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35 Grove Road South | Southsea, Hants, Portsmouth PO5 3QS, England
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A tastefully decorated and spotlessly clean small guest house

The Retreat Guest House

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5 of 5 stars
HowardLondon1   1 contribution
London
Jun 1, 2009 | Trip type: Couples

My wife and I stayed recently for one night on a Saturday when visiting our grandchildren nearby. We thought the room was very tastefully decorated and equipped and spotlessly clean. The owners were most helpful and friendly from when we arrived until we left. The breakfast was cooked to order and first class. I understand the present owners have had the place for about 18 months. The other 3 rooms were booked when we were there. I wish this couple every success and I am sure they will get many repeat bookings. They certainly will from us every time we come down from London to see our grandchildren.

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  • Date of stay May 2009
  • Visit was for Leisure
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  • Would you recommend this hotel to a friend? Yes
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Quality throughout!!

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slappy   6 contributions
e sussex
May 21, 2009 | Trip type: Couples

A beautiful Guest House, with attention to detail. Located in a residential area, there is street parking and a voucher is issued by the owners, or you may be lucky and park on their drive. It is modern and airy; bedrooms range from homely and spacious to bright and trendy - all of which are comfortable and well equipped. There is a lovely comfy lounge with newspapers, and a pretty breakfast room which is again airy and tastefuly modern. It is beautifully decorated. Everything is of an excellent standard and quality - the toiletries, facilities, service and the breakfast (wow factor) - freshly cooked to order and all sourced locally and organically where possible; even the prepared fruit is exotic and freshly prepared, and the jams aren't the usual common ones served in most hotels. A lovely young couple own the guest house and we will certainly be back to visit again.

Just 5 minutes down the road are restaurants and shops; and if you arrive in the evening, there is a Tesco Express locally and a lovely wine bar - Rosie's, which is very reasonable, with good food and nice size portions, pus the wine is reasonably priced too.

The only downside for some would be the fact there are no twin beds, just doubles. But for us (and we are fussy), it was perfect!!

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    • 4 of 5 stars Location
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    • 5 of 5 stars Service
  • Date of stay May 2009
  • Visit was for Leisure
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  • Age group 35-49
  • Member since February 25, 2006
  • Would you recommend this hotel to a friend? Yes
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2nd visit - still fantastic!

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Kazzfer   6 contributions
Oxford, England
May 7, 2009 | Trip type: Couples

What a great place - wonderful hosts, great breakfast, spotless, spacious room and bathroom (the Ward suite). We will be back!!

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    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
  • Date of stay May 2009
  • Visit was for Leisure
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  • Age group 35-49
  • Member since August 15, 2006
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sunlovers_8   2 contributions
warwickshire
May 6, 2009 | Trip type: Couples

We have just stayed overnight at The Retreat. We were made to feel very welcome. I liked the little touches such as in the information book in the room it gave a brief history of the house and who it had belonged to in the past. The rooms were very comfortable and very clean. Mark cooks a fantastic breakfast, We would deffinetly stay there again.

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    • 5 of 5 stars Service
  • Date of stay May 2009
  • Visit was for Leisure
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  • Age group 35-49
  • Member since October 15, 2008
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Absolutley Fabulous

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Judynicho   1 contribution
cumbria
Apr 27, 2009 | Trip type: Couples

Loved everything about it, The friendliness of Mark and Sian, the rooms, the position of the Retreat was ideal for our visit.

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  • Date of stay April 2009
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35 Grove Road South | Southsea, Hants, Portsmouth PO5 3QS, England