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Renaissance Portsmouth-Norfolk Waterfront Hotel

3.5 star property

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Experience the sleek, contemporary design of the Renaissance Hotel, featuring a grid of windows and a flat roofline.
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Relax by the pool surrounded by tall columns and lounge chairs, offering a serene escape with a city view.
Enjoy a romantic dinner for two with a view of the outdoors from this cozy dining area.
Stunning corridor with polished floors, framed artworks, and modern lighting.

Popular amenities

  • Breakfast available
  • Parking available
  • Bar
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Housekeeping

Explore the area

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425 Water St, Portsmouth, VA, 23704
  • Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum
    ‪3 min walk‬
  • Waterside District
    ‪14 min walk‬
  • Norfolk Scope
    ‪5 min drive‬
  • Norfolk, VA (ORF-Norfolk Intl.)
    ‪15 min drive‬

Room options

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Premium bedding, pillow-top beds, in-room safe, desk

Room, 1 King Bed, View

8.6 out of 10
Excellent
(50 reviews)
  • 28 sq m
  • River view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

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Premium bedding, pillow-top beds, in-room safe, desk

Room, 2 Queen Beds, View

8.8 out of 10
Excellent
(57 reviews)
  • 28 sq m
  • River view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Premium bedding, pillow-top beds, in-room safe, desk

Room, 2 Queen Beds, View (Mobility/Hearing Access, Roll-In Shwr)

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(3 reviews)
  • 28.4 sq m
  • River view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Room, 1 King Bed, View (Mobility/Hearing Accessible, Tub)

  • 28.4 sq m
  • River view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

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Premium bedding, pillow-top beds, in-room safe, desk

Club Room, 1 King Bed, View

  • 28 sq m
  • River view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

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Room, 1 King Bed, View (Mobility/Hearing Access, Roll-In Shwr)

  • 28.4 sq m
  • River view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

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About the area

Portsmouth

When you stay at Renaissance Portsmouth-Norfolk Waterfront Hotel in Portsmouth, you'll be in the historical district, just steps from Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum and 4 minutes by foot from Children's Museum of Virginia. .This hotel is 3.4 mi (5.4 km) from Norfolk Scope and 3.4 mi (5.4 km) from MacArthur Center.

What's nearby

  • Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum - 3 min walk - 0.3 km
  • Waterside District - 14 min walk - 1.3 km
  • Norfolk State University - 4 min drive - 3.4 km
  • Norfolk Scope - 5 min drive - 4.1 km
  • Old Dominion University - 9 min drive - 7.7 km

Getting around

  • Civic Plaza Station - 4 min drive
  • Norfolk Station - 6 min drive
  • Norfolk Intl. Airport (ORF) - 19 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪McDonald's - ‬12 min walk
  • ‪Blue Moon Taphouse - ‬19 min walk
  • ‪Church's Chicken - ‬13 min walk
  • ‪The Bier Garden - ‬8 min walk
  • ‪Starbucks - ‬12 min walk

