The Portland Hotel in Chesterfield

Good place for beer and alcoholic drinks

Didn't use the hotel, spoons is spoons wherever you go, beer good and varied.

Great friendly place and cheap drinks. Christmas cocktail is lovely. 😍

We stayed back in October to attend a family party in the town only for 1 night. Having booked it at a reasonable price i wasn't expecting great things but was absolutely blown away by the standard of the room. I stay in a lot of hotels due to my work. Really impressed with this place, the staff were really pleasant and actually care about their customers. 10 out of 10

We like eating here, but there is no car park, which really annoys us, it's on the corner of a very busy road, so it's very difficult to cross over to get to the building.

Me and my wife went on a Wednesday dinner time .50% of the tables were full of dirty pots and glasses.nobody seemed bothered about clearing them apart from 1 women.not a good advert for a hotel . Food good though, Just need to get tables cleared and cleaned.

Delicious food, affordable, great kids menu, bustling atmosphere.

I work away 3 days a week. Always spend my evenings in Spoons all over the country. Rotherham and Durham this week. Have been to 100s with very few bad experiences. Except here. On occasion you order food (or a drink) on app and they have run out. Obviously you have pre paid in good faith based on the item being shown as available. 99 times out of 100 they come to your table, apologise, and ask what you would like as a substitute with no caveats. At the end of the day the item was not marked by the pub as unavailable. Not here. I substituted in a dish of roughly equivalent value. They wanted me to stump up the difference of £1 even though I had pre paid in good faith. This has never happened before. Received conflicting info from staff about the order as well as attitude. Took a refund on the dish, walked out and wont return. This is also a Spoons with rooms I have been considering using on a regular basis. Ibis here I come! Just unfathomably poor customer service descision. Its common knowledge if you have a bad experience you tell 10 people, if you have a positive experience you tell 1 person.

Food service was very slow, the barmaid got our drinks wrong twice and blamed us despite our emails proving it was her, not our order that was wrong. The disabled toilet is disgusting. Not only does it smell of urine, it had a puddle around the toilet, the toilet itself has a broken flush handle and the toilet door is hard to lock and unlock. This is a disabled facility, you are supposed to make my life easier, not harder.

Lovely pub nice meals at good prices.

We called in for a meal on a Thursday night. It was curry night. The curry was good, as were the cheap drinks. The only negative was the Nan bread was covered in butter and had gone soggy, too soggy to pick up and eat.

Love it here. My favourite pub in chesterfield and a great selection of beers

One of our favourite pubs. Fab staff, excellent ales.

Lovely pub and hotel. Rooms very clean and everything you'd need. Bed was huge. Lovely overnight stay would deffinatly stay again

I come in once a week, on a Thursday,and usually have mini fish 🐟 chips 🍟 and baked beans 🫘 which never disappoints. The fish is so moist,I've never had a bad one yet 👍Thank you very much 😊❤️

A great 3 Star hotel... stayed during the week...clean modern rooms was pleasantly surprised.. with a JD Wetherspoons pub downstairs.. had a brilliant evening meal and breakfast.... For a budget hotel I don't think you can beat it..... And great location aswell... definitely would stay again...

Just stayed for a couple of drinks after going to a concert at the Library. God service and clean.

Brilliant stay love this place beer is good cheap can't say more

As Wetherspoons go; this was a very pleasant experience. Friendly service and a quality pint of Oakham Icon👍 Its not often I rate a 'spoons so highly; but it warrants it on this occasion.

Called in for a small breakfast, poor quality, poor service and bad attitude of staff

We used to go about every 3 weeks for drinks and dinner , but not have not been for several months as the food seemed to be poor. We (4) went last night. American cheese burger , American burger . chicken pizza and roast veg. pizza. Only the latter was any good. The burgers were very poor, not as good as a rustlers microwave burger. I suppose you get what you pay for. The beer ( stout was good ) We did not stay long and won't be back.

i have had many good valuenice meals in weatherspoons but yesterdays 17/9/24 meal of fish chips & musshy peas was a disgrace both my wifes & my food was done to a crisp unable to cut it with a knife cold peas app. 8 chips rubbish meal surly staff

Lovely wetherspoons and we certainly enjoyed our stay Saturday until Sunday 🤗🤗 staff very helpful on reception and behind the bar

Affordable priced food. Good service. Tables cleared and cleaned regularly. Nobody wants to rush you off, as you finish eating. Sit and have another drink if you want and have a good catch up. Was a good place to meet an old friend today.

