Customer Reviews

Really lovely stay with lots of contact and help beforehand and during it special and personalised. Just the mini break we needed. Beautiful bar and snug area. Food was wonderful. Wine tour package was epic and also a challenge to complete three tours in one day!

My husband and I had a fantastic stay at the Gallivant for our mini moon. Lynsey was so warm and welcoming from the moment we arrived, and had everything arranged perfectly. The room was amazing, and super spacious. We had a wine tasting on our first night and John the bar manager which was incredible! John was so knowledgeable about English wines and recommended so many great choices throughout our stay! Last but certainly not least the food was fantastic! Couldn’t recommend the Gallivant enough and special thanks to Lynsey and John for making our stay super special!

Outstanding service and a team who couldn’t do enough for us. Key highlights:

– English wine pouring each day is such a treat and wonderful to see English wine being celebrated with such confidence and commitment
– The menus are so fresh and seasonal, and very tasty!
– The Sustainability pledge is serious and you can see how you are bringing it to life in so many different ways – food, use of packaging, energy and materials

Overall we thoroughly enjoyed our (fourth) stay – thank you to all. We look forward returning.

Had a lovely weekend at The Gallivant. The food was some of the best we've ever eaten and the wine was particular amazing. The 'wine at 5' was such a lovely gesture and we really liked getting to try new varieties. Lyndsey was always on hand to answer any questions which made for a wonderful stay. We'll be back!

What a lovely hotel -the staff were lovely – welcoming, helpful and fun!
The food was lovely- loved the games, drinks on beach and super massages! Special thanks to Lynsey, Ruth and lovely waiting staff. And – John? Who fixed our loo!

Lovely boutique hotel, retreat, friendly staff, delicious food and had a fabulous back massage and reflexology therapy ❤️ only down side I wish we were staying a second night! Thank you for looking after us, Staf & Dolores x

We had a lovely time thank you. Lovely comfortable rooms and we were lucky enough to have perfect weather.

We really enjoyed the food – more options than on our previous visit and all delicious. Slightly mystified about the fact that some options were on the essentials menu one night and then the very next night these same options had supplements!

Service in the main was really good – the waitress on breakfast service was really lovely, efficient and cheerful – dinner service a bit slow. I enjoyed the yoga sessions and thought India especially was a really great teacher.

We will be back but sadly we won't be able to use 20% discount you are offering as we are really busy over the next three months…..It's always nice to come to the amazing beach and our new dog really loved the sand dunes – you're right 'happiness is a place'. Thank you

Having booked our room last minute, we were unsure what to expect. From the moment we set foot in the door we absolutely loved the ambiance. The staff, decor and food were excellent. Our golden retriever was welcomed and well catered for. If we are visiting the area again we will definitely stay over. Perfect location for beach walks with our dog and for visiting Rye. Congratulations on your beautiful hotel.