The Brudenell

After a period of ill health I was able to book a last minute overnight stay at the Brudenell for my husband’s birthday. I booked a smaller sea view room & wondered what this would be like, having stayed in a superior before & knowing how gorgeous those rooms are. I needn’t have worried. From the moment we walked through the hotel doors & were greeted so warmly by the lovely receptionist; to seeing our lovely room with a great view of the sea & some welcoming birthday chocolates & card; to the food both that evening & at breakfast… everything was perfect! Our room was so comfortable, nicely decorated & clean, with a walk in shower as we’d requested. We spent hours just sitting watching & listening to the sea. The staff in the restaurant were superb, professional but friendly & attentive, everything about our meal was excellent. We slept so well that night & didn’t want to leave! I can’t recommend the Brudenell highly enough, thank you for a very relaxing & much needed break

Nice visit to Aldeburgh , with a decent price for the hotel for an overnight with breakfast . Hotel is located at end of the high street , literally on the seafront. Ideal location to walk the front and the high street . No problem parking up on the side streets , hotel has limited parking spaces. Also a big car park next to the hotel if needed . Friendly check in , staff all seemed very pleasant and welcoming. Nice decor common areas . Lift was very slow . Nice clean and fresh room , plenty of space looked recently decorated. Nice choice at breakfast , cereals , pastries and a nice choice of cooked options . Had a local smoked kipper , excellent. Had a nice stay at this hotel and found it very good value . As others have mentioned, the room was very warm , other than that couldn’t fault our stay . Would return.

A bit disappointed to be honest, all due to one. When sat down for lunch, waited for 20 minutes for service and could not get the waiter Robin to come to our table. We got up, went to the bar to order drinks, and requested service as the server had greeted all the tables that arrived after us but seemed intent on ignoring us. We sat down with our drinks, and after another 1/2 hour and another request for another wait staff member or service at all, we were promised service again from Robin. He decided to greet us as we left. All set. We booked and enjoyed an amazing lunch at the Mill Inn and was much happier with that experience. Absolutely brilliant lunch there.

Amazing Brudenell Restaurant. As a family we had lunch at Brudenell Hotel with a great view by the sea. The food we ordered was mainly seafood. Bouillabaisse mussels, fish, and crab were not only delectable but also a joy to the eyes. As for the personnel, it shows that they had a hardy training because they were absolutely fantastic in all ways. Highly recommend! The atmosphere was warm and inviting, making it the perfect spot to unwind and enjoy a leisurely meal. We left with full bellies and smiles, already planning our next visit to savour more of their exquisite dishes.

We’ve had a morning tea and coffee many times without a problem and today decided that we should enquire about staying for a couple of nights and grab a quick breakfast at the same time. We ordered one sausage and one bacon sandwich from the lounge menu (the only menu we could order from). When the food arrived, some 20 mins after our tea and coffee I noticed that rather than the charred sour dough bread stated on the menu we had sliced white bread. Catching the server before she was to far away I asked why it was sliced white and not the sourdough. Her response “we haven’t had any sourdough bread in today” At £8 a sandwich I decided that I would go back in and say something. When I spoke to the guy who took my order and mentioned the white bread he stated “neither of those sandwiches come on sourdough”. I pointed out the menu and he apologised saying he had “been on holiday and forgot” He then went on to say “chef must have made a mistake” “But you don’t have any sourdough bread” I replied “that’s what I was told outside” “We haven’t sourdough bread” he responded “you shouldn’t have been told that” Slightly more irritated than I was before I said that I wasn’t happy to be told that “the next time you come in I’ll make sure we get something sorted” I explained that “waiting until I visited again was hardly a suitable gesture of compensation” to which he replied “Well what do you want me to do” I simply explained what had happened again reiterating the above and was told that the cost of the sandwiches would be refunded I can confirm that the price of only one sandwich was refunded. A place that we looked at spending £400 for a 2 night stay has lost customer.

Had toasted sandwiches. We shared a Welsh rarebit, which was fabulous, and a Porchetta one. Due, as it turned out, to our ignorance, we found the porchetta too fatty and couldn’t eat it. We said so, and the staff were SO gracious..instead of making us feel like the ignorant folk we were, they left it off the bill. We left feeling certain we would be back.