... The Portland Hotel is located near the Opera House, and opposite the Pavilion Gardens (but with a view of the car park, rather than the gardens), and may have been a decent hotel once, but not anymore.
It's a medium sized, with 22 rooms, and it definitley looks like it may have seen more ... Read review
Buxton The historic town at the heart of the peak district Sitting opposite the Pavilion ... more
gardens 150 yards from the world famous Buxton Opera House and only a short walk to the town centre the Portland Hotel is the place to stay in this elegant spa ...
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Close to Birmingham city centre and easily reached from the M6, M5 and M40, the Portland ... more
Hotel has a restaurant, bar and free parking.A private hotel for over 20 years, the Portland Hotel is an ideal base for meetings, conferences and exhibitions with its specially built conference facilities.Every en suite bedroom has central heating, tea/coffee, TV (with satellite channels), direct dial telephone, trouser press and hairdryer.Full English breakfasts are served in the morning, with quality English/continental-style meals in the restaurant. Drinks and snacks are available in the bar..
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Situated in London Bloomsbury close to Covent Garden Oxford Street and the City the ... more
Portland Hotel is a new hotel The Portland Hotel offer a peaceful and confortable retreat in the quieter side of London West EndTheatre Land and Covent Garden are within easy walking distance and most of the West End attractions are just minutes away Elegant and peaceful lounge facilities
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The Portland Hotel is the first and only AA four star Hotel in Hull Centrally located next ... more
to the City Hall and within walking distance to St Stephens and Princess Quay shopping centres Waterstones Hammonds Debenhams Mands Starbucks Pizza Hut Toni and Guy and other brand names are just steps away It is within walking distance of all the major tourist attractions including the BBC Hull's Historic Old Town the Theatres the Law Courts Museums Galleries Queens Gardens and the Marina The KC Stadium and The Deep are within a 15 minute walkThe Portland Hotel offers the latest wireless technology to enable you to tap into a total communications network with secure high speed Internet access wherever you are in the Hotel The Portland Hotel also offers complimentary car parking126 Bedrooms and Suites as well as a selection of Restaurants Bars and Meeting Rooms
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Derbyshire's largest town is an ideal example of the economic resurgence in an historic ... more
setting so typical of a northern metropolis Perhaps most famous for its "Crooked Spire" the Church of St Mary and All Saints enjoys the kind of architectural curiosity rarely seen outside of Pisa However Chesterfield offers more than just calamitous construction to attract attention As well as the Peak District Sherwood Forest is a mere quick getaway away and is relatively unchanged since the days when its most famous thieving philanthropist robbed in his hood Historical attractions are littered around this medieval town with the Chesterfield Museum and Art Gallery complemented by historic houses of Chatsworth Hardwick Hall Haddon Hall and Bolsover Castle And if the bargains at Chesterfield Market don't catch your eye you can take it easy at the cricket ground boating lake playground and sports centre of Queens Park
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Advantages: Close to the Pavillion Gardens Disadvantages: Below par food, below par rooms.
...in days gone by. The Portland Hotel is located near the Opera House, and opposite the Pavilion Gardens (but with a view of the car park, rather than the gardens), and may have been a decent hotel once, but not anymore.
It's a medium sized, with 22 rooms, and it definitley looks like it may have seen more affluent times in years gone by.
All rooms are en suite. However, our room had an extremely small en suite… erm, I can't call it a ... ...other hotels are full - don't stay at the Portland if you can avoid it, and definitely don't eat there.
Portland Hotel and Park Restaurant
32 St. John's Road
Buxton
Derbyshire
SK17 6XQ
Tel 01298 22462
Buxton is a picturesque town, clearly a place for holidays for the well-off in days gone by. The Portland Hotel is located near the Opera House, and opposite the Pavilion Gardens (but with a view of the car park, rather than the gardens), and may have been a decent hotel once, but not anymore. It's a medium sized, with 22 rooms, and it definitley looks like it may have seen more affluent times in years gone by. All rooms are en suite. However, our room had an extremely small en suite… erm, I can't call it a bathroom… toilet with a shower in. Our room was nicely decorated, but somehow felt like a very standard B & B room - possibly because of the smell of smoke which was lingering on everything in there. The publicity states that you have Sky TV - in our room that seemed to be restricted to one sports channel and 2 radio channels.
We never intended to eat at the restaurant, but ended up doing so, mainly because the Park Restaurant there gets a fantastic write up all over the place: "the finest cuisine, served by our friendly and attentive staff", and "the high standard of cuisine offered by our brigade of chefs". Also, in a general leaflet on Buxton, it's recommended as an "award winning" restaurant. First problem seemed to be that there was just a 3 course evening meal, with a set price of £18.00 per head. We had checked with the reception staff, saying we didn't need to have a full 3 course meal, did we, and were told no. On seeing that there was no other menu except the one for the full 3 courses, we again checked with the waitress, who said no, we didn't have to have the full 3 courses. What we didn't realise was, what they meant was, we were going to be charged the full £18.00 whatever we ate. As we soon began to realise… Well, that might have been fair enough if the food was good, but I really was not impressed. The starter, a broccoli and almond soup, was alright. From then on, though, things went downhill fast. My choice for main course featured scallops and mussels, and some prawns, all of which were fine, although in a strangely curried sauce, but it all came in a horrible filo pastry case, which tasted like it had been dunked in some heavily chlorinated swimming baths. The accompanying vegetables were dry and overcooked. My partner's choice (the only one, as a vegetarian, that she could have), pasta with cherry tomatoes and asparagus, was unspectacular, and again, overcooked. We gave the desserts a miss, and a gave the cheese and biscuits a try, but that was another disappointment. The coffee was fine; the tea, when it came, was ordinary tea, not the Earl Grey which we'd asked for (and which we knew they could do, as we'd had it at breakfast).
Usual price is £75.00 for a double room, £55.00 for a single room with breakfast. It's a bit of a rip-off, overall, I'd say.
The town can get very busy in the Summer, and especially in July (Buxton festival), but even if all the other hotels are full - don't stay at the Portland if you can avoid it, and definitely don't eat there.
Portland Hotel and Park Restaurant 32 St. John's Road Buxton Derbyshire SK17 6XQ Tel 01298 22462
