The house is cosy and welcoming and we enjoyed our stay. We stayed in the Magnolia Room which was comfortable and tastefully decorated, The bathroom was a bit noisy but nothing we couldn't look beyond.

Jenny and John were great hosts and were very sweet to get the room ready early as I had nowhere to go whilst my husband indulged at a local wine auction! They were friendly and treated us as if they had known us for years.

Special mention has to go to Jenny's fabulous breakfasts. My husband had the cooked breakfast. The ingredients were of excellent quality, especially the bacon. I had the apple pancakes with warm honey. Both absolutely delicious.

If we ever find ourselves in the area again we will definitely stay here - although perhaps we will go for the Monmouth Suite as we had a peek into the room whilst it was being cleaned and it looked gorgeous!

We stayed at Portland House for one night in the Monmouth Suite which has a very comfortable four poster bed. The facilities in the room and on suite bathroom were excellent and very clean. John and Jenny were very welcoming and were very helpful when we asked about local activities and walks. Breakfast was delicious and there was a great variety of homemade jams each of which were sampled and enjoyed. We would recommend the Portland Guest house without hesitation.

We stayed at Portland House in September in the Marstow Room - very comfortable - lovely bed. Spotlessly clean throughout. Really enjoyed our stay and were made very welcome by John, Jenny, Jo and Jess! We have a special thankyou to Jess for making our stay especially enjoyable being dog lovers. We really looked forward to our breakfast times - not only for the excellent homemade food, jams and preserves, bread etc.etc., but for the entertainment provided by Jo! We hope to be able to visit again soon, its such a beautiful area with so much to see. Thanks also for the recommendation to visit Goodrich Castle with the excellent audio tour and to Cross Keys for the evening meals, although we found the portion sizes a little daunting! Helen did not seem to know the meaning of 'small' or 'medium' everything came in very generous portions. (Very tasty too!). Portland House is a lovely place to stay at a very reasonable price.

Very welcoming and friendly staff (and cute dog!). We stayed in the Magnolia Room which was an adequately sized room and fine for us as a couple-though we were only staying one night. Very comfy bed. Good service trays in room for a B&B. Lovely breakfast-homemade porridge was yummy, and the eggs Benedict was the best I've ever had! Great location for exploring the area as near to Symonds Yat, Goodrich etc. Thanks for the recommendation to have dinner at the Cross Keys at Goodrich-friendly country pub with nice food.
As for downsides, these were only minor quibbles which weren't hugely problematic to us as we were only there one night, but: being an old house they need to use special toilets due to the old pipework which is understandable. However these are noisy, and when the guests upstairs flushed their loos it sounded like a loud clap of thunder each time! Also if you're a light-sleeper like me you may want to bring earplugs (there's a bit of traffic noise, & we had an irritating kid running around the room above us!), and an eye-mask as the room's quite light. Only other qualm (NOT Portland House's fault) was that I booked online & originally Booking.com said 'Special offer-only one room left-£79', but when I went to pay it said £85. I paid it without quibble as this was a last-minute stay & I was struggling to find anywhere in the area.