Tulip Inn Portsmouth - Portsmouth, United Kingdom 

Stayed here for three nights as part of a work project in Portsmouth. Excellent rooms, service and cleanliness - all you would expect. On top of that there is the FREE Wifi, which is really useful. My only reservation is that in December the hotel will become a Premier Inn - I dont know how far that will affect things...

On 7/12/07 the Tulip Inn changed to Premier Inn, which meant none of the staff, which all appeared to be new couldn't handle the simplest request such as check inn, the correct key for the room etc. Very surprised that none of the staff had been trained on how to check people in or how to create a key card for the room. The room itself was very basic with no bath or windows to the bathroom or vent, which meant the toilet constantly smelt. Having to get a token to leave the car park every time when the reception was always busy was also very frustrating. The restaurant has nice decor but the food is awful, a number of hairs were found in a pasta dish and at 10pm the cheff went home not leaving us with an option of having dessert. Do not go to this restaurant. Overall the hotel, staff and restaurant were very poor.