The Clarence Boutique Rooms

4.0 star property
Adults-only hotel within walking distance of The D-Day Story

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Nestled near Southsea Castle, The Clarence Boutique Rooms offers an upscale retreat. Savor British cuisine at one of the two on-site restaurants, relax with a coffee at the cafe or unwind with a drink at one of the 2 bars. With in-room WiFi and multilingual staff, guests can enjoy their stay.

Reviews

9.4 out of 10
Exceptional

Popular amenities

  • Pet friendly
  • Parking available
  • Free WiFi
  • Laundry facilities
  • Non-smoking

Main amenities (7)

  • Daily housekeeping
  • Near the beach
  • Self parking
  • 2 meeting rooms
  • Laundry service
  • Multilingual staff
  • Luggage storage

Feel at home (6)

  • Private bathroom
  • Television
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Self parking (surcharge)

Why we love this property

Sleep sanctuary
This hotel features hypo-allergenic bedding with Egyptian cotton sheets. Curated, individual decor awaits in every guestroom.
Edwardian elegance
This hotel boasts stunning Edwardian architecture with curated decor. Guests can dine at the charming garden-view restaurant for a visual feast.

Room options

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A bedroom with a large bed, floral wallpaper, a radiator, and two windows with shutters.

Executive King with Shower

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
(4 reviews)
  • 172 sq ft
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed
  • Free WiFi

View all photos for Executive King with Bath (no shower)

A bedroom with a bed, bedside tables, a desk, and a window with a blind.

Executive King with Bath (no shower)

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)
  • 226 sq ft
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed
  • Free WiFi

View all photos for Superior King with Bath (no shower)

A bedroom with a bed, a desk, a chair, a TV, and a staircase.

Superior King with Bath (no shower)

  • 226 sq ft
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed
  • Free WiFi

View all photos for Superior King With Shower (No Bath)

A bedroom with a bed, bedside tables, a bench, a wardrobe, and a staircase.

Superior King With Shower (No Bath)

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)
  • 226 sq ft
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed
  • Free WiFi

View all photos for Basic Twin Room

A bedroom with a large bed, a desk with a lamp, a television on the wall, and a wardrobe.

Basic Twin Room

  • City view
  • 172 sq ft
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds
  • Free WiFi

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About the neighborhood

Map
Clarence Road, Portsmouth, England, PO5 2LQ

What's nearby

  • Southsea Beach - 6 min walk - 0.6 km
  • Southsea Castle - 9 min walk - 0.8 km
  • The D-Day Story - 9 min walk - 0.8 km
  • Kings Theatre - 12 min walk - 1.0 km
  • University of Portsmouth - 3 min drive - 1.7 km

Getting around

  • Southampton (SOU) - 40 min drive
  • Portsmouth & Southsea Station - 10 min drive
  • Portsmouth (PME-Portsmouth and Southsea Train Station) - 10 min drive
  • Portsmouth Fratton Station - 28 min walk

Restaurants

  • ‪Florence Arms - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪FarFarOut - ‬8 min walk
  • ‪Meat & Barrel - ‬7 min walk
  • ‪Bay Coffee - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Deep Blue - ‬4 min walk

About this property

The Clarence Boutique Rooms

  • When you stay at The Clarence Boutique Rooms, you'll be in a great location, within just a 10-minute walk of Southsea Castle and The D-Day Story. This Edwardian hotel is also just a 5-minute drive from Gunwharf Quays and Pyramids Centre Portsmouth.

At a glance

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Hotel size

    • 8 rooms
    • Arranged over 3 floors
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Arriving/Leaving

    • Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 10:30 PM
    • Early check-in subject to availability
    • Late check-in subject to availability
    • Minimum check-in age: 18
    • Check-out time is 11:00 AM
    • Late check-out subject to availability
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Special check-in instructions

    • There is no front desk at this property
    • The check-in location differs from the property location; go to: [Florence Road, Southsea, PO5 2NE - 2 minutes walk]
    • The host will greet guests on arrival
    • If you arrive at the property after hours, you'll need to check in at an alternate location: [Main Reception, Florence Road, Southsea PO5 2NA]
    • If you are planning to arrive after 11:00 PM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation
    • Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools
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Required at check-in

