This elegant Victorian hotel overlooks the beach, sea and promenade, and has a brasserie restaurant for guests to enjoy. It is half a mile from Churchill Square shopping centre. The Mercure Brighton has a bar and 24-hour room service. Each clean, modern room has a flat-screen TV with satellite channels and an en suite bathroom with toiletries. Some rooms have sea views. A Grade II Listed building, it was built in 1864. Guests can dine in the Arts Restaurant, which overlooks the sea. Brighton Pier, The Lanes and the Royal Pavilion are 1 mile from the hotel. The convention centre and town centre can be reached in around 10 minutes on foot.