Holiday Inn Express Portsmouth – Gunwharf Quays

From the lobby to the floor

Hotel and gaming floor are separate buildings on one named estate, a short walk apart.

This is an estate pairing, not a shared building. The Gunwharf Quays directory lists the hotel at The Plaza and the casino in the Central Square South Building, so you leave one building and enter another.

The hotel's own website does not mention the casino, and no walking time from one to the other is published. The estate directory is the only link on record, which is why this stay sits in the estate category.

Evidence: the estate lists both in its own directory.

The week, hour by hour

Each line is one day from midnight to midnight. The wide band is the casino floor, the narrow one the live tables, and the brass tick marks when the room is ready.

At the door

On your first visit you sign in once, free, at reception with photo ID; after that you simply walk in.

The gaming floor is for over-18s only. Under Think 25, anyone who could pass for younger is asked for a passport, a photocard driving licence or a card with the PASS hologram.

What to wear: smart casual. The operator notes that standards can vary by venue and event, and prefers long trousers to shorts.

On the floor

• Live table games
• Poker
• Slot machines
• Electronic roulette and terminals
• A separate poker room

Around the floor

• Restaurant
• Food served
• Sports on screens
• Step-free access to the gaming floor

House manners in full · Money at the cage

Paying downstairs

Chips are paid for in pounds, in cash or with a debit card, at the table or the cage. Credit cards cannot be used for gambling in Great Britain, and the house gives no credit.

Casino spending never reaches the hotel bill. Buying or cashing chips worth £2,000 or more brings identity checks required by anti-money-laundering law.

The room side

Check-in is shown here as 15:00, but sources disagree on that time, so confirm it when you book; check-out is 11:00 and you must be 18 to check in. Food and drink centre on the lobby bar, open 24 hours to residents. Spa, pool, gym and room service are not published. Accessible rooms have a bath, handrails and an emergency pull cord, and lifts reach every floor.

Brand

IHG · Holiday Inn Express

Rooms

130, from third-party listings

Check-in from

3pm

Check-out by

11am

Minimum age to check in

18

Eating and drinking

Lobby bar (24 hours for residents)

Room service

not published

Wellness

Spa not published · Pool not published · Gym not published

Parking

Gunwharf Quays estate car park: the first 24 hours are free for hotel guests, later days are charged

Pets

Dogs in reserved rooms, charged per dog per night

Wi-fi

Free throughout

Breakfast

Included in the rate, the hotel says

The hotel’s FAQ gives both 2pm and 3pm for check-in; the later time is shown.

Worth knowing

• Live tables open at 1pm; Fridays and Saturdays they run to 5am.
• The estate car park has 35 accessible bays beside the lifts.
• Dogs stay in reserved rooms, charged per dog per night.

Where this comes from

• Register Gambling Commission public register, premises list for Grosvenor Casinos Limited (account 614) Grosvenor Casino Gunwharf Quays, Central Square South Building, Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth, PO1 3TW
• Operator grosvenorcasinos.com — local casino page, Gunwharf Quays
• Estate gunwharf-quays.com — directory entries for the casino and the hotel, parking page
• Hotel hiexportsmouth.co.uk — home, FAQ, rooms, accessible rooms and location pages
• Hotel company kewgreenhotels.com — hotel portfolio
• Listing hoteldirect.co.uk — hotel record

Casino details checked on 19 September 2026; hotel details checked on 20 September 2026. Venues change hours without notice, so ring ahead when timing matters.

Grosvenor Casino Portsmouth Gunwharf Quays is run by Grosvenor Casinos Limited, holder of a Gambling Commission casino operating licence. See the register entry