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Southernhay House Hotel

4.5 star property
Luxury hotel with 24-hour front desk and restaurant

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Lovely Room | Bathroom | Free toiletries, hair dryer, heated floors, towels
Lovely & Luxury Room | Hypo-allergenic bedding, individually decorated, individually furnished
Terrace/patio
Exterior

Reviews

9.6 out of 10
Exceptional

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Room service
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Breakfast available
  • Laundry
  • Housekeeping
The current price is £203
includes taxes & fees
20 Jul - 21 Jul

Room options

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Charming Room | Hypo-allergenic bedding, individually decorated, individually furnished

Charming Room

Highlights

Individually furnished
Individually decorated
Heating
Flat-screen TV
Hypo-allergenic bedding
Blackout curtains
Heated bathroom floor
Hairdryer
  • 189 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Lovely & Larger Room | Hypo-allergenic bedding, individually decorated, individually furnished

Lovely & Larger Room

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)

Highlights

Individually furnished
Individually decorated
Heating
Flat-screen TV
Hypo-allergenic bedding
Blackout curtains
Hairdryer
Heated bathroom floor
  • 179 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Lovely Room | Hypo-allergenic bedding, individually decorated, individually furnished

Lovely Room

Highlights

Individually furnished
Individually decorated
Heating
Flat-screen TV
Hypo-allergenic bedding
Blackout curtains
Heated bathroom floor
Hairdryer
  • 240 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Lovely & Luxury Room | Hypo-allergenic bedding, individually decorated, individually furnished

Lovely & Luxury Room

Highlights

Individually furnished
Individually decorated
Heating
Flat-screen TV
Hypo-allergenic bedding
Blackout curtains
Bathrobes
Heated bathroom floor
  • 247 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Hypo-allergenic bedding, individually decorated, individually furnished

Luxury Apartment

Highlights

Separate dining area
Individually furnished
Individually decorated
Heating
Dining table
Flat-screen TV
Hypo-allergenic bedding
Blackout curtains
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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About the area

Map
36 Southernhay East, Exeter, England, EX1 1NX

What's nearby

  • Exeter's Historic Quayside - 4 min walk - 0.3 miles
  • Exeter Cathedral - 5 min walk - 0.3 miles
  • Spacex - 8 min walk - 0.4 miles
  • University of Exeter - Saint Luke's Campus - 8 min walk - 0.4 miles
  • University of Exeter - 17 min walk - 0.9 miles

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

Luxury hotel near University of Exeter
You can look forward to a terrace, a garden and dry cleaning/laundry services at Southernhay House Hotel. Stay connected with free in-room WiFi, and guests can find other amenities, such as a bar and a restaurant.
You'll also enjoy the following perks during your stay:
  • Cooked-to-order breakfast (surcharge), a porter/bellboy and a 24-hour front desk
  • A reception hall, luggage storage and concierge services
  • 1 meeting room, coffee/tea in reception and multilingual staff
Room features
All guestrooms are individually furnished, and offer comforts such as free WiFi and free bottled water.
Other conveniences in all rooms include:
  • Heated floors, free toiletries and hairdryers
  • Flat-screen TVs with digital channels
  • Electric kettles, heating and daily housekeeping

Languages

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

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Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and transport

  • Offsite parking available (GBP 13 per night)

Food and drink

  • Daily cooked-to-order breakfast available 7:30 AM to 10:30 AM for a fee: GBP 25 per person
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant
  • Coffee and tea in common areas
  • Snack bar/deli

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities
  • Snack bar/deli

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Newspapers in lobby
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff
  • Porter/bellhop

Business services

  • Meeting room

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • No lift

More

  • 1 building
  • 3 floors
  • Built in 1805
  • Georgian architecture
  • Reception hall
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Blackout drapes
  • Hypo-allergenic bedding

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Heated bathroom floor
  • Shampoo
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Toothbrush and toothpaste (on request)
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV with digital channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle
  • Free bottled water
  • Limited room service

More

  • Heating
  • Individual decor
  • Individual furnishings
  • 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 and check-out are available
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age - 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Contactless check-out

Special check-in instructions

Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions; front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
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 21 June and 1 October.

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed (service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees)

Children and extra beds

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

Payment types at the property

Important information

Optional extras

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

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business or profession.
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 carbon monoxide detector, a fire extinguisher, a smoke detector, a security system and a first aid kit

We should mention

This property does not have any lifts

Property is also known as

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Frequently asked questions

Is Southernhay House Hotel pet-friendly?

No, only service animals are welcome at the property.

How much does it cost to stay at Southernhay House Hotel?

As of 2 Jul 2025, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at Southernhay House Hotel on 20 Jul 2025 start from £202.50, including taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.

What time is check-in at Southernhay House Hotel?

Check-in start time: 3 PM; check-in end time: midnight. Late check-in is available during limited hours.

What time is check-out at Southernhay House Hotel?

Checkout is at 11 AM.

Where is Southernhay House Hotel located?

Located in the heart of Exeter, this luxury hotel is within 1 mile (2 km) of Barnfield Theatre and University of Exeter. Princesshay and St Martin's Church are also within 5 minutes. Exeter Central Station is 8 minutes by foot and Exeter (EXS-Exeter St Thomas Train Station) is 15 minutes.

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Southernhay House Hotel Reviews

Reviews

9.6

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 43 out of 57 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 12 out of 57 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 2 out of 57 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 57 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 57 reviews

9.8/10

Cleanliness

9.6/10

Staff & service

8.8/10

Amenities

9.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Steven

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Charming house with great food and bar service. We were treated very well. Location was great as well. Would recommend enthusiastically to others.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

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

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

Roger

ok hotel
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Damian

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

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

Louise

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Geraint

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

10/10 Excellent

Jason

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

10/10 Excellent

Matthew

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

10/10 Excellent

laurel

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Fei

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

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

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

10/10 Excellent

Al, UK

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

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

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

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

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