Sandgate Hotel 2006

OMG! I have NEVER been so tired or hungry!
We stayed here with friends in December 2008 having had a great meal here a couple of years before. bad move!
The rooms have that ‘wow, I bet these used to look really good once’ feel to them.
The shower was cruel and liked to scald one minute and freeze the nextalthough you had to dart under the tiny trickle of water to work out which one it was doing.
The food was lovely — and if you are about 8 years old you would have felt completely full by the end of it. we hadn’t eaten since breakfast as we were ‘saving ourselves’ so we had to go back to the room and fight over the complimentary biscuits to try and fill the gap after the meal!
And so to bed… which was when we found out they seemed to have a nightclub under the hotel and we were kept awake until 4am by revellers having a much better time than we were! We mentioned this fact when we checked out and were assured that they would be in touch to let us know what they could do for us… i’m sure they must have just lost our address… it’s only been 8 weeks… I’m certain they will contact us soon…

In the summer its a delight to sit on their tiered terrace, enjoy a drink and watch the world go by. In the winter, as long as its dry, its a good place to sit with a hot drink if you are out walking on the seafront.
Although I haven’t stayed at the hotel, I have heard that the rooms are spacious, well decorated and have a lovely view of the channel.
Only a few minutes drives from either Hythe or Folkestone it is well located as a base for exploring the area.

This place has had a bit of history in recent years. It used to be a slightly conservative Michelin stared restaurant/​hotel, then was sold to a couple who renovated in a modern style and then lost their way so much so that it was the subject of a Gordon Ramsay Kitchen Nightmare episode. Those people sold up and I have to say that the new owners have been trying very hard to make a go of if, but I understand it is on the market again, which is a shame. When we put friends here for a wedding they said that the standards of the room were very good, sea views great and that they were well looked after. The bar can be a bit hit and miss, but sitting out side on a glorious day in the sunshine drinking chilled rose wine cannot be bettered. Very much a good weather kind of place it’s a bit sad in the winter