Mercure Exeter Southgate Hotel 4 stars

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Mercure Exeter Southgate Hotel
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Hotel extras

  • Central location, nearby the Cathedral and Bedford Square

  • Leisure facilities including swimming pool, sauna & jacuzzi

  • Close proximity to popular Princesshay Shopping District

  • The Gate House restaurant features locally-sourced dishes

  • Ideal destination for weddings and private functions

Services in the hotel and nearby

Check-in from 14h00

Check out up to 12h00

Paying

Services and practical information
  • Online check-in
  • WIFI/Internet Access
  • Parking
  • Accessibility for people with reduced mobility
  • 100% non-smoking hotel
  • Air conditioned
  • Languages spoken at the hotel
  • Reception open 24 hours a day
  • Early check-in/Late check-outPaying
  • Dry cleaning / IroningPaying
  • Porter
  • Concierge
Leisure and activities
  • Swimming pool
  • Fitness centre
  • Well-being
Catering
  • Breakfast
  • 1 restaurant(s)
  • 1 bar(s)
  • Room service
Business services
  • 9 meeting room(s)
  • Copy/print service available
Information message

In response to COVID-19 and government guidelines we have closed the hotel except for key workers and government approved bookings. Our thoughts remain with everyone impacted around the world. We look forward to welcoming you back soon.

Hotel location

Mercure Exeter Southgate Hotel

Southernhay East
EX1 1QF
exeter
united kingdom

Tel: +441392412812

Fax: (+44)1392/413549

Contact email

Check-in from 14h00

Check out up to 12h00

  • By plane

    BRISTOL At 108km / 67 miles

  • By plane

    EXETER INTERNATIONA At 10.3km / 6.4 miles

  • By plane

    PLYMOUTH/ROBOROUGH At 73.5km / 45.67 miles

  • By car

    M5 JUNCTION 29 At 6.6km / 4.1 miles

  • By train

    EXETER CENTRAL At 0.97km / 0.6 miles

  • By train

    EXETER ST DAVID'S At 2.3km / 1.43 miles

GPS :50.720332, -3.528424

Your meetings and events

With outstanding comfort and excellent facilities, this jewel in the heart of Devon is the epitome of 21st century style.It is Exeter's largest hotel-based conference and banqueting facility and among the most impressive venues in the South West of England.Accommodating up to 150, the hotel's seven conference suites are superbly designed in a contemporary style and feature multimedia presentation and communications facilities.

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General equipment

  • Flipchart

  • Indoor and Outdoor facilities

  • Audio and video equipment

  • WIFI access

  • Syndicate rooms

  • Airconditioned meeting room

  • Slide projector

  • Video equipment

  • Overhead projector

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When organizing your meeting, the hotel will be happy to discuss the availability of its facilities and services with you.

Our accommodations

The hotel's 156 bedrooms offer guests a range of accommodation options including classic, privilege, suite, interconnecting and 7 accessible rooms. All bedrooms are non-smoking and have WIFI access, room service & flat-screen TV. Every bedroom is in line with 4-star standards but our rooms also offer particularly inspiring views over the city, including Exeter Cathedral, historic Southernhay and distant glimpses of the Devon countryside.

Accessible room

Classic Double or Twin Guestroom

  • Max. number of persons: 2
  • Area: From 18m²
  • Wireless internet in your room
  • High speed internet
  • Coffee/tea making facilities
  • Business Desk
  • Iron(...)
Accessible room

Standard Room with 2 single beds

  • Max. number of persons: 2
  • Area: From 18m²
  • Wireless internet in your room
  • High speed internet
  • Coffee/tea making facilities
  • Business Desk
  • Iron(...)

Mercure Privilege Guestroom

  • Max. number of persons: 2
  • Area: From 18m²
  • Wireless internet in your room
  • High speed internet
  • Coffee/tea making facilities
  • Direct dial telephone
Accessible room

Classic Family Guestroom

  • Max. number of persons: 4
  • Area: From 18m²
  • Wireless internet in your room
  • High speed internet
  • Coffee/tea making facilities
  • Business Desk
  • Iron(...)
Accessible room

Accessible Classic Room with 1 double or 2 single beds

  • Max. number of persons: 2
  • Area: From 18m²
Accessible room

Accessible Privilege Room with 1 double

  • Max. number of persons: 2
  • Area: From 18m²

Executive Suite

  • Max. number of persons: 4
  • Area: From 36m²
  • Most of the accommodation: CORNER_ROOM *

* Subject to availability

  • Wireless internet in your room
  • High speed internet
  • Coffee/tea making facilities
  • Business Desk
  • Iron(...)

