The Antelope, Poole - Reviews & Ratings
8 High Street, Poole Harbour, Bournemouth, BH15 1BP
The Antelope, Poole
The Antelope Hotel is an old coaching house on the High Street, convenient for Poole Quay. It has a welcoming atmosphere, delicious food, comfortable rooms and ... more
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8/10 Overall rating
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| 8/10 | Your room |
| 7/10 | Working order of facilities / equipment |
| 8/10 | Order and cleanliness of the hotel |
| 8/10 | Performance of staff |
| 8/10 | Overall experience |
| 8/10 | Overall value for money |
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Anonymous ( Solo business traveller)
on November 20, 2009
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Tracey ( Family with young children)
from Haslemere , GB on July 21, 2009
The Antelope, Poole - Reviews & Ratings"OK, good value for money, well positioned" (107323491)
Staff
Banging of doors through the night (there was a hen party in) - perhaps consider soft close doors.
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Barry ( Mature couple)
from Bristol , GB on July 2, 2009
The Antelope, Poole - Reviews & Ratings"Excellent time as always at the Antelope. Excellent room - the suite!" (107951548)
Very clean. Staff very helpful
We were in the roof room so it was very hot, due to the weather conditions outside
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Anonymous ( Mature couple)
on June 1, 2009
The Antelope, Poole - Reviews & Ratings"It was good" (107729715)
The room was fine and clean, bed very comfortable Breakfast was good, the waitress was very cheerful even though she was working by herself.
Parking, but we were lucky enough to find parking on the street. Party going on until the early hours unable to sleep until 2am.
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Robert ( Young couple)
from Bristol , GB on May 10, 2009
The Antelope, Poole - Reviews & Ratings"Excellent. Can leave the car and not use it until you need to go home. Near all facilities. Rooms clean and tidy, food excellent." (107958954)
Near facilities, can leave the car and not use it for the duration of the stay.
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Anonymous ( Other)
on April 6, 2009
The Antelope, Poole - Reviews & Ratings"Loved it and will use it again, well done"!" (107581172)
The staff were absolutely brilliant without exception, just the right blend of polite formal helpfulness and friendly welcoming informality - nothing was too much trouble for them, a first class team
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Anonymous ( Mature couple)
on March 31, 2009
The Antelope, Poole - Reviews & Ratings"The overall impression of The Antelope was that it would benefit from some refurbishment. However, we would be prepared to stay there again due to it's central location." (107313490)
Staff were all pleasant and helpful. We were well cared for.
The room was a little cramped. Car parking is a bit of a lottery.
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Colin ( Mature couple)
from Salisbury , GB on February 9, 2009
The Antelope, Poole - Reviews & Ratings"Would have liked to stay for 2 nights but at £99.00 a night it is too expensive. I only live one hour and a half away so can go back on the train; it would be nice to find a weekend retreat to come regularly to, but not at this price." (107763069)
Excellent full English breakfast. Friendly welcome, and generally friedly staff.
Overpriced, especially for a January night, even more so in a recession.
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Michael ( Mature couple)
from Maidenhead , GB on December 20, 2008
The Antelope, Poole - Reviews & Ratings"Satisfactory." (107651485)
atmospheric pub, character,clean room, car parking available.
indifferent breakfast, over-homely waitress.
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Susan ( Same sex couple)
from Chelnham , GB on September 1, 2008
The Antelope, Poole - Reviews & Ratings"good" (107242605)
very friendly staff
fire alarm went off in night and no one came around to reassure guests of false alarm makeover bedroom decor seemed unfinished where it hasd been painted and left left unfinished some confusion about address on the website of wherether you are in Bournemouth or not !!
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Robert ( Mature couple)
from Romford , GB on July 29, 2008
The Antelope, Poole - Reviews & Ratings"Poor value; poor noisy inadequately ventilated shabby room." (108084685)
Breakfast food good Good bed. Nice decking area to rear. Room maid good.
Shabby decor. Noisy as overlooks chippy and chinese takeaway to front Inadequate parking - 8 spaces for 21 rooms! Attitude of staff inadequate. I believe they know the standard of hotel they're working in. Hotel rooms in desperate need of decor. Public areas generally better.
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Sophie ( Young couple)
from Spalding , GB on August 7, 2008
The Antelope, Poole - Reviews & Ratings"We enjoyed our stay at the Antelope, the staff were friendly and the food was excellent." (97377254)
The Breakfast was excellent and the room was very clean and tidy.
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Anonymous ( Mature couple)
on July 6, 2008
pleasant restaurant
did not adequate decorate room.
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Anonymous ( Mature couple)
on June 19, 2008
The Antelope, Poole - Reviews & Ratings"Somewhere to sleep and convenient location." (97506327)
Good shower, good bed
Urgent need of re decoration through out. 20 minute wait at reception on arrival waiting for staff to book us in. Very expensive considering shoddy state of the accomodation.
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Anonymous ( Mature couple)
on February 23, 2008
The Antelope, Poole - Reviews & Ratings"Overall I found the stay at the hotel a very enjoyable experience and would have no hesitation in using the hotel and the chain again." (97489660)
The accodomation was clean and friendly. The general position of the hotel is good and parking was available
unfortunately the gents toilets downstairs were out of order and the smell was terrible, this put us off eating at the hotel in the evening which was a shame as the menu looked very good.