Called in for a hot chocolate bar as delicious

Brilliant pub...especially 0%Guinness £2.68 ...excellent staff an service, 👍☘️

They will not take a booking, you have to book and pay online. I could not do it because my smartphone wasn't compatible.

Booked it for one night. No staff on reception, but a rich buzz on the house phone had the manager in attendance. Had a good night's sleep. In the morning I discovered that I'd broken my phone. The girl behind the bar promptly lent me hers, as I tucked into my excellent eggs Benedict.

We have used Wetherspoons many times and have mostly been pleased with the cheap and cheerful quality and prices. We know it’s not a Michelin star restaurant and don’t expect that. Last night our friends came down from York, staying in the Portland Hotel (we were going to a show) so we met them in ‘spoons for a quick meal before we went. I ordered on the app so it was ready when we arrived (the traffic was bad) Our tables hadn’t been cleared or wiped before the server brought our food. Having my favourite steak, usually a good choice, I was very disappointed with the quality. My friend also has steak, both were thick with fat and very chewy. My friend asked for a quinoa salad to accompany. They didn’t have any, so she was given a wilted green salad instead. My hubby ordered the ‘gourmet’ burger. Basically a couple of shrunken burgers with a slice of cheese thrown on top. Not appetising at all. At no point did a server check on how we were doing. They were clearly busy but a check in is a requirement for ‘spoons staff. Very disappointed, I hope this is a one off.

No really happy with the customer service

A great place to stay for a few nights

Good cheap food did not stay the night very busy place.

The room was clean and a good size. The shower room was great. However the the bed was very uncomfortable, and I hardly slept. As it was a pub we expecting to eat there, but the food was disgusting.

Rock hard beds, two singles propped together, no reception staff when you need something, also no batteries in tv remote. Waiting staff accused my relative of being intoxicated when she closed her eyes for two seconds and said you cant sleep here, errmmm she wasnt asleep and she only had half a cider. Bad attitude and dont do that in front of a packed pub to ridicule us. Will we be back, no

Great hotel.great price.big rooms.quick friendly service plenty choice of food and cheap.

Very busy with good atmosphere, great central meet up place in town for a quick drink or something to eat

You will be Very Pleasantly Surprised with the Standards of a Wetherspoons Hotel

DO NOT USE THE APP! Ordered two drinks and a meal in the app, after twenty minutes and no drinks we went to the bar.Even though the money had left our account it wasn’t showing on their system so they decided we hadn’t placed an order even though our bank clearly showed we had. The woman manager thought the whole situation was hilarious and point blank refused to do anything to help us. We regularly use the pub but not any more. Pathetic service and a total rip off. We use Weatherspoons all over the country and what a shame our local one has this attitude.

Typical Spoons fayre in a great location for me prior to work. Always get breakfast here, and serving it until 12 works well. Service is always with a smile.

Went here for a lovely meal with the missus at 8. We loved it. Food was beautiful and fresh. Everytime we go here the staff are so friendly and helpful! Lovely environment.

We visited as a family of 4 adults and 2 children for a meal on my granddaughters 12th birthday (her great grandparents had driven from Cambridge for a garden party which the weather cancelled) so we decided to go for a meal together in wetherspoons as a last minute decision, my daughter ordered drinks on the app as she usually does, when the drinks arrived the manager put drinks on the table 3 alcohol and 2 soft drinks ,she then asked my 30 year old daughter who had ordered and paid for the drinks for ID, she looks her age and no longer gets asked anywhere for ID so wasn't carrying her purse just her phone with banking app, she explained she is 30 and offered banking and passport info etc whatever she had on her phone, the manager was extremely rude and snatched up the drink in front of everyone and took it away like she was so professional she couldnt hide her smug satisfaction with herself, we then went to the bar to reason with this awful power hungry woman who had clearly been slapped for laughing as a child, I explained I am an SIA front line badge holder with 30 years licensensing work and I understand the challenge 25 policy but if she wished to be petty she had actually served my daughter with 2 more alcoholic drinks and left them at tge table, and the point of licencing law is the prevention of allowing under age to purchase alcohol, make yor mind up woman either she in need of ID to be served or she isn't? By this point she realised she had made a bad decision and then when I asked her to refund the money for the drink she took away from the table she flatly refused saying it is " company policy " again with an uncontrollable smug satisfaction smile, by this point I was positively ready to slap her for smiling myself and instead asked for her Christian name not full name so that I could complain further to her senior manager, which she flatly refused to give me any further discussion and turned and ran behind the bar into the staff area , my daughter went outside with my partner very upset and my partners parents and grandchildren sat at our table my granddaughter now also very upset, I then asked another member of staff if she would give me any information and confirm that smiler is the only duty manager available and she was equally as rude and told me "" well obviously we wouldn't ask you for ID" well thankyou for feeling the need to make that point, but as my daughter was served alcohol regardless of who she was buying the drink for the point is she was allowed to purchase alcoho,l then yes I do wish to take this matter further and would politely ask for a point of reference such as a first name which many employees of many other businesses have displayed on their staff badge, so this Is far from an outrageous request , this second member of staff who about as happy to be there as her manager and were clearly trained on the same staff rudeness course, was equally as horid as unhelpful and we cancelled the family meal and left , absolutely disgusted, As I am diabetic and still needed to eat somewhere soon we actually went to the other wetherspoons nearby and my daughter was served by the manager herself who never asked for any ID and was happily chatting to my daughter while serving both our drinks and meal, and was a genuinely lovely person who made everyone feel much better especially my poor granddaughter who's birthday it was . Absolutely disgusting behaviour from a manager ,she is not suited to any job in customer services at all. Power hungry does not cover it

