Stayed in this hotel during September for a family wedding in Canterbury. I was stunned when I arrived at Canterbury city centre to find that the location of the hotel is pretty much as central as you can get without being inside the Cathedral! From outside, the building looks like something from a film set, it's quite remarkable!

Once inside, we were greeted by a very lovely French lady who asked us if we got there all right, showed us a few good places to park the car on a map and showed us to our room. Hot water was definitely working and beds weren't at all bad. Room was clean and fresh. Pleasantly surprised to see a television set along with Freeview and a DVD player (didn't get time to use it, but it's more than most small hotels give you).

I can't fault the hotel staff at all, the only downsides of the hotel are the lack of accessibility with a car (obviously this is nothing to do with the hotel management, it's Canterbury City Council's town planning) and also being woken up at 7.30am by the Cathedral bell-ringers (again not the fault of the hotel, it has period wooden frame windows, which can't be replaced as the hotel is probably a listed building and it would subtract from the feel of the hotel).

The breakfast was lovely, definitely served by somebody with an eye for detail. It was presented in very modern fashion, which contrasted quite nicely to the historic feel of the hotel.

The owner (I believe it was the owner) was always around and is very visible, even when we came back to the hotel after the wedding past midnight, he was on his laptop on the sofa, with a smile on his face as he greeted us back to the hotel.

I'd definitely like to go back to this hotel, but at £200 a night for a two bed/three person room in September, I can imagine peak summer prices being quite a bit more!!

awful!! well over priced, no hot water for jacuzzi, all staff went home and we were only ones in the building, manager claimed to have nothing to do with it. Do not go for the room with the jacuzzi!! no point!!

We had initially intended on booking the abode at £150 a night but this was fully booked, when we saw this hotel on last minute.com for £175 a night we thought that it must be a very nice hotel as we are aware that the abode is lovely. Location is very central, however this is the only positive about this hotel. I would not pay more than £90 a night for a hotel like this. The reception area was not very nice and the staff are never there. The room was misdescribed and trust me the pictures shown are not similar at all. The room was tiny, bathroom not too bad. We were told that breakfast would be served from 8am and the staff turned up at 8.30 so we ended up going elsewhere for break fast. Beware complete rip off not justification for price stay at the abode!

Wonderful place to stay, great room. Very clean and amazing location. Andrew was wonderful and a big help with tips and where to go and what to see. We will be staying again on our next visit .