A good option for lunch, different than other Southampton lunches. A relaxed yet classy setting…read more Limited menu but good options. Had some pork scratchings while waiting for my friend, they were tasty with ample apple aauce. Shared with my friend a pork roll and toastie. Both were above and beyond the stanrd. Pork roll with large with high quality, not ground pork. The toastie was also two steps above typical fare. Ser ice was both professional and friendly.

So cute!!! Very comfy 'home' feeling…read more We popped in here for lunch today based on a friends recommendation. It's like walking into Grandmas house- very comfy and cozy, displayed glassware, and wonderful smells!!! We sat at a window seat so we could people watch, and ordered the goat cheese/croutons as an appetizer, tomato soup and slaw for my lunch and hubs had the 'streaky bacon' which was a wonderfully tender ham steak with apples and roasted veggies. It was all very tasty, I had a glass of wine and hubs had a local beer. 46 pounds total. We love their farm to table meals and we'd definitely be back. Service was friendly and efficient.

This is our 3rd (4th?) Stay at the White Star. Very nicely located in Southampton, easy walk to the…read moreold town, and to the cruise terminals. The White Star is in the Oxford Street dining area. Both sides of the street are lined with small restaurants and bars. Dining is outside or inside. The pub at the White Star offers a good selection of drinks and a nice menu. The rooms vary by size and occupy the 3 floors above the pub/restaurant. All are accessed by a staircase, if you have large bags, they can store them for you. Our rooms have always been very nicely furnished an immaculately clean. There's a coffee maker, and water boiler, tea, sugar etc as well. Air conditioning is adequate, the water pressure is good and the towels big and fluffy. The staff are welcoming and attentive.

This historic inn/tavern is in the heart of Southampton, the major cruise port of the UK…read more It was formerly known as the Alliance Hotel and is where some of the Titanic passengers stayed before boarding that fateful voyage. The inn feels like an old ocean liner from the early 1900s without the opulence found later. Some of the rooms are named after former ocean liners, and thus named the White Star now for England's most famous line, owners of the Titanic and many others, now called Cunard. We had a delightful dinner. It has a pub atmosphere but a bit more upscale as a restaurant or tavern. To celebrate we got a bottle of the sparkling wine from Kent. It was quite good and went well with the meal I ordered a pheasant croquette on a bed of peas and Brussels sprouts. It was excellent My main was the chicken dish which was very well prepared and delicious. The sauce was good and the preparation better than expected for this type of establishment. The portions are substantial and I was quite full and unable to have a dessert. The waitstaff are cordial and really hustle when the crowd appears. A bit on the pricier end, especially with the wine selection, but the quality is good.

Normally I don't stay at a Moxy because the rooms are too small, and they are generally feel like…read moreclosets. This one was totally fine. It was clean, and close to everything. It appears to be the same building as Premier Inn, it's just that if you go in the door close to the water it's called Moxy, and if you go inside the door on the opposite side it's called Premier Inn. About 2 blocks out the Premier Inn side is a giant pedestrian area with hundreds of shops and a giant functioning mall, the way malls used to be in the 1980s in the USA. There's a dollar store called Poundland, a Walmart like store called Primark, there's a Marks and Spencer (like Target), John Lewis ( like Bloomies or Nordstrom). Down the road, along the sea, is a pub from the 1300s called Dancing Man Woolen Mill that had centuries of character.

We had a one night stay before our cruise. I redeemed Marriott Bonvoy points…read more The hotel is conveniently located near the Southampton cruise terminal. The hotel suggested we take a cab but we managed to pull our 24 inch luggage from the hotel. We cut through the Holiday Inn parking lot. I wouldn't recommend you walking unless you're very mobile. It took us under 15 minutes. We enjoyed the hotel. Very upbeat. We noticed a photo booth on the mezzanine and table tennis. We had a choice of 500 points or food credit $10 per person. I took the food credit as we were going to eat before leaving for the terminal the next morning. Spent about another $12 USD out of pocket. Standard breakfast food options. We also had hotel bar food for dinner the day we checked in after the two fish and chip places suggested by the hotel didn't work out. Ordered: * hubby had chicken wings * I had Mac n cheese balls * BIL had chicken curry * sis had egg rolls We each were given a free cocktail voucher. It was like a fruit punch. Also got local beer. There's a shopping center across the street. It was a Sunday so stores closed early.

