St Annes Hotel - Great Yarmouth

Lorna H.

I was met with happy smiles and helped up the impressive ornate staircase to my room. My room was fresh clean and spacious, even with the chair and small fridge, they were excellent finishing touches. |I slept really well on comfy bed, and had great hot showers. The breakfast routine works very well with everything cooked to each individuals likes, brilliant. |It's a little way to walk into town but simple to navigate and is all flat.|I could only stay 3days but wish it had been longer. Thank you Larry and Linda.|I will definitely be returning.

Jeanette H.

Sadly stayed for two nights as in the area for a funeral.
Had a wonderful stay, owners are very obliging and generous, breakfast good quality and cooked perfectly with a good selection of cereals and preserves preserves for the toast. Orange juice had a nice sharp hit. Exceptionally quiet fridge in the room which was gratefully utilized.
Will definitely return if needing a comfy stay again. Thank you both.

steve S.

Very dated and in need of major works. The room was nice but very dated. Could do with some paint and updated. The bed was terrible. Did not get a good night's sleep in the 2 nights I stayed.|Breakfast is served between 8-9 in the morning. But you have to let them know what you want the night before. The location was nice and quiet and 5 mins away from Regent road. |If they spent some money on updating the place I would go back. But as it is I would go elsewhere

steve S.

Nice location, just off the busy roads. Very quiet at night. The bed was very uncomfortable. Did not sleep well. Tea & coffee were not replaced after my first night. The room was fine but needs updating. As too does most of the hotel. Very mix & match items in the room. Did not have breakfast as it was from 8am-9am . And as I didn't sleep I layed in. Nice size hotel but needs a good clean and updating. Will not return

Debbs H.

I booked this place due to the exceptional reviews and was sadly dissapointed.
It was agreed I could come a little earlier first day and was met at the door, by a lady, who quickly shut the door on me and sorted her dogs out. I mentioned it was agreed I could come early, I would bring bags up and my puppy and l were off to have a walk on the beach so wouldn't be in their way.
I was showed where the dining room was, the paperwork where you book your breakfast for the following day and shown my room. I asked if the lady was Linda and she was as she had not introduced herself. The room was small and should be described as a small room not a double room. I had tea and coffee but no milk so could not make a much needed cuppa after a long drive so went out to buy one, mini fridge was not on but I was unaware. I saw a bottled drink inside and throught thats a nice touch, I took a mouthful and I quickly realized that there were bits in the drink as it had gone off nearly made me sick. I had to throw some food away I had brought waiting for fridge to get to adequate temp.

I saw linda the next day and asked if they provide milk and she said yes, it's in the cuboard in the hallway, I said what cupboard and she showed me. I said I wasn't told about it! In the cupboard they had sachets of coffees, teas, milk and biscuits which was a lovely touch, but no good if you dont know it exists.

The ensuite was very small and glad I'm only a little person and not 2 of us using this room. When I used the shower only 1 switch on the shower worked and was a minefield to work. The water flow was so poor I debated if it was worth having a shower, but I did.
Small TV to watch and could have been slightly bigger to watch. I see that in previous reviews this has been discussed and this place will not budge on this, this is a bad move.

The breakfast was good but small but considering the price of the room is was absolutely adequate. The vegetarian sausage was good.

All the areas in the house in the daytime and at night seemed so dark and I did struggle to get about but managed.

Hovering 11:30pm night, woke me up and I was not impressed at all!

My biggest moan is that I stayed there 3 nights with my puppy and not once did the owners acknowledge her. They knew it was her 1st holiday at the seaside and they made no effort or even acknowledged her which shocked me. I find this rather odd considering they have 3 dogs of their own that live there with them and say they are a dog friendly place!! The other guests made up for them who acknowledged her and fussed her and 1 kind lady went and got her a treat. There were a few occasions that 1 of the dogs would non stop growling at my puppy every time we came in and out of the front door which put my puppy on edge so much she would stop at the front door or the top of the stairs and not want to move any futher quite anxious. Whilst I fully understand the dogs live there and that is their home, if your going to advertise as dog friendly then that's exactly how it should be. On 1 occasion I had to pick my puppy up and took her up the stairs which is not acceptable.
I did notice that the owners have frequent returning guests who they have a good rapport with but as a newcomer I did not feel welcome there. I had booked to come Xmas week but have now cancelled and booked elsewhere. If I had not paid beforehand hand I would have gone home after the door was slammed in my face. The other guests made the B&B which says it all.

