New Year 2026

We loved staying at The Gallivant. We loved the ambience, the friendly and welcoming staff (Paul, Corey, Lucy and Elton), the books, the fab 50s surf vibe, and all the food and wine were really good. Many thanks

Hi Elise
We had a lovely stay made even better by arriving on a stormy night, having booked at short notice and not really researched where we would be, other than on the coast near Rye. We love the interiors and furnishings. the cosy room and the food which was excellent. The wine waiter was entertaining and so knowledgeable.

Ok so here are a couple of tiny observations. No one was around at 11 am check out time and there were three couples/individuals waiting including ourselves. We had an appointment in Dover so we had to leave.

Did not quite understand the bag by door tea arrangement so when we woke and took the bag in we found only herb tea and luke warm water. Obviously water must have boiling water for tea and we do like milk and a tad of sugar. This may have been our fault, I am not sure.

Our next night was at The Pig in Bridge where of course the rooms are huge so having room for tea making facilities was not a problem, for example fridge, kettle, coffee machine and so on. But they did however only offer gluten free biscuits which were like compressed sawdust.

I only mention this as I know it is important to cater for all tastes these days, but hotels must take care not to be so up to date that they forget the majority.

We will definitely come again and have already recommended you to our family and friends.

Regards

Barry and Michelle Sames

Fabulous weekend with you. Perfect room with wonderful staff. Top class chef, lovely meeter and greeter and our waiter from Brazil was charming and superb.
The only thing was the water. Forgot every time to bring our bottles from the room to the restaurant so we were always thirsty at night. Water in fridge would have been useful. The room was very hot but on second night we slept with garden door open. That did the trick. But we loved it and will recommend it highly

The Gallivant, you didn’t disappoint, in fact expectations were exceeded. The room was fabulous and cosy, the food exquisite (oh so much amazing food!), the wine divine (I now have a favourite English wine thanks to the wine tasting), the yoga with Sally was relaxing and invigorating, the Peloton area was perfect, restaurant calm and inviting, fireplace seating too comfy to leave and the snug was my favourite room with cosy seats, books to read and games to play. Staff were attentive and on hand if needed. The only negative was I didn’t stay long enough.

A special thanks to Naketa who was extremely welcoming and knowledgeable and made me feel like I was welcomed into someone’s luxurious home. Nothing was a problem. Thanks also to Lucy.

Had a very enjoyable yoga retreat with Christian despite storm Eunice and Franklin. Room was lovely staff all smiling and friendly. Everywhere was clean and on entering hotel it was wow. Food was interesting and very good it was local if possible but for me it was quite fussy and sometimes lacking a bit of flavour

At lunchtime a bowl of soup or salad would have been nice. All in all a very good experience