We decided on a five day Shearings holiday for our October half term break. We went to our local WA shop, and simply asked what was available. We picked the Burlington at Eastbourne. Booking was quickly and efficiently done and the holiday paid for. We opted to drive to Normanton, our local hub, and pay for car parking there, as we didn't want to do the feeder bus trip around West Yorkshire. Departure from Normanton was prompt, and the journey to Eastbourne uneventful, but rather long (as expected). The coach was comfortable.

On arrival at the Burlington, we were quickly checked in, and our luggage was swiftly delivered to our room. We had booked a superior sea view, and it was. We appreciated the welcome pack in the room. The room was recently decorated, and was very comfortably furnished with everything that we needed. Everything was clean and in its place, and was kept so.

Even though this was still only October, this was a 'turkey & tinsel' break, which frankly we found surreal - the hotel was decorated for Christmas, and 'Christmas Eve', 'Christmas Day', and 'New Year's Eve' were all observed, with a Christmas Dinner (including cracker and hat) on one day. That said, once we got used to the idea, it wasn't intrusive, nobody forced the issue, and it certainly didn't spoil anything. All the food was good - I am the faddiest of people, and I was quite satisfied with the choice on offer. A new touch seems to be that you can have side orders of veg to your preference for a small extra charge, and I did take advantage of that a couple of times. A good idea - appreciated. Restaurant service was good, and the reception/housekeeping staff were on top of their game.

Entertainment was to Shearings standard - we particularly enjoyed Mark's contributions. Apparently he is a Burlington legend and he was certainly very entertaining.

Excursions were good and we enjoyed trips to Lewes, Rye, and Battle. Our driver, Tony, whilst not at all a conversationalist, provided an informative commentary and looked after us very well.

We enjoyed Eastbourne, and we also went independently to Brighton, by train. This was easily arranged, and there are plenty of trains available. The train journey takes about 40 mins, as opposed to 1hr 10 by bus (at best).

We were significantly delayed on our journey home by traffic conditions, finally arriving at Normanton just after 7pm. The feeder buses had gone, and Shearings had a fleet of taxis waiting for those needing them.

A fully satisfactory holiday which we enjoyed very much. We look forward to the next one.

We stay often at the Burlington, although we didn't this last time, but just popped in for drinks and entertainment in the evening. The bar staff are all very efficient, super friendly and some of them are hilarious (particularly Ross, who is a great little mover...!!). Scott Free is the Saturday night singer and his show is very good indeed (swing music - Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Dean Martin, etc.). Mark Snow (Marky Mark) the hotel's resident host is very good too and extremely popular with the guests. Seafront location.

A typical shearing hotel.Service was good, room was clean and functional staff were helpful and pleasant.Shearing management should send all their chefs here to learn how to produce a runny fried egg.Perfect runny egg every morning,congratulations!! Excellent driver on coach knowledgeable and pleasant,although jokes need upgrading!Only minor criticism was heating at times became a little overpowering.

brillant stay. only south coast is not for me.

the hotel is in a great position in eastbourne on the front.all the staff in the hotel were friendly and excellent staff. food was very good. freeview small flat screen tv. an excellant stay but i would rather been in devon and cornwall with shearings but at least for once. try south coast and with if i had not try would not have known

.roll on to my next shearings holiday only this time devon and cornwall

A pleasant well run hotel The public rooms are well decorated and inviting. The best rooms are in the front overlooking the sea .My room a twin room was at the back but very well decorated and comfortable bed The ensuite was newly installed The dinning room is large and we had a table by the window.

Great location, facilities good, within easy reach of town and great walk along promenade. Meals good and entertainment in evening. Problem with shower, not strong pressure and last day no hot water. Hotel clean but the lifts NOT reliable.

We upgraded our room to a sea view and had a large, comfortable bedroom that had been refurbished. There was a problem with hot water for the shower, but that was a minor issue. If you have a sea view, however, be mindful that the hotel almost faces the pier and the main road can be quite busy with traffic and nightclub revellers will pass by at the weekend.