Angela T.

Hosts were very nice made us feel really welcome we needed a room with no notice as was stuck and they gave us a family room with our dogs straight away room was very clean and comfy and plenty of tea and coffee and parking free breakfast was very nice aswell will definitely be staying again

Larlyn K.

The hotel feels like coming home to your grandparents which is really really good. The room smell fresh and clean as well. The owners are really nice and very accommodating. Really enjoyed staying here. The fridge in the room is big BONUS! ||From K. Family

Brian E.

Booked a two day, last minute stay at St. Anne's as the weather forecast looked good, and we weren't disappointed in that respect. The price we were offered was £75 per night, including breakfast, which I felt at peak season (mid August) was exceptional value. ||Car parking is offered on site on a first come, first served basis, but there is also lots of free street parking directly across the road if needed. ||St. Anne's is listed as dog friendly, and that's exactly what you should expect, as the owners have at least three of their own. Previous reviews that we read included gripes about the dogs being around the breakfast tables, but we had no such problem (one wandered in one morning, but quickly left again), so I'm guessing that either the problem was a one-off, or the owners have addressed that issue. Either way, we didn't have any such problem with that (and we're not pro-dogs). ||That's not to say we had no issues at all - our first being actually finding the place. The address is given as Norfolk Square, but on entering the Postcode to our Sat-Nav it came up with Albermarle Road. Stupidly, I corrected this and we set off in search of the elusive Norfolk Square, only to end up in Wellesly Road. Where we stopped, we found a green sign on a gate that said Norfolk Square, but there was no vehicular access. So I rang the hotel and was directed back to Albermarle Road (sigh) 🤐. ||It seems to me that if the front door is on Albermarle Road, then the address ought to be Albermarle Road too, wouldn't you agree? Anyway, it seems that all the properties along Albermarle Road are addressed as Norfolk Square, so I guess it's a Norfolk thing? All the same, it seems pretty stupid to me 😆 ||The room was definitely budget, as we are used to three or four star, but as I said, we booked on the spur of the moment and this was all we could find for our dates. Everything you would expect was provided, and in truth our only real complaints were the space available, and the bathroom facilities. ||The room itself was a reasonable size (we've definitely stayed in smaller) but the en-suite didn't include the hand basin - that was outside the E.S. in the main bedroom. This meant that getting up in the night to use the loo you would have to wake your partner to wash your hands. ||Also, the shower was quite cramped, and there was no door - just a plastic curtain held in place on a makeshift curtain wire. This itself was poorly positioned, effectively wasting over 20% of the tiny shower cubicle space, which meant that the wet curtain was clinging to our arms and legs as we were trying to wash. Dropping the soap in the shower proved quite an issue too, as there was little space to bend and pick it up without knocking the tap off with your b*m 😗. Also, while showering, the water would frequently run cold, and as this was a 'plumbed' shower, this had to be caused by unbalanced pressure - All in all, a fairly frustrating experience. We wondered how someone less agile might have coped, and we were thankful that our stay was only for a couple of nights. ||The bed wasn't particularly comfortable, but that was probably more noticeable because the sunny climate made room rather warm, which made it quite difficult to sleep. We had a fan too, which we left on all night, but still didn't help much. ||The last gripe was the fact that there was no wardrobe - just a rail supported under a shelf in the corner, that had some coat hangers on it - not even a curtain to mask it off from the room. Sadly disappointing, but in truth there wouldn't have been much space for a wardrobe anyway - and not much drawer space either, so most of our clothes stayed in our suitcases. ||Tea and coffee facilities were standard, but sadly no hot chocolate or decaffeinated coffee available (although to be fair I didn't ask for this as I usually bring my own). ||An unexpected bonus, was a small fridge provided in the room, which made cold water in the night all the more refreshing. ||Two breakfast sittings of 08:00 to 08:45 and 09:00 to 09:45 ensured that the breakfast wasn't too crowded - selections being, made the night before. The breakfast was of good quality, and the hosts (who were at all times both friendly and helpful) seemed happy to provide just what the guest wanted. ||All in all, a perfectly acceptable stay for the price. A pity about a few minor gripes, which in truth wouldn't take much to fix.