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St Christopher's at The Palace Hotel Reviews

10/12 Grand Junction Road, BN1 1PN, Brighton, England

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82%Overall Rating

From 163 ratings
  • 80%Character
  • 81%Security
  • 97%Location
  • 80%Staff
  • 80%Atmosphere
  • 77%Cleanliness

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93%

Great located, just a few steps to the seaside! The rooms are decorated lovely and have their on bathroom.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 27 May 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Germany
  • Female 18-24
  • (1 review)


63%

Helpful staffs are there but the room was dirty, noisy and smelly. I heard some guys use drug in my room.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 24 May 2012
  • Anonymous
  • (Country undisclosed)
  • (Gender undisclosed)


97%

Excellent cheap place to stay, right on the sea front, by the pier. Good only if you area fan of loud music from downstairs. Good thing they provide ear plugs for free. Very nice place.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 21 May 2012
  • Anonymous
  • India
  • Male 18-24
  • (3 reviews)


93%

Hostel location is excellent close to Victoria station. Very helpful as I had early morning flights to Canada and Berlin. The big downside was the rooms on the higher floors are very hot especially because the windows did not open completely.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 17 May 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Canada
  • Male 25-30
  • (2 reviews)


83%

Always good quality at st christopher, just a shame they charge you for storing your luguage on check out day. But i always come back to st christopher amyway


97%

Very nice atmosphere, comfortable bar (maybe would have been a bit loud on the first floor, but no problem on the second) with Karaoke night (awesome!), staff was very friendly, it was great that free breakfast was included - in total very good choice.


83%

Overall a good hostel but very basic -though this is probably to be expected at such a low price. The room was fine, comfortable enough beds with decent sized lockers beneath - BYO padlock. The bathroom didn't have a locking door and the shower head didn't stay mounted above you, you had to hold it - fail. We were on the first floor and there was surprisingly minimal noise from the bar below which had cheap food and drink-10% off since you're staying there. Brilliant location. 65 y/o roomie-wtf?


90%

Was a very clean and comfy hostel, had cheap beers at the bar, Friendly staff and Lilly at reception was really helpful.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 15 May 2012
  • mischaking
  • Australia
  • Male 18-24
  • (1 review)


100%

The double room had a wonderful view of the sea and plenty of space,very romantic!


90%

My friend realised today that she may have left her driving licence in our room, and phoned the hostel and they said they found it and would send it back to her! Am very thankful.The only thing I would say is that when we got to the hostel, it was too early to check in so left our bags behind the bar and decided to get some food and drinks. We were charged full price and were not told until after we checked in that we could've got 10% off! If we knew this before we ordered we would've spent more

  • Novice Nomad
  • 13 May 2012
  • Anonymous
  • England
  • Female 18-24
  • (1 review)


83%

Better than I thought it was going to be after reading reviews. Was fine for what we were after and the location couldn't have been better. Fantastic seaview :-)

  • Novice Nomad
  • 11 May 2012
  • Anonymous
  • England
  • Male 31-40
  • (1 review)


83%

Perfectly reasonable hostel right on the seafront near Brighton Pier. Good location. Clean throughout. Pub downstairs and continental breakfast included (if you're up early). Checkout time is very early (10am), especially if you've been out the night before!


67%

Our room of 4 was great, had a lot of space and was right by the Pier. However the staff didn't offer to take us up to our room, tell us any of the details like breakfast and was quite rude. Good job the hostel payed up to its expectations!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 07 May 2012
  • Anonymous
  • England
  • Female 18-24
  • (1 review)

Owner Comment (Show)
Hi Thanks for your feedback. I'm sorry your experience at check-in wasn't up to your expectations. However being a hostel it is not our policy to show guests to their rooms but you should have received some directions. I notice that on the day you checked in we were training a new member of staff and can only assume this is the reason you were not given enough information at check-in. Regards Russell newby General Manager

67%

The check in and check out experience was, in my opinion, very unprofessional, I didn't like the way I was welcomed and because the only identification I could give was my student card, the guy checking me in was quite rude and I honestly didn't think he knew he was doing himself. The bar had a nice atmosphere but checking in could have been improved.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 07 May 2012
  • Anonymous
  • England
  • Female 25-30
  • (1 review)

Owner Comment (Show)
Hi thanks for your feedback. Unfortunately we require photo ID at check in. This is for the security of all of our guests. As recommended by the police the only forms that we accept are passport, ID card or driving licence. Therefore this may have been a cause of friction at check in as we reserve the right to refuse people without appropriate ID. I hope this didn't cause you too much inconvenience. Regards Russell Newby General Manager

83%

Staff were excellent - all the time.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 06 May 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Australia
  • Female 41+
  • (1 review)


87%

Extremelly well localized!!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 05 May 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Portugal
  • Female 18-24
  • (1 review)


67%

Only good thing about this hostel is the location. Stairs, hall needs a good hoovering... actually the whole place needs a face lift....the girl the checked me in and out, lovely & very pleasant! (long ginger red wavy hair) ... very helpful girl....

  • Novice Nomad
  • 05 May 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Ireland
  • Female 25-30
  • (1 review)

Owner Comment (Show)
Hi thanks for your feedback. I am shocked to hear that the corridors and stairs weren't as clean as you would have liked. They are cleaned daily by our housekeeping staff and so I can only guess that you checked in later after other customers had made a mess. Please accept my apologies and we hope to see you again soon. Regards Russell Newby General Manager

97%

A very good location, and a good hostel and staff too.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 05 May 2012
  • Anonymous
  • (Country undisclosed)
  • (Gender undisclosed)


93%

Lovely place, helpful staff, and much fun at the bar downstairs :) Absolutely recommended to any good-timers seeking party in Brighton

  • Novice Nomad
  • 04 May 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Hungary
  • Male 25-30
  • (1 review)


67%

It should be a bit more clean and maybe needs some renovations.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 03 May 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Greece
  • Female 25-30
  • (1 review)


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