We also found the food good compared to other Shearings hotels and we had a lovely waitress called Maria. On our first evening a couple complained to the restaurant manager about her poor service. This was quite unjustified. Everyone had one down to dinner at once and Maria was working like. Trojan. We think she got reprimanded, which was most unfair.

The included trip out was a bit hectic, because we visited three towns. Two would have been sufficient. We didn't go on the optional tripod to the entertainment.

The hotel is relatively cheap for a short stay, but you don't get any frills. There is no shower gel in the rooms, and only one pillow each. If you want extras you have to ask for them. We did request a mattress cover, as the bed was rather hard, and were promptly supplied with one. Breakfast too if you wanted things like yoghurt and fresh fruit you had to ask for them, they weren't on view in the dining room. Personally I would prefer to pay a bit extra and have these things supplied, but I assume that this wouldn't suit everyone.

We spent the weekend at the Bay Burlington Hotel in Eastbourne and what a nice stay, checking in was very smooth even when we had turned up early. The room was on the 2nd floor towards the rear. The room especially the bathroom needs updating (refurb) but it was clean, quite and the bed was very comfortable, the TV was out of the dark ages, reception poor. The food and service were excellent especially the waitress Mariann who was great nothing too much trouble and always had a smile. The entertainment on the Friday and Sunday was very enjoyable the quiz is a great idea and the bar prices were very reasonable for a hotel. The hotel is a short walk to the town center where is plenty of choice for shopping, eating out and good value pubs. We will visit again.

This is a Shearings Hotel and as such you can expect good service normally.
We had a Standard plus room with sea view, it was excellent all that we could have wanted. This came to a stop when we went down for dinner, the waitress on the first night did not know what she was doing it took 3 attempts to get our meal correct. the next 2 evening service was OK but on the 3rd night we waited 1 hour for the starter course and a further 45 mins for the main course (the restaurant manager couldn't care a less) 5 tables in total were treated like this,the sweet course was virtually non existent as they had run out of sweets. Would I stay there again YES but only for the position.

Good rooms at value for money prices. average food but great entertainment. Locallity is very good close to the pier. Attractive seafront area. Generally very good. Eastbourne has some lovely walking areas.

waitress service very poor language barrier
Mouldy bread removed when reported to restaurant head waiter
Uncooked sausage cooked on one side only raw underneath
Brown lettuce served with salad
Food temperature cool all food was served only just warm

There is no air con in our stuffy room. Hotel very hot inside. Only one lift ( holds up to 8 people) for all of the guess and cleaning staff to use. The smaller lift is for hotel staff only to porter luggage.
We stayed in this hotel for two weeks and found the menu in the hotel Dinning Room is the same every week even the chef specials, the mashed potatoes in the cottage pie tasted of powder mash. Chicken noodle soup was like yellow salty water, there was no evidence of chicken or even one strand of noodle. The cooked breakfast are good with varied selection. The staff were excellent from Reception, in the Dinning Room and the cleaning staff.

Have done a few Shearing hotels as a self drive, this was no different from most.
We were on the top floor no issues for us, lifts a little rickety only used them to go up to our room, used the back stairs to walk down at all other times.
Bed was a little hard for us but put up with it, lovely hot water all the time, took a while to work out the shower (needed more cold than hot) no worry as over the bath, yes there was a little mould, but what the hell I know how hard it is to remove it.
We had a nice view (sic) it was of the car park to the rear, it did not bother us, it was a room to sleep in, spent most if not all our time out and about.
Food no issues, slight hiccup on first meal switched us tables.. waitress very good and attentive, no real wait for meals at any time we went in, even if it was like feeding the five thousand, - very large dinning room.
Did use the bar for a single drink every night .. did not pay much attention to the entertainment, other than we heard the droning voice of the bingo caller ugh.
Check out very easy.
Only grip access to car park appeared to be via a staff door !.
But overall good for us - no real issues.

