Beiderbeckes Hotel - Scarborough, United Kingdom     

We only stayed for one night at Beiderbecke's, but our experience was perfectly pleasant. The room was reasonably spacious and quite well furnished and the bathroom was a very good size and well fitted out. Breakfast was tasty with good ingredients and cheerful prompt service. All the staff were helpful and pleasant, with the reception staff deserving a special thank you for their willingness to offer advice and directions, including carrying out Google searches for us and walking us across the car park to point out directions. I'm not really a lover of themed hotels, but this one doesn't take the jazz motif too far and fortunately doesn't extend it to the bedrooms. I understand that there is jazz played on Fridays and Saturdays in the hotel, but if that's the case we didn't hear any of it in our room, which was quiet and peaceful. The view was grim, but for one night it hardly matters. All in all I would say this is a decent hotel, fairly and reasonably priced and much better than others that I have stayed at in Scarborough, where travellers need to be cautious about the quality of some of the hotels. It's also in a good location, a short walk from the railway station and set opposite some pretty gardens, the Art Gallery and the Rotunda.

My partner and i stayed at the Beiderbecke's over Easter 2007. The hotel itself is very plesant, clean and well furnished. The staff on arrival were very friendly and professional. Our first room was very noisy as it was above the kitchen and nightclub so we had to listen to thumping music until the early hours of the morning, then the fans in the kitchen were switched on at about 6.00am so we had very little sleep on our first night. Luckily the hotel were able to move us the next day but they only had a smoking room available and not being a smoker i found the smell of stale smoke disgusting but prefered it to a sleepless night. If you do stay in this hotel, make sure you request a room away from the nightclub and the kitchen.