Southernhay House Hotel

4.5 star property
Upscale Georgian hotel perfect for exploring Exeter

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Bar (on property)
Terrace/patio
Terrace/patio
Interior entrance
Lovely & Luxury Room

Reviews

9.6 out of 10

Exceptional

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Room service
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Breakfast available
  • Housekeeping
  • Laundry

Explore the area

Map
36 Southernhay East, Exeter, England, EX1 1NX
  • Princesshay
    3 min walk
  • Exeter Cathedral
    4 min walk
  • Gandy Street
    5 min walk
  • Exeter (EXT-Exeter Intl.)
    23 min drive

Room options

Charming Room

  • 18 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Lovely & Larger Room

  • 17 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Lovely Room

  • 22 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

Lovely & Luxury Room

  • 23 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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About the area

Exeter

City center stay.Your stay at this hotel will put you steps from Barnfield Theatre and a 5-minute walk from Princesshay. St Martin's Church and City Wall are also within half a mile (1 km).

What's nearby

  • Exeter Cathedral - 4 min walk - 0.4 km
  • Exeter's Historic Quayside - 5 min walk - 0.5 km
  • Spacex - 9 min walk - 0.8 km
  • University of Exeter - 18 min walk - 1.5 km
  • Exeter Northcott Theatre - 5 min drive - 2.7 km

Getting around

  • Exeter Central Station - 8 min walk
  • Exeter (EXT-Exeter Intl.) - 23 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Pret a Manger - ‬6 min walk
  • ‪Nando's - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪George's Meeting House (Wetherspoon) - ‬6 min walk
  • ‪Wagamama Exeter Central - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Coffee #1 - ‬3 min walk

About this property

Southernhay House Hotel

Upscale Georgian hotel perfect for exploring Exeter
There's a restaurant on site, as well as a snack bar/deli. You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. Public spaces have free WiFi. A terrace, multilingual staff, and a garden are also featured at the luxury Southernhay House Hotel.

This 4.5-star Exeter hotel is smoke free.

  • 1 building
  • 11 guestrooms or units
  • 3 levels
  • Built in 1805
  • Deli
  • Breakfast available (surcharge)
  • Coffee in lobby
  • Dry cleaning
  • Self-service laundry
  • Front desk (24 hours)
  • Staff is multilingual
  • Storage area for luggage
  • Front-desk safe
  • Concierge
  • Terrace
  • Garden
  • Newspapers for purchase
  • Bellhop
  • No smoking on site
  • Bar or lounge
  • 1 conference room
  • Dining venue
Southernhay House Hotel offers 11 accommodations with complimentary bottled water and coffee/tea makers. Each accommodation is individually furnished and decorated. Flat-screen televisions come with digital channels.

Bathrooms include complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. This Exeter hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is offered daily and irons/ironing boards can be requested.

Languages

English, French, Hebrew, Latvian, Lithuanian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish

Property amenities

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities
  • Snack bar/deli

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Offsite parking available (GBP 13 per night)

Food and drink

  • Cooked-to-order breakfast available for a fee daily 7:30 AM–10:30 AM: GBP 25.00 per person
  • 1 restaurant
  • 1 bar
  • Room service available
  • Coffee/tea in common area(s)

Accessibility

  • This property does not have elevators

Room amenities

Entertainment

  • Digital channels
  • Flat-screen TV

Bedroom

  • Bed sheets
  • Blackout drapes/curtains
  • Heating

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Towels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle
  • Free bottled water

More

  • Individually decorated
  • Individually furnished
  • Iron/ironing board (on request)
  • Phone

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3 PM; Check-in end time: midnight
Early check-in subject to availability
Contactless check-in available
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions; front desk staff will greet guests on arrival
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property at least 24 hours before arrival using the information on the booking confirmation

Renovations and closures

The property is closed between June 21 and October 1.

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

  • No pets allowed, but service animals are welcome

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
  • Cribs (infant beds) are not available.

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Fee for cooked-to-order breakfast: approximately GBP 25.00 per person
  • Nearby parking fee: GBP 13 per night

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards and debit cards; cash is not accepted
Cashless transactions are available
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a security system, and a first aid kit
Charges for extra guests may apply and vary according to property policy.
A cash deposit, credit card, or debit card for incidental charges and government-issued photo identification may be required upon check-in.
Special requests are subject to availability at the time of check-in. Special requests can't be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.
    This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession. This property accepts Visa, Mastercard, and debit cards. Cash is not accepted. For guests' safety, the property includes a carbon monoxide detector, a fire extinguisher, a smoke detector, a security system, and a first aid kit in each accommodation. Cashless payment methods are available for all transactions.

