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Stayed here for a single night over the bank holiday weekend.We tried booking some of the other hotels in Winchester before finally settling on the Royal. I wasn't certain what to expect as the reviews on here were mixed. Personally I would stay here again as it was a good experience and the hotel is in the heart of the city.When we arrived there wasn't any room in the car park directly behind the hotel, there are only 20 or so spaces. We were directed to a smaller car parking area in the street before the hotel which had another 10 spaces. Check in was quick and we were in our garden room within a few minutes. The room was recently decorated and the bed very comfortable, the view out on to the garden was very welcome.Breakfast was a buffet and wasn't included in the room rate unless you pre book when making your reservation. There were no vegetarian cooked options available other than mushrroms, beans etc.

Our son booked us into this Hotel in central Winchester for the night before our trip on the Watercress steam train at Alresford. Finding the Hotel was not very easy...up a little side street. Parking was very limited....lucky we arrived early. Our booked room was changed to another but this was clean & overlooked the garden BUT there was only one towel supplied, no toiletries in the bathroom (which meant we had to unpack our cases for soap etc. !! ) Nor tea making equipment. The food was good with ample buffet breakfast. Staff were pleasant & reception helpful. For an expensive Hotel it is lacking a lot in what we have experienced in a lot cheaper Hotel foe example... we stayed the following night in Dover (White Cliffs at St. Margaretts)

Great location, large rooms, clean, well kept. Only marking down because the staff are a bit too relaxed. My wife and I gave up on the idea of a late cuppa in the garden, for example, - the bartender disappeared without a trace. And, of course, the call from reception at 2 am asking if I knew whether Rob had put the dishwasher on didn't help either!

after a disapointing family event previously the Royal hotel have more than made up for it by a thoroughly nice lunch last week. the food was excellent and the staff could not have been more helpful and attentive. Although we had requested a table in the conservatory due to a last minute wedding we were moved to the lounge where a lovely table overlooking the garden had been set. We had a great view of the wedding party which added to our enjoyment. Thankyou for a lovely lunchand we shall come again.

Having stayed previously at this hotel over a number of years and taken a number of our friends, I was massively disappointed with our stay, I knew that the car park is inadequate so was not to fazed by having to relocate to another one but what I was put out with was the banging door right next to our room having been a fire fighter for 30 years I understand the need for fire doors but few if any seem to have a damper fitted as a consequence all night long it banged each and every time somebody went through it.......very annoying. The TV was supposed to have Sky it didn¿¿¿t the rooms were not clean I bet there are still cobwebs on the inside of our windows there is no mini bar so we were unable to chill the champagne we had took I went and got an ice bucket from the bar. This morning breakfast was an utter shambles, we went at 9am to find people queuing outside as many as a dozen who were all told to wait in the lounge whilst tables were cleared for us, eventually we got a table for four of us only to wait 15 minutes for anybody to ask us if we wanted tea/coffee in the end I stopped a waitress and asked her myself and then it took an age to come. When we went to collect our breakfast half if not all of the tureens were empty I jest you not we ended up having tea and toast.The morning paper I had ordered did not arrive despite the receptionist saying it was ordered I could go on. When we checked out the receptionist asked if we had good stay and my friend mentioned that that there was no breakfast so she gave him ¿¿10 back I looked at her and said none of us did so she gave me ¿¿10 as well I was going to say but there were four of us but in all honesty I just wanted to be away. On the up side the hotel is ideally situated for the town and the young lad who served us our food tried his best other than that sadly I will not return or suggest to anybody else that they stay here. There are better hotels in and around Winchester.