**this is a review of the Carlton hotel which we were moved to.
We booked to stay for 2 nights at the East Cliff hotel as we were running the Bournemouth half marathon. We arrived on Saturday to be initially told that they are closing for winter and we would be “upgraded” to the hotel next door, the Carlton hotel, but we would have to stay the first night in the East Cliff hotel. Eventually another member of staff came over and told us she had managed to get us a room for both nights at the Carlton hotel instead, which did make things easier.
The check in was good and the staff were very nice but unfortunately that is about as good as it gets.
On Saturday we dropped our bags at the room and went out to meet friends. When we arrived back to the room there was a wedding going on and we quickly found out that the sound proofing in the rooms in not good at all. We were kept awake until 1:30am with the loud music, and we had to be up at 7am to get ready for the half marathon we were running which was really not ideal. Obviously this is no fault of the other patrons or staff, but it should be highlighted that the sound proofing is not good.
We returned after the race on Sunday. We wanted to go in the jacuzzi/sauna, which we quickly found out were both out of order. It was raining Sunday evening, and when we returned after going for a meal we found that the rain had come through the ceiling and soaked our belongings. I did highlight this on checkout. Would not stay again.
