Is Amherst Brighton pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much does it cost to stay at Amherst Brighton?

As of 3 Nov 2025, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at Amherst Brighton on 12 Nov 2025 start from NZ$87.76, including taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.

What time is check-in at Amherst Brighton?

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; check-in end time: 11:30 PM. Late check-in is available during limited hours.

Where is Amherst Brighton located?

Nestled on the beach, this Seafront guesthouse is within a 10-minute walk of Brighton Beach and Brighton Pier. Volk’s Electric Railway and SEA LIFE Brighton are also within 5 minutes. Brighton Station is 21 minutes by foot and Brighton (BSH-Brighton Train Station) is 21 minutes.

Amherst Brighton Reviews, Deals & Photos 2025

10/10 Excellent

Helen

2 Aug 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Lovely place to stay

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Shel

17 Jul 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Was a little worried that everyone might have the same codes to all rooms?

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Trevor

13 Jul 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Not a bad stay, but be honest with advert

Expected a room like the one depicted in photos. The room was nice, but small, with no aircon. Paid for parking voucher, but no parking available so paid for NCP parking. The wording of “off-street parking” should be changed, as that is not the case.

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Mark

8 Oct 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Fun weekend away with friends nice hotel to stay in will book with again

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

matthew

7 Nov 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Great stay

Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023

4/10 Poor

BARTOSZ

15 Jun 2025

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

Disappointed

Nothing like on the pic

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Libby

31 Jul 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Very cute and in such a good location, right very close to the pier!

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Christopher

12 Feb 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

I had a comfortable stay and had everything i needed it was a perfect stay for myself and would definitely book again if im in the area.

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Bernard

22 Oct 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great hotel close to town

Stayed in the Amerhust for one night very welcoming easy check in we was upgraded to a bigger room which was clean spacious and well stocked with tea and coffee close to the town will definitely be rebooking agin

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Vicki

7 Jul 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Great location, however mattress and pillows need updated

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Em

18 Nov 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Really happy for the price! Was given a free upgrade which really helped as had some personal issues half way through my trip. They were understanding and great with communication! Recommend

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

6/10 Okay

Gareth

23 Dec 2023

Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities

Great location. Chapel street car park just around the corner. (ideal for small cars) The bed was very uncomfortable and room 7 too far with no lift.

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Brian

14 Aug 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

They have thought of everything

They have thought about everything: it's clean, got a microwave and kettle, shampoo, bedside lights, even simple to use Wi-Fi code. And of course the position, so close to the sea, is great.

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

27 Aug 2024

Liked: Staff & service

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

I wouldn't leave booking a room till the last minute ever again, especially during the busiest bank holiday weekend - so this wasn't great value, in the basement with people looking in while walking past, and smelling rather damp. However, the location is very convenient, the room was clean and the staff pleasant and helpful.

Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Lisa

28 Feb 2024

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great one night stay.

Here for one night on business. I booked the superior room as it was only £3 more than a double and was well worth it, except for climbing 6 flights of stairs. It gave me some great exercise. Only thing is it was quite dusty in some areas and I think there’s a tiny spider trapped inside the TV.

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Lisa

10 Apr 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Excellent value for money , room was large, large comfy bed with TV and sofa. Mini kitchen with kettle,sink,hob,microwave and fridge. En suite bath with shower. Towels provided.I only booked for the one night but would have happily stayed a week. Yes there was the odd hair and a bit of dust in places but on the whole it was clean. Its a bit dated but wouldn't expect anything less being an old building. I'd definitely be booking again.

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

6/10 Okay

Pedro

22 Jul 2024

The TV is too small. You have a cooker that doesn’t work without pots or pans.

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

4/10 Poor

Kevin

21 Apr 2024

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Loud old house converted into hotel rooms/apartments. The room was cold, noisy and in disrepair. There is no reception and contacting staff is near impossible. No breakfast as advertised.

Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024

6/10 Okay

Tina

10 Mar 2024

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

Needs work

Arrived early but was allowed to check in. Bought a parking permit from the hotel £15 for 24 hours. Staff helpful. Room was tired, a bit grubby. Carpet was dirty, stained, old. Didn't want to take my shoes off! Very dusty around skirting boards. Bathroom and bedding was very clean. Good location, opposite the pier.

