Best Hotels near Ramsgate, Ramsgate

I have been using this hotel since at least 2006, maybe longer. It has always been business and, although the job I would be doing would leave me mentally and physically exhausted, I would look forward to my evenings and breakfast at the Royal Harbour. Unfortunately my last stay a few weeks ago has left me with a jaded view of this establishment and I will not return. So for new customers you should be aware that ”The Empire Room” is closed. It was a lovely restaurant underneath the hotel serving fantastic British food. No more. Breakfast used to be an event in itself. My favourite bit was the real honey comb and having this on toast while looking out over the harbour. No more. Apparently you can get a silly little breakfast in a bag now. I knew nothing of this and when I challenged the lady the next evening I was left, in no uncertain terms, that it was my fault for not reading this on the website. Yes, you can go to The Three Ships and pay for breakfast but it isn't cheap and I'm not sure how that would be on a wet morning or in the winter. It's also on the pricy side. I wasn't going to write this review because I have fond memories of the place and didn't want to upset the owner. However, I find myself working in this area again and realised that I will now have to find a different place to stay. The hotel itself is lovely as a place to rest your head and there are many other restaurants in Ramsgate; my favourite being The Magnolia ( Italian ) a few minutes walk away. I also appreciate that, in the days of Covid, breakfast was a thing that had to be dropped but we are moving past those days (hopefully) and it would seem that it is easier just not to provide this service. Caveat emptor.

This was a short trip to Thanet, Kent. Our party was me, husband and friend. On checking in, staff informed us we had one double and a room for disabled guests (accessible I think the hotel's word was). This accessible room was not needed as we don't have disabilities - it was ordered by the booking company (not Holiday Inn direct) for some reason. Anyway, it had a wet room with all facilities and the staff were happy we were occupying and we said we agreed. Unfortunately the wet room smelt awful - a bit like sewage. The room was also cold (air conditioning not too good and very loud) so staff were happy to supply us with a portable radiator which warmed the room up very well. The smell in the bathroom was intermittent but the third morning it was bad so we complained and the maintenance man (unable to remember name) was more than helpful - he found a leakage behind the cistern so staff moved us to a ”normal” room on the next floor. The little radiator followed us upstairs too! Regarding meals: breakfast was completely self-service which is ok but hot food comprised of scrambled egg, bacon, sausages and baked beans only. On requesting a fried egg, the reply came that ”we don't do them”. How about being able to offer ”fried eggs available on request”? We decided to have dinner there one evening. No need to book a table, just walk in. We'd decided on our meal choices the night before. However, two starters plus one main course we had decided on were not available (groan)! Waitress/receptionist suggested a pub restaurant across the road and so we duly left the hotel and crossed the road and ate there. Whilst sitting in the lounge/reception area I was astounded to see pizzas being brought in by a group of people and being actually eaten there in the lounge. I didn't think that was permitted - maybe in rooms but not in the lounge with the dining area in the same room! One guest even asked the receptionist where to put his empty pizza box; she told him to leave it on the bar and she'd take care of it. Overall I can't fault the staff at all, they were most helpful with our problems. We have stayed in Holiday Inns before and this one wasn't the best I'm afraid.

We visited the Selina between the 26th and the 29th of August this year. The hotel is quite far away from the centre of Margate - much further than it looks on the map. The hotel itself is spacious and clean with its own public bar and a lift to all floors. The issues I had were with the room. We booked a basic double as we were intending to spend most of our time discovering Margate we didn't need much! But boy they weren't kidding when they said it was basic, we didn't even have a T.V or any tea/coffee making facilities (not that we drink the stuff) all we had was a bed that was FAR too firm, two bed side tables (only one with a draw in) and a rail with a bag on the end containing a hairdryer. Now on to the bathroom, when we booked this hotel we booked a room with what was advertised as a ”private” bathroom... They said this was the case as our room was the only room that had access to this bathroom it even had a plastic laminated sign blue tacked to it saying ”private bathroom for room ***” however to access the bathroom from our room we had to leave our room go into a hallway that had another room in it and a glass fronted door onto the stairs. This was where our bathroom was and not only that but it was impossible to lock the bathroom door from the outside so while I'm fairly sure the guests in the room opposite didn't use our facilities I have no guarantee it also meant that we had to wedge the door to our room open when we went to the bathroom so that we didn't have to continually take the room key with us to get back into our room again! One day I tried to use the shower only to find that no matter what I did the water just would not get hot now to be fair to the hotel staff they did give us a choice: wait until it was fixed ( which they weren't sure how long this could take ) or use the facilities in another room on the same floor or at least kind of on the same floor as because of the way this hotel is set out our room was on a little off landing between floors, so to get to this other room - which is what we did in the end - we had to go up the stairs and along the corridor, which as you can imagine was a bit of a hassle but we both needed a shower! All in all while I would visit Margate again in the future I don't think I will be visiting the Selina any time soon.

A party was going on until midnight and I could not sleep well. The breakfast was very lovely.

Me & my Partner have Just enjoyed a 2 night stay at the Botany bay hotel. We were looking for a nice picturesque relaxing break by the sea & that's exactly what we had. Staff were very friendly & helpful. We ate there both nights & the food was lovely, breakfast was perfect. The restaurant staff were very friendly & professional in not treating you just like another customer. DJ & Tara both really stood out. The room was lovely, we had a beautiful Seaview. Housekeeper Amanda was very good & very helpful. Can't fault any of it & will almost definitely be returning. Thank you for making our stay just perfect. Recommend 100%.

On the face of it - the Hotel looks ok, great location although you are slightly away (10 minute walk) away from the more livelier part of the promenade, the rooms are of a good size and well appointed, the carpet and decor is a little tired looking and in need of some work, the welcome from Pria the receptionist was excellent. That's the positive out of the way, the Barman and late night receptionist were awful, Xenophobic behaviour that is totally out of order - I've never been treated or spoken to like the way I was in this Hotel in all my time travelling and I have made a formal complaint regarding this as other prejudices towards other guests has since been revealed. If you are not from England this may be a place you would wish to avoid.

Great hotel, walking distance to Westwood cross shopping centre. Not too far for a drive to the beach. Restaurant opposite if do not want to go to far to find somewhere to eat.