Novotel Southampton

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Novotel Southampton 4 stars

Customer review rating (ALL Rating) 3.9/5 1,014 reviews

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Description

Hotel extras

  • Central location, with plenty of nearby transport links, 1 km from Red Funnel Ferry Port

  • Leisure facilities, including gym, sauna and heated pool. Work area, Free Wifi, 32-inch TV

  • Wedding facilities capable of accommodating 330 guests

  • Elegant, modern restaurant, relaxed dining, Lavish hot breakfast buffet with pancakes

  • 10 meeting and banquet rooms, capable of holding 500 guests

Hotel location

Novotel Southampton

1 West Quay Road
S015 1RA SOUTHAMPTON
United Kingdom

Telephone +44 23 8107 2800

Fax +44 23 8022 2158

Contact email

  • SOUTHAMPTON COACH STATION: 

  • By plane

    EASTLEIGH At 11.26km / 7 miles

  • By plane

    LONDON HEATHROW At 112.64km / 69.99 miles

  • By boat

    RED FUNNEL - TOWN QUAY At 1km / 0.63 miles

  • By car

    M 27 JUNCTION 3 At 4.83km / 3 miles

  • By train

    CENTRAL STATION At 0.4km / 0.25 miles

GPS:50.904846, -1.414687

Companies

  • HSBC 0.8 km / 0.5 mi
  • Quilter 0 km / 0 mi

Hotel services

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In summary
On site
  • Swimming pool
  • Car park
  • Restaurant
  • Wheelchair accessible hotel
  • Wi-Fi
  • Breakfast
  • Bar
  • Meeting rooms

RESTAURANT

Enjoy a range of local and international cuisine, simple yet authentic, in a casual setting. Whether you want to eat or simply have a drink, our restaurant has that extra something you can only find at Novotel. Closed down right now, pub is serving food.

Your meetings and events

Meeting@Novotel, making your meetings a success. Whatever type of meeting you are organizing, you can optimize the chances of its success by benefiting from the Novotel network Incredible spaces for incredible work. That's what you'll find at Novotel Southampton. With state-of-the-art facilities tailored to your needs, and a whole host of extras to help you unwind, this is time well spent. The hotel is close to the key transportation hubs and offers the ideal venue for meeting on business.

Room descriptions and layouts

11 

meeting rooms

From 1 to 500 

attendees

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Our accommodation(s)

Spacious, contemporary in design, and adaptable, the Novotel room is truly a place for living. Perfect for all your needs.

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ALL Rating  3.9/5  1,014 reviews

TripAdvisor Rating  4.0/5  2,309 reviews

Good location, staff were excellent, accessible room could do better

Customer review rating 3.5/5

Cornish M. Couples - Confirmed reviews ALL

We really appreciated the friendly and helpful staff, they more than made up for any shortcomings we encountered. Breakfast was great, it was run very efficiently and the spread of food available was excellent. We did not request an accessible room but were given 424 which was adequate. Very surprised at the lack of air conditioning or even air circulation. The fan went some way to alleviating this but during the summer this must be very unpleasant. I would point out that leaving the fan on a top shelf would not have been helpful to anyone with a disability. Since I have been employed as a carer, this was a glaring error. Nor was there a plug in the small basin (for wheelchair users) in the bathroom, the shower dripped constantly and loudly but on the plus side both red cords were correctly hanging from floor to ceiling. We have stayed at this hotel over a period of years and the standard has noticeably deteriorated. However, we made the best of it, enjoyed our stay and as I say, the staff were without exception excellent. We attended the P&O lunch which went very well.

Dear Colin C., We very much appreciate your comments regarding your stay at the Novotel Southampton. It is always a pleasure to receive positive feedback. I will share your comments with our team. I am sure that this feedback will serve as an encouragement to all of our staff as we strive to continuously improve the quality of our services. However, i will pass on your feedback to our managing team so they will be able to discuss them further. I hope to see you again and glad you enjoyed your reunion. Thank you again for sharing your experience, and we hope your next visit will be as pleasant as the previous one. Sincerely, Giggs Singh Front Office Supervisor Novotel Southampton

Good staff

Customer review rating 3.5/5

Barry Solo - Confirmed reviews ALL

Found the room a bit pokey and the shower small. But the staff were good. Towel left hung up for saving water and wasn't just automatically charged - good.