Harbour Hotel Southampton is an upscale (they say 5-star) hotel that is located in Ocean Village…read moreand overlooks the harbour. It is located close to the cruise port. My husband and I stayed at this hotel for one night before we embarked on a cruise. We paid 285 pounds for the night in a standard-double room. Our international flight landed in the morning. Many weeks earlier, the hotel's concierge had helped us to hire a chauffeur from a different business to drive us from the airport to the hotel. That concierge left his job, so unfortunately for several weeks, I received no responses to my emails. The chauffeur and I communicated, and he picked us up from the airport and drove us to the hotel. The hotel building had beautiful architecture that resembled the shape of a yacht. My husband and I arrived at the hotel at 9 AM, but checkin was at 3 PM. The front desk stored our suitcases while we waited several hours for a room to become available. To kill time, we visited many businesses around the town, and we ate lunch in the hotel's HarBAR on 6th restaurant, which I reviewed separately. Many other customers got rooms ahead of us. We got our room at 2:12 PM. The room was clean and stylish and was in very good condition. The bed was comfortable, and the water had a very good temperature and pressure. I appreciated that a shower cap was in the bathroom. The shampoo and conditioner worked fairly well to clean and moisturize my hair. The television was a bit small. Checkout in the morning was easy. The new concierge was fantastic. He spoke very nicely with us, stapled our cruise tags onto our suitcases, and even remembered my husband's name. He also drove us to the nearby cruise port on time.

Beautiful location and lovely, friendly and caring staff! The main entrance is off the road past…read morethe lift gate for cars and faces the Blue Jasmine restaurant. Accessible entrance and lifts are in the lobby. Stairs were also easy to find and use. It is clean, bright, and has a relaxed ocean vibe. Our room overlooked the harbor, we could see the Queen Mary 2, and it was quiet. There were binoculars in the room that were fun to use! We were on the 5th floor so during the day and evening we could hear the chairs and furniture scraping the floor in the rooftop bar (on the 6th floor). Not terrible, but next time I'd prefer not to be on the fifth floor. The bed was comfortable but oddly the comforter barely fit the bed - we had to sleep in the center of the bed because the comforter was not wide enough to reach beyond the edge of the bed when we weren't in it. There cannot be an outlet in the bathroom by law, so using the hair dryer was also a challenge. There is a big full length mirror near the bathroom, but no outlet nearby and the hairdryer cord was not long enough. Fortunately there was a nice makeup mirror in the bathroom I was able to move and could prop up on the tissue box on the desk to see my hair while I dried it. Keeping the makeup mirror on the desk (where there is natural light) is a good idea because the lighting in the bathroom is terrible. Loved the chairs and colors in the room. Plenty of closet space and drawers. There is also a snack closet - look for the price list! We ate at the rooftop bar twice. When we arrived in the afternoon we had drinks and a pizza - both great! Jon was wonderful & helpful! We came back for breakfast the next morning. The buffet was perfect for me - the overnight oats were delicious as was the yogurt (very tangy) and fresh fruit. Hubby had some buffet items and eggs Benedict which he enjoyed. We would definitely stay here and dine here again!

This is a newly built Premier Inn hotel. I stayed here for one night on business as I had a night…read morefield survey in the area. The first thing I noticed beside the smell of the new furniture was the willingness of all member of staff to help and the never-absent smile on their faces.I used both pay-and-display street parking and the adjacent multistory car park building to park my hire car. I enjoyed my stay in this hotel and I recommend it for anyone who is looking for a central location to the rail station and the university.

It's good, but it is little how to say simple?! I can not…read morefind hairdryer and soft home shoes there.

This was my second cruise, but first with Cunard. Expectations were very high based on what I've…read moreheard/read from others. When I booked the cruise I decided to splurge and upgrade to a Queens Grill suite. The suite itself was very nice. My butler was...adequate. He did what I asked of him but his service was indifferent. Maybe he'd been on the ship for a while and was fatigued, maybe he has other personal stuff going on...I get it. I just felt he didn't go the extra mile, as so many advertisements claim they would. The food was okay, nothing spectacular. I've had better at high-end restaurants. The disembarkation process was a mess. I asked several crew members what the process is (I have disabilities and occasionally need extra help), and none of them could give me a clear answer. One actually said "I don't know, we'll figure it out tomorrow." I don't know about you, but when I'm paying $12k+ for a cruise and I ask questions they don't have answers to I want someone to respond "I'm not sure, but let me find an answer for you" instead of "We'll figure it out tomorrow." The excursions and ports were amazing, but overall the service I received lacked the polish and excellence the Cunard name is known for. I might go on another cruise, but it won't be with Cunard.

