Mercure Southampton Centre Dolphin Hotel

The location is definitely great, however I expected more when I arrived. It's really old and the cleanliness was disappointing. I wouldn't go back.

I first stayed here 14 years ago; on my last visit it's clear it has not been maintained or refurbished since then. Rooms are shabby and horrible. Everything about this hotel speaks of neglect and contempt for paying guests. My room was very warm, so opened the window at night only to find a ***** club with people shouting in the street till 5am, leaving 1 hour peace and quiet before the busy bus route outside starts at 6am. Breakfast food is lowest quality but very expensive. We ended up walking to Gregg's or there is a Witherspoon's full of alcoholics propping up the bar at 8am which would do better quality in a more pleasant environment.

Firstly I would just like to say that I am not in the habit of giving bad reviews , but after making my complaints to the Dolphin management over 2 months ago , I am still waiting for some reasonable explanation or apology to my observations. My wife and I had booked a cruise from Southampton and needed a place to stay the night before with parking . We were traveling down from the North East in an all electric car so It was essential I found a hotel with car charging points in situ . When I telephoned the hotel to ask , they told me they did have car chargers at the hotel , and when they said they did a cruise and stay package I thought perfect , so book it . On arrival at the Hotel , I had to park in a bus lane with my hazards on as they had no access from the main road . I was told by the reception to drive around to the back where I could park on their wasteland (sorry car park !) . The entrance being hidden away in a back street . Once I managed to find the wasteland of rubble (sorry car park) , I had to drive extremely careful as my Tesla car is quite low and the ground was very uneven concrete slabs and brick . I looked for a charger but there was none , which was worrying as I had very little battery left . I asked the receptionist where the chargers were and got the reply "chargers ? what's that " I told her that I had been told there were supposed to be on site , to which she replied " well there isn't any " . At this point another man stepped in and asked who told me they had chargers ? So I pulled out my email confirmation which clearly stated " we have car chargers on site " He said he had no idea who the girl was that emailed me , " must be from head office" I said that we were planning to drive over to the Isle Of Wight and needed a full charge when we got back from our cruise , so where could I find a supercharger in Southampton ? "no idea " was the reply . He then decided to look on the internet but found no fast chargers within distance of the charge I had left . So after a 7 hour drive , my first night of the holiday was spent driving around the docks and sitting in my car whilst it was charging . And to add insult to injury , I returned to home after a 2 week cruise to find I had been fined £100 for parking in the Mercure Dolphin waste ground , which I had paid for as part of the cruise & stay deal . ( this was cancelled after days of telephone calls to dispute it however) Regarding the Hotel staff , I found them unknowledgeable and uninterested in my ordeal or anything I asked . The room was awful , dirty carpet , the walls and ceiling has big cracks in them . The paintwork on the windows was filthy , with a 'lovely ' view of an overflowing skip. The bed was in 2 halves and not screwed together so it moved when you rolled over . The bathroom ceiling was all mouldy , as was the grouting . And the TV remote did not work ! The breakfast buffet was adequate , but not hot . I was sent a review form to complete by