Lauriston Hotel For The Blind

I LOVE this hotel! You may think weird, she ain’t blind but loves this hotel?! Well chilllax and let me explain.
My dad is registered blind and my auntie lives only 10mins from the hotel, it’s also on the promenade so get a cracking view of the Grand Pier and sea.
It’s the ideal hotel for us especially for my dad. They are so accomodating and have great members of staff. You mostly find that the regulars are blind guests and stay normally for 1 to 2 weeks at a time. Although the hotel is becoming more popular with them non blind folk, so find that some guests just stay a couple of nights. This therefore made it more accomodating for Ian and I. I had been serveral times before and knew he would have no problems with it.
They also do good deals and send my dad discounts for certain times of the year. One came up for March and I hadn’t been down in 2 years as I couldn’t fly due to my lung. Boo! And the last family gathering was a sad occassion so I thought why not throw me a birthday party so that’s exactly what we did. Hey, why not?!
It wasn’t a special birthday but I thought let’s invite all the family, majority are from the South West anyway. The hotel organised a section of the restaurant, let us decorate it, put some tunes on and provided a mighty tasty buffet, oh and delicious birthday cake just for me oh and my guests of course. Hehe!
It was such a brilliant day and my family felt it was the perfect venue. The hotel does have a lounge area but it’s a long corridor shape so we would have been quite spread out.
The lounge has a wee bar and you ding the bell to be served. It also serves teas and coffees. The hotel are also obliging by letting visitors in. We had quite a few family members pop in during our stay. They love it when the Scots decend you see.
The hotel is also dog friendly, there are guide dogs everywhere. It is awesome! They are usually off duty in the hotel so you can give them a wee sneaky clap on the head. They normally sit under the table, half the time you don’t realise they are there, especially in the restaurant. There was also some non guide dogs too, I guess as long as your dog is well behaved they are welcome. Some rooms come with doggy baskets and there’s also a doggy garden out the back. They always have full bowls of water for the dogs too.
Between great service, good food and options, being so accomodating and having a laid back atmosphere it made it a fantastic holiday, birthday and stay. There was also options of day outs the hotel organise but we had plenty going on already.
For an alternative and affordable stay I would go here as long you don’t mind adorable dogs. I can’t wait to go back!