Queen Mary 2 sailing out of New York to Southampton, UK and back in June 2025 was a complete and…read moretotal abysmal disappointment from start to finish. Cunard is the epitome of fake luxury. Recently, QM2 even got the lowest rating for an operating ship in the entire cruise industry (an 87, where 86 is the bare minimum to remain operational), and I for one am not at all surprised after sailing with them. The service from cruise ship port to cabin stewards, to dining staff and more was incredibly inconsistent. Some staff members had clearly worked in high end luxury hotels around the globe, while others had never worked in hospitality before at all and it definitely showed. Our room was located right next to an outside children's play area and directly across from "The Zone" which turned out to be the children's nursery, preteen and teen lounge. Which means, that for our 18 day trip, despite requesting 3 different times to be moved to a different cabin, we were constantly bombarded with noise day and night. Of course children are going to play and keep noise, but on a ship like this, which clearly wasn't designed to host young children, and Cunard even discourages bringing them, people clearly ignored that advice, obviously we didn't want to be stuck with the constant disturbance for our entire long holiday. It's why every other cruise line knows not to put a children's location this close to customer staterooms! Which meant that from starting around 6 AM until about 11 PM every day for nearly 3 weeks, we had kids running, jumping, playing, screaming and tantruming in the hallway outside of our definitely not soundproofed door nearly all day. For a still unexplained reason, we also got into Rotterdam nearly a full day late, which totally threw off my travel plans around Europe. Due to this, the Dutch port authority would not allow us to leave the country until we went through their immigration process, despite not meeting the vessel at the time we got into port. Due to all of this mismanagement, not only did we miss our scheduled train out of Amsterdam, we also later missed our morning scheduled flight out as well. The ship isn't being well maintained or cleaned overall either, with plenty of areas containing stains, mold and mildew and dirty dishes that were supposed to be "clean." The food was pretty good, but very monotonous for a longer trip, with essentially the same dining options served each day. There were also lots of issues with staff that didn't speak English well enough to be serving food, especially not when dealing with food allergies. I had a number of items with specified food allergens brought to my party when dining, even after giving the serving staff written lists of everyone's food allergies. Yet because the service staff didn't have a solid command of either written or spoken English, they couldn't answer questions about what specific ingredients food contained, or figure out how to not bring us foods that contained our allergens. Likewise, the buffet had a lot of cross contamination of various types of food because people weren't paying attention, or thought it was no big deal to use a different set of tongs for various foods. They did not stick to posted food schedules either. If they ran out of a particular food, they simply didn't make more. Or even closed food stations early so they didn't have to make additional food and stay open as per their posted schedules. A lot of the experience onboard felt very nickel and dimey. They would offer a service for "The entire voyage" only to later state that the service period wasn't for the entire length of our cruise as the customers, but what they considered as each individual trip. So during the 18 days we were onboard, they considered it to be 3 separate trips! There were also lots of times their staff was rude or unprofessional, like when I was trying to discuss with the purser's office what my options were for getting off in Rotterdam after Cunard got us into port so late. Yet instead of being a professional and going to get a supervisor, as another lady did when I dealt with a grownup later on for handling the matter, the man at the purser's office was incredibly rude, nasty, insulting and unprofessional the night we got into Rotterdam. Grow up! And go get a different job if you don't want to deal with customer service! Their staff was also incredibly unhelpful with lots of missing instructions in the weeks and months prior to us boarding. I truly regret taking this cruise and definitely don't recommend the Cunard cruise line. They don't give a d*mn about customer comfort and other needs and it showed in everything we experienced in dealing with them.

Wonderful staff and an amazing drag show headlined with Ruffles. These ladies can Sing! A…read morewonderful night out in Southampton. Go for an evening of fun!

We love this bar, staff so friendly, great atmosphere whether your LGTBQIA or not all are made…read morewelcome. Wheelchair accessible but you just need to ask staff to get the ramp

This location is great because you are close to the cruise port. The rooms do not have air…read moreconditioning and it was a warm night the portable fan did not cool our room. It is a basic room no frills. The hotel front desk staff is kind and will call a taxi for you if needed. They also gave us a map of the area. It is great if you get lucky with a view of the cruise port, as we liked that perk!

We stayed one night before our Transatlantic cruise. The front desk was friendly and helpful…read more The room was clean and the bed was comfortable enough for one night. The toilet is in a narrow closet type space but hey, everything worked! The restaurant/bar area in the lobby had a very tasty pizza/flat bread. Front desk called us a cab in the morning and were once again really friendly and helpful. W I would stay here pre-cruise again.

The Hotel is Beautiful and super clean. Safe area, a lot of…read morerestaurants and shopping centers. Our check-in was smooth and the staff gave us early check-in without extra fees. The conceige staff was Great and helpful. Highly recommend it to anyone...

This will be a short review. We were in Southampton for one night before leaving on a cruise the…read morenext day. What we needed was a hotel that was convenient to the harbor, had restaurants and shopping within and easy walking distance, had comfortable beds and quiet rooms, offered a nice breakfast options, felt safe and was a reasonable price for this short and highly functional stopover. This hotel met every one of those needs. Exactly what you want before setting off on a voyage. Would I stay there for any other reason - no. Would I stay there again if leaving on another cruise out of Southampton - most definitely.