A good service one of my favourite places.

Stayed here on a long weekend break. The room was good, and clean , parking is limited but managed to get a last minute space . It's well worth staying if you are looking as a Base to visit local areas

Sat outside on a summers day quite pleasant

Spacious Wetherspoons just off the market square - great cites style ale. Lovely sun kissed patio.

I asked for large cod I got a big ball of crunchy batter with enough fish to make a fish finger very disappointed

Stopped by for lunch. Great food and table service. Very nice pub to eat at. We will definitely keep it in mind for future trips and to stay at.

Lovely place friendly staff, great food and a lovely historical place to have a walk around. I'd give it 10 out of 10.

This was an incredibly frustrating stay. The water in the sink wouldn't drain at all. Please refer to the video. After discussing it with the manager, she initially acknowledged the issue and said she would have someone fix it. However, she later told us that all the sinks were like this, claiming it was normal, and refused to admit the problem or arrange for repairs. On top of that, we were woken up by loud noises at 7am, making it impossible to continue sleeping. Overall, the experience was terrible, and I absolutely do not recommend this place.

Very nice place Had a late breakfast Very nice

Always have a pleasant time here. Staff are lovely.

I had a great night with friends for a curry 🍛 and drinks 🍻🥃 with friends at the Portland hotel.Great atmosphere and good service

Write in town. Perfect for market and shopping centre.

Great value food and drink, the place was packed when we visited. Great atmosphere.

Enjoyed the stay, rooms were nice. Good value for the money staff friendly and pleasant.

Great choice of drinks. Toilets very clean.good food menu. Staff very friendly. Sitting area always clean and tables.

Lovely pub with excellent service.

I've spent the night here a couple of times and always been impressed at the cleanliness of the rooms. Separate entrance to the hotel from the pub with access to the pub if required through an internal door. The food is standard for a Wetherspoons establishment, nothing to complain about here.

Always busy. Good prices. Nice outdoor seating

The Portland Hotel is beautiful

We had lunch here the food is great

Perfect place for a smaller city break. Usual weatherspoons stuff

POOR SERVICE. Ordered meal via Wetherspoons app and meal was brought 10 minutes after ordered but it was 25 minutes before eventually received drink and pub was not busy. Very poor service. Worst run Wetherspoon I have been in.

Good food served at you table via the app.

They have great food they just lacked a bit on taking orders and cleaning up tables, but they were very busy.

Dropped in for a pint and a bite to eat..steak cooked yesterday and onion rings that had been cast into mount doom.

It's a spoons, you know the craic. Crap food that's not cheep anymore, the dregs of humanity as clientele, staff who don't give a toss. The hotel is mint though as are all the Wetherspoon's hotels that I've stayed in.

Well kept budget hotel above a Wetherspoons pub.

One of the better Wetherspoons,great outside area.

You can usually count on the Wetherspoons chain to offer good quality food at a better than reasonable price. The Portland Hotel did not disappoint! It was quiet busy when we were there but still found seats . Our order was brought very promptly and was up to Wetherspoons usual good standard.

Standard JD Weathetspoons. Very busy in town with cheap bear. Only at least 2 beers had ran out. But sorted latter. Will be back Food being eaten by others looked great and was a reasonable price. Certainly good value, especially the coffees. The other Weatherspoons in town has better coffee?

We called in for breakfast and it was very good. One cooked English breakfast plus one breakfast muffin, arrived on our table within 5 minutes. Good service, helpful staff. Free refils on the coffee too.