About this property

Renaissance Portsmouth-Norfolk Waterfront Hotel

Riverfront hotel with a 24-hour fitness center and a 24-hour business center
Renaissance Portsmouth-Norfolk Waterfront Hotel offers 252 accommodations with safes and coffee/tea makers. Pillowtop beds feature premium bedding. Televisions come with premium satellite channels, pay movies, and Netflix. Bathrooms include designer toiletries, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wired and wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and desk chairs, as well as phones; free local calls are provided (restrictions may apply). Additionally, rooms include irons/ironing boards and blackout drapes/curtains. Hypo-allergenic bedding, change of towels, and change of bedsheets can be requested. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Recreational amenities at the hotel include an indoor pool and a 24-hour fitness center.
Make yourself at home in one of the 252 guestrooms. Your pillowtop bed comes with premium bedding. Complimentary wired and wireless internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming provides entertainment. Private bathrooms have designer toiletries and hair dryers.
Don't miss out on recreational opportunities including an indoor pool and a 24-hour fitness center. Additional features at this hotel include complimentary wireless internet access, gift shops/newsstands, and a ballroom.
Enjoy a satisfying meal at The Crawford Restaurant serving guests of Renaissance Portsmouth-Norfolk Waterfront Hotel. Wrap up your day with a drink at the bar/lounge. Buffet breakfasts are served on weekdays from 6:30 AM to 11:00 AM and on weekends from 7:00 AM to 11:00 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include complimentary wired internet access, a 24-hour business center, and express check-out. Planning an event in Portsmouth? This hotel has 24355 square feet (2192 square meters) of space consisting of conference space and meeting rooms. Self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge on weekdays between 6:30 AM and 11:00 AM and on weekends between 7:00 AM and 11:00 AM.
The Crawford Restaurant - This restaurant specializes in seafood and serves breakfast and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
The Beacon Lounge - Onsite lobby lounge. Happy hour is offered. Open daily.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi and wired internet
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi and wired internet

Parking and transport

  • Height restrictions apply for on-site parking
  • Parking on site (USD 15 per day; includes in/out privileges)
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking and van parking available

Food and drink

  • Buffet breakfast available for a fee 6:30 AM to 11:00 AM on weekdays and 7:00 AM to 11:00 AM on weekends; USD 17.95 to 17.95 per person
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant

Restaurants on site

  • The Beacon Lounge
  • The Crawford Restaurant

Things to do

  • 24-hour gym
  • Indoor pool
  • Shopping

Family friendly

  • Free cot
  • Indoor pool
  • Laundry facilities
  • Mini-fridge

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • ATM
  • Gift shop/newsstand
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk
  • Water dispenser

Guest services

  • Change of bedsheets (on request)
  • Change of towels on request
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Porter/bellhop

Business services

  • 24-hour business centre
  • 24,355 square feet of conference space
  • Meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • On a river
  • Terrace
  • Vegetable garden

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Assistive listening devices
  • Braille/raised signage
  • Grab bar near toilet
  • Handrails in stairways
  • Height-adjustable showerhead
  • Lever door handles
  • Lift
  • Low-height door lock
  • Low-height electrical sockets in bathroom
  • Low-height view port in door
  • Pool hoist on site
  • Stair-free path to entrance
  • Transfer shower
  • Valet for wheelchair-equipped vehicles
  • Visual alarms in hallways
  • Well-lit path to entrance
  • Wheelchair accessibility
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible business centre
  • Wheelchair-accessible gym
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel
  • Wheelchair-accessible path to lift
  • Wheelchair-accessible pool
  • Wheelchair-accessible public bathroom
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk
  • Wheelchair-accessible restaurant
  • Wheelchair-accessible van parking
  • Wheelchair-width doorways

More

  • 1 building
  • 16 floors
  • At least 80% lighting from LEDs
  • Ballroom
  • Comprehensive food waste policy
  • Comprehensive recycling policy
  • Double-glazed windows
  • No plastic coffee stirrers
  • No plastic drinking straws
  • Reception hall
  • Smoke-free property
  • Vegan dining options
  • Vegetarian breakfast available
  • Vegetarian dining options

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Blackout drapes
  • Free cot
  • Hypo-allergenic bedding
  • Pillowtop mattress
  • Premium bedding

Bathroom

  • Designer toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shampoo
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Toothbrush and toothpaste (on request)
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 55-inch TV with premium satellite channels
  • Netflix
  • Pay films
  • Streaming services

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Mini-fridge

More

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Connecting rooms available
  • Desk
  • Desk chair
  • Energy-saving switches in guestrooms
  • Free local calls
  • Heating (climate-controlled)
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Laptop workspace
  • LED lighting
  • Phone
  • Recycling
  • Safe
  • Water-efficient showers

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 4 PM; Check-in end time: midnight
Minimum check-in age: 21

