Reviews of Pelham House, Lewes
Review by Mair on 30th August, 2010
Add your review Date visited: 2010-08-30
Good Points: Lovely hotel, our room in the converted coach-house was excellent, modern, well appointed, comfortable. The hotel location in the centre of the town was very convenient, breakfasts were superb, the 'full English' a real challenge, and the evening meals a delight. Great place to stay for a romantic week end away. N B you must book a parking space as well as a room
General review: Great place to stay for a week end in Sussex, lots of lovely country walks and pubs to visit. Lewes is also a lovely old town to wander around.
Review by Stanley Crick on 5th November, 2006
Add your review Date visited: october 2006
My wife and I visited Pelham House in October for our wedding anniversary. We had a wonderful stay from the moment we walked through the door. The staff were all so helpful and nothing was to much trouble. Dinner at circa was wonderful with really great staff who gave us free cocktails for our anniversary. Great views of the downs and right in the town so no driving needed.£5 for parking a bit strange but all in all well worth a visit.
Review by Susan Jones on 14th June, 2006
Add your review Date visited: April 2006
I visited the CIRCA restaurant within the hotel and feel compelled to warn potential customers.
The staff were rude and arrogant, the atmosphere was contrived and parochial. The food was an utter disgrace and all at ridiculous prices.
It began when were given an 'amuse-bouche' of a disgusting deep fried wonton served on a fake bank-note (why?). It then got progressively worse with every course consisting of poor quality food, often very badly cooked in terrible combinations. The chef seems to confuse sophistication with muddling up as many different nationality foods on one plate and stacking it all into 'artistic' piles and with a fancy swirl of inappropriate sauce on the side of the plate - thinks he's fooled us with fancy presentation. I never normally send reviews in, but this restaurant ruined my birthday and I couldn't allow someone else to have the same experience.
Review by Elizabeth Collins on 27th March, 2006
Add your review Date visited: valentines weekend 2006
Special weekend in such a lovely town completely ruined by our stay in this hotel. We were ironically moved into another room upon arrival, which turned out on the Saturday evening to be directly above a room where a private party was being held, with very loud live music. We were not informed of this beforehand and senior reception staff were extremely arrogant and rude when we suggested that this was not the ideal accompaniment to a Saturday evening. Restaurant was inexplicaby closed on Sunday evening, but yet again, nobody informed us of this upon arrival. Despite having been sent an email to the contrary, we were charged for cooked breakfast. Entire hotel seemed badly run, disorganized and cheaply furnished. My best advice would be Don't stay there, they do not deserve the custom and we shall never return. It was disgraceful!
Review by Catherine Newbury on 1st August, 2005
Add your review Date visited: 11.06.05
I am sad to say that I was disappointed by my visit to Pelham House.
Entry was through the back of the hotel, in a rather strange arrangement. The rooms aim at a Hotel du Vin market but are not even close to this - some extremely strange double-glazing situation in place and, whereas some of the rooms are of adequate size, some are minute.
The reception desk was constantly unattended, and the place gave the feel of being in a conference centre rather than a hotel.
I found the whole place rather souless, though the town of Lewes itself is lovely.
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