Jurys Inn Brighton Waterfront

Rooms and decor

Rooms here are modern and clean, with a pared-back design that still covers every detail you actually use — comfortable beds, well-kept bathrooms cleaned daily, and free Wi-Fi that's fast and stable enough to work from. Some rooms come with a genuine sea view, but not all do, so flag it at booking if that's what you're after. The recurring line in reviews is value: guests call it "great value for the location and quality" and "cleaner than a lot of hotels at a similar price." Nobody's pretending this is a design hotel, but for a 4-star chain room a short walk from the water, it does exactly what you'd want.

Food and amenities

Breakfast is the part reviewers keep coming back to. There's a proper Full English — fried eggs, sausage, bacon — alongside lighter options like yogurt and fresh fruit, so it suits both the all-in and the keep-it-light crowd. The hotel also has a fitness room for anyone wanting to train mid-trip, plus meeting rooms that handle small-to-medium events and seminars. Staff come across as friendly and professional, and more than one review notes the service is "better than you'd expect from a chain at this price" — a fair summary of why the score sits so high.

Location and getting there

The address is the real draw. You're just 0.4 km from Brighton beach, about five minutes on foot to the water, with Brighton Palace Pier a ten-minute walk away. The Royal Pavilion is 12 to 15 minutes on foot, and the walk takes you through The Lanes — worth a browse on the way. Brighton Station is roughly 1 km, about a 13-minute walk, which makes this an easy pick if you're coming down from London by train. The one thing to know: the hotel borders Brighton's bar district, so on weekend nights you may hear noise from the street. Ask for a room that doesn't face that side and it's a non-issue.

Things to know before booking

Sea views are a limited subset of rooms, not the standard, so request one explicitly if it matters. There's no hotel parking — drivers will need a nearby public car park, paid separately. And the bar-district edge means light sleepers should specifically ask for a quieter, street-facing-away room before they arrive. None of these are dealbreakers; they're just the trade-offs of a central seafront spot rather than a quiet outlying one.

Our take

Jurys Inn Brighton Waterfront — now Leonardo Royal Hotel Brighton Waterfront — suits just about every kind of traveller: couples after a good location near the sea, families wanting comfort at a sensible price, and business guests who need meeting rooms in a central spot. Rates start around $78 a night, which is fair for the location and the quality you get. The 9.6/10 says the rest better than we can.