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Children up to the age of 18 years can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Free cribs are available on request at the property

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for buffet breakfast: approximately USD 17.95 to 17.95 per person
  • Self parking fee: USD 15 per day (in/out privileges)

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
This property reserves the right to pre-authorize the guest's credit card prior to arrival.
This property affirms that it follows the cleaning and disinfection practices of Commitment to Clean (Marriott)

We should mention

Pool access available from 6:00 AM to 11:00 PM
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation
Parking height restrictions apply
This property welcomes guests of all sexual orientations and gender identities (LGBTQ+ friendly)

Property is also known as

Renaissance Portsmouth-Norfolk
Renaissance Portsmouth-Norfolk Hotel
Renaissance Portsmouth-Norfolk Waterfront
Renaissance Portsmouth-Norfolk Waterfront Hotel
Renaissance Portsmouth Hotel & Waterfront Portsmouth
Renaissance Portsmouth Hotel And Waterfront Conference Center
Renaissance Waterfront Hotel
Renaissance Portsmouth-Norfolk Waterfront Hotel Hotel
Renaissance Portsmouth-Norfolk Waterfront Hotel Portsmouth
Renaissance Portsmouth-Norfolk Waterfront Hotel Hotel Portsmouth

Renaissance Portsmouth-Norfolk Waterfront Hotel Reviews

Reviews

8.4

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 563 out of 1004 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 207 out of 1004 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 108 out of 1004 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 67 out of 1004 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 59 out of 1004 reviews

8.6/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

8.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Kisa

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Amenities
Property is adjacent to the Elizabeth River Ferry
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

6/10 Okay

Kyle

Travelled with family
Disliked: Amenities
Fair price for the stay but very dirty bar, parking garage, elevators. Room was average but lots of gnats flying around. Temperature inside was very warm to the point of being uncomfortable. Not much diversity in the staff.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

8/10 Good

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The elevator to the parking deck was very dirty.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

6/10 Okay

Nikki

Liked: Room comfort

Updated hotel but poor experience

I got to the hotel at 2 PM and my room was not ready yet - no big deal as check in was at 4, but all of my friends were able to get into their rooms earlier than that (they checked in at 12:45-1:30). I ended up getting back to the hotel at 8:30 to check in and I tried to park in the garage but the machine wouldn’t give me a ticket so I couldn’t get in and had to park across the street. All of my friends received tickets for free brunch but I didn’t - I didn’t even realize until I got to my room or I would have asked. The rooms look clean and the hotel has been updated a bit so it looked nice. I then got into the room at 8:45 and there isn’t any hand soap. I have my 3 month old with me so I didn’t even bother calling the front desk because I didn’t want to wake her up, but it wasn’t a great experience. Then around 2:30 AM the people in the room next door came back to their room and it woke me up - not because they were being loud, it was just the acoustics of the room. They were speaking in a normal tone but I was certain they had to be right outside of my door. I went to check and they weren’t there. I realized they were in their own room, but I could hear every word they said. I know the hotel can’t necessarily help this especially when it’s an older hotel, but it seems like an easy fix to not put in people in rooms directly next to each other when the hotel was clearly not incredibly busy.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

6/10 Okay

Connelly

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Mcashley

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Timothy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Monica

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Tametrius, Morrisville

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I would stay again...
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

4/10 Poor

Kesha

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

James

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Chanpean

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

2/10 Terrible

Odasia

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Christina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Clean, safe, friendly staff, Beautiful view of the Harbor...had a great time...
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Life as Mya

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

AlFred

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great friendly location
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

MARC

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Quentin

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Anthony

Business traveller
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Wayne, richmond

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Sara

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jamie Leonard

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Live the bar
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

2/10 Terrible

AlFred

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children, Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The pool wasn’t available, wish we were told prior to booking and No valet was on duty even though a sign was posted stating valet parking….
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Reginald

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Everything was to my liking.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was very pleasant
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025