Paignton Seafront (Goodrington Sands) hotel

The hotel is in a great location with fantastic sea views, dual aspect from our family room! The staff are really helpful and friendly if a bit rushed at times. It is not in a good state of repair with collapsed ceilings and visible water damage in places. The mattresses on the beds were fine but the bedding itself was a mish-mash of sizes with nothing fitting properly. The food was the main disappointment with the breakfasts having limited choices and very, very lightly cooked bacon and sausages. We had to constantly ask the only staff member on to replenish things. We only had an evening meal once as it was so poor. It started with the ordering process where you had to queue up at the bar to place your order. The food was limited in variety and not well cooked. I ordered the chicken curry with rice and it was served with chips instead with no warning or option to change my order. Just a statement of "we don't have rice".

What a lovely, friendly staff. A very welcoming atmosphere. The hotel is well situated on the seafront with plenty of parking. Although the hotel is very much in need of a refurb , the heart of it is warm. We had a Sea view and the room was extremely large and clean. This was good as I have mobility issues and the wet room was serviceable ( although hot water in the shower was inconsistent). As usual the food was enjoyable but limited in choice in the evenings. We were there for a week and found it difficult to keep our choices different. Staff in the restaurant were at times very rushed, however always polite and amiable.

We really enjoyed staying at this premier inn. We booked a room with a sea view which was lovely. Yes the building is dated and can definitely do with a bit of TLC and it could have been a bit cleaner (bath had hairs in it and the window lots of finger prints) but the staff were friendly and breakfast was good. Location is unbeatable! We’d definitely come here again!

We both stayed here in the first week of October and no issues with the location at all as we were quite pleased. As it being out of season the atmosphere quiet and did take a bit of time for someone to attend to us( that’s due to being busy we both understand as doing jobs) we then made our way to the room. As it being a Friday evening when we arrived we decided to have some food in the pub that’s attached/part off this premier inn. However the choices of Drinks poor but understandable as out of season( later to find out being sold off?) but more disappointing was the Gammon steak Angela Wiggins had at £13 wasn’t worth it as the size of a pineapple plus the peas were cold……..though we never complained as understood it being out of season and the pub chain had gone bust. The room again standard as was the bed and comfy, but the room being next to main door you heard a few times but nothing to keep us awake from. The heating system looked new but no instructions for it( was done but was for the old one) and despite trying to Google it we could asked reception but it wasn’t required for it to be on. Also we find as per every other Premier Inn not enough tea/coffee facilities we had to take others from reception( but feel bad taking these) as both like strong and sweet tea/coffee just what’s provided isn’t enough hence it looked like too too many, I feel maybe a few extras could be in the rooms for people. As I’ve said no issues in comfy bed, towels , though a floor Matt for the floor would be a good idea as did overflow onto the floor so had to use a small hand towel to mop this up( happens at everyone we go to) next time we will bring our own!!! Otherwise perfect. Room/facilities 9/10 Bar/Food 3/10 Location. 10/10 Staff( whole lot) 10/10 Looking forward to our next premier inn visit and despite my scores above and comments, it’s not put us off visiting another, or should it stop you in booking here as its in an ideal location especially early morning to swing the sun rise if your booked in sea view rooms!!!! You won’t be disappointed and that gets 👍 up as it’s stunning.

The room was clean and comfortable. Parking seemed excessive at £9 per day for guests when its free in some premier inn. We only ate at breakfast during our stay, the servivecwas very slow and the quality of the food was inconsistent. Would recommendfor the room but not to eat here.