Hayling Island

[PulsatingStar]

I dont really understand how you are going to spend any time there anyway. Are you are going there after going to Lewis? You wont be there before midnight.

[RikonLondon]

We are off to Lewes for one night (staying off the high street for the festival) and then spending a night in H/I the day after.

[DJRC]

Stevanos said:

As soon as you escape the island, there is quite a nice pub on the coast called the Royal Oak in Langstone, it is not the one just on the bridge.

But as others have said, Hayling is a bit of a dump!

Ah Royal Oak not the Royal George sorry. Last time I stayed there earlier this year it was closed for renovations.

[hoegaardenruls]

Had the misfortune to stay on Hayling Island years ago, when work booked myself and a colleague a hotel there.

I think we refused to go back, and ended up in Arundel the next trip, which was a much better option..

[SS2.]

Arundel is a good shout - lovely little town, some good pubs and places to eat, and not a million miles from Lewes.

Like others on here, I'm no fan of Hayling Island.

[AB]

I've spent a week there in the last 2 months for work purposes. Best part about going there was leaving!

I certainly didn't stay there, there's a Marriott in Port Solent which is a 15 min drive away.

Not helpful for you though, other than to say I wouldn't bother.

[RikonLondon]

We have booked already. Will have to find a nice pub for dinner somewhere on the Island. Judging from the comments Im glad we didn't check in for more than 1 night now!

[condor]

It's not that bad. My brother lives on the Island and loves it
The Maypole is an OK pub for a drink and meal.

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RikonLondon said:

We have booked already. Will have to find a nice pub for dinner somewhere on the Island. Judging from the comments Im glad we didn't check in for more than 1 night now!

If you can afford an R8 you can afford to write off a night's accomodation. Honestly, the majority are right on this thread !

[RikonLondon]

I just don't like waste!

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RikonLondon said:

I just don't like waste!

Neither do I but you just might find H/I is the very definition of "waste"

[RikonLondon]

ha ha surely the beautiful sea can't be that bad?!! You want to try living under the Heathrow flight path for a few months... Im hoping even a city bum like me will appreciate the quiet of H/I for one night.

Anyone with some good dinner suggestions seeing as its apparently not a Michelin Starr destination from all the feedback?

[cptsideways]

This place is lovely, just dont park your car in the car park at low tide & expect it still to be dry when you get back at high tide

Its in a lovely little place called Bosham not far away but worth the drive

http://www.anchorbleu.co.uk/

[AB]

RikonLondon said:

ha ha surely the beautiful sea can't be that bad?!! You want to try living under the Heathrow flight path for a few months... Im hoping even a city bum like me will appreciate the quiet of H/I for one night.

Anyone with some good dinner suggestions seeing as its apparently not a Michelin Starr destination from all the feedback?

Notes:
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Vertu
Aston Martin's
Supercars
Travelling
High End London property

Trust me, Hayling Island is not your thing.

I stayed a couple of nights here; http://www.g-boutiquehotel.co.uk/rooms

Won 4 in a bed and was a very pleasant place to stay and not that far away. Write off Hayling and if you must be relatively local then see if these guys have any rooms.

[nagsheadwarrior]

If you don't like to waste things then don't waste your R8s paint by taking it to Hayling,sone chav WILL key it

[RikonLondon]

Wow you guys really go hate it. Thanks for the g-boutique recommendation. Will have a look into it now.

[condor]

condor said:

It's not that bad. My brother lives on the Island and loves it
The Maypole is an OK pub for a drink and meal.

I posted this earlier, perhaps it got lost in the thread
It isn't as bad as the others are making out.

[anonymous-user]

Of all the places you could have chosen within relatively easy access from/to Lewes, you've chosen quite comfortably the worst! It's awful, a dump, and nothing to do there of any interest or quality.

The best thing to pass time would probably be to stand looking out to sea, thereby blocking out all behind/to the sides of you, but I'd imagine that gets boring after a while.

[Robertj21a]

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The earlier comment re Bosham was a good one, nice village.

[RikonLondon]

Lovely, will try some of those places. Im determined to give it a go now and stay in the g-boutique hotel the night after to drown my apparent sorrows from H/I!