Our restaurants and bars

THE GATE HOUSE

Type of cuisine: Regional

Our chef Mr Tom Porter welcomes you in our Gate House Restaurant. Guests can enjoy contemporary British cuisine including locally sourced meat and fresh seafood.

Dinner

18:30 - 21:30

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LOUNGE BAR & TERRACE

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The lounge bar and Terrace are open all day, for a drink or for a light meal. 24 hour room service is also available.

Lunch

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Dinner

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Mercure Exeter Southgate Hotel

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ALL Rating 4.2/5

11,082 reviews

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TripAdvisor Rating 4.0/5

2,609 reviews

A fantastic birthday weekend stay

Customer review rating 4.2/5

Brynn Couples - 23/03/2020 Confirmed reviews ALL

We arrived on the Friday, and had a lovely weekend in Exeter before departing Monday morning. The staff were very friendly and helpful throughout our stay. It was a wonderful experience and a fantastic birthday treat for my wife.

Nice food. Bar service very, very slow.

Customer review rating 4.2/5

Julian Friends - 23/03/2020 Confirmed reviews ALL

This was our third stay with you. On this occasion, reception staff very friendly and helpful. Bar staff were slow to serve and then it took about 15 minutes for them to provide 4 drinks (which were not elaborate cocktails). One bar staff appeared miserable and came across as just wanting to be anywhere other than serving customers. Breakfast on the Saturday was good, nice food and friendly staff. Breakfast on Sunday was disastrous. No cutlery, no coffee/tea. Cups (eventually) but one waiter didn't know what saucers are.

Central location

Customer review rating 4.2/5

Norman Couples - 21/03/2020 Confirmed reviews ALL

We come here for the proximity of the shops but the room was small for a prestige room and cold despite putting the heating up to 24. The remote for the TV did not work but the hotel is clean and the staff suberb

Very pleasant enjoyed the spa

Customer review rating 4.2/5

Jonathan S. Families - 21/03/2020 Confirmed reviews ALL

Very pleasant enjoyed the spa

Mercure Exeter

Customer review rating 4.2/5

Mr N. D. Couples - 20/03/2020 Confirmed reviews ALL

We had a very bad stay at the hotel. We wanted a nice hotel in Exeter so thought we would say at this mercure Exeter and well the first bedroom was disgusting and the second won they put us in was not a lot better. I have put together a email with photos and sent it to your company.

Good stay

Customer review rating 4.2/5

Jpd Business - 20/03/2020 Confirmed reviews ALL

I am a regular business guest at the Southgate.

Well located

Customer review rating 4.2/5

Sandra H. Families - 18/03/2020 Confirmed reviews ALL

Arrived in reception and was impressed with how nice it was. The receptionist was very pleasant and welcoming. There was a new young man on reception and he was very helpful and competent especially when we asked for softer pillows they were in our room upon or return later that day. The original pillows felt like we were sleeping on bricks. Victoria at breakfast was also very attentive and competent, you could do with a few more like those two. After eating we had to ask for our table to be cleared in the bar, even though there were sufficient staff around. Upon arriving in the room (376), the carpet is threadbare and it was the same in my mother's room (374) NOT GOOD! Staff in the fitness zone were extremely helpful, but the chairs as you enter looked like they belong in a homeless shelter they are so worn and not a good impression on arrival. The breakfast is definitely not worth £15 - fried eggs like rubber, continental meat and cheese selection... what a joke!, one cheese, 2 types of salami, no ham or other cheeses is not what I consider a 'selection'. Brakes Brothers ketchup, Brakes Bros is served in cheap food pubs and begs the question what the rest of the food is like...if breakfast is anything to go by I doubt it would be good. Such a shame as this could be an excellent hotel. The rooms were very clean and the bed was comfortable.