A very nice Hotel. This was our 2nd visit to the Hotel. Food is a very high standard. Very friendly and helpful staff. We were there the Week of the Eastbourne Air Show, it was very warm and 'Muggy' and the Hotel was very warm. We were supplied with a free Fan for our Room. There are Ceiling Fans in the Restaurant. Smokers have to go outside and they congregate just outside the Main Entrance Doorway on the Steps and the downside of this is the smoke can drift in to the Bar/Lounge area, just inside! I have to use a 'Mobility Scooter' and there is a room on Ground Floor next to Lifts where Scooters are able to be charged! Wheelchairs are allowed in the Lift. We had a room just next to lift for this reason. There is regular Evening Entertainment should you wish to see it. The Rooms are big and spacious, the rooms on the front have Sea View. The Hotel is right on the 'Front', a minute or so from the Pier.

My husband and I along with my sister and brother in law spent bank holiday weekend in the Bay Burlington as a last minute break. Right on the seafront, opposite the pier, the location was perfect, we walked all the way along the coast to Beachy Head, had lunch and came back. The rooms were fine, clean, plenty of hot water and fluffy towels with well stocked tea and coffee making facilities. The food was extremely good, hot tasty and fresh and our young waitress a total delight, nothing was too much trouble for her and her smile never left her face. We had been advised that there was entertainment in the hotel and that it was aimed at the older guest, we are all in our 40's and found Marc hilarious and infectious, we laughed along with him all weekend. It had a feel of a hotel from a bygone age (oh dear, it's lucky we didn't need to use the lifts) and gave us a warm fuzzy feeling, will definitely be back

Have just a fabulous 7 day break which was so enjoyable that I forgot about the horrible weather. The whole experience gets more enjoyable with each visit. The food gets even better and the service from all staff at this hotel is fantastic. The location is ideal and the surrounding areas are magnificent in all weathers.

We booked a three night stay to take my elderly mum away. We chose the Burlington because it is a Bay hotel and we knew that there would be entertainment which my mum loves. We were not disappointed. The food was very good for the price paid and there was always a good choice. My mum's room had been updated and was good. Our bathroom was very dated and certainly needed some TLC. The lift is a real problem. It is small and seemed to break down quite often. As a hotel that caters for the more elderly members of the population it would really be a good idea to let the guests use both lifts at meal times and particularly when getting ready to depart as so many people seemed to have suitcases and wanted to get in the lifts at the same time. All staff were extremely polite and helpful.

My husband and I stayed in this hotel from Friday 21st to 24th of August. We were in room 103 spacious and nicely decorated, very comfortable bed, had just been refurbished. Food was excellent, plenty of hot water, good supply of tea sugar ect. nice flat screen television, hairdryer and kettle. Was very hot in the room due to high outside temperature but we were able to open the window, and reception kindly provided us with a fan. All the staff were very helpful, very friendly and one young lady who served us in the dining room Diona made our stay so much more pleasant with her lovely smile and excitement because she was being trained. She was blooming, reminded me of when I was a waitress in blackpool so so many years ago, the same enthusiasm. I wished her a happy life! The room was looked after well clean towels every day and again cheerful staff. We were very fortunate with the weather, beautiful, nice trip to Brighton, coach driver superb. All in all a very nice break!

Stayed here Friday till Monday last weekend and really enjoyed the stay in this bay hotel.
Check in was simple and we got the lift to fourth floor and found our room 442
Decent sized room overlooking car park at rear, but didn't mind that as didn't plan spending too much time in our room.
Room was spacious with comfy double bed and plenty of cupboards, drawers etc. tea making facilities and flat screen TV as standard nowadays. And bathroom with bath c/w shower was adequate with plenty of hot water.
Bar on the ground floor was decent with bottle of cider at £4.10 and served with a smile. Plenty of seating including pleasant sun lounge looking out on to the prom.
Food was ok, decent buffet breakfast plus full English to order was good start, although the dinner was less in quality. Small menu with couple of starters, couple of mains and also couple of desserts, but not great choice - especially if you have kids.
Hotel staff were great, everyone smiled and gave bit of banter regardless of who you were.
Hotel is run primarily for coach tours so expect an elderly population, and with this in mind the hotel temperature is on the warm side.
The hotels location couldn't be better as is right on the prom and overlooks the pier.
Would I return? Yes definitely as was a lovely stay.

A nice large room on the top floor at the back. Overall cleanliness of the room was good and the facilities adequate. Restaurant service (excellent) and the food was good.

