Best Hotels in Brighton UK

A top class landmark in Brighton for 150 years, The Grand is quite simply the best address in this little city by the sea. With 201 rooms furnished in contemporary seaside-inspired tones and sweeping sea views from some accommodation, The Grand also boasts a great restaurant, GB1, specialising in seafood. An extensive lounge invites afternoon tea while there’s a full range of treatments offered at the hotel’s luxurious spa. It’s the best of Brighton hotels for unabashed luxury.

With a top location on the seafront, Jurys Inn Brighton Waterfront offers deluxe contemporary accommodation with direct ocean views from some of its 210 well appointed guest rooms. This top modern hotel has an impressively large atrium, which gives access to Brighton’s famous Lanes and where meals and drinks are served. It’s a perfect place to kick back and decide on the evening ahead. A heated indoor pool completes an alluring picture. Best of Brighton’s hotels for top class seafront living.

Intimacy is the key at A Room With A View, just east of Brighton Palace Pier and with direct sea views from some of the deluxe rooms. Decor is relaxed and neutral with a stripped-back beach house feel. The hotel is set in one of Brighton’s distinctive Grade II listed Georgian buildings and the top rated neighbourhood offers many dining and leisure options. A Room With A View is the best of Brighton hotels for those seeking topnotch, discreet luxury.

Hip and highly contemporary, with an ideal sea-facing location, Legends Hotel is ideal for those who want to be at the heart of Brighton’s famous gay scene. Guest rooms are compact with neutral decor and some offer direct and sweeping sea views. There’s a large sea-facing patio and bar with a top rated thriving nightclub occupying the lower floors. Best of Brighton’s hotels for party-goers seeking a good time and a great view.

Malmaison Brighton has a prime position overlooking Brighton Marina, one of the largest marinas in Europe, with a wide range of eating options and leisure attractions. Seventy three luxury guest rooms are vibrantly contemporary while Chez Mal is the hotel’s stylish restaurant. There’s easy access to the seafront and to spectacular walks along the Undercliff Walk to the picturesque village of Rottingdean, down the coast. Bestof Brighton hotels for a marina location.

Jurys Inn Brighton is set in a highly convenient location directly adjacent to Brighton Rail Station within easy walking distance of the funky shops, pubs and restaurants of Brighton’s hip North Laine district. Guest rooms are quietly contemporary in neutral seaside tones. Oddsocks Bar and Kitchen is the hotel’s lounge and restaurant where breakfast, dinner and lunch are served in cheerful surroundings. Best of Brighton hotels for anyone arriving by train.

The striking interior design of the ultra-modern My Brighton, in the funky North Laine district, features guest rooms in a space age rock star style, some featuring circular beds. The Chilli Pickle within the hotel is a top rated, award winning Indian restaurant while Small Batch Coffee has a hip in-hotel outlet that’s ideal for watching Brighton’s funky street scene. Theatres and pubs are a stroll away. Best of Brighton’s hotels for an up-market rock star vibe.

Quietly contemporary elegance directly on the seafront  is the hallmark of Brighton Harbour Hotel & Spa, with 79 rooms and luxury suites designed to cosset guests from the moment they step through the front door. The  hustle and bustle of the traditional seaside is a long way away from this hotel’s real secret: a lavish spa with indoor swimming pool carved out of old smugglers’ tunnels beneath the hotel. Harby’s Bar and Diner serves all-day seaside cuisine in a lively, colourful setting. It’s of the finest of Brighton’s hotels for a surprise spa.

In 20 lavish luxurious bedrooms, where new wood panelling contrasts with stunning original features, Drakes Hotel effortlessly stakes its claim to be the best of the best of Brighton’s boutique hotels. The setting is on the Kemptown seafront with direct sea views from some of the stunning guest rooms. Drakes, within the hotel, is renowned as one of this foodie city’s  top rated restaurants. Service is personal and the style attracts the rich and famous.

