The Bournemouth Maemar Hotel  

Nothing at all. When we (1 adult 2 children) arrived, the reception was manned by the manager. But around us was a lot of foreign students. It wouldn't have been too bad if we knew prior to booking, however, if we did know then we would've stayed elsewhere. We had an issue with the room, but when I approached the reception it was manned by a young person associated with the students. I am glad we only stayed there for one night as it wasn't a very enjoyable experience. I will be contacting the manager today for some refund.

The room had an odour of cigarette smoke coming through the bathroom vent. The light in the bathroom went off and back on, on it's own, so when in the shower I ended up in darkness until it came back on again. The manager wasn't able to put us into another room as foreign students were also staying there - unknown to me at time of booking! We had to leave early to catch a ferry to isle of Wight the next day so when I told the manager we would be having a full English breakfast early (which was in the price) he told me that the students would be having their continental breakfast first - from 7 till 8.30 then rest of guests will be served their full English from 8.30, which was not any good to us. I wasn't happy with this, therefore we had to have a continental with the students - again, a very unpleasant experience!

only the breakfast, it was cold but definitely the best thing out of the stay. Not the best breakfast, I've certainly had much better, however as I say, it was the best feature of the hotel which is something to be proud of.

The room wasn't clean, we found hairs in the bed, they we're definitely pubes! The shower was either kettle hot or ice cube cold, there was no temperature in between. I actually burnt my hands to the point I actually yelled and my boyfriend ran in. We ordered a double and received 2 beds pushed together, 1 bed was soft, the other was solid. The light bulb above the bed only worked on 1 side. We had no towels in the room and had to request them, we only received them after asking twice. We had no bath tub, when other rooms our friends stayed in at the same price did. During my boyfriends shower, the power tripped out and we we're in darkness for 15 mins. My boyfriend had to stay in a towel until it was switched back on. The room didnt have a phone so I had to run down to reception to report the fault, after i reported it we sat in the room waiting but nothing happened, it wasn't until i went down a second time that it was resolved.

Not a lot, near to the town centre

Very dated, in a dodgy area and you couldnt have breakfast until 9am, as we were up early a pain. Lots of students staying, expensive for what it is.

Location and budget for new year's eve stay over as close to local bars and clubs. It's next door to Rubyz! We have stayed before when using local theatre and it does the job.Friendly staff and efficient. We decided to give breakfast a miss as it is basic and had breakfast out at Branksome Beach Restaurant as recommended in the Times. Excellent.

A little tired but what would you expect for £60 b & b?

Location was good

It was very basic and could use some updating, but for the price we had not expected any more

* Noisy. * No Wi-Fi in room. * Room not cleaned every day. * No clean towel every day [had same towel for 1.5 weeks on one occassion]. * TV too close to bed. * Room entrance door jammed. * Breakfast cold and low quality. * Breakfast late on occassions. * Not the cheapest in retrospect. * Some wall sockets not working.

That I was only staying for one night.

The room was very cramped. Breakfast did not start until 8.30 and even when I said this would be too late for our needs, I was not offered any alternative. Also our room was on the third floor and there was no lift or offer of anyone taking our bags.

The location was very good to both town and short stroll to the beach. There was a good selection of food at the buffet breakfast.

Our room smelt of cigarettes, the heating wasn't working and we had a bunch of young males staying in the room next door who came back at 4am in the morning and proceeded to shout at each other for about half an hour.

Location

Disorganised cramped room no change of linen

Staff were great and this made the difference as it is a budget hotel.

They do need to sort the showers out though. Some of our party had some problems

Friendly staff, cheap room

Room was very basic, shower was very hard work if it worked at all.

Staff friendly and efficient. The room was clean and spacious. Good location just outside the town centre. Excellent value for money.

Breakfast was good.

Beds were narrow, but comfortable.No hot water in morning.