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Nowt2Do.Com > Hotel Feature > Hotel Du Vin Brighton> Preview
Ship Street, Brighton, West Sussex, BN1 1AD
Telephone: 01273 718588
www.hotelduvin.com

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Check out our feature on the Hotel Du Vin Bristol

Hotel du Vin & Bistro, Brighton, the fifth property in this acclaimed micro-chain, opened in October 2002.

The latest hotel sits on a narrow street in the area of Brighton known as The Lanes, just 50 yards from the seafront. The Lanes are the oldest part of Brighton, steeped in history and linked by a network of intriguing cobble-stoned streets and alleyways. The city’s most fashionable district is the setting for a multitude of antique shops, galleries, boutiques, cafés, restaurants, and bars.

The Hotel du Vin building is a quirky collection of part gothic-styled buildings built around a central courtyard over which is a pergola clad in vines, for outdoor drinking and meeting. Internally, the main building has several intriguing features: a heavily carved staircase, bizarre gargoyles, and a double height hall that is almost ecclesiastical in style. These and other features have been retained and restored to their former glory – with the HDV twist and lots of seaside touches!

Entering from the street, guests walk through the informal reception area straight into the bar. Suspended from the high, timbered ceiling are wooden seagulls that swoop and perch among the beams. Continuing the theme, the bases to the many lamps are recovered pieces of driftwood or old printing rollers, and the steps in the staircase that leads to the upper mezzanine level are made from old railway sleepers. Cosy leather armchairs and brown velvet sofas are arranged around the room.

At one end of this room is the bar, while glass walls and doors at the other end display the bistro. Overhead the large mezzanine provides further seating and ‘billiards on the balcony’, and everywhere the walls are decked with black and white photographs of famous people (from Winston Churchill to Sharon Stone) smoking cigars. The cigar element is always important at HdV hotels, and behind the bar is a humidor from which guests can select their favourite smoke.

The Bistro’s décor is that now easily recognisable to those who know Hotel du Vin’s other properties. Offering the ‘serious but never stuffy’ dining ambience, the room evokes the same Parisian fin de siècle exuberance of its sister hotels. Here the walls are decked with wine-related prints and pictures, and the flor-to-ceiling windows that open onto the street are festooned with dried hops. The dark wooden floor boards, majestic pillars and deep hued tables and chairs create a classic bistro ambience, filled with natural light during the day and set to the flicker of candles and low lighting in the evenings.

In keeping with the HdV wine theme, each of the 37 bedrooms is sponsored by – and named after – a celebrated wine house. Inside, the rooms are hung with pictures relating to the room’s name. In homage to the seaside setting, the hotel uses beach-style touches to create a fun feel. Those bedrooms which surround the central courtyard of the building are clad in wood and painted in chalky blue-green, reminiscent of beach huts, while inside the bedrooms shades of blue and sand have been used.

All bedrooms feature the dazzling white Egyptian bed linen, delicious duvets, comfy cushions, and large beds for a sense of user-friendly luxury. Tables and desks are decked with magazines, stationery, and information about the hotel and city.

Bathrooms feature vast monsoon showers – many ‘walk-in’ and with aluminium trays – while the scroll top baths are raised on drift wood and old railway sleepers. All bathrooms offer plentiful supplies of HdV bathroom products, made exclusively for Hotel du Vin by Arran Aromatics.

Two of the suites have telescopes for views out to sea, but it is in the Loft Suite, Roederer Cristal, where the fun really starts. A private roof terrace looks out towards the beach, while the bathroom features a massive ‘party shower’ and side by side scroll top baths for sociable bath times! And those staying in the suite also get the use of their own private beach hut on Hove Marina.

37 bedrooms and suites

Bistro restaurant

Fine wine bar

Screw Pull wine cellar

Walk-in cigar humidor

‘Billiards on the Balcony’

3 private dining rooms

Courtyard

Address

Ship Street

BRIGHTON

West Sussex BN1 1AD

Telephone

01273 718588

Fax

01273 718599

Email

info@brighton.hotelduvin.com

Website

www.hotelduvin.com

Opened

October 2002

Location

Hotel du Vin’s fifth property is located in the area of Brighton known as The Lanes, just 50 yards from the seafront.

Building

An inn has existed on the site since 1693 and prior to its latest conversion the building had housed various restaurant incarnations.

Bedrooms

37 bedrooms comprising: 34 Twin/Double Rooms; 3 Suites.

The décor uses light shades of sand and blue, in tune with the seaside setting. In keeping with the wine theme, each of the bedrooms is sponsored by a celebrated wine house and the walls hung with hundreds of prints, lithographs, and other wine related memorabilia.

Room Features

Custom-made beds

Stylish & comfortable furniture

Egyptian cotton bed linen & duvets

CD player & radio

Satellite TV

Mini-bar & tea/coffee making facilities

Trouser press

Hairdryer

En suite bathrooms with oversized bath, large power showers (most separate), fluffy bathrobes and towels, and HdV bathroom products made exclusively for Hotel du Vin by Arran Aromatics.

Some of the bedrooms also have balconies, terraces, and sea views.

Guest Services

Breakfast room service

Valet car parking

Room Rates

Twin/Double Rooms from £130

Superior Doubles from £140

Junior Suites from £235

Loft Suites from £305

Extra bed for children £10

All room rates are inclusive of VAT

Continental breakfast £9.50 per person

Full English Breakfast £13.50 per person

Hotel Reservations

Tel

Fax

01273 718588

01273 718599

reservations@brighton.hotelduvin.com

Bistro

The menu, which changes daily, provides classic and sensibly priced dishes that are cooked simply using the freshest local ingredients. The food is complemented by a wine cellar that offers a wide choice of carefully selected bottles at all price levels.

90 covers

Open daily for lunch (last orders 2.00pm) and dinner (last orders 10.00pm).

Bistro Prices

A three course a la carte meal for two people including coffee and house wine costs about £80.

Bistro Reservations

tel 01273 718588

Bars

Fine Wine Bar: Located on the ground floor, adjacent to the Bistro.

Wine Cellar: On the basement level, the atmospheric ‘Screw Pull’ wine cellar is open for visiting and tasting.

Leisure Facilities

Walk-in cigar humidor

‘Billiards on the Balcony’

Private Dining & Special Events

Ashe Park accommodating up to 48.

The Screw Pull Dining Room accommodating up to 15.

The Courtyard accommodating up to 30.

Delegate Rates

Day from £55

24 Hour from £195

Getting There

By plane: The nearest airport is Gatwick Airport (30 minutes drive, 30 minutes train journey)

By train: Brighton Railway Station (5 minutes drive).

By car: 50 minutes drive from the M25 (see www.hotelduvin.com for detailed directions).

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