SQUARE
Sleek townhouse set on one of Brighton’s Regency squaresSET ON A SEAFRONT REGENCY SQUARE in Brighton’s bohemian Kemp Town, Square has a smartly metropolitan air, a
chic little cocktail bar and all the ingredients for a racy weekend by the sea.
Needless to say, there’s a lot more to Square than four corners. This
sleek boutique bolt-hole within a seagull’s cry of the beach and the briny
boasts handsomely contemporary rooms and a great location just a wave from the waves.
Square’s reception doubles as a bar and lounge, with lots of
statement-making white leather banquettes and cube stools,
Swarovski chandeliers, modern artworks, glass tables and a huge wall-mounted TV. Sink into a sofa and sip a cocktail or a glass of fizz (Square’s signature tipple is the Brighton Rocks) before heading out on the town later. You can stay up drinking here, post clubbing, till the early hours.
Hit the spot In Brighton’s Kemp Town, 200m from the beach.
Pillow Talk Take a King sea view room or the vast 'reverse penthouse' – an über-cool basement suite. Room 1 has a high-tech Well being chair.
Be savvy This is more of a boutique address than a full-service hotel with all the trimmings.
Be smitten Cool Brighton bolt-hole that’s anything but square.
Silver and suede The ten bedrooms are small but chic. Expect
shiny walnut wood floors, walls in white, mushroom or mulberry with splashes of boldly patterned wallpaper, and faux-fur throws lying across crisp white duvets.
Suede corner couches,
mirrored furniture, exuberant chandeliers, silver flat-screen TVs and perspex seats add style.
Bathrooms are dressed (or undressed) in charcoal slate and chrome. Some even have
decadent full-length glass wall panels looking through to the bedroom (not for the modest, perhaps), where you can soak in your double-ended Philippe Stark bath and enjoy sea views with a suitably intoxicating tipple.
Take a King room with sea views for the full Square experience, or hole up below ground in the
subterranean reverse penthouse – a
huge and decadent pad running the length of the building that comes complete with jacuzzi bath, open fireplace and a sofa-lined lounge perfect for having friends in.
Room 1 has a very different trademark – a
vibrating uSpace Well being chair that promises stressed urbanites music, mood lighting and massage in cocoon-like comfort.
Friendly staff, cool surrounds and a top location make Square
a cool and indulgent address for a weekend by the sea – though if your must-have list for a hotel includes maids, a restaurant and concierge, look elsewhere. You’re less than an hour from the Big Smoke and yards from the Brighton’s pebbly beaches – just the ticket for an anything-but-square urban escape.
Square was reviewed for Room for Romance by
Tasha Munro
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STAY LONGER FOR LESS WITH 20% OFF AT SQUARE – South
With savings of almost GBP 300 a week of sea views and luxury is not so unaffordable at Square
Book a large sea view room for one week and as well as the sea air you can soak up and take in regency townhouse living and sleek style at bargain rates at Square. Book for seven nights and get a 20% reduction, paying GBP 992 instead of the usual GBP 1240. Sip a cocktail in the super-stylish bar or just gaze from your sea-view windows and you'll realize just what a bargain you got.
* Select Seven Day special offer on our booking pages
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Dining in Continental breakfast with fresh fruit, bagels and croissants is served in the lounge bar. Add juice and an invigorating coffee, and you’re set up for the day. You can also have brekkie (champagne optional) delivered to your room.
With its jazzy sounds and white leather sofas, Square’s trendy bar is also the perfect place to sip a beer or cocktail later.
Breakfast Continental breakfast is served until 10am (weekdays) and 10:30am (Sundays).
Room service Available morning and evening.
What’s cooking? Continental breakfast in the morning and a wicked cocktail list –including Brighton Rocks, the house signature drink.
See & Do Brighton makes the perfect escape from London – easy to get to and with all the nightlife urbanites adore as well as breezy sea air and a pier. Brighton’s pebbly beach is only minutes from your door and beckons for breezy walks and summer dips. Adrenaline junkies can also try anything here from jet-skiing to paragliding.
Don’t miss a tour of the Royal Pavilion – an exuberant Victorian party palace – or a walk along the pier, with its fairground rides, candy floss and kiss-me-quick hats. For an out of town excursion, try the bracing cliff walk at Beachy Head, 17 miles away.
Spa In-room body and beauty treatments – Indian head massage, facials or a His n’ Hers massage – can be arranged. Square guests also get discounts at a nearby sports centre.
Diary Dates May Dance, street theatre, music and much more comes to town for the Brighton Festival – England’s biggest arts event.
Early August Check out the outrageous costumes and flamboyant floats at Brighton Pride. It’s the biggest – and pinkest – festival of its kind in the country. Expect round-the-clock revelry.
GETTING THERE Location New Steine, Brighton BN2 1PB
Parking No free guest parking, and street parking (around GBP 1 per hour) can be tricky to find. We suggest taking the train.
Trains Brighton station – two miles. There's an excellent Intercity rail service from London.
Taxis GBP 5 from the station and GBP 50 (a 25 minute journey) from Gatwick Airport.
Airport London Gatwick – 20 miles. There's an excellent rail link to Brighton.
Rooms and suites Nine rooms and one penthouse suite.
Special features Rooms boast CD and DVD players, flatscreen TVs, free wi-fi, tea/coffee and a minibar. Bathrooms have Molton Brown toiletries and some boast large tubs with a view of the sea. Some have a balcony.
Also… There’s a DVD library, a cool downstairs cocktail bar and a below-ground ‘reverse penthouse’ that’s well worth splashing out on.
ESSENTIAL INFO Rates guide GBP 120 - 400
Open/closed Open all year, except over Christmas.
Check-in 3pm
Check-out 11.30am
Minimum night stay? Two nights at weekends – three for Bank holidays.
Children Square is aimed at adults only.
Pets No
Air conditioning No
Wedding license? No