Short distance, good food &serviceread more

Nice neighborhood location within short walking distance of restaurants and longer walking (or…read moredriving, for those who prefer) distance of Clifton Village, Clifton Suspension Bridge, Zoo, and Cabot Tower. Free parking behind B&B (rare for Clifton and Bristol). Breakfast buffet items include yoghurt, fresh fruit, croissants, cheese, cereal, juice, tea, coffee and the ability to order (without charge) a full English breakfast. Very nice. Well worth it to pay extra 20 GBP for one of the larger rooms, which are huge! Smaller upstairs rooms can be somewhat cramped, depending on specific room (our friends had a smaller one). Clean with modern bathrooms. Friendly service. Our one issue was that the towel warmers are extremely hot and centrally operated. Given the record heat during our stay, it was unfortunate that neither they, nor a radiator in the hallway near the B&B entry, could be turned off without having a manager come to the premises (it was a weekend). Website is http://cliftonhousebristol.com/. If you need laundry done while in Clifton, we recommend the Clean Bean, also reviewed on Yelp.

I was there with two friends in a single and a double room. Staff was very friendly and helpfully…read more The breakfast was very good and a good choice too. The rooms were clean and all was fine. Tea-/Coffeemaker is also available. The location is also good for going out in the evening.

Got a night here in their January sale deal; one room a night going for £20, which included an…read moreexcellent breakfast - great value. The room was as you'd expect for a 3* hotel, clean & comfortable; there was a bit of a draft was coming through the window though. Secure parking is available at the rear of the building at £6/day.

Never answer the phone not very helpful terrible service needs decorating smells of urineread more

The Arches Hotel is located very near what is locally known as 'The Arches'. To visitors or non…read morelocals, this is basically a busy junction (joining the lower end of Gloucester Road to Cheltenham Road) with a series of arches in which the Avonmouth-Temple Meads train runs over. The actual hotel is located on a road called Cotham Brow which leads off from this point. Location wise, The Arches Hotel is a bit far from town for it to be labelled 'central'. Unless you don't mind walking, it's best to get a bus (which does run ever 5mins) to town which would only take 10minutes maximum. The hotel is rated 3* by the AA which I reckon is justified. Rooms are cute, quaint and very old English but they aren't very big. They have everything you could want for a weekend get-away, but don't expect The Ritz. The receptionist was very knowledgeable about the local tourist attractions and they had some handy maps and vouchers at the front desk. Rooms start at £35 for a single for one night with breakfast included.

This place is almost perfect. For the price its smart clean, modern with very comfortable beds and…read morewetroom + handy little kitchenette for making your morning coffee etc The owner leaves you too it, by giving you an access code to door and room so you can come and go as you please throughout your stay. The only very slight downside is its a 10 minute bus ride into Cliffton at the very edge of the city centre - but is on a well serviced route by the Number 1 bus. On suggestion to owner: offer organic breakfast :)

Amazing hotel, even better staff!…read more Was so luxurious, if you go make sure you book the West Loft Suite, the huge copper bath is amazing. The breakfast is out of this world, and left us full up for hours. The decor was stunning, and the location was great for exploring Clifton.

Nicest B& B ever, they were really nice to my kids as well. Would come back. Thanks for breakfast!read more

we stayed here for 3 nights & really loved our room! it has a wooden floor, a cosy bed and there is…read moresome kind of wintergarden in the room, where you eat breakfast. it's very modern compared to other guesthouses we've had stayed. you have to make your own breakfast, but they put everything you need for that in the room (cereals, toast, jam, milk, fruits ). it also had a kettle, a microwave, a fridge and some kind of micro-oven in the room. if you're looking for a place where you can chat all day with the owners of the guesthouse or have a full english breakfast, don't come here. if you just want to have a cosy room & some privacy, come here! the only negative point was the very basic bathroom.

Unfortunately cleaning wasn't very good. Dirty blankets, dirty boiler, things under the bed. Lady…read moreworking there was nice. Location is a medium walk from city center. My room was colder then the hall and my heating was on maximum. Shower with weak pressure. Breakfast ok it had fruit and tea and seed bread and toppings. Environment gloomy. I'm not coming back again. I think was to overpriced for the quality of the service. I do not recommend

This hotel is in an ideal location. It's walking distance to everything literally. We didn't have…read moreto move the car because right outside was a bus stop and to my left and my right were thrift stores, ample coffee shops, restaurants and the Harbor as this hotel is positioned right in city centre. I will only stay here next time I am in Bristol which will be this spring. We didn't not try the Michelin star restaurant for exploring the city and eating out however the bar was lovely. Marcel one of the bartenders although they closed at 11 if we were still enjoying ourselves along with other patrons he would keep the bar open longer; so accommodating. Also there were times I had leftovers that I would wake up wanting and the front desk would warm them up for me. Our room was clean and even when sleeping in it didn't matter that I got up after 2pm they still ensured our bedding was changed and fresh towels. This place is gorgeous bummer that they no longer have the spa and pool on the ground level but I understand it can be pricey to maintain.

My stay here was deeply undignified, which I had a chilling premonition of through the greeting I…read morereceived (or should I say lack thereof) by the young woman on the reception desk. She was eating celery sticks, and staring at something on her screen; hopefully nothing obscene, but who can say with these kinds of people? Anyway, she appeared not to have noticed me so I clacked my heels on the floor, and the reverberating echo which rippled through the foyer startled the lass and she quietly screamed. After she had recovered from her shock, she had become angered, and made little effort to conceal it. I told her that I was here for a hotel room and she said "yes I think I figured that part out thanks" before typing with her keyboard. Eventually she assigned me to a room without saying anything else to me, just handing the key card over without another word. The key card was greasy and almost slid out of my hand. That did mean that it slid into the sensor with ease, however, so this I cannot complain about. That being said, I would have probably preferred to have just stayed in the hallway and tried my luck with the mercy of the other guests. The room was about as sanitary as a swamp on a humid summer day, and I tried to make sure that I did not touch any of the surfaces as they looked diseased. The bed had a disturbing morphology and, upon further inspection, I found it's undulating crevices to be distressed. There was also a dead bee in the sink. I put the bee out of the window to decompose in the natural world, but then I could not close the window no matter how hard I pulled. My room had suddenly become an access-all-hours, free-for-all for the opportunists of society. You won't be surprised to learn that I didn't sleep very much on the lumpen, deformed and gravelly mattress. I decided to purchase the breakfast buffet, and went down to the restaurant area wearing a business woman outfit and heels so no one would question why I was dining alone. I should have turned around and sought alternative victuals after glimpsing the wretched nature of the diners. Their levels of physical fitness and mental acuity were subterranean, which reflected poorly on the breakfast foods. The scrambled eggs were fibrous, and the coffee that I had been so foolish as to sample tasted as if it had been brewed in a nuclear reactor. I knew at this point that I needed to get out of the hotel as soon as possible and never return.