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

2/10 Terrible

Pauline

11 Aug 2024

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Warming run

Absolutely awful…the room was small which was ok, the bathroom was shocking as we discovered a plume of pubic hair in shower sinkhole. The cooker didn’t work which we found out after buying some shopping.The iron was unsafe as plug cover came off exposing wires. Very dissatisfied and disappointed.would not recommend staying here unless you want to experience what is like to live in a hostel for homeless.

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

Josephine

9 May 2024

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

We booked a “deluxe” double and the room was far from deluxe, it was filthy, stains on cushions, the shower was grim with hair and filth around it, the locks on the windows were broken off and we were in a ground floor room next to the street so felt really unsafe. There didn’t seem to be any staff at the property as we had been given an access code and no answer when we tried to call the contact number. The bed was so uncomfortable, rock hard and horrible flat pillows. Really disappointed with this place as the photos looked so nice!

4/10 Poor

Cherie

6 Nov 2023

Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities

Disliked: Staff & service

The property didn't email us the pass code to get into the property. Despite emails and multiple ignored phones calls we didn't receive this information until 3 hours after check in time. The weather was sideways rain by the sea and we just had to wait outside the property until other guests came and helped us to contact the staff. This delayed our plans for the short stay. The property was surface level clean, a few hairs and dusty sweets on the carpet. Bedding was scratchy and a bit stained. The noise of other rooms was a bit annoying. Facilities were decent, everything you need for a night or two and the location was good.

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

2/10 Terrible

Edward

16 Mar 2024

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

The worst hotel in Brighton!!!

There was front desk with no one to get assistance. If you wanted help you needed to message property owner on hotls.com app. For example, when i got locked out of room i had to this. On part two of stay at ny hotel i was locked out of front doir key code and room i had to speak to the owner on a staff that happened to be there where a new number given to me and a physical to access room. The bedding was not changed once over my 6 night stay and had to empty bins regularly. Apart from the last day new towels and bin changed but i feelbthis should of been every 2 days. In the notice it was told to empty bins and email when leaving the property but i did not trust using my email address because of the bad and awful experience at the hotel. Be very careful when booking because thr reviews were exceptional thst is why i booked this hotel. After the second night out of 6 nights all i wanted to is go home and hotel spoiled and ruined by trip to Brighton

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

26 Jul 2023

Not great but not the worst place I have stayed

When we arrived we were met by a nice chap who showed us to a basement room. The room was basic and clean (with exception of a dirty microwave). We also had French doors to a tiny courtyard; it was a shame this wasn’t set up as a useable space. The WiFi in the room was intermittent on one mobile and non existent on another. We could not ring out or receive incoming calls. We discussed with owners who linked us to another WiFi which worked perfectly until a few hours later BT were due but didn’t turn up so someone started faffing about which left us with no internet at all for majority of our stay. Not that we are obsessed with WiFi access but on this occasion for a couple of reasons we could have really done with it. One morning my partner popped out and came back but forgot to lock the door.. a random member of staff walked in on us in bed… he later informed us he should have gone the room next door.. we were not impressed.. he did apologise but feel he should know what is going on in what room! Parking - I was worried about not booking prior, but my partner was confident we could sort out when we arrived.. he opted to park on the see front and paid via an app which allowed us to extend if we needed to.. it was about £36 for 48 hours. This worked for us as the car was a two minute walk from hotel. All in all, I don’t think I’d come back to Brighton for a little getaway, I’d definitely look at alternative seaside towns.

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

21 Jul 2023

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Not as described on site!

This place is not as described - it is listed as a 3-star hotel, it is in fact an unmanaged guesthouse. There are no staff working at the property, apart from the housekeeper who checked me in. I specifically booked this place because the hotels.com listing said they had luggage storage - as I was going to a conference I needed to store my luggage there during the day - this turned out to be untrue and I was sent kind of aggressive uppercase emails right before the trip saying I would have to pay some other business to hold my luggage. In a panic I rang up and that person said I could leave my luggage, but then I got 2 more emails saying I couldn't. In the end, I had to pay money to have another hotel look after my luggage, despite that being one of the reasons I booked this place. The place was a bit shabby - I was up on the 3rd floor and the stairs up is sloped and haphazard - it wouldn't be suitable for somebody with limited mobility. The floor of my room was also at like a 15' angle. The room was not entirely clean; There were hairs in my bed and in the bathroom and there was dust in the corners of the carpet. I would have asked to be moved to a new room when I found the hairs in my bed, except there was no staff to even ask. For the price I paid for this I expected a 3 star hotel (as described on the website)- what I got was 1-star guesthouse, that I would definitely not return to.

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

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