    • Credit card, debit card, or cash deposit required for incidental charges
    • Government-issued photo ID may be required
    • Minimum guest age is 18
    • Minimum check-in age is 18
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Children

    • No cribs (infant beds)
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Pets

    • Pets allowed (dogs only)*
    • Service animals welcome
WIFI

Internet

    • Free WiFi and wired internet access in public areas
    • Free WiFi in rooms
LOCAL_PARKING

Parking

    • Onsite parking available only on request
    • Secured onsite self parking (GBP 10 per day)
    • Onsite parking limited
    • Onsite parking includes off-street options
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Other information

    • Smoke-free property
    • Caters to adults only
    • No stag/bachelor or hen/bachelorette parties

Property amenities

What to do

  • Beach nearby

Working away

  • 2 meeting rooms

Services

  • Dry cleaning/laundry services
  • Luggage storage
  • Multilingual staff

Facilities

  • 1 building/tower
  • Edwardian architecture

Accessibility

  • High pile carpet in room

Room amenities

Be entertained

  • 32-inch flat-screen TV

Home comfort

  • Heating
  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle

Sleep well

  • Hypo-allergenic bedding
  • Egyptian cotton sheets

What to enjoy

  • Individually furnished and decorated

Freshen up

  • Private bathroom
  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Towels
  • Toilet paper

Stay connected

  • Desk
  • Free WiFi

More

  • Daily housekeeping
  • Guidebooks/recommendations
  • Local maps

Fees & policies

Optional extras

  • Early check-in can be arranged for an extra charge (subject to availability)
  • Late check-out can be arranged for an extra charge (subject to availability)

Pets

  • Service animals exempt from fees
  • Pets are allowed for an extra charge of GBP 20 per pet, per stay

Parking

  • Secured self parking costs GBP 10 per day
  • Guests must contact this property in advance to reserve onsite parking

Policies

This property's policy is to refuse certain bookings for the purpose of group events or parties, including pre-wedding stag/bachelor and hen/bachelorette parties.
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.
This property does not have elevators.
Guests can rest easy knowing there's a carbon monoxide detector, a fire extinguisher, and a smoke detector on site.
This property accepts credit cards. Cash is not accepted.
Credit cards accepted: Visa, Mastercard, American Express

Also known as

Clarence Hotel Southsea
Clarence Southsea
Clarence Hotel Portsmouth
The Clarence

Frequently asked questions

Does The Clarence Boutique Rooms offer free cancellation for a full refund?

Yes, The Clarence Boutique Rooms does have fully refundable room rates available to book on our site. If you’ve booked a fully refundable room rate, this can be cancelled up to a few days before check-in depending on the property's cancellation policy. Just make sure to check this property's cancellation policy for the exact terms and conditions.

Are pets allowed at The Clarence Boutique Rooms?

Yes, dogs are welcome. There's a charge of GBP 20 per pet, per stay. Service animals are exempt from fees.

Is parking offered on site at The Clarence Boutique Rooms?

Yes. Self parking costs GBP 10 per day. Parking spots may be limited.

What are the check-in and check-out times at The Clarence Boutique Rooms?

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 10:30 PM. There's a charge for early check-in (subject to availability). Check-out time is 11:00 AM. Late check-out is available for a charge (subject to availability).

What is there to do at The Clarence Boutique Rooms and nearby?

Recommended spots to visit include The D-Day Story (8-min walk) and Pyramids Centre Portsmouth (9-min walk), along with Southsea Castle (9-min walk) and University of Portsmouth (1.2 mi).

What's the area around The Clarence Boutique Rooms like?

The Clarence Boutique Rooms is a short 6-minute walk from Southsea Beach and 9 minutes' walk from Southsea Castle.