My daughter and I went for some food on the 1st April. We was charged wrong for hers which ok it was 60p over this we got back then I noticed that eve I was charged incorrect they charged me for a large breakfast brunch but I only had a small one I've returned to once again complain. And was told by the manager because it was yesterday he couldn't give me my refund so I would have to get in touch with head office.. yet on the site it's stated the pub manager should deal with it as they will probably pass it back on to them.. I will never go back again

A very nice hotel. Nice and. Central

How the staff are here... Not only did they loose our order and even after chasing twice, after 40minutes waiting there was nothing they could do. Shocking customer service absolutely no sympathy and to be told we're busy you'll just have to wait, even for a cheap place to eat is shocking even for me Place is a joke... No wonder these are shutting pubs if this is representative of their service

Archie and Mikail were perfect hosts- servers etc and made the visit VERY ENJOYABLE- WE 'DO' come again because of this kind of service- it was absolutely teeming with folk today after the run and the footie win yesterday- it just shows how many people feel this the perfect venue to celebrate and socialise- this couldn't be done without the quality of service that is provided! "BOTH THESE YOUNG LADS (That I watched served so many in so little time) deserve a bonus!"

Best Witherspoon's I've stayed in. Very good rooms. Food good, rooms good, staff friendly and helpful. Had an excellent stay. Thank you.

Same as spa lane but tad more busy same food same drinks

Great location in the centre of chesterfield. Classic wetherspoons with plenty of drinks options behind the bar. Traditional wetherspoons menu all reasonably priced. Comfortable and ample seating with outdoor seating available aswell. Accessible toilets available.

The whetherspoons was one of the better ones I've been in, used the app to order drinks & food, which was really good. Location is the town centre, so expect to pay parking fees if your driving, the pub itself doesn't have its own car park, whereas the hotel side had space for around 4 cars. Other than that, I would recommend and know doubt go again.

Stayed the night as meeting up with family. Lovely meal and atmosphere friendly staff. Lovely nights sleep comfortable bed and clean room. Would come back again.

Amazing location a beautiful building with a past. Staff friendly and very helpful great food good beer ( Guinness) our stay has been exceptional.

Good pub 👍 for afew pints was really busy

Fabulous meal at a Fabulous price , warm friendly atmosphere .

This is our favourite Wetherspoons hotel by far …. Great staff ,brilliant location …rooms absolutely spotless ….. made to feel so welcome…home from home

Would give more stars if the staff cleaned the tables

Excellent hotel and very good value.

Hectic when we went in. Was a customer who smelt strongly of urine next to coffee machine at end of bar No staff members challenged or asked him to move. Very unpleasant and was in there all day

First time we have stayed in a Wetherspoon hotel and would return again. Hotel room was very spacious, modern and clean. Good value for money. The only disappointing thing would be the breakfast, it was nearly cold, bacon was tasteless, have had better Wetherspoons breakfasts elsewhere.

Great hotel in a perfect location.

When shopping in Chesterfield we always call in here for a lovely coffee buy on mug and refill as many times as you like free And ther Rump steak is second to none

You need to ensure a parking space before arrival which I didn’t know about, fortunately I was allotted their last space. Couldn’t get a response from the entrance buzzer so had to climb stairs to the pub entrance then more stairs to the reception. There a then more stairs to the room on second floor. The evening meal was ok, better than expected so absolutely no problems with dinner nor service. Breakfast: it states mushroom so that’s what you get, a mushroom. Bacon tasteless. Sausages, eggs, hash browns were great; my wife’s not so good; pancakes ok but maple syrup substitute was awful - not worth it oh, and bacon didn’t arrive until we mentioned it. Service chap was professional and accommodating. You get what you pay for so one night is enough.

Typical spoons Food average Items missing from plate but on complaint they stated they had run out of onion rings. I asked what they intended to do about it? They fetched a guy from the kitchen and offered an alternative. They quickly brought me a side salad.

Verry bad expirence with the manger ordered a drink forgot I'd so asked for a refund refused refund and declined the drink forcing my pregnant partner to drink it

Great curry and excellent table service

Very nice rooms and it's a hotel

Great service polite and helpful staff

The women with the pig tails and Bob acted like I won’t become a lyrical genius after I asked how much a sambuca shot is and she vigorously threw the drinks menu at my face and then wobbled off with a smirk on her face .

On a visit to Chesterfield we dropped in for lunch. My husband said it was one of the best Panini's he'd had, plenty of filling, must be good if he commented 😄

Catherine, bar staff she is amazing and good at her job. Shes always alert and spots and prevents potential trouble. Totally feel safe as a customer when she is on shift.