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Reviews of The King Alfred Pub

4 out of 5
The King Alfred Pub
11 Saxon Road, Winchester, England

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 103 out of 167 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 51 out of 167 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 8 out of 167 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 167 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 167 reviews" "

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Staff & service

8.8/10

Amenities

9.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Patrick

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Will recommend to friends.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

John, Bath

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

6/10 Okay

Karsten

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Not what it made out to be. Room/Bed size too small. Breakfast not up to what could be expected.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Carey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Xmas break
The hotel was fairly close to the town centre we arrived before the pub was open so couldn't park the car there as you need a on street permit so had to go to the town centre car park. The room was cosy and we had a very nice evening meal we tried their pies, the pub was busy with a good atmosphere only a small criticism was the 10 percentage charge on the bill that put a glass on cheap wine over £9.00.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Polly

Travelled with partner
A hidden gem in Winchester. Cosy room with some nice touches like real coffee and a mini cafetière. Friendly staff, and the pub itself does great food. The TV was damaged and had a line across the middle, which was a bit annoying, but obviously we didn’t book the hotel for the TV! Excellent value and a nice place to use as our base for a few days while visiting family.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Jane

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Cosy rooms above a great pub.
Fabulous location in a very quiet residential area. Literally 5 minute walk into the city centre. Pub is quirky , warm & welcoming. Our room was spacious , very comfortable beds & fabulously clean . We were treated to loads of tea/coffee , yoghurt, delicious granola, muffins & fruit for breakfast..perfect ! Shower was powerful & hot . Wifi good. Not a complaint but rooms now in need of a little TLC . We thoroughly enjoyed our stay here.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Deborah

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Anita

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We liked:- - the very individual character of the pub - proximity to railway station & city centre - friendly staff - good quality food (evening meal). Not so good :- - our room had a 'dog' smell, particularly noticeable every time we entered the room. - the lack of a normal breakfast service - no hot food available, and the 'complimentary' snack breakfast had to be eaten in our room, which did not have a dining table or chairs. Surely a breakfast service, even if only continental, could have been provided in the bar area.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

T

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Stuart

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great room in central location at good price
The King Alfred Pub is in quiet neighbourhood within an easy 10 minute walk from the train station and an easy 15 minute walk from the city centre, the Cathedral and other attractions. It's a charming pub that serves good pub food and we found our room on the floor above the pub quiet, well appointed, comfortable and in all ways comfortable and convenient. Be advised that the pub is not open before noon and you may have trouble checking in or leaving your bags before that time. The housekeeper was there by 8 am and was happy to keep our bags for the rest of the day on the day we checked out. I would stay there again and highly recommend a room at King Alfred to anyone else.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ingrid

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Alan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Gregory

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Vicky

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

8/10 Good

SHARON

Liked: Staff & service
Average cleanliness.The room was very tired and needs updating.The television had a poor reception . The pub down stairs was great.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay in quiet part of Winchester
Our second stay here , lovely spacious room and we enjoyed the continental breakfast. Very quiet too
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Stephen

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely old world pub. Well decorated in dark colours. Book lined walls. Cosy leather seats. Great character pub with friendly staff. Please don’t alter it. Great food. Bitter also good. Easy parking.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

2/10 Terrible

Barbara

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Stephen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean, comfortable, nice room, nice continental breakfast in the room fridge. Basically what it said on the website, would stay again
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

Selden

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lively neighborhood pub with a personality in a quiet residential area. 10-15 minute walk to the Cathedral.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Graham

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

4/10 Poor

Roy

Travelled with family, Travelled with partner
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Parking, room size, room accessibility, lighting in the room very dingy. Needs a major overhaul
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022
Response from Ali on 24 Aug 2022
Hello RoyI am sorry you were so disappointed.I have to admit to being a little confused. You arrived, parked and we provided you with a free parking permit, so not sure why you mention an issue with parking?You stayed in our twin room, a photo of which is on the Expedia website so I assume you were aware of the room size? Extra lighting could have easily been provided had you mentioned it to a member of our team during your stay which you did not.I cant remember the last time we had such a poor review, we clearly were not the right place for you. All the best, Ali