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Southernhay House Hotel Reviews

Reviews

9.6

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 41 out of 55 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 12 out of 55 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 2 out of 55 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 55 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 55 reviews" "

9.8/10

Cleanliness

9.6/10

Staff & service

8.8/10

Amenities

9.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Damian

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Friendly and homely
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Roger, Lymington

ok hotel
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jason

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Matthew

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Best in Exeter
We spent a very relaxing w/e at Southernhay House. The rooms are luxurious, spacious, clean and very comfortable. The staff are welcoming, friendly and accommodating. Bar and restaurant are both beautifully designed with many references to the building's historic past. The food was excellent also.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Patrick

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
This hotel is perfectly located. The staff is simply incomparable.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Nicholas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Staff are great!
Absolutely fantastic, staff couldn't help us enough. Really great stay.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

laurel

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Fei

Travelled with partner
說實話,我看了小紅書過來的,地理位置很OK,但房間真的不行,小不說了,廁所只夠一個人轉身,居然還沒有咖啡機!!想喝咖啡只能每天去下樓買到院子喝。歷史建築物是噱頭,但我覺得價格太貴,兩晚550磅。花園還行吧,可能我住英國,覺得還行吧,價格太高。
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Sarah

Liked: Amenities
Very comfortable bed . Incredible bath . Very convenient for cathedral , station and sights . Staff very courteous . Only whinge is for the cost of the room I would have expected more choice of tea s , coffees milk etc and maybe a pack of biscuits !! Despite warning I thought more care could have been taken for dietary intolerances or warning me to find an alternative restaurant for evening meal .
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Melissa

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Muriel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely hotel, not enough water in the room
Stayed 1 night in May 2021

10/10 Excellent

Al, UK

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice quiet location in attractive street close to city centre, charming hotel, really friendly staff and excellent breakfast, would definitely stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2020

10/10 Excellent

Julie, High Wycombe

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
What a gem in the heart of Exeter! Thoroughly enjoyed our stay and the breakfast was epic. Super clean and so geared up for Covid. Can’t recommend enough.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020

10/10 Excellent

Spencer

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Brilliant hotel
Great hotel, really good location, fit out and staff, brilliant
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Kim

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
An Exeter Warm Welcome Back!
It has recently just reopened and was very well set up and organised to deal with social distancing but keeping a very welcoming greeting with excellent service throughout our stay, highly recommended
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Patricia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A comfortable stay.
This small hotel has an interesting history and is very close to shopping and the Exeter Quayside. We received a very warm welcome on arrival, with tea and biscuits. Our bedroom was very comfortable with a well appointed bathroom. Although a limited menu for dinner the food was freshly prepared, plentiful and delicious. Breakfast is excellent with fresh orange juice, pastries, and a good choice of hot dishes. Loved the pancakes, bacon and maple syrup! Like dinner everything was freshly prepared. Service was friendly, nothing was too much trouble. The only downside is the lack of parking on site but there is plenty of on street parking and a multi storey car park is only three minutes away.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

Jonathan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent boutique hotel in Exeter
Beautiful rooms, excellent food. Worked well for a brief visit to Exeter. Close to cathedral.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

8/10 Good

A

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good stay away from boring chains
Good hotel that’s a change from the chains. Didn’t have hair conditioner in the rooms which I thought was odd and there is a student block opposite which has a lot of noise middle of the night
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
This hotel has a fantastic location, minutes from the cathedral and all shops and restaurants. The team at this hotel are so welcoming and helpful and serve the most beautiful and well thought out breakfast...little pot of berries, yoghurt and granola, mini croissants, fresh orange juice and then a delicious menu to select your actual breakfast from. The bar is a really nice area and they make great cocktails. Would highly recommend this place!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

Louise

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Gem in central Exeter
Great to find a well appointed , clean , characterful hotel with thoughtful touches and not too commercial . Lots of atmosphere in the bar on Friday evening . Didn’t stay for breakfast as I had booked room only - but smelt and looked great as I walked past on the Saturday morning . Will definitely be back .
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019

8/10 Good

Canry

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We had a happy stay!
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2019