The Relais Cooden Beach

4.0 star property
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On the beach, sun-loungers, beach umbrellas, beach towels
Daily full breakfast (GBP 20 per person)
Front of property
Reception
View from room

Reviews

8.6 out of 10

Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Spa
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Bar
  • Room service
  • Laundry
  • Housekeeping

Explore the area

Map
Cooden Sea Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, England, TN39 4TT
  • Bexhill Beach
    12 min walk
  • The Wheatsheaf
    19 min walk
  • Bexhill Cooden Beach Station
    1 min walk
  • Lydd (LYX)
    68 min drive

Room options

Verandah Accessible Apartment

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

Cooden Suite

  • 30.00 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

Verandah Elva Suite

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Verandah Accessible Twin

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

Verandah Junior Suite

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Seascape Accessible King

  • 21.10 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

Seascape Single

  • 13.80 sq m
  • Beach view
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

Seascape King

  • 21.10 sq m
  • Beach view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

Cooden Family

  • 19.30 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Twin Bed OR 3 Double Beds

Cooden Double

  • 14.70 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Cooden King

  • 16.40 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

Seascape Family

  • 31.20 sq m
  • Beach view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 King Beds OR 1 King Bed and 2 Twin Beds

Seascape Junior Suite

  • 27.90 sq m
  • Beach view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

Cooden Single

  • 12.80 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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About the area

Bexhill-on-Sea

Located in Bexhill-on-Sea, The Relais Cooden Beach is by the sea, within a 15-minute drive of Pevensey Castle and Sovereign Harbour. .This beach hotel is 6.9 mi (11.1 km) from Hastings Pier and 6.9 mi (11.1 km) from White Rock Theatre.

What's nearby

  • Bexhill Beach - 12 min walk
  • Pevensey Bay Beach - 13 min drive
  • Sovereign Harbour - 13 min drive
  • Eastbourne Pier - 13 min drive
  • Hastings Pier - 15 min drive

Getting around

  • Bexhill Cooden Beach Station - 1 min walk
  • Gatwick Airport (LGW) - 74 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪The Picture Playhouse - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Marino's Fish Restaurant & Take Away - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪The Denbigh - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪The Wheatsheaf - ‬19 min walk
  • ‪Sovereign Light Cafe - ‬4 min drive

About this property

The Relais Cooden Beach

Beachfront, with full-service spa
The Relais Cooden Beach offers 45 accommodations with safes and coffee/tea makers. Each accommodation is individually decorated. Tempur-Pedic beds feature premium bedding. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Bathrooms include slippers, designer toiletries, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. Housekeeping is offered daily and hypo-allergenic bedding can be requested. Cribs/infant beds (complimentary) are also available.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
Guests can indulge in a pampering treatment at the hotel's full-service spa, The Relais Retreats. Services include deep-tissue massages, facials, and body scrubs. The spa is equipped with a sauna, a spa tub, and a steam room.

The spa is open daily. Guests under 16 years old are not allowed in the spa.

Make yourself at home in one of the 45 individually decorated guestrooms. Your Tempur-Pedic bed comes with premium bedding. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Private bathrooms have designer toiletries and hair dryers.
Pamper yourself with a visit to the spa, which offers massages and facials. Additional amenities at this Edwardian hotel include complimentary wireless internet access, wedding services, and a banquet hall.
Enjoy British cuisine at The Rally Restaurant, a brasserie which features a bar/lounge, or stay in and take advantage of the room service (during limited hours). Full breakfasts are served on weekdays from 7:00 AM to 10:00 AM and on weekends from 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include a 24-hour front desk, luggage storage, and laundry facilities. Limited parking is available onsite.
Full breakfasts are available for a surcharge on weekdays between 7:00 AM and 10:00 AM and on weekends between 8:00 AM and 10:00 AM.
The Rally Restaurant - This brasserie specializes in British cuisine and serves lunch and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. A children's menu is available.
The Rally Bar - This beach bar serves breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). A children's menu is available. Open daily.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Languages

