Aberystwyth

Premier Inn is the best 👌👌

I settled into my room just now (22.15) after a seven-hour train journey from London. There was a welcoming Drinks Menu card on the desk. I walked to reception to order a glass of white wine. The receptionist said the bar was closed for cleaning and maintenance. I asked when it would open and he said not tonight. There is nothing on the Drinks Menu card about limited hours. I asked to speak to the manager and the receptionist said hi name was Mesh and he was the manager. What a rubbish welcome and awful place. The likes of Mesh should not be working in hospitality

Perfectly located, with a car park as well, which makes it so much easier in Aberystwyth. It is only a 2 Star hotel, so you get all the basics but it's good value for money, if you only need somewhere to stay for a few nights. Breakfast is also very decent and for good value too. Some bits in the bathroom could do with a slightly deeper clean (shower head was a bit mouldy), but other than that, nothing to complain about.

The hotel is on the sea front. Currently, you can't miss it as it's covered in scaffolding. You enter around the back of the building, past the cinema, where there is a small car park. The building next door has been completely gutted, with the whole walls removed at the back. It makes for a miserable locality. Check in was fine. Room was fine also, but looking tired. TV worked fine. Breakfast was above average, with everything you could possibly want - cooked items, cereals, fruit, etc. I find this hotel quite expensive at times, but they charge what people will pay I guess.

Very clean rooms and large comfortable bed Very good breakfast buffet Still waiting for a refund on our sea room which was obscured by scaffolding

This is one of the more unusual Premier Inns that I’ve visited owing to the unusual construction. The hotel fascia is a retained part of a long parade of original properties right on the front at Marine Parade and the branding (a bit worn) is so subtle that you could miss it from that side. Most of the body of the hotel, including the car park and reception, is built at the back of the retained property and is the usual type of modern construction which you’d expect for the chain. Inside there are all the usual amenities apart from an explicit bar. If you want a drink then sit in the restaurant and the waiting staff will serve you at table. My room was the usual high standard but the odd arrangement makes the residential part a bit of a warren. Using the stairs down from my room on the top floor I was disconcerted to find one flight down put me back on a corridor and I had to find another staircase to get the rest of the way down. In the process, however, I did discover how to use the exit onto the seafront. There is a lift of course but I always like to check the stairs and this was the only niggle I had.