The Bitterne Park

This is not a hotel in the slightest, you'll just be getting a low quality room in a HMO above a restaurant/bar. Key points: * No one at reception * Noisy road, windows are old sash style and not double glazed provide little sound insulation. * One window boarded up * Noisy bar/restaurant downstairs open until midnight. * Hardly any furniture in room. * Noisy waste pipe in room, very noisy when upstairs flushed toilet etc. * Bathroom fine * Warm * Good clean shower

I stared from June till Mid August, it was close to a rehab centre my daughter was staying at after a car accident, well reading some of the reviews I am shocked and some are blatantly untrue, very easy to find (unless blind) I didn’t use the bar as it’s not my scene. Met a lady called Charlotte who gave me my keys and showed me to my room, after reading reviews, very nervous, went in my room well, very clean,shower fantastic all very clean, yes traffic loud , so guess what I shut my window and no noise, could only smell kitchen on ground floor as you walk into hotel part , no smell upstairs at all.loud music ? Guess what I did ? I shut my window and did not hear a thing, comfortable bed and slept well, really impressed with the way I was looked after and would stay again at a heart beat, well done !! Don’t read the reviews, stay there and make your own mind up, I stayed over 2 months,

We booked this on booking dot com under the name of riverside rooms. The price was reasonable and we were only staying one night as we were going to let’s rock Southampton. This is where the good part ends. We couldn’t find it and when we did it was above a cocktail bar. The parking spaces are not designed for the car size nowadays and I only have a little one. It looks grim from the outside and the inside is very old fashioned. We had no toilet roll the music from downstairs went in for ages then the cars were playing loud music as they left. We opened the curtain and one of the panes of glass was a bit of wood. Tried the shower and nearly had second degree burns then went to make a cup of tea and there were no cups. It was cheap but that’s all I could say about it

small hotel without elevator. the staff there was very nice and very helpful, in particular charloitt. kind to arrange to carry our luggages upstairs to our room. Having said that, however, the room needs upkeeping ie paint coming out from window frame and dirt on ceiling/carpet of our room. also interesting, there were no chairs/sitting place except the bed, and shower gel provided in the room.

We stayed here through wowcher, thinking it would be a great deal for a night away. The hotel is very run down and it has little staff. Our room was dirty, and smelt like burning grease. The staff that were available did help fix our broken door and clean the parts that we complained were dirty so this was thanked. However the stay was still unpleasant, the air in the room felt unclean and made us cough the whole night and wake up with sore throats. I would not recommend this hotel and think it needs a complete refirb before letting people stay in it.