English, Russian, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Limited on-site parking
  • Free off-site parking within 10 ft
  • Street parking available

Food and drink

  • Full breakfast available for a fee 7:00 AM–10:00 AM on weekdays and 8:00 AM–10:00 AM on weekends: GBP 20 for adults and GBP 20 for children
  • 1 restaurant and 1 coffee shop/cafe
  • 1 bar
  • Room service available
  • Coffee/tea in a common area

Restaurants on site

  • The Rally Restaurant
  • The Rally Bar

Things to do

  • Full-service spa

Family friendly

  • Free cots/infant beds
  • Laundry facilities
  • Snack bar/deli

Conveniences

  • Banquet hall
  • Front-desk safe

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • Meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • Beach loungers
  • Beach umbrellas
  • Beachfront location
  • Firepit
  • Garden
  • Outdoor furniture
  • Terrace

Spa

  • Body scrubs
  • Facials
  • Massage - deep-tissue
  • Sauna
  • Spa open daily
  • Hot tub
  • Steam room

Accessibility

  • If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • This property does not have any lifts
  • Wheelchair-accessible (may have limits)

More

  • Beach towels
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bed sheets
  • Free cots/infant beds
  • Heating
  • Hypo-allergenic bedding
  • Premium bedding
  • Tempur-Pedic bed

Bathroom

  • Designer toiletries
  • Hairdryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shampoo
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • 24-inch TV

Food and drink

  • Champagne service
  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle

More

  • Individually decorated
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Safe
  • Slippers

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 12:30 AM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed (service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees)

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are available for GBP 20.0 per day
Free cribs are available on request at the property

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for full breakfast: approximately GBP 20 for adults and GBP 20 for children
  • Rollaway bed fee: GBP 20.0 per day

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
Reservations are required for massage services; reservations can be made by contacting the property prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
Guests under 16 years old are not allowed in the spa

Property is also known as

Cooden
Cooden Beach
Cooden Beach Bexhill-on-Sea
Cooden Beach Hotel
Cooden Beach Hotel Bexhill-on-Sea
Cooden Hotel
The Cooden Beach Hotel Bexhill-On-Sea, East Sussex
Hotel Cooden Beach
The Cooden Beach Hotel
The Relais Cooden Beach Hotel
The Relais Cooden Beach Bexhill-on-Sea
The Relais Cooden Beach Hotel Bexhill-on-Sea

The Relais Cooden Beach Reviews

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 167 out of 329 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 104 out of 329 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 37 out of 329 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 13 out of 329 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 8 out of 329 reviews" "

9.2/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Avril

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I'm sad I only stayed for one night. I stayed in a single room and it was such a peaceful night's sleep. The shower was great and the room was spacious and had everything I needed. Beautiful location on the seafront and the breakfast buffet was fab with plenty of healthy or classic choices.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Suzanne

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Lovely quiet spot by the beach, for a newly refurbished hotel it was a bit tired in places, having just one menu lunch and dinner was disappointing if you want more than two meals. Coronation chicken sandwich and fresh fish specials were excellent.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

louise

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Mixed feelings Staff all seemed lovely… really liked the bathroom, view, and we were upgraded and thank god we were… its soooo noisy heard way more from next door than wanted and the extractor was uber loud and the doors.. extra loud. nothing would have been resolved by complaining…. and i feel we had a great room just a very noisy place. Breakfast team were sweet and the selection was plentiful.. what a location though…
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Wendy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect escape to the sea highly recommend a visit
Lovely get away stunning views was so nice to sit outside on the Terrace having a cream tea whilst looking at the sea. Best ever vegan cream tea I highly recommend! Staff friendly and accommodating. Room had beautiful views over the sea. Could walk straight onto the beach from hotel. Nice quiet location. Perfect to get away from if all. We didn’t use the spa but would love to next time.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Tracey

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Sonia

Liked: Amenities
We have dined at Cooden beach hotel many times but this was first time for overnight stay. We loved every minute as it was my husbands 88th and our 64th wedding anniversary. Will be visiting again very soon. Thankyou
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Charles

