Queen's Hotel, Portsmouth - Reviews & Ratings
Clarence Parade, Southsea, Portsmouth, P05 3LJ
Queen's Hotel, Portsmouth
The Queen's Hotel enjoys superb views of the Solent and Isle of Wight. Situated in Portsmouth, Hampshire, on Southsea's historic seafront. Many rooms ... more
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7/10 Overall rating
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| 8/10 | Check-in process |
| 7/10 | Your room |
| 7/10 | Working order of facilities / equipment |
| 8/10 | Order and cleanliness of the hotel |
| 7/10 | Performance of staff |
| 7/10 | Overall experience |
| 7/10 | Overall value for money |
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( Mature couple)
from Northampton , GB on September 7, 2009
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Anonymous ( Family with young children)
on August 5, 2009
Queen's Hotel, Portsmouth - Reviews & Ratings"very enjoyable " (108672143)
lovely view , delicious breakfast , nice room
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( Solo leisure traveller)
from Chesterfield , GB on August 16, 2009
Queen's Hotel, Portsmouth - Reviews & Ratings"Good what I was looking for" (107754755)
Great location with excellent food and friendly and efficient staff.
The room was quite small particularly the shower
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Stephen ( Solo business traveller)
from Dukinfield , GB on July 27, 2009
Queen's Hotel, Portsmouth - Reviews & Ratings"a very pleasant stay yet again and would recommend the hotel to anyone for business or pleasure " (108598506)
the hotel staff are very helpful and pleasant
none again apart from the elevators are a little worn but its just nit picking really
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Anonymous ( Same sex couple)
on July 26, 2009
Queen's Hotel, Portsmouth - Reviews & Ratings"i have stayed at the hotel may be 15 times and it has gon down hill " (108632478)
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Stephen ( Solo business traveller)
from Dukinfield , GB on July 20, 2009
Queen's Hotel, Portsmouth - Reviews & Ratings"would recomend this hotel for either business or leisure " (108203879)
very good hotel with extremely helpful staff
just nit picking but elevators look tired with badly worn carpets
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Anonymous ( Mature couple)
on July 17, 2009
Queen's Hotel, Portsmouth - Reviews & Ratings"excellent" (108159773)
Friendly and helpful staff; comfortable rooms
Food in restaurant ordinary; lack of clarity about arrangements for accessing wifi (although we did not try to follow up with staff, because didn't have time - not a major point - really relates to the information automatically provided
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Joanne ( Young couple)
from Milton keynes , GB on July 14, 2009
Queen's Hotel, Portsmouth - Reviews & Ratings"Dissapointing!!" (108608897)
Reception area is stunning to look at. Breakfast was superb.
Only 1 bath towel for two people, toiletries very poor quality, paid for superior room with a sea view but felt is was more of a standard room with a balcony. Not worth the money paid. Stayed in much better hotels for much less money.
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Anonymous ( Family with older children)
on July 9, 2009
The hotel was well organised and had style.
In the en suite the tap rotated and had to be refixed. The extract fan was inordinately loud. The lift was in need of repair.
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Anonymous ( Young couple)
on July 2, 2009
Queen's Hotel, Portsmouth - Reviews & Ratings"Good" (107953807)
nice room, nice view, good decor, nice towels and soaps etc, good breakfast, pleasant dining environment & service
too hot, solar reflective glass may have helped some.
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Anonymous ( Mature couple)
on June 15, 2009
Queen's Hotel, Portsmouth - Reviews & Ratings"Very pleasant comfortable stay" (107910868)
Rooms clean,tastefully decorated, extremely helpful staff
2 for 1 drinks package not available as there was summer ball taking place in the hotel.
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Adrienne ( Same sex couple)
from Scunthorpe , GB on May 25, 2009
Queen's Hotel, Portsmouth - Reviews & Ratings"very satisfied" (107333578)
excellent location, friendly atmosphere
room could have been cleaner
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Anonymous ( Mature couple)
on May 11, 2009
Queen's Hotel, Portsmouth - Reviews & Ratings"Disappointing" (107710469)
Really comfortable bed; lovely views from the room
We booked a superior room and were surprised at how cramped it was. We consider that the hotel had skimped on the little details that make the difference: we would have expected things like a box of tissues, a couple of small bottles of water, maybe a bathrobe. The notice in the bathroom telling guests what not to put down the lavatory was very aggressive. The chairs on the balcony were cheap and a small table would have been a nice addition. The breakfast was nothing special and the scrambled eggs were very overcooked and rubbery.