Dear barry d., We very much appreciate your comments regarding your stay at the Novotel Southampton. It is always a pleasure to receive positive feedback. I will share your comments with our team. I am sure that this feedback will serve as an encouragement to all of our staff as we strive to continuously improve the quality of our services. Thank you again for sharing your experience, and we hope your next visit will be as pleasant as the previous one. Sincerely, Giggs Singh Front Office Supervisor Novotel Southampton

Convenient

Customer review rating 4.0/5

Grahame Couples - Confirmed reviews ALL

Attended function so convenient to stay at hotel. Room was basic but functional. Toilet access was a little tight but doable

Dear Christina & Grahame B., We very much appreciate your comments regarding your stay at the Novotel Southampton. It is always a pleasure to receive positive feedback. I will share your comments with our team. I am sure that this feedback will serve as an encouragement to all of our staff as we strive to continuously improve the quality of our services. Thank you again for sharing your experience, and we hope your next visit will be as pleasant as the previous one. Sincerely, Giggs Singh Front Office Supervisor Novotel Southampton

Customer review rating 4.0/5

Anonymous Couples - Confirmed reviews ALL

Food options could have been better

Dear Anthony J., We very much appreciate your comments regarding your stay at the Novotel Southampton. We do apologize that the food options were not to your satisfaction and we will look into improving this for you in time for your next visit. It is always a pleasure to receive positive feedback. I will share your comments with our team. I am sure that this feedback will serve as an encouragement to all of our staff as we strive to continuously improve the quality of our services. Thank you again for sharing your experience, and we hope your next visit will be as pleasant as the previous one. Sincerely, Patina Farnham General Manager Novotel Southampton

Good location for pre-cruise accomodation

Customer review rating 4.0/5

Alex Couples - Confirmed reviews ALL

Needs renovation

Dear Alexander T., We very much appreciate your comments regarding your stay at the Novotel Southampton. It is always a pleasure to receive positive feedback. I will share your comments with our team. I am sure that this feedback will serve as an encouragement to all of our staff as we strive to continuously improve the quality of our services. Thank you again for sharing your experience, and we hope your next visit will be as pleasant as the previous one. Sincerely, Patina Farnham General Manager Novotel Southampton

Disappointed

Customer review rating 3.5/5

Graham D. Couples - Confirmed reviews ALL

For a 4 star hotel I was disappointed you had no restaurant with a 4 star evening meal, just pub food, so we eat out, loss of revenue for you... the breakfast however was excellent.

Dear Graham D., We very much appreciate your comments regarding your stay at the Novotel Southampton. In regards to your comments about the food, we do apologize that it is not up to your standards. We are always reviewing our menus, looking to improve so we shall take this all on board. It is always a pleasure to receive positive feedback. I will share your comments with our team. I am sure that this feedback will serve as an encouragement to all of our staff as we strive to continuously improve the quality of our services. Thank you again for sharing your experience, and we hope your next visit will be as pleasant as the previous one. Sincerely, Patina Farnham General Manager Novotel Southampton

Good stay

Customer review rating 4.5/5

Paul Families - Confirmed reviews ALL

Really good stay, very clean and tidy in a fantastic location

Dear Paul H., Thank you very much for such a positive review. We love reading everyone's encouraging feedback. We very much appreciate your comments regarding your stay at the Novotel Southampton. It is always a pleasure to receive positive feedback. I will share your comments with our team. I am sure that this feedback will serve as an encouragement to all of our staff as we strive to continuously improve the quality of our services. Thank you again for sharing your experience, and we hope your next visit will be as pleasant as the previous one. Sincerely, Patina Farnham General Manager Novotel Southampton

Great Stay.

Customer review rating 5.0/5

Gareth C. Families - Confirmed reviews ALL

Great staff, very clean, excellent facilities, super breakfast. Rooms are great and me and my family of four had a great nights sleep.

