Phoenix Halls

Visiting family so only needed a place to sleep and make coffee. Small en-suite student room, use of shared kitchen/sitting room with TV and fridge freezer. Very basic, not the comfiest bed but I slept well enough and it was surprisingly quiet for student halls. There's a lift and a generous welcome bag including tea and coffee sachets as well as toiletries. Cheap and cheerful option, staff were helpful and friendly. Security door fob entry meant I could see family at times to suit myself and take an afternoon nap in between. Also handy for station and buses. Downside was the water for showers wasn't very warm Cheap digs would definitely stay again.

I stayed for 4 nights in July and was extremely happy with my stay. This is student accommodation, with shared kitchen facilities, for anyone to expect the shared kitchen facilities to be regularly cleaned by staff is just unfair. Just like the students that live there most of the year, the people using the kitchen should clean up after themselves. I found the kitchen extremely clean and well equipped. The room was very basic but honestly, I don't understand how they can even rent rooms at such low prices without making a loss. If I had paid normal hotel prices (VERY expensive in Brighton during the summer months and popular events!) I would have of course had different expectations but I knew what I was booking and was positively surprised. The location was central and I could walk everywhere which was a huge bonus, the train station was within a walking distance as well. Staff were SUPER helpful, accessing the rooms was easy and I found it very quiet even though we were in the city centre. I was also expecting lots of noisy students and young people to be banging the doors and roaming around the corridors at night but this didn't happen either. I would definitely stay here again and hope to be able to return soon!