We very much enjoyed our two night stay. This was ...

We very much enjoyed our two night stay. This was mostly due to the open friendliness of the staff.The hotel is beautifully old-fashioned and beginning to show its age. It would be cruel, however, to describe it as tatty or dirty - excluding some carpeting and the cushion seating in the restaurant. Having said that there were a few details that could have improved our experience.
- the guest lift is a bad joke, - only one tooth mug and one coffee spoon for 2 people, - there was no lamp on the desk so end of room in semi-darkness, -breakfast ingredients were fine but cold, sausages solid, eggs served on a dinner-plate in a pile so hard to pick up intact, baked beans in one soggy mess like a stew, -TV screwed to wall so inposs to see from the bed, - restaurant coffee like dark mud, - electric kettle had bent lid which allowed steam to emerge onto user's hand and sometimes failed to turn off when boiled, - the piped music throughout the building was too loud and intrusive.
But we still enjoyed our stay. Bournemouth is fabulous.