Radisson Hotel Portland Airport, Portland

Portland Hotel, Skuba And Grill Resturant

Advantages: RIGHT IN THE HEART OF THE MUST SEE'S AND DO'S OF FOLKESTONE
Disadvantages: PARKING

The Portland Hotel, Skuba Bar & Grill Restaurant. Owned by a gay couple called Lee & Tin, These guys have made a name for themselves in this establishment and the town. About 7 years ago this building was run down and dirty. They bought at auction with great prospects. Over the years the popularity of the bar has grown substantially. Started off as 'gay friendly' only gay people went to the bar and a handful of straight people or the hotel guests. Now homosexuality is more accepted, it is mixed and very busy especially in the summer. Bar and Beer Gardens & Terrace It has an outdoor drinking area with garden in front which greets all people from different walks of life. Pets are also too welcome in the garden and can grab a bowl whilst their owners grab a pint ...

XFactorBoi 16.09.2007 (06.10.2008) · Read full review
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Review of The Portland Hotel, Folkestone

Buxton great, Portland Hotel not great

Advantages: Close to the Pavillion Gardens
Disadvantages: Below par food, below par rooms.

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 ...

rsmith 16.10.2001 · Read full review
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Review of Portland Hotel (Buxton - Derbyshire)

Portland's Olympic Dreams

Advantages: Enjoyable location for outdoor walks and adventures
Disadvantages: Scary locals, and rough neighbourhoods

The Blue Snapper this used to be the local supermarket, but it's owners both suffered in the flood and closed it down. After a massive sea defence was built the property was sold and turned into a café, it changed hands many times before taking on its current form. At the rear of The Blue Snapper is the fishing community of Portland, varying businesses operate from here, the area is best avoided if you don't like the smell of fish. And Art gallery sits at the end of the fishing area, which is a small gallery showing the talents of local artists. This gallery sits on the beach itself. Passing by the Blue Snapper on the main road and the left you have residential properties and on the right a continued stream of empty retail units all of whom have residential in the top halves. Two businesses sit at the early end of Chiswell a Hotel ...

sghawken 02.04.2006 · Read full review
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