The Pier Hotel in Gorleston-on-Sea is a local landmark with a long history, having started life as an inn over 120 years ago. We found it to now be a comfortable and welcoming family-run hotel whose staff are all friendly and helpful. It is situated at the mouth of the river Yare right by one end of the huge Gorleston beach, has its own car park and is a two-minute walk to the Pavilion theatre (also over 120 years old) which puts on some good shows. A fairly short walk gets you to Gorleston High Street with its good range of shops and from where buses can get you into Great Yarmouth itself or further afield to places like Lowestoft and Norwich if, like us, you want to give the car a rest. Our room ('superior with sea view') was spacious, comfortable, spotlessly clean, had a great view of the beach, sea and sky and was replete with lots of nice touches like bottled water, tissues, large dispensers of handwash, shower gel, free Wi-Fi, etc.. The hotel food was excellent and reasonably priced. There was a wide range of choices at breakfast (included in the booking) and evening meals, generous portions of delicious food, perfectly cooked and presented available either in the dining room or in the bar of the pub integral with the hotel. At this time of year the Pier Hotel was a great place to take a few day's relaxing break. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay.

We really can't think of anything significant that could have improved our experience. Even the weather was a bit better than forecast!

We booked the Pier Hotel as a base to explore the Suffolk coast. It is 123 yrs old and has character. Management are upgrading the exterior and replacing windows and we loved the room upgrade to one of the suites. We had a spacious room with panoramic views, powerful shower, good heating as weather was lousy, two tv, complimentary toiletries & water, good housekeeping, good choice of evening meals in the restaurant, a lively bar, delicious choice at breakfast and very helpful and friendly waitresses, namely Emily and Charlie ( girl )

Small thing, the push button toilet flush had an awkward operation, didn't work on a one time use , required several 'pump' attempts

Excellent beach location and the room was spacious and well decorated. Staff are kind and friendly. Food is available more or less all day and is ok for choice, especially if you don't always want a full meal.

Having to go to the bar every time you want a drink etc is a bit tiring for the elderly travelling alone. Maybe waiting staff could show a bit of flexibility.. although they were rushed off their feet at all times. My room telephone lit up unexpectedly during the night, waking me up startled because it lit up the whole room. There is not much to do in the immediate locality and the town of Gorleston is a bit shabby and run down.

This is the hotel that featured in the 2019 film “Yesterday” we never stayed there for that reason but we met others that had gone there for that reason alone. We had room 108 the room was full of art deco furniture and it looked fantastic, it looked out onto the flat roof where the group in the film played to the crowd from. The whole hotel is really lovely.

We had dinner in the main restaurant and I made the mistake of having the dressed crab salad, I say mistake not because the crab wasn’t nice on the contrary it was lovely, no it was the salad this was made up from peas, sweet corn, green beans, lettuce and one baby tomato and potatoes, in my opinion this isn’t a salad. I mentioned it to the waitress when she noticed I hadn’t eaten anything other than the crab and she said it does say what’s included on the menu but I did read it later and it just said salad. The TV picture was nonexistent in the evening apparently the signal can be a problem.

The Breakfast was amazing . Best breakfast grill I’ve had in a long time.They had a large selection of pastries , cereals (all branded cereals too) plenty of fruit and fruit Juices . They had oat milk for my daughter with allergies .We had dinner too and the chef catered for my Daughter’s allergies which was lovely . The meals were very large and definitely get your monies worth. Drink tray in the room with a good variety in the room too. I forgot my hair dryer and looked in the wardrobe and there was a hairdryer ! Friendly and helpful staff . Nothing too much bother . Right on the beach front . Definitely be back again.

The hotel was spotless and well kept. The Food was generous and very good. The Staff were amazing. At tentative, but not over the top. They all seemed busy but we're friendly, polite and nothing was a problem. Drinks were good and well priced, Good location. Generous breakfast and good quality,

We felt the cost of the food was just a little bit over. That said, we wouldn't want to pay less and have a drop in quality of food. We would prefer aircon. There was no air in the room even with the window open. First night was difficult to sleep.

Initially scaffolding to exterior a little off-putting however the interior & initial welcome made up for that. Parking availability was easy/free both in hotel car park & proximity. Room newly refurbished with a very well appointed bathroom. We were top floor with road view, however it was very quiet, which was a relief. Food both at breakfast & evening meal plentiful & decent price/quality. Walks up the prom, beach, quiet & pleasant. Staff were helpful & seemed to care about the hotel. We had a very pleasant stay.

To be honest, nothing to dislike.

Our sea view room was spacious. The bathroom was VERY good. Bar staff coped extremely well with customers at busy times.

Breakfast (Full English) was good, but mushrooms in particular were not freshly cooked. NB Only had breakfast on 1 day. (On day of departure we had to leave before breakfast). Had to ask for replacement knives as those on the table appeared to be dirty. Heard bit of 'banging' on Friday afternoon that lasted for an hour or so. Lift not very efficient

The beach view was lovely. Peaceful location and the whole area was clean. Noticeably, there wasn't any litter at all on the beach or around the hotel grounds and the prom. Very friendly staff. Fast and efficient service. The food is tasty and plentiful. I'd recommend it to anyone.

It is purely a personal preference, as it was the only thing I could find to comment on. I found the pillows too soft for my liking, but really not anything to complain about. It's a lovely hotel.

The breakfast waitress on the Saturday was amazing. Cheerful and friendly and went out of her way for us. I hope the youngsters on duty on the Sunday follow her example in time. :-) Loved the decor in the communal areas, especially the beautiful dining room. The location is superb - right next to the beautiful sandy beach. Were there to celebrate a birthday and my special requests were carried out, no questions. Big film and music fans so the link to the film Yesterday was our reason for booking.

No complaints at all.