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Reviews of The Woodvale

4 out of 5
The Woodvale
1 Princes Esplanade, Cowes, England

Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 27 out of 40 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 10 out of 40 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 2 out of 40 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 40 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 40 reviews" "

9.6/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Staff & service

9.2/10

Amenities

9.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Sally

Travelled with partner
Lovely place to stay, food amazing room great clean /modern/ peaceful.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

stephen

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent
Excellent place and great food . Would stay again
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Matt

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great weekend in IoW
Staff were very very accommodating, particularly Molly who went out of her way to make our stay very enjoyable.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Ken

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great food menu for lunch and dinner, great views and easy no cost parking. Breakfast arrangements in the week could be better - only one on when we were there , so a long wait. Staff are friendly and they make a good atmosphere in the pub.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mandy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great stay.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kathleen

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Susanne

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We had a perfect few days
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

John

Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Nicholas

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The hotel is in a fabulous location with stunning sea views from the rooms and breakfast suite. The rooms were spotless, the food excellent and the service first class.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2021

6/10 Okay

Susan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Overpriced nightmare parking dodgy shower
We arrived on particularly hot day and all parking was taken for at least two miles away. We were told at 6pm we would not get parked as beach users would not move on…. So come back at 8pm. We came back at 9:10pm and it was the same. We parked on “no parking” bins area of hotel. We were advised that was ok but we would have to move before 7:30 am. The parked cars cleared at 9:45 and we moved the car then…. Just as well as it was rammed again by 7am the next day. This spoiled our enjoyment of the hotel, I could not have a drink and relax until after the car was parked. Same thing happened 2nd night. Not what we expected and we certainly would not have chosen here if we had known about the parking nightmare. The room was in attic level and was like an oven. The fan did nothing to cool it, we got little sleep either night. The shower had no cold water flowing so we could not use it. We would have been scalded. We reported this and on out return on day 2 we found it the same. The Manager assured us it had been looked at and came to the room with us. It took her a good 5 minutes of fiddling to get any cold to flow, again not acceptable for £150 on B&B above a pub. Great position spotless, Breakfast was excellent a real high spot. we cannot recommend based on difficulty parking, lack of properly working shower or heat in the room. We did raise all of this with Management but no adjustment to price was offered. We felt it was vastly overpriced for the experience.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021

8/10 Good

Debra

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect location to enjoy Gurnard sunsets
Perfect location to enjoy Gurnard Bay, literally across the road, and to walk into Cowes. Woodvale is a busy pub with a large beer garden. My room was at the back of the establishment and it looked out over the beer garden, but I was not disturbed. Once the sun had left the higher terraces that part of the beer garden was empty. There is no parking but they kindly let me put my bike in the keg yard which gave me additional security. Breakfast was well presented with a good choice.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Ebrahim

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent location on Isle of Wight
Excellent location. Great view. Enjoyable stay. Hotel has pub downstairs but was never bothered by any noise and had good food. Recommmended
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Ellen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Can’t beat this view
Just a short walk 2 mins
Just right
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021

6/10 Okay

Yasuo

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice pub stay
Very friendly staff and good food and drink. Room is clean and very close to harver. There is no lift and very hot in the room afternoon and night due to afternoon sun
Stayed 3 nights in May 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely location. Friendly staff - loved the room and the view. Tasty breakfast.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2021

10/10 Excellent

John

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good as always
Stayed here before - as good as always. Friendly staff & everything clean & working in the room.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Paul

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

8/10 Good

Zoe

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

A fantastic hotel in a beautiful position overlooking the sea. The staff were friendly and welcoming and nothing was too much trouble. The room was large with a spacious ensuite with bath and overhead shower. It was ve We decided to eat dinner there to save travelling - we were sat by the window overlooking the sea. They had a great menu with plenty of choice.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

8/10 Good

Vickie, Maidstone

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very friendly staff, room was spacious and clean. Good choice of Breakfast options. Fantastic view
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2020

10/10 Excellent

Tarnakin

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

10/10 Excellent

JohnHowse, Slough

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Wonderful sea views, so clean and tidy. Took care of our every needs. Small niggle about the stairs to the rooms, there is no lift. My wife takes the kitchen sink.
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2020

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Philip

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Welcoming and Friendly
Excellent friendly and knowledgeable staff. They adapted to our whims and needs, never too difficult to provide a nice friendly service.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Sharon

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely spot, quiet room, great view across the Solent at breakfast :) couldn't fault it!
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Alicia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Best view and food on the Isle of Wight!
Best view on Isle of Wight! Excellent free breakfast, more than we could eat. Attached restaurant has superb menu, why the locals eat there regularly.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

D

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

4/10 Poor

Julie

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Room comfort
The room was extremely hot, I couldn't sleep. I did find a small fan in the wardrobe which helped. but it was stifling. We had the window open but the blind was so thick it stopped the airflow, we lifted the blind, but it then allowed everyone to see in and the sun came up at 4.30 am, so daylight again. The was no phone signal and the staff were not helpful in helping us to organize a taxi to the wedding we were there for.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very clean and tidy staff were very friendly easy parking and great veiws of sea
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Linda

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Visit
Lots of stairs okay for us but not sure if mentioned. I had to find someone but very friendly and chatty. Good sized room Very good breakfast and choice. Ideal location for my visit.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

MR Andrew BS

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Reliable no frills, good customer service.
A great welcome - the host phoned me as I was travelling to warn me that they stopped serving food at 8:30pm. The evening meal was excellent and the menu choice very varied. The place had the feel of a pub with rooms rather than a hotel which suited me fine. Very efficient radiators - my room was toasty on the coldest day of 2019 so far. Wifi was fast and reliable and there was plenty of parking. I'd stay here again.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

Michael

Lovely location, nice thoughtfully furnished room.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

julia, alton hampshire

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel, on sea front.
Great staff, go the extra mile to accommodate your needs. Clean room, good food.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Stephen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel with fab view!
Nice room and fab view.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Nancy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent Hotel in Beautiful Location
The Woodvale is a very nice hotel right across from the beach and an excellent place to watch the sun set. The hotel is walkable from the Red Funnel ferry in East Cowes. Osborne House is about an hour’s walk with a short chain ferry crossing in East Cowes. Carisbrooke Castle is a short taxi ride away. The staff was friendly and breakfast was very good. I would definitely stay at The Woodvale on my next trip to the Isle of Wight!
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

8/10 Good

Graham

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great Views
Friendly and helpful staff, right on the coast.

10/10 Excellent

Hermann

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019