Mercure Winchester Wessex Hotel

Though I was planning to stay for 15 days my stay got cut short due to the 2019 pandemic, but the time I was there was AWESOME. The staff were fantastic - very helpful and gracious despite being under stress themselves due to what is going on in our world. I asked for and was able to be given a cathedral view room. It was better than I had imagined. The window was HUGE, and the cathedral is literally right there. I left the shades open at night so I could fall asleep to the view of the floodlit cathedral. The room was HUGE compared to what I was expecting; I had just come from London where I'd been in a similarly described room for a similar price, and this room was at least 3 times the size - with desk space and more than one chair - really big and expansive - comfortable. The wifi connection was excellent, which was so important because, again, due to our world situation, I had a lot to do online to change my plans and figure out how to get back home again very quickly. Overview - fantastic staff - fantastic location - reliable wifi. I hope to go back as soon as our world is back to normal!

I notice that some others have commented about furnishings being "dated." Yeah, OK, the furnishings in the rooms are a bit dated, but it's not bad, and rest of the hotel interior (check-in and public spaces) seemed up-to-date to me. The room was clean, and I was too busy looking out the window at my close-up view of the cathedral to worry about when the furnishings had last been updated . . . things were certainly in good working order and were comfortable and clean.