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We spent a couple of days there this week just as a little getaway. Maybe because it's adjoining. Marwell zoo, but it has the look of a rainforest lodge - the weather was pretty dire, which added to the jungle vibe. Parking was adequate, although I don't know how it would be if they had been busy. All the staff we interacted with we're friendly and helpful. Our room - unusually for us - was on the ground floor and close to reception - which in turn was close to the bar, restaurant and pool. It was a good sized room, with a comfortable double and single bed. All the usual amenities were there, including ironing board, hair dryer, etc. The rooms had a communal veranda which would have had stunning views had the weather been better. Room temperature was tropical, and the only way to regulate it was to keepl the doors and window open. Our bathroom was a bit of a letdown - the fixtures and fittings needed some serious TLC, what with the chipped enamel in the bath and stained tops, etc. We dipped into the pool and sauna - they also host regular swimming lessons for children there, which meant that the modestly sized pool was quite crowded and noisy. The tiled floor is pretty lethal to walk on with wet feet. Changing facilitates are basic and the 2 showers are poolside, with water that reluctantly gets warm eventually and is operated by those push-button controls which need to be pressed every 6 seconds (yes, I timed it.) Like many other hotels, they keep going in the quiet seasons by hosting training conferences - although not excessively so. Indeed, the hotel was very quiet - we were the only diners in the restaurant last night. We had cooked breakfast and an evening meal - the food was as very good indeed, although the choice for dinner wasn't a big choice. Overall, it's a hotel with lots of potential, to the person with the money to spend bringing it up to scratch - not a rebuild - just improve what's already there. They also seem to be missing out on linking it more to the zoo - combined packages, etc.

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.

The location is perfect and walking distance to main sites. The Japanese restaurant is also wonderful. The room is clean and spacious. However, data access and wifi is limited. Overall it was a very wonderful experience staying at Kyoto room

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.

Pretty basic no frills hotel but quiet and clean with a good comfortable bed and well equipped shower room. Rooms are a good size. Easy to find. Good parking. Polite and helpful staff.

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.

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

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.