A lovely stay in a modern refurbished hotel, welcomed by Chris, a very friendly and helpful young man who showed us to our room and helped with our bags. We were in room 2, facing to the front and with a super king size bed, a really nice room, very clean though the carpet has stains on what is obviously quite a new carpet, a shame when hotels try to keep a good standard and guests don't take a bit of care. The ensuite was clean and very modern. The continental breakfast was more than adequate, tea and coffee served by a very pleasant waitress and you help yourself to the rest. Very good value and a good location with a lively bar that was quiet from around 10.30pm. We would certainly stay again when in Southport. Not suitable if you cannot do stairs as all the rooms are upstairs and there is no lift.