Excellent location. Breakfast is not offered at the Anchorage but lunch and dinner are available. My partner had dinner there one night when he was lucky enough to strike the Curry Night. This he said was superb, especially for a hotel which has to cater to many tastes. As he comes from a curry land, this is compliment indeed. Well up to the standard of the better curry restaurants. I was unwell and this comment only made me more unwell as now I was envious too. Do try to get there on a Curry Night. We took the Heritage spa room and the one they gave us was excellent. We go to the Anchorage every year and will continue to do so. Friendly people and wonderful ambience. The Heritage Spa room we were given was excellent with a large balcony which gives a wide sea view.

There was nothing to complain about.

There is no breakfast. There are nearby venues. Whilst there no air-conditioning the small, quiet oscillating fan made the conditions comfortable. There was minimal traffic noise at night.

Parking was not available on arrival. Despite signage stating that parking was for clients only it was apparent that many, including visitors to the bowling club across the street, treated the park as a public facility. I didn't appreciate having to provide photographic ID online as a pre-arrival prerequisite. The hotel receptionist said that it was a bookings.com thing, and the hotel itself couldn't care less about it.

I am an older person and very used to roughing it when travelling, but I had zero sleep on my first night's stay in a budget single room because the bathroom cistern ran noisily all night, sputtering and squealing! The next morning, staff apologised and gave me the only other room available for my second night - a double suite with spa, and balcony overlooking the sea. Plus the room came with complimentary bottle of wine and snacks. Wow! They looked after me without any drama whatsoever. I really appreciated it. Slept like a baby in all the luxury that night.

I liked the location, near the beach and in walking distance to shopping and town. We had the room upstairs, generous space, and clean, lovely care products. Staff were very friendly and helpful. The lemon cheese cake in the Caffe/ Restaurant was delicious. Dinner in the evening was tasty. The bar is a side of a boat, very nicely set up. It is an old building, which is why we chose it, lots of caracter.

The stairs with luggage could be difficult for some people. For our part of the view/balcony, we left the room, and opposite was a door to step out onto part of the balcony. There were 2 chairs and a table to enjoy the view.

The Anchorage is a beautiful old building oozing character. The room was great: tons of space, a great old four poster bed, GREAT little balcony with an ocean view, and a great bathroom with a spa. Not only that...there was a complimentary bottle of red and some nibbles! What was not to like?

A couple of minor hiccups with fittings occurred, but they really were not an issue...more a reflection of the fact that it is an old building. Yes, the carpets and drapes are showing their age, but at the end of the day, none of this detracted from the enjoyable stay we experienced!

Location is absolutely perfect. Just metres from the beach with a wonderful sea view, and just a short stroll to the centre of town. Was up early one day and caught the sunrise from the balcony which was spectacular. Friendly, helpful staff. Very clean. All in all it is a wonderful place to stay.

The hotel has the essentials just about perfect, including a plug for the hand basin in the bathroom as someone who shaves by using a hand basin, this is a personal added bonus so often missing in most hotels. The hotel is old and has a wonderful charm, but some attention to detail could give it a wow factor. e.g. when I walked into my room - the mounted TV was crooked, most of the lamp shades were crooked. These details cost absolutely nothing to amend but add a lot to a first impression. Also, it is a pity there is no breakfast available at the hotel.

This is a Heritage Hotel and as such there is no lift to the second floor where we stayed, but we have stayed there a number of times and love the place. Certainly it needs refurbishing but I believe that will soon be done, and for the position and the building this was reflected in the price for the spa room. It suited our requirements. A special treat was the very good band playing on Sunday afternoon.

As I have said we know the guest rooms are to be refurbished, in fact may be re-built, so they are not wonderful. There is plenty that needs doing, but we enjoyed it all anyway.

Nice location, spa, view. Had the basics we needed for o/night stay. It's an older place with plenty of character - that actually makes it quite nice and we hope the character stays! A very nice touch was the bottle of wine and nibbles provided - we didn't remember that from previous stays.

A little maintenance would go a long way. Very noisy exhaust fan in spa/bathroom so had spa in dark to avoid excess noise. Fridge also noisy overnight / no microwave but does have kettle. And the lighting wasn't great - room lighting by two wall uplights - one needed replacing, but wasn't worth chasing as only there one night.

the old world charm, the staff, the location and the view of the bay were great. the room has everything we needed except chairs so we brought in those from the balcony. the staff accommodated our request made when we were booking

there is no lift, so we left most of our things in the car due to large heavy luggage. the car park was full of Bowls people's cars when we arrived, very lucky to find a spot at the far end when someone left. the car park is also gravel which would have made it hard to move rolling luggage

Brilliant location right on the seafront and in the middle of the town close to everything via walking. Loved staying at the historic hotel. So interesting to learn about its history. Has a bar and restaurant that serves beautiful food. Lots of character with function rooms.

No lift up to the second floor so you have to take the stairs. Wonderful to stay upstairs in a room with ensuite and balcony that overlooks the sea and Bay Area. The stairs with no lift is an issue for elderly or disabled. But there are 3 ground floor rooms to accommodate for this.