Southernhay House Hotel

This is a a gem of a boutique hotel handily placed for exploring the city centre. Our room was generously sized and extremely comfortable with super king size bed and a large bathroom. The roll top bath was great for a soak after a hard day’s sightseeing. The town centre and the cathedral are only a few minutes walk away yet the area was calm and peaceful, ensuring a good night’s sleep. Breakfast was excellent with a good choice. The pancakes were beautifully done and the portion generous as was the full English I had the following day. The staff were friendly and helpful.The bar is comfortable and a great place for a nightcap. The hotel benefits from its historic background and yet is beautifully clean and modern. We would happily stay here again

A lovely peaceful, quirky, boutique hotel in a very quiet but central part of Exeter. We loved everything about this hotel. The staff were friendly and helpful. The rooms were very well appointed, comfortable and had many lovely luxury touches, whilst being eco friendly. Lovely attention to detail throughout the hotel. The bar and dining area were very nice, great breakfast with a very good choice of dishes and good drinks and cocktail menu. |Would definitely stay again and would recommend this gem of a hotel.

This place is a gem! We only stayed one night but I wish we had been able to stay longer. The rooms were great and the people very friendly and helpful, but the thing i liked the most was the attention to detail - the air cooler already on in our room before we arrived, the high quality toiletries, the luxurious bedding and pillows... and the breakfast was outstanding! It's a 5 min walk to the cathedral and all the restaurants and parking was easy. Thank you for a top notch stay, and it's the only place I will go to if we're back in Exeter again.

Booked for a graduation meal. The venue is stunning it’s a shame the food was standard nothing special .|Considering it was a small menu we expected what we would be given would be done very well and a high standard of ingredients would be used, unfortunately this was not the case.|what we received was average to say the least the Steak was not great quality and not cooked well it lacked flavour , the rest of the plate was mediocre, tasteless tomatoes and what I suspect may be frozen chips . The Halloumi sticks my son commented were the same as Whetherspoons .|The Ragu meat was poor and had a lot of fat .|The Wine menu should match the standard of food, if you sell high end like Cristal the food should be of the same calibre .|I would be surprised if they have a Chef more likely a cook , if the food we received was done by a Chef then that’s concerning,|I have had much better food at pubs , felt very disappointed by what we received if I’m honest and everyone commented , which is a shame because this place could be amazing , the venue is beautiful .

Honestly, there are not enough words to express how delighted I am with my experience at SouthernHay House Hotel. I stayed the evening before my wedding with my Maid of Honour and then my wedding night with my husband and it was absolute perfection throughout. Every single member of staff we met during the 3 days was warm and welcoming and really joined us in the celebratory spirit of it all. Breakfast was absolutely exceptional, the room superb, honestly I could be here for hours and never finish singing the praises of this hotel. What a special memory for us all, I will never forget it!

This review is for the food. Fabulous wine list, food (special occasion set menu was promised, though not delivered in the end) was genuinely vile, expensive and worse quality steak than Wetherspoons . Food was uneaten, because it was awful, waiter didn’t notice.|Hotel was a lovely venue though x

My brother-in-law had his wedding reception here, and the whole wedding party stayed. It was amazing!!!|We were able to drop our stuff off before check-in. By the time we returned from the wedding ceremony, the lovely staff had kindly taken our bags to our room - a blessing as I've got dodgy knees, my husband has breathing problems, and there's no lift😄|We were in Silk. It was beautiful. The bed was so comfortable. The bathroom was spotless with a fabulous shower.|The whole experience was incredible. Cocktails before dinner (I recommend the spicy marg😆)|We had a private dining room, which was perfect for our small group - 8, including the grooms. The food was incredible and enhanced by perfect service.|The following morning, breakfast was great. Loved the presentation of the yogurt, fruit compote etc. The pancakes, swimming in a lake of hot maple syrup, with bacon, just awesome.|If, like me, you are a bit of a history nerd, you'll find the background to the house interesting.

Southernhay House must be the only hotel in England (certainly the only hotel charging three hundred pounds per room per night B & B) that does not offer their guests the opportunity to have cornflakes for breakfast.|Or Weetabix.|Or Rice Crispies.|Or any fresh fruit.|Or any fruit juice other than orange juice.|The only cereal they offer is some unappealing-looking granola.|On the positive side, the staff of the hotel are friendly and helpful, the period decor is attractive and authentic-looking, and there are some stunning pieces of antique furniture.|But you can't eat the decor or the furniture for breakfast.

First thing that grabs you as you enter is the incredibly capable staff. The funky decor. Good food and a fab bar!