A beautiful boutique hotel and restaurant with stunning views over Margate Sands. The luxurious building hosts 20 bedrooms from spectacular seaview to cosy undercroft rooms. The Bay restaurant and bar is open to both residents and the public 7 days a week offering a modern British cuisine. All of our rooms are finished to the highest standard where traditional architecture meets modern design.
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Our History
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In 2011, the empty property was bought at auction by Nick Conington, whose initial intention was to turn the building into luxury apartments. After discovering the property had originally been a hotel at the end of the 19th century, Nick decided instead to restore the building to it's former glory and open an upmarket hotel in Margate once again.
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Positioned on the second floor, our light and airy Superiors provide luxurious super king size beds. Two of which can also be made into twins, or used as family bedrooms with our double size sofa beds. Walk out onto your very own private balcony, take a seat and enjoy expansive views across Margate Sands.
Bar
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Our Hotel Bar welcomes all to sit back and unwind in the ambience of our modern, vibrant surroundings. Enjoy our carefully selected variety of still and sparkling wines from some of the world's best known regions. Cocktails that cannot go a miss, specially put together by trained bar staff, to bring out the best flavours.
Events
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Whatever the occasion here at Sands Hotel we wish to make each event special. Weddings, conferences, birthday parties, bridal showers, baby showers and wakes. We would be thrilled to plan and host your event, to ensure everything goes smoothly so you can simply relax and enjoy the occasion. Our events department is operational based.
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The hotel has a limited number of spaces in a private gated car park which can be booked directly with the hotel and is charged at 6.00 per 24 hours. On-street car parking, payable by meter, is also available within 50 metres of the hotel. If you're travelling from the continent, you can take the Eurotunnel train from Calais and arrive in Folkestone in just 35 minutes.
Reviews (10)
Jane Terry
Dec 28, 2021
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My partner and I and two friends had Sunday roast in the restaurant. Although pricey, the flavours of everything were amazing : lots of attention to detail and obviously all freshly cooked. Three of us had the roast sirloin which we had the option of having rare or well done. We plumped for well done but with hindsight I wish I had had mine rare. My friend had the roasted aubergine of which she commented several times how tasty it was. We all had the cheesecake for dessert which came with a gorgeous, smooth sorbet.
Service was good, but not “in your face” and we couldn’t believe we had sat
Service was good, but not “in your face” and we couldn’t believe we had sat
Miriam Mica
Dec 13, 2021
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Devon Farley
Dec 08, 2021
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Ghp Services
Nov 23, 2021
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Sarah Greys
Nov 22, 2021
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We didn’t stay at the hotel but after our experience we definitely shall! We were visiting Margate for the weekend and came in for lunch on the off chance and even though they were fairly busy they accommodated me and my husband . The dining area is beautiful and the views out to a windswept Margate sea were glorious on a cold Saturday afternoon. The food was lovely - nicely presented and full of flavour . The staff were attentive and a special mention to our waiter who was a delight answering questions and was an absolute charmer so witty and made me and my husband feel so welcome . After our
Vanessa Wilson
Nov 06, 2021
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Polly Kingston
Oct 31, 2021
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Rick Butterfield
Oct 15, 2021
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Sarah Baulch
Oct 07, 2021
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Lovely venue, great views, nice staff but a terrible afternoon tea: three tiny sandwiches with hardly any filling which were not moist;
dry scone- neither of us finished them served with not enough cream too;two tiny cakes-which were a mouthful each and a piece of battenberg. It was paltry and not worth the money. We complained but in the nicest way as we wanted to enjoy my mums birthday present to us. So got nothing in return. Much nicer afternoon teas to be had elsewhere.
dry scone- neither of us finished them served with not enough cream too;two tiny cakes-which were a mouthful each and a piece of battenberg. It was paltry and not worth the money. We complained but in the nicest way as we wanted to enjoy my mums birthday present to us. So got nothing in return. Much nicer afternoon teas to be had elsewhere.
M. L.
Sep 05, 2021
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The star is for the view from the restaurant terrace, really 5 stars for it, it is lovely out there but the service brought it down. We waited 10 mins and were very thirsty so walked up to the bar to see if we could order some drinks. We were sent back and the waitress clearly took a dislike to us coming up to order. It was passive aggressive from then on with various comments meant to educate us on the order in which things were done - it was extremely windy and we went to return the menus before they blew away and were told they stayed in case we decided we wanted something more. Ingredients
