded our expectations. We had lunch on the Saturday and the included breakfast on the Sunday and the food was excellent. Overall a fantastic experience and would happily stay here again if looking for somewhere in this area. Highly recommend.

Stayed here for 3 nights September 2024 while visiting family in Brighton. Very easy to get into the centre of Brighton either by car or public transport. Free car park. Plenty of choice for breakfast of either English breakfast or Continental. Very clean and comfortable rooms with excellent servicing of the room each day with fresh towels and tea, coffee etc. ( Thank you to Angela for that) All the staff I met were very friendly, efficient and helpful. A very good restaurant offering a very good choice of meals for both lunch and dinner. If you stay here you will not be disappointed.

Nothing.