Rocksalt Rooms

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  Angus Williamson

  Rooms: Fairly small double with nice view of the harbour. 1st floor and a bit of noise from room above. Small and cramped bathroom, but with nice and powerful shower. Good level of amenities with high quality toiletries, good sized TV, nespresso coffee machine, complimentary bottled water and fresh milk availability. Overall cosy room for a couple of nights. Food & drinks: Attached Rocksalt restaurant high quality dining establishment.

  01-01-1970
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  Tim SPENCER

  Super rooms, just the ticket to save driving home. Very well presented and exceptionally clean. Rooms : 5/5 | Service : 5/5 | Location : 5/5 Hotel highlights Romantic … More

  01-01-1970
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  Daryl

  We booked Rocksalt Rooms for a wedding nearby and having been to the restaurant Rocksalt several times I had high hopes the quality would have been transferred. First off, in order to check in you need to go to the restaurant itself. They will then show you to the rooms, which are just across from the hotel. This means that there is no front desk and it isn’t 24hrs; this can cause issues if you want to check in late evening. You also can’t check in before 16:00 hours. The offsite staff were helpful and did try to help with a solution so credit to them. The property is access via a small alleyway between Backstreet and The Stade. The front of the property is a disused restaurant. This doesn’t make for the best welcome and looks a bit naff from outside. However, once you enter your room you are greeted with a quaint and well decorated room. The naked brick wall and the white shutters looking out on to the harbour are nice. The metal framed bed looks nice and fits the rooms decor well but practically it’s squeaky and uncomfortable when you want to sit up. The mattress was comfy and the sheets were nice. The pillows however resulted in a poor nights sleep. They’re small and the filling is too firm; one pillow was too high and one was too low. The bathroom is a wet room, large enough and is also nicely decorated, it had a skylight so well lit. The only criticisms would be that there is a shelf over the sink that actually goes halfway over the sink itself. You effectively have to put your hands under the shelf to turn the taps on and wash your hands. When you’re brushing your teeth you need to be careful not to spit the tooth paste on the shelf. Unfortunately there was also a long black hair on one of the towels; I couldn’t blame the other half as hers is blonde. Continuing on with cleanliness; one of the cups in the room was also dirty inside. The windows looking out to sea were dirty thanks to the seagulls. It looked old so would have expected it to be cleaned off between each guest. It is a shame as overall the rest of the room was clean and tidy. The room is a relatively well equipped; TV, coffee machine and kettle. However, one of the bedside lamps didn’t work and there is no fridge. Personally, this then effectively renders the coffee machine and kettle useless; unless you like black tea and coffee. There isn’t any wardrobes or drawers for clothes so you need to live out of your suitcase; for us that wasn’t an issue. Plenty of cups, a complimentary bottle of water, vodka and fudge were welcome additions. If you like to sleep in a blacked-out room the blinds don’t work all too well. A lot of light creeps through the shutters. This means it’s very bright in the morning. The room was very warm and there is no air-con. Although you can obviously open the doors and there was a fan already in the room. Luckily the night time temperature were only in the low teens. I’d imagine it would be unbearable on hot nights. I’m also not too sure on how good the sound proofing is; I was awoken in the middle of the night but a males voice. I’m not sure whether he was outside or in an adjacent room. Breakfast is served across the road in the main restaurant and was a nice cooked breakfast. There is no parking at the restaurant. The closest car park you can only park for 10 hours on the Ringo app. The car park at the end of the harbour by the large hotel is around a 5 minute walk and costs around £14. It’s a very cobblely walk which isn’t fun for wheeled suitcases and ladies (or men, or anyone) in heels. Overall, the room was a nice place to be. If it’s just an overnight stop you probably won’t be disappointed. Think of it more like an Air BnB than a hotel. With a few changes it could gain some extra stars.

  01-01-1970