The room had everything I needed, but it was all rather tired. The heater didn't work, the towel rail didn't work, so I spent the first night freezing cold until they brought me a portable heater.
The shower was a fixed height over-bath type and the controls were virtually seized up, making it hard to turn on and off. The attached pub was good with a varied menu, but I spent little time there as I needed to be in central Portsmouth.
It is a short walk to the waterfront in one direction and a large retail park in the other, so I couldn't understand why the council had no bus routes through the area. I had left my car at home (up north) and travelled down by train, only to find the nearest bus route to the hotel was a 0.8 mile walk inland. Obviously not the hotel's fault, but you would think the Ocean Retail Park would have petitioned the council? That alone would make me pay a few extra pounds to stay nearer the city next time.