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Raymond

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Superb place to stay. Loved the in-room breakfast. The room was huge and just like the photos advertised. Bed was comfortable.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

ANITA, doylestown

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Such a charming little place! Staff and owner were nicest people ever! Food at the pub was delicious! Best fish and chips we ever had!
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Jodi

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We loved staying here. We ate dinner at the pub downstairs and it was so delicious!
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

8/10 Good

linda

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
really loved staying in a pub - clearly a 'local' for the neighborhood. don't go for the food, classic pub fare unless that is what you enjoy. breakfast is left in your room the night before, there is a small fridge. really nice and large outdoor patio area. our room was spacious, clean, comfortable. we would stay here again.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Clive

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not flash, just great at doing what it does
Did what it promises on the tin - nice pub, rooms upstairs were decent, easy walk to town. Perfect
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

8/10 Good

Brendan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Winchester stopover
Lovely old pub within walking of town centre with free parking . In room healthy breakfast. Ideal for an overnight stay on our way from Edinburgh to Portsmouth to catch afternoon ferry.
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Emily

Stayed 2 nights in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Patricia

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Kevin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good pub abs nice room, the local Products for the breakfast left in the room are a nice touch.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

8/10 Good

Roxane, Sherbrooke

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022

8/10 Good

MARK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
King Alfred pub, Winchester
We had a lovely stay at the King Alfred pub. It's a proper old school pub. Very busy especially as they were showing Englands rugby match. The evening meal we had was really nice. All the staff were very polite and friendly. It's situated in a residential area, close to the Winall moor nature reserve and about 10mins walk from the city centre. The bed could have been more comfortable, mattress was a bit hard. The bathroom was really cold,no double glazing. The breakfast that was supplied in the room was not really to our liking, muffins and granola. Only small issues that didn't spoil our time away.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2022

10/10 Excellent

Lisa

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021

8/10 Good

Wendy J.

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good ambience a nice local pub with rooms
Room was comfortable. Breakfast was disappointing, didn't realise it was cereal, yoghurt and muffin in your room. Look forward to bacon and eggs while we are away. Evening meals were very good. Prices were Winchester prices, slightly high.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Kate

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A great place to stay
Extremely friendly and helpful - went out of their way to accomodate us as clinically vulnerable. Restaurant meal excellent. Real coffee and fresh milk in the breakfast basket were a plus. And a teapot! Rest of continental breakfast was a bit of a let down. Very quiet setting and easily walkable to the centre.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Anthony

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

10/10 Excellent

Hazel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Comfortable one night stay
Very friendly welcome with comfortable room. Good location short walk to city sights
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

6/10 Okay

Dave

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Was abit quirky as they say but room was to dark and the bathroom lights were very poor I could not even have a shave to dark!! And we was Expecting a continental breakfast as advertised ! But all it was some bird seed and yogurt and a muffin. There was milk but had to go downstairs to find some one on the 1st morning:( For milk. I thought Continental Was cereals and toast ! But this was called simple Continental. In the room only .
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

S

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
VERY NICE PLACE , VERY HELPFUL STAFF ,GOOD LOCATION
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Kerry

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

8/10 Good

Sylvia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice place.
Staff and food was good. The only thing I didn’t like was the bag of breakfast. Orange, yoghurt, musslie, muffin, orange juice. We don’t like oranges , and the rest is full of sugar. Bread and a toaster might be an idea. But overall a lovely pub, I would stay there again.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

julie

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
King Alfred Pub
Very good stay, parking is outside the oub, you have to let them know on check in and they give you a permit to display in your car. Nice room, quirky pub, popular with locals. Would stay again if in the area.
Stayed 1 night in May 2021

10/10 Excellent

Matthew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great pub
Great service excellent food very clean great old style pub with a modern vibe, easy walking distance to Winchester centre
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2020

8/10 Good

MARK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cozy :)
A very cozy pub, a short walk from the lovely city centre. We had a really good meal at the pub restaurant, I would highly recommend eating here.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2020

10/10 Excellent

james

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Full of character
The King Alfred is an interesting, quirky, characterful place that really reflects the charm of Winchester. Nice warm welcome, friendly service and good food. Highly recommended.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020