Our stay during October 2011 was absolutely fantastic. The staff is friendly, the breakfasts are awesome, and the overall ambiance is quiet and relaxing. Definitely 5 stars.

We loved staying at the Duke of Richmond Hotel! The staff was outstanding. The meals were excellent. I loved the breakfast variety, and their mushroom truffel soup was some of the best I'd ever had. The rooms were comfortable and well kept. St. Peter Port and Guernsey are a great place to visit, and I think you would be well advised to stay at the Duke of Richmond Hotel.

Everything about the roomwas fine, although the bed was slightly small from where we stayed two weeks previously...I like the girls knocking on our door around 6:30 pm offering all sorts (toiletries, packet powdered beverage and selections of cookies) from their trays of goodies. The hotel bar was excellent..quaint and cozy...with the lovely George serving us most of the time...he also looks after the people dining @ the terrace...i had a super fillet steak, beautifully cooked just how i like with side dishes of my choice...my husband and anoTher friend had a mexican dish...generous portions and scrumptuous till their hearts content...and Pat had Seafood Linguini,Good choice with good helping of king prawns...The last dinner of our stay, George made a special request to the Chef to make us a variety of Seafood Platter...ahhhh! It was Superb meal...shame about the wireless that keeps cutting off and not connecting quite often...waste of money....which we found out that the new management is not going to charge the use of Wi-fi in the future...all in all, we left happy and had good memories of our stay in the Duke of Richmond and guernsey itself...

I stayed here for 1 night on business, the room although clean was so so not the best equiped and a little aged.
Breakfast was good but average. i did not eat here in the evening so cannot comment fully on the food. I did not use the pool as the weather was poor on my visit.

Finding your room was an adventure in itself, the hotel is old & in places it does show. The room was comfortable & quite large. The restaurant was very good, the food & service excellent. Overall a good place to stay.

I spent Christmas 2011 at the Duke of Richmond again. Several other guests had come back for their fourth or fifth visit. As ever, the staff from the manager, Stephen Purtill, downwards went to great trouble to ensure everyone had a great time. The fact that many of the staff have been there for many years shows they are happy, and happy staff result in good service and happy customers. I hope that the take-over by the Red Carnation Group gives this great team many opportunities to show how good a hotel can be. My concern is that the new owners will raise the price with few extra benefits.

Wheel-chair accessibility is good between the better bedrooms, the dining room and bar. However access from the lobby to the lift need a ramp to be put in place, while the residents' lounge can only be reached by climbing about six steps.

We returned as a family this Christmas and, as usual, had a good time. The hotel is one of the cleanest I have ever stayed at. Repeat visitors over many years, summer and Christmas time. Staff are friendly, helpful and can not do enough for their guests - we know many of them by name now, so staff retention says a lot about the good management. Rooms are large, well equipped and staff come around to replenish the excellent hospitality tray late afternoon. Centrally located near Candie Park in St Peterport - 10 mins walk to town. Food is good and plentiful. Our rooms were inter-connecting and near the lift which, with a disabled mother, was very helpful. Excellent value & the number of repeat guests says it all.

The Duke of Richmond Hotel Opened its dinning room for the first time after an extensive renovation programme. to The Rangers Football club for their Presentation Dinner on Saturday May 26th 2012. The Hotel looks amazing and the function was a wonderful experience. . Manager Hilario was on hand all the way through the planning stages and he made it all seem very easy. The food was excellant and served hot, The staff were brilliant and helpful in every way.
Thank you Hilario and your Staff for a wonderful night.
Lorraine Ellis Treasurer Rangers Football Club.

We have just returned from spending a wonderful 4 nights at the hotel. We never saw the hotel before the renovations but found it to be lovely with super friendly staff. Food and service was great and we would return again!
Distance to town is about a 10 minute walk and if raining the hotel provide umbrellas.
It was a pity that the weather was not great as we would have enjoyed the pool and outside area.

We usually only holiday at informal 3* hotels that have good Trip Advisor reviews for cleanliness and comfort. When we arrived at this hotel, we were met by the concierge who whisked our cases away and gave us a guided tour of the hotel facilities, showed us to our room and delivered our cases a few minutes later. Seems that the hotel has only just reopened after a major refit and is now upgraded to a rather nice/superior 4*. Not only that, the new owners, Red Carnation, own a small number of hotels around the world many of which I have heard of by their excellent upmarket reputation. At first, we found this a bit overpowering and daunting – we like to sloth out when we take our holiday breaks - but we soon relaxed into the ambience of this rather good hotel.

