Ideal location if you are hiring a car. Plenty of free parking and breakfast was included, unlike most other hotels in this price range. The walk into the centre is do-able in 20-25mins and along to the beach in the opposite direction (around 30-40mins), especially the first time, when you're exploring and enjoying the river views, but it does become a bit of a drag after several visits - i gather there are deals to be had if you arrange parking in the city centre at least ?72hrs ahead.
Staff are all friendly. The views are very nice considering the budget for the hotel, i think they could make even more of their rooftop, with some trees/plants, seating, new tiles etc but it would cost a bit and then the prices would probably go up..! Room was nice enough, the air con worked well and the bathroom was very nice. The slight downside for me was the single beds were a bit on the short side and im not exactly huge at about 6ft. Would happily stay here again.