Is Avalon Guest House pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

What time is check-in at Avalon Guest House?

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime. Early check-in is available for a fee of GBP 10.0 (subject to availability).

Where is Avalon Guest House located?

Located in Kemptown, this guesthouse is within a 5-minute walk of Queens Park and Brighton Beach. Brighton Pier and Brighton Centre are also within 1 mi (2 km). Brighton Station is 19 minutes by foot and Brighton (BSH-Brighton Train Station) is 20 minutes.

4/10 Poor

Andrew

Jul 21, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness

Check-in Details

Make sure you get check-in details before you arrive as you need different access code to for the enterance front door and your room.

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Loucas

Jun 30, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Value for money

Value for money. A simple ensuite room 👌

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

2/10 Terrible

Luke

Sep 24, 2025

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

The room smelt damp/mouldy! The walls looked like they had stains on them. The bathroom mirror was dirty, there was what appeared to be toothpaste on the tiles next to the sink. There was a slug in the shower. The flooring was in need of replacing! Generally not worth the money!

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

2/10 Terrible

Stuart

Jun 9, 2025

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

I wouldn’t advise rats to stay here. Never mind humans

Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2025

4/10 Poor

Arthur

Jul 21, 2025

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

No good

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Thomas

Jul 22, 2025

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

They took over a week to reply to a question, there were no codes available to enter the property or codes for the rooms for multiple guests including me, the standing fan was broken, the bathroom light was broken, the only access to the outside for cooling or a breeze was a dank little courtyard that was literally swarming with mosquitoes, and I received no contact about the broken light and fan for over 6 hours before I left.

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Sam

Nov 22, 2024

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Not happy

The rooms were dirty,marks on pillows and floor ckearly hadnt been hoovered,was grit all over it Really bad smell in the room too

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

6/10 Okay

Angus

Feb 4, 2018

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Comfortable and spacious.my only gripes were no reception so stood outside front door for 45 mins before I could check in.room service was sopposed to be every two days but didn't receive any in the 5 days we were there.very disappointed.

Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2018

2/10 Terrible

zoe

Aug 27, 2024

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

A fire alarm went off at 07:00 in the morning and wasn't shut off until more than an hour later. Staff on the phone didn't seem to understand that there wasn't a proper keypad on the fire alarm box, and just hung up on me.

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

Stephanie

Jul 22, 2025

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities

We had a very disappointing experience at this guesthouse and wouldn’t recommend it. Firstly, we were not sent the check-in details or entry codes in advance, meaning we struggled to access the building on arrival. We had to call the property to get this information. All other guests that arrived had the same issue. What was most upsetting, however, was discovering that we’d been placed in a basement room, which was not made clear at the time of booking. We reserved a standard double room with an en-suite, and the photos showed a bright, airy space with natural light. Instead, we were given a dingy, dark basement room with zero natural light and no privacy. People walking past could look directly into the room. It felt more like a converted storage area than a proper guest room. On arrival, we were met with a pile of bin bags and dirty laundry in the hallway just outside the room, creating an awful stench which also seeped into the room. The lack of ventilation made everything worse. The toilet paper was damp, the air was thick and musty, and there were clear signs of neglect, including mould growing at the base of the toilet, a broken window handle, a crack in the window covered in duct tape and a leaking shower due to missing sealant. We raised these issues with the property, but they were unable to offer us an alternative room. This should have been advertised as a basement room at a significantly lower price. We feel ripped off, misled, and regret booking this place.

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Ryan

Oct 19, 2024

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

No fire evacuation plan,no staff available

Fire alarm went off at 2am, luckily a false alarm,but I was in the basement floor and I have no idea if there was any other way out besides the stairs I came down,mainly due to the lack of signage. Not 1 person staying there knew where to gather due to no signs informing guests of an assembly point.and staff refused to come out for the alarm so firefighters were called just to turn off an alarm which took them an hour due to having no key available in the hotel. Once turned off the alarm still beeped till 10am meaning no sleep all night and the hotel point blank refuse any kind of refund. So if you value your safety and money then just don’t stay here.

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

2/10 Terrible

Lynne

Oct 19, 2025

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities

We didn’t get the room we paid for, we paid for a deluxe double and got a standard double, which was extremely small. We tried to complain but they didn’t want to know, we finally got an apology just before we were going to bed, but even then they kept trying to tell us that we did get the room we booked, which was very annoying. As compensation they offered us a late checkout which wasn’t any good to us and said they couldn’t change our room as they were fully booked, at 11pm we wouldn’t have wanted to change our room anyway. The door didn’t shut properly on our room so it didn’t feel very secure and there was a light on all night just outside the room, which made it difficult to sleep and the en-suite was very cramped making it very uncomfortable. Not a good experience, glad it was only for one night.