The hotel is situated near Candie Gardens and the Guernsey Museum and Art Gallery in a mainly residential area and an easy stroll down to the Port area. It is a bit of a stiff walk uphill back to the hotel and will not be that easy for anyone with mobility problems. For the business traveller, the hotel is a short walk to the main business areas. There were a number of business travellers at the hotel as well as holiday guests.

The standard of decor in the public areas is outstanding and that includes the new terrace and pool areas which we were assured are sun traps although the weather did not allow us to test these facilities.

I suspect that refurbishment of the rooms is ongoing although we were not disturbed by any noise. In fact, the hotel was very quiet with no noise or disturbances. Our room was clean, comfortable and well furnished with a good view across the bay with Herm on the horizon. Number of channels on the TV was limited and the reception on some channels a bit fuzzy even after I retuned it but who watches the telly on holiday? The room was cleaned daily with tea/water/coffee facilities replaced as were the bathroom toiletries. Bathroom facilities were all new and worked although the bath in our room was a bit narrow with a shower over. There is no grab handle to help steady oneself when stepping in and out of the shower although a rubber non slip mat was provided which helped. The step up into the bath and the false ceiling in the bathroom means that exceptionally tall people may not quite fit under the shower.

The friendly staff at this hotel were brilliant and made our stay. They are professionals who know exactly what they are doing and why they are doing it. Nothing was too much trouble. We were a bit surprised at the large number of staff on duty at any one time relative to the number of guests but I guess that this is part of the Red Carnation philosophy of providing the best possible service. The staff included a small number of younger staff, some of whom had trouble with their English, but there was always a more senior member of staff on hand to help out. These younger staff members are getting the best possible training in the hotel trade from the best professionals and proper training of young employees, so often lacking these days, is something that I like to see.

Breakfast was superb. Everything that one would expect from a better 4* hotel – and more. We don’t usually dine at hotels as eating out at different restaurants every night is part of our holiday break. However, the inclement weather meant that we had to eat in. The bar area and restaurant, although most comfortable, is very much stiff and formal silver service and I never really liked this when I was working and had to attend business dinners including entertaining clients. Dress code is ‘smart casual’ (whatever that means) as a minimum. However, staff were relaxed and friendly, the drinks were good and the service exceptional. But special mention must be made of the food. The standard of presentation was very good indeed and the food cooked to absolute perfection. Compliments to the Chef and kitchen staff are well deserved. But the best bit: The cost of the food was not that different to many of the restaurants in town and was much better than the town restaurants that we tried. We noticed that many of the diners seemed to be locals rather than hotel guests – they obviously recognise a good deal! As did we. We wished that we had eaten there every night.

We loved this hotel and would have no hesitation booking this hotel again when we get round to visiting the many bits of Guernsey that we missed this time.

This hotel has very limited car parking and I would suggest anyone travelling by car speak to the hotel regarding local car parking. However, I would question whether a car is needed when staying in this town. Buses travel to all parts of the island. They are frequent and the fare is a flat £1 every time that you get on a bus regardless of how far you want to go. Best deal is the 7/7A bus that does a circular route around the island coast. Great for getting your bearings on the first day - and only a quid! Pick up from the main bus terminus, a short walk from the Information Centre and just before the entrance road to Castle Cornet.

Guernsey is a lovely island. Plenty of museums if the weather is not good and plenty to do if the weather is good. Tourist Tip 1: Spend a day walking around Herm – a lovely clean island with no litter, two pubs, one hotel, no made up roads, no cars and incredible beaches and views. Dogs must be kept on leads and are not allowed on the beaches during the summer. Watch the ferry times and pick up point when returning which depends on the tide. Tourist Tip 2: Visit the Information Centre and pick up the bus timetable and the Walking Map of Guernsey. Unlike the other maps and guides, the Walking Map doesn’t only show the footpaths and best walks, it also shows the main roads, attractions and bus routes. Because of the weather, we didn’t do most of what we wanted to do but we did manage to walk the path from St Peter Port (the foot path starts next to the Aquarium) to St Martin’s Point – beautiful! A camera is a must and binoculars are recommended. Most paths have cut backs to access the main roads and bus routes at regular points.