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Can anybody recommend one ?
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Boutique hotels
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The Large One
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Hotel du Vin.
Essentially it means something that ain't a big chain (Holiday Inn, Travelodge etc), independently-owned and doen witha bit more style and individuality than a bog-standard B&B or traveller hotel.
But it's become a catch-all term for any hotel trying to pass itself off as a bit hip and funky.
Where do you want to go? If you're talking in Brighton, www.hotelpelirocco.co.uk and www.blanchhouse.co.uk are the two best-known, I think.
But it's become a catch-all term for any hotel trying to pass itself off as a bit hip and funky.
Where do you want to go? If you're talking in Brighton, www.hotelpelirocco.co.uk and www.blanchhouse.co.uk are the two best-known, I think.
- Aug 7, 2003
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It's an hotel that sells trendy 60's fashion! Innit? 
coventrygull
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Think these are just expensive B&Bs that have been tarted up. What is it with the themed rooms as well
Publius Ovidius
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stayed at one on the Isle of White for Rusco's stag do, but it was more a themed B&B
very nice
very nice
http://www.mrandmrssmith.com/ is a great place to look at some boutique hotels all over the place.
Barrel of Fun
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coventrygull
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To be honest I have never stayed in one prefering your bog standard five star myself 
coventrygull
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Sorry but its not in the same league as The Grand
Barrel of Fun
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The Grand is not a 'boutique' Hotel, surely? It is part of a large chain and nothing special as far as I am concerned.*
* I haven't stayed there, but did a tour of the whole place (when I was 13) and have eaten/drunk there.
Dick Knights Mumm
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As TLO said - Hotel du Vin - and even more interesting if you know the old Henekys. Nice room, excellent bar, delicious food.
coventrygull
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The point I was trying to make is that these Boutique hotels appear to be little more than Jumped up B&B's. I have never stayed in one but have checked the rooms on the net and they just don't grab me. I prefer the chains because on the whole when I want to splash the cash I want to know what I am getting.
I have stayed in the Grand a couple of times. It is a bit over priced but the service and the quality of the rooms are excellent. You can't beat a seaview room with a grand breakfast via room service.
I stayed in a seaview room during Norms massive concert on the beach and shared a balcony with his mum and step dad
The Large One
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Um, hardly.The point I was trying to make is that these Boutique hotels appear to be little more than Jumped up B&B's. I have never stayed in one but have checked the rooms on the net and they just don't grab me. I prefer the chains because on the whole when I want to splash the cash I want to know what I am getting.
I have stayed in the Grand a couple of times. It is a bit over priced but the service and the quality of the rooms are excellent. You can't beat a seaview room with a grand breakfast via room service.
I stayed in a seaview room during Norms massive concert on the beach and shared a balcony with his mum and step dad
They are generally city centre hotels with high-end, high-quality rooms with excellent food, friendly staff without being the stuffy B&B/hotels trying to pertain to excessive delusions of grandeur.
Hotel Babylon, while being a fictional hotel, is an example of a boutique hotel. In Brighton, Hotel du Vin (part of a big chain nowadays) is also one. Malmaison is another brand that springs to mind.
London Calling
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if you're really interested there is a series of books around the theme of "hip" hotels...
some are design/architectural classics others have trendy owners some look fantastic, most are pretentious and over priced.
Though there are some classics in France and Morocco.
some are design/architectural classics others have trendy owners some look fantastic, most are pretentious and over priced.
Though there are some classics in France and Morocco.
scooter1
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Stayed at the Hotel Pelirocco for the wifes birthday a couple of years back, and IMHO the best bits are the late night bar and the breakfast. The room was ok, but a bit tatty and the bathroom was just about ok. For a hundred quid + per night i'd want a bit more to be honest
I'm not sure that there's a hotel in Brighton that isn't £100+!