De Vere Grand Harbour Hotel, Southampton

After a few very stressful weeks at work, a weekend break seemed like just the thing. So having already previously noticed this particular hotel, I was pleased to find on their website that they had a special deal running, 2 nights (standard double room) B&B with dinner on the first night for £189. Sound good? I thought so. Also I saw on another site that it was rated 5*, but I must point out that I didn’t see where this rating had come from. Still, the deal sounded great so I went for it. I was a little worried to receive a call a couple of days before our arrival, offering a room upgrade ... more

I've stayed at this hotel twice now, once when i was 10 with my mum and dad and once when i was 20 with my boyfriend, both times i've had a fantastic time and the only negative thing being other guests there, but we'll get to that later in the review! Accomodation: The hotel has 173 rooms, this is made up of 93 standard rooms which are the cheapest and have either twin or a kingsize bed, an ensuite bathroom usually with a bath and a shower. A kettle and small sachets of tea coffe, milk etc and some very delicious biscuits! A mini bar (as with most hotels this is a little on the pricey side e.g ... more

The De Vere Hotels are a rather lovely "chain" of hotels which can be found all over the UK. They are not your cheapest brand of hotel prices range from approx £110 right up to £400 or so per night. Deals can be found all over the place though, I found my deal at lastminute which was £100 for b&b. The Hotel we stayed at was The De Vere in Southampton which was okay to look at but nothing special (basically a big brick building!) It has a massive conservatory on the end of it which is where breakfast is eaten. I have to say that it was the nicest breakfast I have had in a UK hotel with a ... more