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Ian ( Solo business traveller)
from St tropez , FR on June 4, 2008
The Antelope, Poole - Reviews & Ratings"i like this hotel its easy for me being so close to the center of town rooms are fine and i love the breackfast there" (97241431)
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Anonymous ( Solo business traveller)
on May 31, 2008
The Antelope, Poole - Reviews & Ratings"good" (97830715)
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Stephen ( Solo business traveller)
from Arnold , GB on May 25, 2008
Friendly staff,diverse menu,comfortable room.A pleasant stop-over.
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Anonymous ( Solo leisure traveller)
on May 15, 2008
The Antelope, Poole - Reviews & Ratings"Friendly staff, comfortable room which included a very handy iron and ironing board plus a hairdryer. the bed was a large single and very comfortable. The restaurant serves decent well priced meals and has an outdoor area which was very welcome on such a hot day. as a single female guest i felt very welcome and safe. The only downside was that there was no air conditioning and my room was facing a busy street and so it was noisy with the window open." (97703439)
Friendly staff, comfortable room
no air conditioning
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Anonymous ( Solo business traveller)
on February 8, 2008
The Antelope, Poole - Reviews & Ratings"Friendly and welcoming, good choice of food in the restaurant and an excellent breakfast the following day, again with plenty of choice." (97149970)
Clean, tidy and well presented with a good supply of tea, coffee and biscuits. A hairdryer and iron were also available within the room.
Nothing
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David ( Young couple)
from Romsey , GB on April 19, 2008
The Antelope, Poole - Reviews & Ratings"The Hotel was exactly what we wanted for our stay in Poole,very well situated just off the Quay area. The staff were all very friendly, breakfast was very good.Overall I would definately recommend it to others and will stay again in the future." (97516928)
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Anonymous ( Young couple)
on November 7, 2007
The Antelope, Poole - Reviews & Ratings"nice! tidy!" (97333462)
close to bars etc
Accommodation was nice but bath / shower was very slippery even with the non-slip mat in the bath. We both slipped a little but never fell.
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Anonymous ( Mature couple)
on November 6, 2007
It's location
Parking is a problem room size
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Shaun ( Same sex couple)
from Newbury , GB on November 4, 2007
The Antelope, Poole - Reviews & Ratings"the breakfast was to die for, very big cooked breakfast!!!!!! the only problem being that the room we stayed in was above the main bar area and entrance to the hotel, so could here everybody coming and going as well as what each person odered at the bar.... BETTER SOUND PROOFING!!!! however, this would not stop us from staying here again, just that we would make sure that we ask for a room to the back of the hotel, where we are sure it would be much quieter!" (97658429)
was painted very dark colours in every room, some could have been a bit lighter, i would have said that the colours where okay just maybe could have been done with a more expensive paint that would have gave it that touch of class
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Anonymous ( Solo business traveller)
on December 1, 2007
Excellent bed. Nice hard matress. The cooked breakfast was enormous
Perhaps better tv coverage but a minor point
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Anonymous ( Young couple)
on October 24, 2007
It was quite, Staff very helpful
The parking was a bit awkward but staff did come and help and allowed us to park in staff car park.
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Anonymous ( Mature couple)
on July 29, 2007
The Antelope, Poole - Reviews & Ratings"Directions to the carpark would really help. Everything elase about this hotel is excellent." (99157513)
The room was very comfortable and the restaurant and food were exceptional.
We never did find the carpark!
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Norma ( Mature couple)
from Stroud , GB on July 19, 2007
The Antelope, Poole - Reviews & Ratings"we were very lucky to get the last space in the car park or i do not know where we would have parked" (97226473)
it was clean and quiet
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Anonymous ( Group of adult friends)
on June 24, 2007
The cleanliness of the hotel
Rooms very hot
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Anonymous ( Group of adult friends)
on June 13, 2007
The Antelope, Poole - Reviews & Ratings"We arrived after midnight and the staff waited for us as we were delayed. Cannot fault the service." (99363610)
The room (incl bathroom)was spacious and very clean.
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Anonymous ( Solo leisure traveller)
on June 13, 2007
Very pleasant staff
no hot water in my shower
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Anonymous ( Solo business traveller)
on July 19, 2007
The Antelope, Poole - Reviews & Ratings"Poor service at attempt to have dinner. Waited 15mins for service which never transpired. Service at adjoining table of 10 served immediately on arrival. Gave up waiting and went to Wetherspoons where I orderd and was served withn 20 minutes." (99121741)
Adequate for short stay
Leaking radiator valve. Over powered water pressue from taps and shower causing flooding
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"I would think twice about using the hotel again because of the shabbiness of the hotel in general, the noise factor and lack of hot water. on the plus side the food was excellent and the bed was very comfortable." (108196147)
Food was excellent in the restuarant and the staff serving both in the evening and at breakfast were friendly and helpful
Room had a large water stain on the ceiling and threadbare carpet by the door.Noise went on until 2.00am -lots of laughter and loud talking from downstairs. In the morning there was no hot water from the shower. Checking in and out were incredibly slow