Hotel Review - The Rose, Deal - The Simple Explorer blog

*The hotel stay was kindly gifted to me but all opinions are my own!

You may have already seen from my previous post that I visited Deal for a one-night stay and The Rose very kindly gifted us a stay. It’s a small space as it’s a boutique hotel on the high street but it’s not short on charm and gorgeous interiors. Despite only having nine rooms to choose from, you still feel spoilt for choice as each room has a unique colour palette and varies in size and facilities - I immediately fell for the dusty pink and greens so opted to stay in Room 6 but in hindsight, I would have chosen one of the bigger rooms to enjoy the gorgeous bathtub.

value for money

Room Six starts at £125 per night for bed and breakfast — which I think is on the more affordable end for a boutique hotel. They also have a smaller room starting from £100 per night.

Breakfast is served in the hotel’s restaurant and is served as two parts from a set menu - sort of like a starter and main. Between us, we went for the brown butter pancake (SO good) and the granola pot. For “mains”, I couldn’t opt for my first choice of avocado toast as the hotel hadn’t yet received their delivery (which I was surprised by as this was after 9am). Instead, I devoured the hotel’s take on a bacon butty with rhubarb ketchup, which was delicious.

Overall, I’d say it’s the kind of hotel that works well for short stays.

facilities

Our room had vintage furniture, a vinyl player and Austin Austin bathroom products, a copy of Lodestars Anthology which I very much enjoyed. Some of the larger rooms have all of that plus a TV, bathtub etc. As it’s a boutique hotel, access to tea, coffee and water (or a night cap if you’re that way inclined) is a shared facility in the corridor. There are two of these stations - one on each floor. From what we noticed, it was mostly maintained (or was topped up at our request) so we were never without a cuppa!

The restaurant space/bar area is large and the atmosphere on a Sunday seemed lively. There’s also a selection of books and games that you can use too.

service

The hotel itself is cosy, charming and a fun source of inspiration for interior lovers. But the service we received didn’t quite match up to any of this. Whilst I didn’t have any particular expectations, the service was mostly mixed from the different interactions we had and overall, I’d say it was underwhelming.

location

The hotel was very easily accessed via train from London (1 hour 20 mins approx. on the quick ones) and it was a short walk from Deal station. Even better - it was two minutes from the seafront.

It’s worth noting the hotel is next to a church so you’ll hear the church bells from some of the rooms throughout the night but I didn’t think the sound was particularly overpowering and earplugs are provided if you need them.

My last post also gives you a guide to Deal and how we made the most of it despite it being a quieter time of year.