Location was excellent (opposite the pier) and just a short walk from buses, train station and shops.

The only down side was people smoking on the steps outside the front door.

We would definitely stop again.

Position- on the seafront opposite the pier and gardens. nice flat surface for the elderly and the disabled, - short walk to the town centre- 3 mile prom nice walk

Room - we had room 343 was at the rear a standard plus- large twin bedded room .
cleaned each day, fresh towels- but very warm - no fan or air conditioning made it very warm at night.- clean bathroom-

Food. was excellent - ( you always have the moaners) full served breakfast- choice of
starter, main and sweet at evening - the chefs specials were VERY GOOD - I tried them all -
lifts - only 1 working and made it difficult at times to use and so many disabled and elderly were slow getting in and out of the lifts, need the other to be working quickly
evening and breakfast times especially were busy -
reception and bar staff good - chatty and quick.
Waitress - ours was DIONE - very good and pleasant - nice smile made the morning
seeing such a cheerful face -
Entertainment- each night - but overall - average to poor- Bingo and artist
Resort- plenty of walking and very pleasant- but too quiet for us- nothing going on
during the week at nights- a handful of pubs -
overall the hotel was quite adequate- seemed to be catering for the "older visitor"
wouldn't recommend for family or younger people.
Long journey from Lancashire- no entertainment on the coach- either way -
2 stops - tip- take your own food and drinks as motorway services are busy and expensive.- no info in the room from the driver as to check out times and which coach to get on - ours was changed from the trip- down- we had to go and ask at reception
as a holiday we would rate this as a 6/10
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We stayed here on our first visit to Eastboune and love the town now, the hotel is a bit dated and I hated the tiny lifts so walked up to our room rather than go in lift.
We found it to be a bit old and dated but the food was nice and the entertainment we did see was ok, a comedian/impressionist one night, the music was too old for us but then we did choose a shearings holiday to avoid the driving and it was a good package in all.
The wifi only worked when we sat downstairs which was a bit annoying.
Wish we had upgraded our room to get a better tv and maybe a sea view

Just returned from the Burlington Hotel for the third time, Went especially for the air show,
It has lots of niggling faults but value for money you cannot complain, it doesn't possess to be a 4 or 5* hotel. You get what you pay for.
We stay at this hotel because it has a prime location, it sits in front of the famous flower gardens, and in between the Pier and the Bandstand,
I do not think it necessary to request any particular room unless you have thoughts on spending a lot of time in it, The rooms at the front of the hotel offer fantastic views of the coastline, however during the summer months lots of youngsters congregate on the beach front till the small hours of the morning, so can be a bit noisy when you are trying to sleep, If you can look passed the car park, the rooms at the back do give some stunning views of the surrounding hills and country side.
We had a room at the back, quite large and adequate for us, although the décor leaves a little to be desired, I don't understand why you would paint rooms in a drab grey colour, the same drab colour has also been used to paint the skirting boards and radiator???, we were on the top floor, it had obviously had a leak at some point, the repair must have been done by Bodge it and Leg it, the walls and coving had been repainted but still showed signs of bubbling and crumbling paintwork, during our week there it rained heavily and another damp patch appeared on the wall,,
The restaurant is large, nicely decorated and pleasant, the food is nice, three choices of starters, mains and deserts, Breakfast was good too, Waitresses however are a little harassed, I think its because the timings of meals ie 1.15 mins for each, leave little time for the staff to served everyone properly, we often did not receive a glass of water, or waited ages for a spoon to eat our dessert, minor irritations.
The entertainment was not our cup of tea, but have to say most of the older guests were enjoying themselves every night, so well done to Mark and his cabaret acts. If you intend to stay in the hotel take a fan as it gets very hot during the evening, also if you intend to watch the cabaret acts of wish to have a dance there are limited seats near the dance floor so try and get in there early.
The hotel is a good place for a base, it is friendly and has good amenities, its not luxury but very good value for money, there are lots of activities, history and site seeing around, well worth a visit
we will return. thank you

Had my birthday down Eastbourne and I really enjoyed it the hotel was lovely food was excellent and so was the entertainment the view from my window was amazing could see the beach and the pier would definitely visit here again.