It's been quite a long time i went to my fiancee to this hotel, but i think they deserve a very good review, as everything went very well.
As parents of a little girl of 2years old, we do appreciate going sometimes away as my lovely parents in law keep the little monster. We decided to go to Portsmouth as it's not too far away from where we live. We decided to have a treat and book a Marriott as a nice week end only both of us (we had a good excuse to see a show in the lovely theatre in Portsmouth).
It is a bit far away from the main center of the city (but there's plenty of buses to go there if you don't have any cars).
The outside is not great, like all those big hotels, but there's definitly a wow factor when you're coming inside. They did refurbish not so long ago, and it did look really nice. The check in was really nice, with a smile. We had a nice room, with two double beds (just in case of arguments between couples??) but a lovely room. We had a view from the main lobby but it didn't bother us too much as we spent all week end mainly in the bed:)
We did try the leisure facility, everything was nice but a bit noisy due to the bar/ restaurant just near it, but again it didn't bother us too much.
The breakfast was lovely, and as a sunday morning in hotel at 9am, we didn't wait too long before having a nice table. Lots of choices, can't complain about anything really:)
Overall, a really nice stay, there's definitly a marriott stamp on this hotel, which is lovely as you know the staff is professionnal and work to please the guest. Would definitly come back
Room Tip: Book in advance on their web site, there's quite a lot of saving to have:)
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21 January 2012
Dear Guest,
thank you for your great comments and I have shared this information with my team.
We have been working hard over the last few years with large investments from our owners and training for the team to make a difference in Portsmouth and be the preferred hotel for many. So far we ared doing very well and we know we still have things to work on and success is never final, but we are moving forward step by step and are learning on the way..
best regards,
BJ Schreuder
General Manager
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