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Reviews

The Clarence Boutique Rooms Reviews

9.4

Exceptional

9.6

Cleanliness

8.6

Location

9.6

Staff & service

9.4

Property conditions & facilities

Guest review summary

What guests liked

  • Breakfast is served in a beautifully kept patio garden with lovely options, including mashed avocado with tomato and poached eggs. (4 reviews)
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Reviews

Verified

10/10 Exceptional

Very happy here. The hotel was very nice, with nice facilities outside as they have a restaurant onsite too. The room was spacious and comfortable, with the staff being exceptionally helpful throughout our stay. Breakfast was also excellent with a very good selection of hot and cold items. The venue is around 10 minutes walk to the shops/bars/restaurants, and a further 10 minutes to the coast. Parking can be challenging sometimes, but here was fine - we easily found street parking, less than a minutes walk which they have vouchers for. Overall, we really enjoyed our stay.
Simon, 1-night trip
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10/10 Exceptional

Room was very clean and comfortable, staff were very helpful, friendly and attentive, cannot recommend this place highly enough. Will be staying again :-)
Annette, 3-night trip
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10/10 Exceptional

Had a lovely stay on a work trip. Room was nice, parking was easy, nice option for breakfast
Hugh, 1-night trip
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10/10 Exceptional

Great stay in Portsmouth

Very helpful staff. Good restaurants nearby
Michael, 1-night trip
Verified

10/10 Exceptional

Nice room with a free standing bath. Very comfortable bed Quiet area
Neil, 1-night trip
Verified

8/10 Very good

Very quiet and well appointed
Valerie, 1-night trip
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10/10 Exceptional

Great hotel. Centrally located, 5 minutes from the beach and 20 minutes to centre. Staff were lovely and friendly and food was delicious. Definite recommendation
Chris, 2-night trip
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10/10 Exceptional

Great hotel and stay.

Fantastic room, lovely breakfast, but busy waiting staff so the wait was longer than we would usually expect. One personal criticism was the pillows were too full and too firm and no choice to swap them.
Mark, 1-night trip
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10/10 Exceptional

Lovely stay, superb hotel

The decor was lovely, we stayed in an old victorian house converted to rooms, imaculate. The Mecure msin hotel was about a minute away and we hsd breakfast in the patio garden. Beautifully kept and breakfadt was lovely. Mashed advocado with tomato and poached eggs. Service was excellent, when we booked in a member of staff walked us around the corner to the beautiful house we were staying in, which was lovely, fantadtic stainred glass door and the inside did not disapoint.
Beth, 1-night trip
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10/10 Exceptional

Beautiful Portsmouth gem

Was here for one night to see a gig at a nearby music venue. The minute I was dropped off by my Uber and I saw the hotel I fell in love. I went to reception to check in the gal was absolutely friendly, accommodating and professional. As I opened the door to the Edwardian hotel I knew I was in for a treat. The entire premises were immaculate. Very cute boutique hotel. the minute I got settled in my room I FaceTimed my mom who was in LA to show her the beautiful room. 100000% will stay here again.
Jil, 1-night trip
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2/10 Poor

Very disappointing. The mattress was terrible and the front desk was very unhelpful
Seth, 2-night trip
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10/10 Exceptional

Although we were in one of the anexes, this hotel worked out well. Staff were always smiling and laughing with us. Dinning options with indoor, conservatory, outdoor covered and outdoor gave all the choices you could want .
Ian, 1-night trip
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10/10 Exceptional

Gorgeous hotel with lovely, polite & enthusiastic staff! We were upgraded to a fabulous suite & the parking options were great. We loved this unique boutique hotel which has been decorated & designed with care & passion. Local transport was brilliant & Southsea is a hidden blossoming gem which we’ll be back to see next year! We will of course be checking back in to the Clarence or one of its sisters. Thank you for making our stay so memorable x
Maxine, 2-night trip
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8/10 Very good

Nice accomodation

Nice accomodation, easy with parking in the driveway. Fine breakfast at the mercer around the corner.
LARS, 2-night trip
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6/10 Good

noisy at night with pipes and old building so can hear doors opening and people about.
joanne, 2-night trip
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10/10 Exceptional

