Best Hotels in Itchen Valley

We’ve just completed 3 nights at the Mercury Winchester. We chose the hotel as it was the cheapest hotel with closest proximity to the city centre. As someone with the mantra “ I spend more time in the city than I do the hotel” I was not expecting the Ritz. Location is 10/10, within 100yds you are in the high street and right at the beginning of the local market when it is on. It’s worth noting that when the market is happening they close one of the main roads leading to the hotel so you would have to use a back route. Our Sat Nav took us down the road the market takes place so would have been a problem had it been market day. The hotel itself is tired and our “privilege room” was plentiful with stained carpets & even child pen scrawl on the wall. That aside the TV was large & bed & bathroom clean. We had a view of the cathedral & a mini fridge stocked with a couple of bottles of water & bottles of Pepsi. Breakfast was satisfactory but nothing special. The staff throughout our stay were very nice and we had no issues. Parking isn’t great, the small covered car park is a little tight to manoeuvre & at £15 per day very expensive. In summary if we came back to Winchester we certainly wouldn’t discount the Mercure as an option but it would be dependent on whether we could get a better price elsewhere.

I booked at the last minute whilst working in Winchester so wasn’t expecting much for the money so was really happy it exceeded all my expectations. I had a super quiet room, overlooking the garden, which was pretty huge in comparison to other places I’ve stayed. Definitely my new favourite place to stay when I’m next there.

everything was as it should be clean tidy comfortable the receptionist Jen was helpful and friendly and was able to give me advice which I found very useful I would certainty stay at this hotel in the future to be honest this is the first time I have left a review although I have travelled through France and the UK for many years this is the first time I felt comfortable about my opinion and sharing it

With a stay at Kyoto Rooms in Winchester, you'll be a 4-minute drive from South Downs National Park and 6 minutes from Winchester Cathedral. This hotel is 15 mi (24.1 km) from Southampton Cruise Terminal and 11.7 mi (18.9 km) from University of Southampton.At Kyoto Rooms, enjoy a satisfying meal at the restaurant. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge.The front desk is staffed during limited hours.Make yourself at home in one of the 5 guestrooms. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Conveniences include desks and electric kettles, and housekeeping is provided on request.

St John's Croft is centrally located in Winchester, a 4-minute walk from Winnall Moors Nature Reserve and 5 minutes by foot from King Alfred the Great Statue. This upscale bed & breakfast is 0.3 mi (0.5 km) from Winchester Guildhall and 0.4 mi (0.7 km) from Winchester Christmas Market.Take in the views from a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access.A complimentary cooked-to-order breakfast is served daily from 8:30 AM to 9:30 AM.Featured amenities include luggage storage, laundry facilities, and microwave in a common area. Free self parking is available onsite.Stay in one of 3 guestrooms featuring flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and digital programming is available for your entertainment. Detached private bathrooms with shower/tub combinations feature bathrobes and hair dryers. Conveniences include desks and coffee/tea makers, and housekeeping is provided daily.

The room is very close to the main street and is recommended.

The hotel looks bright and modern, with a decent car park. The many many signs all over the place about fines if you don’t register your vehicle make the parking and hotel entry somewhat intimidating. If they are concerned about parking. Why not just have a barrier with a token from reception to exit? Reception was friendly and we had a room on the ground floor with a lovely view of a ****y bank of earth through a rather small window. The room was clean, well appointed but the ceiling lighting was awfully dim. The bathroom was clean but we didn’t feel that entry/exit from the bath was very safe if you had limited mobility. Dinner in the restaurant was extremely disappointing. The space is modern and the kitchen is open, but the service, though very friendly was extremely and embarrassingly slow. This needs to attended to. The place was not at all busy. In the end we went to the bar to get a drink to fill in the waiting time. Someone on a neighbouring table waited ages for a beer which was served flat and had to wait a long long time for a replacement. Our tear and share bread was so over cooked, we struggled to cut it with a pizza wheel. The fish and chips were very tasty and well presented. The tagliatelle was over cooked and the sauce completely tasteless. The only flavour in the dish came from the nice garlic prawns added as an extra. We decided against deserts as we anticipated another very long wait. While we were there a neighbouring table was re-occupied but was not sanitised between guests. This could have been so much better! Breakfast was easier because it’s self serve, but it was busy and the few staff were unable to keep pace so tables took a long time to be cleared and longer to be cleaned. We had to get our own cutlery as this job was also slow. Breakfast selection and quality was quite acceptable. We were happy with the hotel but it was badly let down by the extremely slow dinner service.

My husband and I enjoy our visits to this lovely, characterful pub. The only comment I wanted to make was about the desserts, that although presented beautifully, I don’t find as satisfying as last year. I think the new ‘buffalo?’ Ice-cream is too light and lacking in substance. It feels more like a diet option, I understand it would appeal to some. The chocolate torte-like dessert tasted nice but was too hard to get the spoon through the lower section without it shooting off the plate. Sticky toffee pudding with sautéed banana was delicious but again, a different option to the ice-cream that feels like sorbet would be great. The puddings are expensive but of high quality, but one expects to feel satisfied and full after one. The peaches were delicious but again the ice-cream too light and ultimately unfulfilling.

With a stay at The King Alfred Pub in Winchester, you'll be within a 10-minute drive of Winchester Cathedral and South Downs National Park. This upscale inn is 11.3 mi (18.1 km) from University of Southampton and 13.4 mi (21.6 km) from WestQuay Shopping Centre.Take in the views from a terrace and a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access.At The King Alfred Pub, enjoy a satisfying meal at the restaurant. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge.Free self parking is available onsite.Stay in one of 5 guestrooms featuring flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms feature showers, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. Conveniences include desks and coffee/tea makers, and housekeeping is provided daily.

I had a lovely overnight stay at the Old Vine hotel. I was visiting Winchester to visit the cathedral and I couldn't have picked a more central location with easy access to the cathedral. I was put in the Zoffany Room at the front of the hotel and despite being over the pub and dining rooms I didn't experience any distracting noise from the patrons downstairs and being at the front of the hotel gave a nice view onto the cathedral grounds. The room was spacious and well proportioned, fully of character and charm and had all the amenities you'd expect. The bed was large and comfortable as were the arm chairs. The bathroom was also of a very generous size, very clean with a good sized combined bath and shower. My only suggestion to the hotel may be to move away from small individual single-use plastic bath products to improve environmental sustainability. The breakfast was served downstairs in the main pub dining area, which was welcoming but not overly busy. The breakfast itself was very good. Great local ingredients in my vegetarian full English breakfast. The staff were all lovely and very helpful, friendly and professional. I'd be very happy to stay here again if I were to visit Winchester in the future.