The Pig in the Wall
This little piggy, the babe in the litter of Robin Hutson’s Pig hotels, is set in a crenellated Georgian house and former pub built into the city’s medieval wall. More
Good Hotel Guide Review
This little piggy, the babe in the litter of Robin Hutson’s Pig hotels, is set in a crenellated Georgian house and former pub built into the city’s medieval wall. Inside, you find the group’s signature shabby-chic style, with scuffed bare floorboards, herbs in flowerpots, the odd stuffed owl. The granny’s attic aesthetic is deceptive: every piece has been chosen with an unerring eye by Robin’s wife Judy. There are only a dozen bedrooms, from the smallest in the eaves, with beamed and slanted ceiling, to a spacious room with a roll-top bath under the window, a barley-sugar-twist white four-poster and separate shower room. Unlike its siblings, this Pig doesn’t ham it up with huts and hideaways. It has neither restaurant nor vegetable garden; the deli uses produce grown at the mother Pig in Brockenhurst (see entry), a half-hour drive away. You eat in the lounge by the log-burner, choosing from dishes such as quiche, cured meats, curried red lentil stew and whole baked Shakespeare (a variety of red onion, as you like it, with chutney and sourdough). At breakfast there are continental options or a cooked ‘Piggy Pan’.
Hotel details
Address
8 Western Esplanade
Southampton
Hampshire
SO14 2AZ
England
Telephone
02380 636900
Bedrooms
12. 2 on ground floor, 1 with wet room and wheelchair access via side door from car park (not suitable for wider wheelchairs).
Open
all year.
Facilities
open-plan lounge/bar/deli counter, in-room TV (Freeview), car park (free if you’re dining, £10 overnight), EV charging, public rooms wheelchair accessible, adapted toilet.
Background music
in public areas.
Children
all ages welcomed, cots free, small charge for extra bed.
Dogs
not allowed.
Credit cards
Amex, MC, Visa.
Prices
room-only doubles from £170. Continental breakfast £12, cooked £16.
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