Dear Gareth C., We very much appreciate your comments regarding your stay at the Novotel Southampton. It is always a pleasure to receive positive feedback. I will share your comments with our team. I am sure that this feedback will serve as an encouragement to all of our staff as we strive to continuously improve the quality of our services. Thank you again for sharing your experience, and we hope your next visit will be as pleasant as the previous one. Sincerely, Patina Farnham General Manager Novotel Southampton

Lovely hotel and friendly staff.

Customer review rating 5.0/5

Dawn F. Friends - Confirmed reviews ALL

Merilly on reception (not sure if I've spelled her name correctly) was lovely and looked after myself and the two ladies I was supporting for an overnight stay prior to going on a cruise. The hotel is ideally located near the port and a retail park. The gentleman in the restaurant called Colin is lovely too and assisted with all our needs. Thank you, we will be staying again in the future.

Dear Dawn F., We very much appreciate your comments regarding your stay at the Novotel Southampton. It was a pleasure being able to help you and make your experience an easy and enjoyable one! I would love to welcome you back again! I really appreciate you leaving a lovely review for myself and Colin, it means the world! It is always a pleasure to receive positive feedback. I will share your comments with our team. I am sure that this feedback will serve as an encouragement to all of our staff as we strive to continuously improve the quality of our services. Thank you again for sharing your experience, and we hope your next visit will be as pleasant as the previous one. Sincerely, Patina Farnham General Manager Novotel Southampton

Convinient for cruises

Customer review rating 5.0/5

Shaun Couples - Confirmed reviews ALL

Perfectly located between the coach/train station and the cruise terminal, staff where very helpful and the room was lovely, can't complain:)

Dear Shaun C., We very much appreciate your comments regarding your stay at the Novotel Southampton. It is always a pleasure to receive positive feedback. I will share your comments with our team. I am sure that this feedback will serve as an encouragement to all of our staff as we strive to continuously improve the quality of our services. Thank you again for sharing your experience, and we hope your next visit will be as pleasant as the previous one. Sincerely, Merrilie Gibbs Front Office team member Novotel Southampton

What you expect from a leading brand hotel name ...... Brilliant !!!

Customer review rating 5.0/5

Gary S. Solo - Confirmed reviews ALL

I tend to visit this hotel on a monthly basis and i personally feel the level of service is excelent and the hotel is ideally placed and a perfect choice for that business meeting or pleasure trip in and around the area . Only negative which i along with several other people have previously mentioned is the security staff at the door and in the hotel entrance is very very off putting and can't understand why as its a bad look for the quality hotel you are trying to promote . Four security sat outside on the table and chairs smoking and playing on there phones isnt a great advertisment as anyone arrives and not cost affective ..... other people mentioned it during my stay so its being observed and needs addressing . But hey ....... keep up the good work and with a Smile !!!!

Dear gary S., We very much appreciate your comments regarding your stay at the Novotel Southampton. It is always a pleasure to receive positive feedback. I will share your comments with our team. I am sure that this feedback will serve as an encouragement to all of our staff as we strive to continuously improve the quality of our services. However with the comments about security i will pass this onto our managing team to investigate further Thank you again for sharing your experience, and we hope your next visit will be as pleasant as the previous one. Sincerely, Giggs Singh Front Office Supervisor Novotel Southampton

Great stay

Customer review rating 5.0/5

Wayne Families - Confirmed reviews ALL

Great stay. The staff was friendly and helpful very good facilities and in a very good location. The breakfast was very nice with a lot of variety to suit everyone’s needs. Only thing I could say as a negative was the room was a bit to warm for my liking but apart from that A great experience at the Hotel

Dear Wayne C., We very much appreciate your comments regarding your stay at the Novotel Southampton. It is always a pleasure to receive positive feedback. I will share your comments with our team. I am sure that this feedback will serve as an encouragement to all of our staff as we strive to continuously improve the quality of our services. Thank you again for sharing your experience, and we hope your next visit will be as pleasant as the previous one. Sincerely, Giggs Singh Front Office Supervisor Novotel Southampton

Great stay, helpful stay

Customer review rating 5.0/5

Anonymous Families - Confirmed reviews ALL

Hotel was clean and the food was good. Stayed there to get to the cruise port and they called a taxi for us. The front desk lady was able to print our Covid test which we needed.