Beautiful Portsmouth gem

Was here for one night to see a gig at a nearby music venue. The minute I was dropped off by my Uber and I saw the hotel I fell in love. I went to reception to check in the gal was absolutely friendly, accommodating and professional. As I opened the door to the Edwardian hotel I knew I was in for a treat. The entire premises were immaculate. Very cute boutique hotel. the minute I got settled in my room I FaceTimed my mom who was in LA to show her the beautiful room. 100000% will stay here again.
Jil, 1-night trip
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6/10 Good

This is not a traditional hotel, it is more like renting a room or an air BnB There were no facilities in the house, the reception, bar and restaurant were 3-4minute walk away. There were limited tea/coffee and water in the room, resulting in having to go to reception to request more cool water. The water is drinkable from the tap, but in the warm weather wasn’t particularly palatable. The room was clean and pleasant, if on the small size for what it was advertised as. The staff were friendly and helpful. We didn’t use the bar or restaurant due to their Location away from the room. I would not have chosen this hotel if I had been
Ruth, 1-night trip
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6/10 Good

Light didn’t work, bathroom door didn’t close and glass on tray covered in toothpaste
Sarah, 1-night trip
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6/10 Good

Looks incredible in photos

I bought a luxury room with a bath. When I turned up the receptionist gave me a key card and told me my room was on the second floor. No mention of what side of the second floor. When I did get in, the room looked incredible. The bathroom was up some stairs. It was a really cold night when I stayed and unfortunately the bath didn’t have hot water so my bath didn’t happen, then as I stayed I saw things that clearly needed attention. The wall heater literally gave heat for 10 mins then auto turned off. The hot water issue and when I went to bed, the near side of bed had a huge dip in it. Some people may like that but it was difficult to turn over when in the dip itself. In photos it looks incredible and I’m disappointed not angry. When I mentioned these things at reception at check out I was told that I could have had these things fixed there and then so I will clearly take responsibility for not doing this.
Robert, 1-night trip
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6/10 Good

Our stay was fine, just not what we expected. We specifically chose adults only and the About section on Expedia refers to 2 on-site restaurants. Restaurants are not in fact on-site but are a couple of minutes walk away (fine) and shared with guests from other properties in the group, which included a noisy baby one morning (not so fine when you've booked adults only.) Breakfast staff very hit and miss, quite surly at times and there were some conversations had near us that probably shouldn't have been had around guests, it was like we weren't there/were an inconvenience for a lot of them. Overall, it was quite an impersonal experience and we wouldn't return. The nicest member of staff was the young man at checkin and even that was marred by the presentation of a very sternly worded contract outlining the different ways that you could end up being charged an extra £100 for damage to the room. After a 2.5 hour journey, that was a bit of a dampener and did put us a bit on edge for the trip tbh. Also, the view from our room was really not nice at all, overlooking an overgrown garden and quite run-down residential properties. View at the front not much better. What was supposed to be relaxing time away, wasn't in the end, to be honest.
Emma-Louise, 3-night trip
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8/10 Very good

I had a good overall experience.
nikolai, 5-night trip
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8/10 Very good

All good. Parking on road with use of permit and space found a distance away only negative
1-night trip
Verified

10/10 Exceptional

Great hotel

Very good service, food and accommodation
Gary, 1-night trip
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10/10 Exceptional

Fabulous Hotel

Wonderful hotel, spotlessly clean, great room and a modern bathroom with a large walk in shower. Can’t rate it highly enough
Susan, 3-night trip
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2/10 Poor

Very unclean and uncomfortable

Arrived 24.9.2019 and shown to a very small room with shower , after looking at the pillow cases on the bed we found that the cases were very soiled and after further investigation the mattress was heavily stained we could not sleep on a bed that was unhygenic. We then requested another room. Which was up a further two flights of stairs but only had a bathroom , not a shower , this was acceptable. Although the bath had to be cleaned by the person showing us the room before we could use it . this room was ok although the bed was very uncomfortable and room was very dusty. The food / breakfast was ok. In all of this time not one apology was given for the inconvenience that we had to endure . on day that we left all the waitress was concerned about was the return of the parking permit. Still no apology. Would not reccomend this B&B ( because that is all it is ) and i am amazed how many people rate this B&B as good. Will definately never go back there again
Kelvin, 2-night trip