Great location, lovely breakfast, comfy room, helpful staff

Customer review rating 4.2/5

Carolyn T. A. D. W. Business - 18/03/2020 Confirmed reviews ALL

Very helpful as I was helping at an event at the hotel so needed to be there early but that wasn't an issue, nice room, have to say the breakfast was the best I've had in ages well done you ! You could have done with another member of bar staff in the evening to serve drinks and take orders for food thats just a suggestion

Understaffed which cause complaints everywhere

Customer review rating 4.2/5

Juliette S. Friends - 17/03/2020 Confirmed reviews ALL

When booking in, staff we distracted with wrong room set ups and double bookings, allowed customers to barge in and take priority and no apology for chaos. We were under the impression parking was part of out stay hence why we booked and told this on departure. Breakfast, there was no tables cleaned and ask to take a seat at a dirty seat, then told we had to wait for food. As we sat down we food, we were told they were closing and the delays were not our fault. Understaffed and disorganised for a second visit, once I can excuse and no complain but twice is unacceptable in as many months. Booking out was chaos as more complaints were happening at the desk. We were offered and given free parking and we asked for an afternoon tea as an apology which was accepted with thanks

Good location, friendly staff

Customer review rating 4.2/5

Dawn Business - 16/03/2020 Confirmed reviews ALL

Ideally situated close to the town centre. As we were working late into the night it was good to be able to get a drink on our return as the bar is open all evening. Comfy lounge area. Parking on site also a bonus. We stayed in a standard room which was okay but the bed was not the best quality. Good pillows though.

Great stay

Customer review rating 4.2/5

Anonymous Business - 16/03/2020 Confirmed reviews ALL

Friendly front desk staff and nice hotel. The Gym and Spa is excellent and the staff really friendly/helpful too. The breakfast selection was good and the restaurant well kept/presented. However the evening meals were on the expensive side for what was being offered

Disappointing not 4* as expected

Customer review rating 4.2/5

Tania K. Families - 15/03/2020 Confirmed reviews ALL

Rooms needed some attention the cupboards and draws were all knocked about, the lampshades had some water damage, the rooms were small. Although the bathroom was nice and modern the bottom of the doors (in both rooms) were badly water damaged, the shelf in the shower was missing but the brackets were still there and the toilet flush button leaked. The keypad on my elderly parents room kept locking them out so they had to keep going down to reception and coming back several times until reception realised it was the keypad that was broken. We've stayed in Mercure hotels many times here and abroad but this is the first time we were disappointed, we'd chosen to stay here over Jurrys Inn.

Good Location close to city centre and sights

Customer review rating 4.2/5

Derek T. Couples - 15/03/2020 Confirmed reviews ALL

Very much a 'businessman's' hotel with little, apart from its location, to attract tourists, which we were. The lobby and check-in area had no tourist information pamphlets or tourist maps that could have proved useful.

Good Stay !

Customer review rating 4.2/5

Steve R. Couples - 15/03/2020 Confirmed reviews ALL

Room clean and tidy etc. Breakfast very good, busy but was asked to use the 'overflow' which to be honest we were very happy with !

Disappointed

Customer review rating 4.2/5

Clayton Families - 14/03/2020 Confirmed reviews ALL

Have been visiting this hotel with my family for the past 7 years. Im afraid it seems to be going down hill year by year. Sad.

Great location

Customer review rating 4.2/5

Gary Families - 14/03/2020 Confirmed reviews ALL

Great location, always enjoy visiting Exeter. Loved the pool & the cleanliness of the hotel.

Good location but inconsistency with food quality.

Customer review rating 4.2/5

David R. Couples - 14/03/2020 Confirmed reviews ALL

Room, pool, spa pool and changing rooms very clean. Reception and housekeeping staff friendly and polite. Bar and restaurant staff not so warm or welcoming. Food delivered to the room was barely warm. Breakfast buffet not always topped up, no bread and no staff checking buffet. Evening meal was lovely, good quality and hot.

Spa facilities utterly unsatisfactory and disappointing.

Customer review rating 4.2/5

Jody T. Couples - 11/03/2020 Confirmed reviews ALL

I have already sent an email reference to our complaint - still awaiting a response...

Excellent

Customer review rating 4.2/5

Mark H. Couples - 11/03/2020 Confirmed reviews ALL

Always a pleasure to stay at this lovely hotel.

Fantastic location

Customer review rating 4.2/5

Daniel Business - 09/03/2020 Confirmed reviews ALL

Everything was brilliant, one very small criticism is that the room was a little dark but other than that a lively big shower and. Ery comfortable bed

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