Dear Morgan M., We very much appreciate your comments regarding your stay at the Novotel Southampton. It is always a pleasure to receive positive feedback. I will share your comments with our team. I am sure that this feedback will serve as an encouragement to all of our staff as we strive to continuously improve the quality of our services. Thank you again for sharing your experience, and we hope your next visit will be as pleasant as the previous one. Sincerely, Giggs Singh Front Office Supervisor Novotel Southampton

The standard of this hotel has gone down in the many years I have stayed there.

Customer review rating 3.0/5

James C. Couples - Confirmed reviews ALL

Housekeeping need to improve. Room not cleaned properly. Cleaning products left in room. Hospitality tray not refilled.

Dear James C., Thank you for taking the time to tell us about your experience at the Novotel Southampton. I am sorry that your experience did not meet your expectations; please allow me to express my sincerest apologies. At Novotel, we strive to provide a superior service experience for every customer; therefore your feedback is very important to us. Please rest assured that we are taking the appropriate measures to address the problem and prevent future occurrence. We appreciate your sharing your concerns, and it is our hope that you will give us the opportunity to better serve you in the near future. Sincerely, Giggs Singh Front Office Supervisor Novotel Southampton

Good loca

Customer review rating 4.5/5

Denise Couples - Confirmed reviews ALL

We used the hotel as a pre cruise stay and it fulfilled our needs

Dear Denise D., We very much appreciate your comments regarding your stay at the Novotel Southampton. It is always a pleasure to receive positive feedback. I will share your comments with our team. I am sure that this feedback will serve as an encouragement to all of our staff as we strive to continuously improve the quality of our services. Thank you again for sharing your experience, and we hope your next visit will be as pleasant as the previous one. Sincerely, Giggs Singh Front Office Supervisor Novotel Southampton

Great Stay

Customer review rating 4.5/5

Samantha Families - Confirmed reviews ALL

Clean, comfortable room. Staff on the welcome desk were quick and helpful. Pool lovely and clean. We had breakfast in the restaurant the following morning. Good choice of food and the staff were fantastic. We have two small children and they couldn’t do more to accommodate us. Would definitely stay again if we were visiting Southampton.

Dear Samantha T., We very much appreciate your comments regarding your stay at the Novotel Southampton. It is always a pleasure to receive positive feedback. I will share your comments with our team. I am sure that this feedback will serve as an encouragement to all of our staff as we strive to continuously improve the quality of our services. Thank you again for sharing your experience, and we hope your next visit will be as pleasant as the previous one. Sincerely, Giggs Singh Front Office Supervisor Novotel Southampton

Ok stay

Customer review rating 2.5/5

Pre C. Friends - Confirmed reviews ALL

Check in good. Room a bit dates. Was fine for 1 night but better hotels around

Well located

Customer review rating 3.0/5

Anonymous Couples - Confirmed reviews ALL

Welcome good. Room also good. Public areas basic with an unwelcoming ambiance. Restaurant and bar, clean but tired.

Dear Susan T., Thank you for taking the time to tell us about your experience at the Novotel Southampton. I am sorry that your experience did not meet your expectations; please allow me to express my sincerest apologies. At Novotel, we strive to provide a superior service experience for every customer; therefore your feedback is very important to us. Please rest assured that we are taking the appropriate measures to address the problem and prevent future occurrence. We appreciate your sharing your concerns, and it is our hope that you will give us the opportunity to better serve you in the near future. Sincerely, Giggs Singh Front Office Supervisor Novotel Southampton

Good welcome, pleasant staff, clean and good sized room and bathroom.

Customer review rating 4.5/5

David C. Friends - Confirmed reviews ALL

The staff were helpful and courteous. The layout of the bar, dining room, lift and reception were convenient and easy to locate.

Mr

TripAdvisor rating 4.0/5

hasmsk63 TripAdvisor review

It was great food and excellent service we met our expectation, location is right in the heart of the city. We love the place, all around the hotel shopping centre the restaurant, the pool is bit cold overall it very good.

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