Aberystwyth

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

Staff were very welcoming, courteous and helpful throughout my stay. Room was very clean and confortable and had a great view (see picture).

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.

I paid £128 for 2 nights and this was one of the cheaper dates available. This hotel began life as the Bay Hotel - the frontage and front facing bedrooms have been retained, with a modern extension built on at the rear. My front facing room 104 couldn't be faulted. Just be aware the access to the hotel is via an unassuming rear entrance through the car park. The bus/rail interchange is an easy 5 minute walk away. The staff all make your stay enjoyable with their friendly attitude. The evening meals were very quickly dispatched from the kitchen and the breakfast offered a far better quality of bacon than some other Premier Inns are currently using. It's a lively little town and highly individualistic - I want to come back!

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.

Nice hotel .very clean . 8 quid to park is a bit steep The receptionist ‘mesh’ is one in million, very friendly Nothing was too much trouble and everything he did he did with a smile on his face , a top bloke A real ambassador for the premier inn brand