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I stayed a night with my mother, who is a wheelchair user. The staff, especially the manager who was on reception that day, and the housekeeper, were thoughtful and helpful in meeting my mother's needs. All other staff were friendly and efficient too. The rooms were clean, well appointed and suitable for our needs. My mother stayed in the wheelchair accessible room was great, but between there and the bar/restaurant were three sets of heavy doors and one steep ramp, which made getting there and back unnecessarily difficult. I would suggest the hotel fit soft/delayed-action door closers on this route and look at how the ramp could be made easier.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

teresa

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Enjoyable stay by the sea. Good hotel with a few quirks. Still undergoing development hence some areas rather sparse. Outside seating excellent and good views of sea. Dinner with good menu selections. Breakfast choices a little sparse particularly midweek. Would stay again.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Adrian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Consistently High Standards Over the Years
I recently chose to stay at Cooden Beach Hotel, having known it for its high standards back in the 1980s when I lived nearby. I’m pleased to report that the hotel still offers the same good quality experience today. It’s reassuring that it has maintained its standards over the years.
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Roger

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A fantastic hotel in a unique location, but because we do not have a car, Cooden Beach (Southern) Railway station was only yards away together with the ease of hailing taxis to Bexhill-on-Sea.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2024

2/10 Terrible

Jonathan, Brighton

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities
Failed to be informed our room wasn’t available when checking in, put in another, with no say or word or apology.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

4/10 Poor

Billi-Jo

Travelled with family
Liked: Room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Unhappy
We were disappointed with the general state of the bedroom, a high level of maintenance and dressing of bathroom was not met. Bathroom door was broken and there were faecal stains in the toilet. For the cost of the room, food and drinks I’d expect much better service and quality. We also did not like the fact the hotel was not exclusive to hotel guests only and therefore service on the terrace was poor and hotel guests like ourselves were not prioritised.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Diane

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good food, pleasant location, staff very attentive.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Terence

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Alan

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful hotel in immaculate condition and superb location. Thoroughly enjoyed our stay and wished it had been longer.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

Geoff Benningfield

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Very nice suite that we stayed in but general decor throughout hotel was very inconsistent and just very random with nothing actually matching . Breakfast on first morning very good value and pleasant. 2nd morning being Sunday it was a buffet which was somewhat chaotic as hot food not being attended to and kept running out.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Guy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
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Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

James, Los Gatos

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

charles

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great find in a quiet beach front location
Great location right next to the beach, hotel was clean and staff friendly we opted for an accessible room which was spacious and even had a small balcony overlooking the garden and beach. Would definitely recommend. Breakfast buffet was excellent and food in the restaurant in the evening was good.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Amanda

Travelled with group
Lovely hotel, excellent standards and very friendly staff.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

8/10 Good

Helen C

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent food and Service
Lovely hotel situated right on the pebbly beach at Bexhill. The restaurant, bar and lounge were excellent. Food in the evening really good and served by helpfull and attentive staff. Our room did not have a sea view as expected and paid for, but was spacious and well appointed. The staff were really helpful with our bike and went out of their way to look after it and keep it safe. This much appreciated. Sadly we had an issue with the shower over the bath and would recommend anyone to be careful if staying in this room to avoid a fall. The receptionist was very good when we reported the incident but to date have not received any follow up from Management. However, we would not hesitate to stay at the hotel again but would request a shower cubical insead.
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Sea View
Excellent check in, we were quite early and the very help friendly reception staff took names and said they’d ask if the cleaners could prioritise our room. We went off to get a coffee on the lovely terrace looking out at the ocean and our room was ready before we’d finished our drinks. The room was large, bright, comfortable and a nice very. Decent shower in large bathroom with nice toiletries and towels. What let things down a bit was the breakfast. Very small Buffett and lots of things empty and took ages to get replaced. From the cost I expect something much better. Great location, views, outside area and access onto the beach.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Pamela

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very near to railway station and beach. Beautiful outside terrace area, helpful staff, tasteful decor inside hotel.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024

6/10 Okay

Sharon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in May 2024