The City Gate Hotel taken over and revamped by Young's of London has become a favourite venue for me and it would seem most of my friends in the last few years. Under the new management of Carl and Rose the City Gate has blossomed with good staff; an excellent range of food; Young's Ales and guest ales and a... More

Although the staff were really friendly and helpful, I felt the rooms were over-priced and could do with a bit of TLC. However the hotel is ideally situated for the City centre and the bar area was very welcoming. More

Having stayed before I arrived having come to expect the hospitality and care to which I had become accustomed in previous years. This however could not have been further from the reality of my stay. The bar staff to their credit were very polite and helpful. Upon raising a grievance about my uncleaned room a young lad behind the bar... More

number of stays lst year = 30+ numbr of stays this year= no more! Pros - central location, good selection of beers ales and wines, reasonable rates for a city centre hotel. Cons- dusty and drab rooms, very cold if bad weather, unorganised management of bookings (if your booking.com booking has reached them and been added to their system that... More

I returned to the city gate after a handful of previous visits last year. Had I not been before I would not have known it was the same hotel. The warm friendly atmosphere has been replaced with sour miserable attitudes. The food dire the place dirty. The staff could have been inmates in a prison the lack of wanting to... More

My husband and I had our wedding reception here on July 30th. It was absolutely fantastic! We had a drinks reception in the garden upon arrival which was brilliant as the weather was fine. We then had a meal in the function room. The room had been decorated beautifully - the hotel had advised us of what we would need... More

I stayed at this same hotel in July/August 2010 for a conference. I decided to come back because it was a great stay. However this time the stay was marred by the General Manager who was rude and lacked inter-personal skills. Apparently the water from the bathtub leaked on to the ground floor. I perplexed when told to close the... More

The family stayed in this hotel for 4 nights and the hotel did not disappoint us at all. It is within walking distance from Central Station but since we went to Exeter from Paddington, we got off at St David's. With 2 big suitcases, we managed to walk to the hotel as the weather was quite cool on the day.... More

We have just got back from Exeter where we stayed at this hotel.The rooms are clean spacious and have pleasant furnishings.The Manager and manageress ,plus staff are very freindly,The garden area where people smoke is very lovely an asset to this hotel,although we did not sit outside due to the weather and we do not smoke. The breakfast was excellent.if... More