The most romantic hotels in Brighton
An insider's guide to the most romantic hotels in Brighton, including the best places to stay for sea views, big beds, roll-top baths in rooms, stylish interiors and cool bars and restaurants, in locations including the seafront, in the city centre, Kemp Town and more.
The Grand Brighton
Brighton, East Sussex, England
9Telegraph expert rating
Brighton’s Grand hotel opened in 1864 and has a fabulous sea-facing location. It's plush and luxurious, with highlights including tasteful Art Deco-inspired bedrooms. Don’t miss the spa, whose eight treatment rooms surround a thermal suite and a fabulous relaxation room. Spacious rooms feature oyster and duck-egg blue colour notes, Poirot-style furniture, sumptuous bedding and seaside-style touches rendered through silver starfish lamps and Brighton-themed photography. Even out of season, traditional afternoon tea while watching promenaders dodge wind-whipped waves is a sublime experience. So too are cocktails in the bar. Read expert review From £75per night Check availability Rates provided by Booking.com
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Drakes Hotel
Brighton, East Sussex, England
9Telegraph expert rating
This fabulous boutique hotel spans two late Georgian townhouses and has a great location almost opposite the pier and Brighton Wheel. It’s full of Art Deco-style detailing and oozes style, while remaining sympathetic to its historic footprint. There are attractive Poirot touches to rooms: elegantly curved ocean-liner styled walls and rippled stucco, blond-wood panelling and fabulous on-trend bed throws. Superior and feature rooms have freestanding baths facing floor-to-ceiling windows, so you can splash in the tub while enjoying the twinkly lights of the pier. There are lots of nice little extras should you fancy yoga in your room, a massage or even a 'love hamper'. Read expert review From £94per night Check availability Rates provided by Booking.com
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Hotel du Vin & Bistro Brighton
Brighton, East Sussex, England
8Telegraph expert rating
Appropriately, the huddle of pistachio-toned Gothic-style buildings that comprises Hotel du Vin originally started life as a wine merchant’s store. Once inside, however, you’re greeted by a spacious split-level bar decked out with leather club chairs, exposed brickwork and a wall-length mural. If you’re celebrating a special occasion splash out on a superior room: Beachy Head features a roll-top bathtub in the bedroom, a leather trim super king-sized bed and an enormous double shower room with twin monsoon heads. The Cristal loft suite is the hotel’s grandest, with an 8x8ft bed and extensive private balcony, alongside leather sofas and twin clawfooted tubs. Read expert review From £109per night Check availability Rates provided by Booking.com
Hotel Pelirocco
Brighton, East Sussex, England
7Telegraph expert rating
Hotel Pelirocco offers tongue-in-cheek themed rooms with a retro-rockabilly twist, on Regency Square. It has side views onto the ruined West Pier and is just minutes from the city’s main attractions and shops. Head to the hotel’s funky bar for cocktails among Brighton’s most colourful locals. All rooms are individually themed to excess, spanning the punk rock-themed Pretty Vacant to The Kraken’s Lair, complete with eight-foot round bed, mirrored ceiling and plunge pool bath. You can even ask for a tailor-made 'erotic hamper' on arrival. Read expert review From £59per night Check availability Rates provided by Booking.com
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Artist Residence Brighton
Brighton, East Sussex, England
9Telegraph expert rating
The hotel's look is cool private club meets East Village boho - with reclaimed furniture, exposed brickwork, densely pigmented colour schemes and a fabulous collection of paintings and prints by contemporary artists. There are 13 artist-designed rooms and even the smallest (Room 6) oozes character, with a bold life-sized stencil by Paris’s first graffiti artist, Blek le Rat. Some have roll top baths. Pick a south-facing room for comfy bedside views over to the sea. Don't miss the fab array of unusual bevvies in the hip sea-facing Cocktail Shack: recommended is Braveheart (£7) - a pear gin martini with chilli and cardamom. Read expert review From £79per night Check availability Rates provided by Booking.com
The Ginger Pig
Hove, Brighton, England
8Telegraph expert rating
This 11-bedroomed guesthouse above Hove’s highly-acclaimed Ginger Pig Bar and Restaurant is ideal if you want a quieter seaside base. Spacious and elegantly understated rooms include thoughtful beach bags with towels and mats and well-stocked minibars. The smallest room is spacious enough to accommodate a king-sized bed and roomy bathroom; the largest (Room 3) 'feature' deluxe is enormous, with a free-standing bath, twin basins, a separate walk-in shower room and attractive prints by Dan Hillier. The sprawling gastropub downstairs serves highly delicious grub and excellent Sunday roasts. The adjoining Orangerie is where breakfast is served, offering imaginative dishes from baked eggs with hummus, chorizo and peppers to buttermilk pancakes. Read expert review From £80per night Check availability Rates provided by Booking.com