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Anonymous ( Solo business traveller)
on March 26, 2009
good food
internal room - no outside window or ventilation, incredibly hot and no way of cooling the room down. Bathroom fan very noisy
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Anonymous ( Young couple)
on March 19, 2009
Queen's Hotel, Portsmouth - Reviews & Ratings"very nice" (107538090)
very grand hotel, very clean, lovely breakfast, beautiful view of sea from breakfast room, quick check in and out, able to park in the carpark
whilst it is a lovely hotel, you certainly pay for the fact that it is an old, grand hotel
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Jane ( Mature couple)
from Reading , GB on January 3, 2009
Queen's Hotel, Portsmouth - Reviews & Ratings"I will definately recomend to friends and family to stay here." (107741689)
The restaurant was excellent. The prices were fair and the service was excellent
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Anonymous ( Mature couple)
on December 15, 2008
Queen's Hotel, Portsmouth - Reviews & Ratings"Reasonable" (107987428)
Reasonable comfortable hotel
- Check in staff had poor command of English - Room equipment not marked where on/off switches placed
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Anonymous ( Solo business traveller)
on December 12, 2008
Queen's Hotel, Portsmouth - Reviews & Ratings"OK for a business stay overnight but lounge area poor/non existent" (107981385)
Obviously been refurbished recently. Good position. Staff were very helpful. Room service very prompt
no choice of white wine by the glass. Room cold in the morning could not turn on heating, room key card did not work initially.
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Anonymous ( Mature couple)
on October 21, 2008
Excellent position and room
Check in details could heve been pre-printed given that all our details wre known
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Anonymous ( Young couple)
on October 20, 2008
Excellent breakfast. Pretty location, charming hotel. Very nice staff. Attentive and helpful. Good bathroom, lovely view. Plenty of tea and biscuits.
Remote on t.v. didn't work. People with jackhammers in front of the hotel made it noisy in our room for part of the evening. Bed was sort of lumpy, and that British thing of pushing two twin beds together and calling them a King bed is also still strange to me. We would also have liked it if the radiators could have stayed warm later and turned on earlier. The room got a bit chilly.
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Anonymous ( Young couple)
on September 22, 2008
Hotel retains plenty of old fashioned charm with modern facilities. Excellent food at very reasonable prices. Great staff throughout, especially in the dining room.
Some parts feel they could so with an update, but many parts have the hotel have been updated so this is probably an ongoing process. Tiny 14 inch TV in a large sea view double.
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Anonymous ( Group of work colleagues)
on September 16, 2008
Queen's Hotel, Portsmouth - Reviews & Ratings"Much enjoyed" (108004962)
A wonderful period hotel with superb sea views and lovely quiet rooms also excellent and easy parking at no extra cost
Only one rather old and rickety lift
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Martin ( Mature couple)
from Gormalwood, dudley , GB on September 1, 2008
Queen's Hotel, Portsmouth - Reviews & Ratings"Overpriced for a hotel with no leisure facilities, basic decoration and a poor breakfast at " (107218403)
Nice room , clean hotel , excellent dinner , friendly staff
Fairly limited basic choices at breakfast, hotel corridors were sparse, lacked character and were somewhat hospital like. Heavily authoritative notice posted in our bathroom advised we would be charged on our account(in the region of
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Anonymous ( Other)
on August 5, 2008
Queen's Hotel, Portsmouth - Reviews & Ratings"Comfortable hotel with nice views however, do not use if young looking as treated as vandals!" (97602851)
Very clean and impressive looking hotel.
Rooms were very small even for single rooms and a colleague of mine could not shower as did not fit under shower head. Also as a group of 3 male adults the manager was very rude on arrival which ruined the stay from the off.
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Jennifer ( Group of adult friends)
from Harrow , GB on July 25, 2008
Queen's Hotel, Portsmouth - Reviews & Ratings"The hotel looked great from the outside, but though the faults were only small it does ruin a person's stay and they were silly things that shouldn't have been wrong in the first place." (97292417)
Breakfast was very good,the hotel in general was clean and the staff were polite.
Rooms with showers were ordered,only 2 of the rooms had showers. When I went back to the desk and told them they said the hotel was full and we couldn't change rooms. Yet after telling them the reason for my having to have a shower they managed to find another room. The beds were hard and uncomfortable you could feel the springs through the mattresses. The tea/coffee cups in the room were dirty I had to wash them in the bathroom before we could use them (that was just one of the rooms the other 2 rooms were ok) the reception on the tv was terrible. The wardrobe in the single room has the bar for hanging clothes on in the wrong position my son's suit could not hang up properly. The shower unit in the single room you could only stand in it trying to lift your arms to wash was difficult as there was not enough room. The shower curtain in one of the double rooms was at least a 18 inches dragging in the bath, which I think is a Health & Safety issue, this was caused by whoever fixed the shower curtain pole it was too low down and too far in, so when you tried to wash the curtain would stick to your body and start to wrap itself round you.
