Hotels near St. John's Episcopal Church, Portsmouth

This hotel is an older building that has been nicely renovated. The hotel was very clean and the beds were comfortable. Each room haS a microwave! That is a very rare thing to find. When traveling for business it gets old eating in a restaurant. Having a microwave is a huge plus! The fridges are the taller ones that can actually hold a good amount of items. Two thing to take note of: If you are in the front of the hotel the highway traffic is quite loud. I was woken several times by jake brakes. The other thing is try and get a room without a balcony in the winter. It’s a rare thing for me to set a thermostat at 70 degrees. Because the balcony door/windows allowed cold air in, the thermostat was set at 74. If you sit near the balcony your feet will get cold. House keeping is loud. I happened to be in my room after 2pm to get some rest and it sounded like the head of house keeping was disciplining a house keeper that accidentally went into a room that didn’t want service. The housekeeper was being talked to like she was a child. Had I not had such a bad headache I would have opened my door and told her to be quiet or take the yelling elsewhere. Not sure when business will have me in that area again but despite the couple of negatives I pointed out, I will stay again.

A chain hotel on the highway side, it is quite good to find. The rooms are small and have other basic facilities. Breakfast variety is OK, there is free parking, the hotel price is small.

There were a few things I liked and did not like about this Best Western. I'll break it out into sections: THE ROOM- Decent size and room for a family of 4 to move around, Free Wifi, 2 chairs, and a table, Fridge, microwave, closet with iron and ironing board. Beds and pillows were comfortable and the AC worked well. Bathroom was your standard one and clean. What I didn't like was the chairs had been overlooked and there were lots of crumbs and a part of a plastic wrapper on it. THE POOL: The pool was a decent size- 6ft. deep. A little cool for an indoor pool, but not bad. It was Handicap accessible as well. We swam right before they closed and they did end up running out of towels for the next people who came in after us. BREAKFAST: The breakfast had multiple hot food items as well as your typical continental breakfast options. I did stay at a different BW the night before and that one had a few more hot items, and a hot drink machine that offered many more drink choices, but the only thing we really missed from those was the hot cocoa. The breakfast overall though was decent. It filled us up. It was worth advertising that breakfast was included. HOTEL APPEARANCE: small lobby and convenience shop. The lobby did have a slight odor, but I think it was from the pool which was right next to it. There was a large breakfast room, I did have a hard time finding the stairs. We don't know where they were, but we also didn't look too hard. Also the carpets throughout were very faded and the hallway needed another vacuum. But I tend to judge hotels by their carpets, and their carpets just seem worn, tired, and dated. The carpets could use a refresher but that part doesn't change the function of the hotel. LOCATION: It was quiet, while also being near a road that had lots of restaurants, supermarkets and pharmacies. (which I needed to use). Very convenient to the beaches and outlets. STAFF: I didn't really interact with the staff, however when we passed in the hallways every one of them greeted us in some way. OVERALL: I give this a 7. It would have been a 9 if the room had been a little cleaner and the pool a little warmer and maybe just a couple of other options at breakfast. I am comparing this to the other one I stayed at in Scarborough the night before and I did prefer that other one. If I hadn't been there, this one might have scored a little better.

I am an Elite Marriott member and stay at 20-30 properties each year. This is a brand new built property and I had very high expectations for our overnight stay here. Upon arrival, our keys had not been activated on our APP so we had to check in with a front desk staff. The woman that checked us in was very difficult with attitude. Not a good start. Upon exiting the elevator, there was a plastic bin placed in the hall that stated “Place Used Towels Here”. With my extensive travel that I do, I have never seen such a towel bin in any other property. When taking a shower in the morning, I noticed many hairs in the shower stall. That disgusted me that the bathroom had not been cleaned properly. Clearly they have a housekeeping issue going on at this property and until they get staffed and managed properly, I would never choose to stay here again. During this vacation, we had four hotel changes with this one being our final stop. It was absolutely both couples least favorite of the entire trip. Disgrace to the Marriott name.