In the heart of up-market Hove, just a few blocks from the sea, The Claremont has just 11 guest rooms which combine contemporary features with a seaside cottage style. Original art is on display throughout the hotel which is set in a classically Brighton Victorian building with original features celebrated throughout. Afternoon tea is a speciality of The Claremont and Hove’s many top rated restaurants are a short walk away. Best of the boutique hotels for a Hove setting.

Character is the key at top rated Red Brighton Blue, with 11 comfortably furnished rooms over five floors of a listed Georgian townhouse, just off the seafront. The building dates back to the high society of the 1800s when the well to do flocked to Brighton. Palace Pier is just a short walk away, as are the many top notch restaurants and bars of Kemp Town. An intimate garden offers the ideal place to unwind before enjoying the next of Brighton’s many attractions. One of the city’s outstanding boutique hotels for character and welcome.

Behind a traditional facade in Kemp Town lie 10 highly contemporary  guest rooms with a distinctly Brighton take on opulence featuring decor accents in primary colours and furnishings featuring statement high glamour pieces. A breakfast menu is offered and the hotel has its own intimate cocktail bar that’s a destination for both guests and Brighton-dwellers alike. Best of Brighton’s boutique hotels for a top take on on style and design.

Overlooking a garden square close to the ultra-modern i360 observation tower, Hotel Una celebrates natural materials in each of its 20 individually styled guest rooms featuring  real wood flooring and teaming contemporary artwork with the original features of this Regency townhouse. The hotel’s top class bar fiftyfive welcomes guests with a cocktail menu and deep leather armchairs. Best of Brighton’s boutique hotels for a top class natural experience.

Expert massage is a unique feature of The Charm Boutique Hotel & Spa, with a full body massage offered in keeping with the alternative lifestyle that’s a famous feature of contemporary Brighton. This small hotel is situated in the heart of fashionable Kemptown, with its wide range of night clubs, pubs and restaurants. Guest rooms are comfortably furnished with neutral tones and an accent on the original features of this 19th century building.

Perfectly located just west of Brighton’s famous Palace Pier, Queens Hotel & Spa offers well-appointed great value accommodation right on the beachfront with some rooms offering views over the pier. A heated swimming pool and sauna are at the heart of the Queens Hotel’s well appointed spa facilities while the No1 Bar & Bistro is the ideal place to start your evening before heading out to a live music gig or to one of the many sea facing night clubs.

Just 11 affordable rooms are located upstairs from one of Hove’s best-loved pub restaurants, The Ginger Pig. The location is just off the elegant Hove seafront and the style is under-stated high comfort with dark neutral colours punctuated by colour accents. Food lovers need go no further than the top award-winning cuisine of The Ginger Pig downstairs, while a stroll to the seafront is ideal for morning coffee and breakfast in a cafe off Hove Lawns.

Funky decor featuring exposed brick and striking original art work are the stand-out features of the top rated guest rooms at Artist Residence Brighton. The location is superb too, on Regency Square, near the i360 observation tower. Breakfast is in a delightful dining room on the ground floor of this former Regency townhouse. The vibe is distinctly Bohemian while The Set, a small top rated restaurant, is within the hotel.

A much loved landmark on the Kemp Town beachfront, The Lanes Hotel oozes old-school character and class. Guest room decor has traditional touches with some of the 34 rooms offering direct sea views and balconies. The hotel’s Noel Coward lounge is the ideal place to plan your evening ahead and also offers lavish afternoon tea. There’s a sea front terrace, too. All of Brighton’s attractions are within easy walking distance. It’s one of the best affordable hotels.

Each of the outstanding twelve guest rooms at this intimate hotel in a historic Kemp Town building offers a highly individual style. Every room takes a unique theme – from the cool blues and whites of “Snow Storm” to the dark reds and characterful fabrics of “Moroccan” – and translates that into elegant decor. The result is a strikingly unusual destination hotel that has its guests returning time and again. Massage and holistic treatments are a speciality. Top rated accommodation !