Chichester South (Gate Leisure Park) hotel

Booked this overly expensive room , due to a race meeting at Goodwood . It’s a well situated spot , only a 5 minute walk from the station . It’s on an a Leisure park , so be aware it’s a busy location , plenty of stuff to do , cinema , bowling , gyms , restaurants and fast food . Rooms are the usual high standard , but be careful , mine overlooked the front car Park , plenty of late night car door banging , shouting and drunken conversations, well past midnight, being a hot night , unfortunately my window was open . The same thing happened at 6am , a group of lads had assembled for a mini bus pick up , and neither of them seem to care about anyone trying to sleep in the hotel . So take my advice if you book this Premier Inn and ask for a room away from the Car Park , it’s literally outside your window . The staff were all brilliant and helpful , definitely worth a booking , but don’t forget the car park advice .

This was a dispiriting experience although staff were very friendly. The corridors are gloomy - Premier Inn could do with rethinking their internal decor. The room was ok but had an extremely noisy extractor fan that couldn't be switched off. Breakfast lacked oats or muesli and the toaster was very slow. Coffee from machine was insipid. Price was high because of Goodwood.

The evening meal was a microwaved overcooked disgrace. A hammer anD chisel would have helped get into the "Steak and Ale" Pie. When I did eventually manage to break into it, it contained about a small dessert spoon of meat. The accompanying gravy was like glue. My wife's scampi was overcooked also and her mushy peas were solid. Without any warning, the bar closed at 10.00pm ...... unheard of!!! The toilets, both ladies and gents, were dirty and stank of pee. I should have asked for a refund, but, I am not confrontational. I'll be hard pressed to use Premier Inns again.

Great stay all around Great beds Clean bathrooom Friendly service at desk on arrival and when returning late at night. Bedroom was silent and room was cool to sleep in. Air con worked great Breakfast was explained perfectly and was fresh and tasty! Check out was the easiest thing ever!

This is our 2nd visit to this hotel. We arrived at 4:30pm on Wednesday 21st May only to discover that the lift wasn't working & customers had already been moved to the ground floor because of it. I'm disabled so as you can imagine this was a nightmare for me - I had booked a Premier Plus room & all those rooms are on the 2nd floor.......why is that?!?! I struggled that evening & unfortunately didn't have a great night because of the pain in my legs having to use the stairs several times. The lift was eventually fixed the next morning but only when we were checking out - I still had to struggle to come down for breakfast the next morning. There was terrible delays at breakfast due to short staffing. There was only one woman having to manage reception & serve customers in the dining area. A member of staff arrived from another branch but I didn't see him but in the end a member of management came to assist. It took far too long for help to arrive which was so unfair on the poor woman who did her ultimate best but it was too much for her to manage on her own. The food was lovely as usual but the delays ruined my experience. We are returning to Chichester in July but we will be looking for alternative accommodation. I paid far too much on this visit & was very unhappy going home yesterday which is a pity.