Cooden Beach Hotel  

The hotel is next door to a railway station with an infrequent service from London to Hastings - heard a train go past just once over the weekend. On the other side of the hotel is the beach - typical for the area, but lots of it. Staff are pleasant and professional, food abundant and varied. Our room was comfortable, clean and tidy.

Very close to the beach, so good views and great for walks.

Bathroom window faced the railway line, and the glass wasn't frosted, so commuters could see down into the bathroom.

Provided us with exactly what we were looking for

The location

I expected to stay in the main part of the hotel, however we put in a four room annex to the side facing the carpark and train station. One reason for choosing this hotel was location and the building. The staff were not trained in people skills mainly the reception. The service was slow and tables were always scattered with debris by previous people.

The owner takes a personal interest in all his guests

Good hotel, good food and nice setting.

Main reason for using this hotel is for Business but I like to use pool and gym which was closed, there was nothing telling me this when I booked the hotel.

We were in Bexhill for a family funeral. As the funeral tea was to be at Cooden Beach it seemed a good idea to book our stay there as well. We were delighted with the care and attention we were given at the funeral tea and were not at all disappointed with the hotel. Our only critisism is that we were disappointed with our dinnerl on the Friday night(we went to the Italian on Saturday). I found the menu a bit uninspired and the food a little "standard" but the dining room was very pleasant and the staff were lovely so this did not blight our stay! The room was lovely with its little balcony and it was so nice to stay in a hotel with a choice of places to sit and read or have a drink etc. We loved it - so great being right on the beach and by the station - perfect. Thank you for a lovely stay. The Blackmores

A very good mid-range hotel

It was very clean and the staff were polite but not friendly, but you tend to find that with Hotels that are not family run, our room was very noisy, but the bed was very comfortable so we slept ok anyway, the breakfast was fantastic, and overall our stay was very good and well-priced,

I wish we had asked to change rooms, as our was on a very busy main road and next to the train station.

Nice size hotel with decent size rooms and communal areas.

Service in the bar area not the quickest in the world but suited us on this occasion but would have grated if I went there on a social event.

It is very convenient to have a railway station right outside and to be so near the beach.

We have always been given rooms at the back and a sea view room would have been nice. The food is not all that brilliant and we usually eat out.

We have sent a letter of thanks and appreciation re the above but will just add a few words. We were so impressed with the staff who were so attentive and polite at all times. We were very happy with our room which was so comfortable and very good value. There is nothing we did not like about our stay and we look forward to coming again in the not too distant future. Also we have recommended to our friends.

A decent well run family hotel situated in a great location right on the beach,

could use a little tlc in the bedroom we had- a coat of paint would work wonders. also the same applies to the pool area.