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Jacqueline ( Mature couple)
from Eastleigh , GB on July 25, 2008
Queen's Hotel, Portsmouth - Reviews & Ratings"SUPER!!!!" (97801230)
Overall the standard of the hotel was excellent, i was surprised it was only a 3 star as i have stayed in many 5 star and this one was much better. The braekfast was fab they kept topping up with fresh cooked food which was good as normally you are waiting around for more.
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Rupert ( Mature couple)
from Coleshill , GB on July 1, 2008
Queen's Hotel, Portsmouth - Reviews & Ratings"Enjoiyable" (97900286)
Good hotel...good facilities...friendly staff.
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Anonymous ( Solo leisure traveller)
on May 28, 2008
Queen's Hotel, Portsmouth - Reviews & Ratings"A very pleasant, although short stay." (97862748)
Nice clean hotel with friendly staff.
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Gunnar ( Group of adult friends)
from Oslo , NO on April 30, 2008
Queen's Hotel, Portsmouth - Reviews & Ratings"The quality of the stay was as described in the Hotel web site. Very good." (97507491)
The view from the room
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Anonymous ( Mature couple)
on March 19, 2008
Queen's Hotel, Portsmouth - Reviews & Ratings"We advised the hotel that we were a mature couple and would prefer a quiet room, so to have been allocated a family room, part of which was allocated to other guests, was a surprise (which we only discovered when we returned to our room after the evening meal). The guests in the adjoining room were extremely noisy and displayed drunken behaviour. We tolerated this for a while before making a complaint to staff. They in turn asked the occupiers to restrain themselves. However, minutes later one of the occupiers repeatedly hurled a tirade of four letter words through the adjoining door. After 10 more upsetting minutes we again complained. Finally about 11 p.m. management asked the occupiers to leave. At no time did we communicate with the occupiers. The manager at breakfast apologised for the inconvenience and explained that the room had been allocated to 2 lads who had brought back 2/3 girls, and it was the girls who caused all the trouble. Had no complaint been made the occupiers no doubt would have remained until breakfast!!! Difficult we know, but could there not be more checks made on extra guests in rooms, especially late at night." (97389597)
The hotel was tastefully decorated and very inviting. The restaurant was equally pleasant and very attractive and well laid out. The service and food were good. The room was clean and the bed linen fresh.
Having an adjoining door in our room which had been locked in order that the room behind could be separately allocated to other guests. Unfortunately the door area was insufficient insulation against noise from the occupiers!!
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Sharon ( Mature couple)
from Norfolk , GB on February 14, 2008
The hotel itself is a lovely building, sweeping staircases and a gorgeous painted ceiling in reception a nice bar area and the bedroom was very nice.
I thought the bed linen in the room could have been more attractive, with the stark white sheets the beds looked more like hospital beds, apart from that it was avery comfortable and clean room.
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Gillian ( Mature couple)
from Arundel , GB on April 9, 2008
Queen's Hotel, Portsmouth - Reviews & Ratings"The booking process was painless but better directions to the hotel would have been useful. The room was nice, the staff courteous and attentive without being intrusive. A very pleasant stay." (97853644)
I liked the style of the building and the decor
Car park needs some attention - lets the hotel down a bit
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Anonymous ( Mature couple)
on March 18, 2008
Queen's Hotel, Portsmouth - Reviews & Ratings"the stay at this hotel was excellent. The staff were very pleasant and helpful. The buffet breakfast was excellent as was the service. The only disappointment was that after a night out on the Friday we arrived back to find the Bar closed at 11.20 pm. and a nightcap would have completed the night for us. However, we would recommend this hotel to family and friends." (97617223)
I particularly liked the modern bathroom and the spacious storage space. The original features were very pleasing to the eye e.g, the foyer and chandeliers. The sea view was excellent.
The carpet looked a litte dated and some of the walls seemed a little bare.
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Barry ( Mature couple)
from Bridgend , GB on January 23, 2008
Location
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Anonymous ( Mature couple)
on January 3, 2008
THIS ACCOMMODATION WAS CLEAN WARM WITH A GOOD SEA VIEW
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Anonymous ( Young couple)
on January 1, 2008
Queen's Hotel, Portsmouth - Reviews & Ratings"I would like to think that in the future the management would consider upgrading what was previously a great hotel (now only adequate) a serious amount of money needs to be spent on refurbishing the property to bring it up to an acceptable standard, as a regular user of hotels these days I expect more extras - for instance why was I charged for the paper?" (97485961)
Large room size
Hot corridors, with windows open, room very cold, poorly fitting and ugly double glazing that leaked air - so drafty and noisy.
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