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

2/10 Terrible

Jamie

Sep 17, 2025

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

BED BUGS I tried to check in at 8:20 PM and had to call the number on the door for about 10 minutes before anyone answered. Eventually, I received the entry code via WhatsApp, which worked, but it was not ideal after a long day. Once inside, the entire place smelled strongly of fresh paint. My room had a dirty ceiling, and I found used dirty underwear under the bed, which was extremely unhygienic. The bed was also very itchy, and later that night around 11:40 PM, I felt something crawling on me. It was a bedbug. I spent the next two hours checking my clothes, sheets, and luggage. Didn't get much sleep after that.

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

2/10 Terrible

Christopher

Aug 2, 2025

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Terrible, disgusting, do not book

Seemed like a complete scam. The photos bore no resemblance to the location. When I booked, the receipt showed a certain street address, but the day before arrival I got an email with a different address. No staff, no lobby, just key-boxes. Carpets were stained and ripped. Room was tiny, dirty and stifling hot. To finish it off, the toilet had not been flushed, meaning that there was either no cleaning at all (so presumably the sheets had not been changed either), or the cleaning was awful. I walked in, looked around and walked out. I have phoned and messaged the "hotel" multiple times with no response at all. I have now contacted the local City authority as I suspect this place is not licensed, and I have contacted hotels.com and my credit card company for a full refund as this seems to be a complete fraud. Stupidly, I did not think to take any photos.

Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Angela

Aug 1, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Avalon

good for 1 or 2 nights small but clean get communications when contacting the staff on whatsapp they respond quickly to any queries

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Karl

Jul 25, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness

Avalon

Cosy! Bedroom ceiling light not working. Smoke alarm red light flashing all night. Comfy bed, very quiet and close to seafront’s

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Steve

Jul 24, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Nice stay, no issues

Book was good, hotel was ok and as expected for the price paid, slept well with no issues. Booked to attend an event in the area.

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

4/10 Poor

Peter

Jul 23, 2025

Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

There was nobody on site to let you in and when we did get in it was another 90 minutes before we were given our room code to open the door.

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Ashleigh

Jul 22, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Nice location and good sized room. Room gets very warm even with the fan provided, as it gets direct sunlight in the morning. Be aware there is no reception of any kind, so you need to make sure you have been sent the building/room code and instructions to get in when you arrive. I hadn’t been emailed mine, and had to call the property phone number to get it, but the help over the phone was very nice and I got what I needed. Otherwise great room for the price.

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

4/10 Poor

Stephen

Jul 14, 2025

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Had the basement room which smelt of damp.Not impressed.

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Amina

Jun 24, 2025

Property was clean and relatively easy to locate. Instructions on how to enter the building were sent the same day as arrival at 14:30 so a bit late and the WiFi did not work at all anywhere except the ground floor(my room was on the second floor). Other than this it was a pleasant stay.

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

2/10 Terrible

Kwame

Jun 13, 2025

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

Extremely noisy. Especially after coming from a 14 hour shift. It’s extremely noisy. From both outside and inside. I didn’t sleep for the 2 nights I was there

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

4/10 Poor

Philip

Jun 12, 2025

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Room was cramped bathroom very tiny, room wasnt has clean has should be, we had 3 bottles of shampoo, no conditioner, no shower gel however their was plenty of handsoap, no shower mat provided and no hand towels, no spoon provided for tea/coffee. Room needs a revamp has you can see where repairs have been made, in shower above extractor fan their is a random wire which is/could be a seriuos risk

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

2/10 Terrible

Katja

Jun 10, 2025

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Awful!

I booked a room at the last minute as I missed my train. I was not expecting luxury and I knew the room would be basic, but this was one of the worst places I ever stayed at. The mattress was wet from the previous guest so I had to strip the bed and sleep under the mattress protector on the bare mattress. The mattress protector was sheding feathers, so I woke up in the morning completely covered in feathers. This place is disgusting and should not be allowed to accept reservations. There is a big difference between basic and filthy. I contacted the number I was given and the lady I spoke to was pleasant, but she could not do anything in the middle of the night. Trully awful.

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

6/10 Okay

Daniel

Jun 6, 2025

Cheap and cheerful , serves its purpose

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

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