The Lookout Rye

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Dates

January 2025

February 2025

Panoramic Penthouse, 2 Bedrooms, Patio, Canal View

Deluxe Double or Twin Room | In-room dining

Overview
Rooms
Location
Policies

Excellent

Popular amenities

Bar

Housekeeping

Free WiFi

Explore the area

Hilders Cliff, Rye, England, TN31 7LD

Rye Art Gallery
1 min walk
Landgate
1 min walk
Rye Castle Museum
2 min walk
Rochester (RCS)
65 min drive

Room options

Classic Double Room

20 sq m
Sleeps 3
1 Double Bed

Deluxe Double Room

23 sq m
Sleeps 3
1 Double Bed

Deluxe Double or Twin Room

Sleeps 3
1 King Bed

Double Room

20 sq m
Sleeps 3
1 Double Bed

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Free WiFi

Restaurant

Game room

Breakfast available

for 1 night

includes taxes & fees

10 Jan - 11 Jan

About this property

Hotel in Rye with a bar

This smoke-free hotel features a bar/lounge, self parking, and express check-out. WiFi in public areas is free.

The Lookout Rye offers 19 accommodations with complimentary bottled water and coffee/tea makers. These individually decorated and furnished accommodations include desks. 22-inch flat-screen televisions come with digital channels.

Rooms have partially open bathrooms. Bathrooms include showers, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is provided daily.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

The Lookout Rye's great location gets high marks from our customers. During your stay, you're just a quick walk from Rye Art Gallery. Features include free WiFi in public areas, plus a bar and breakfast (surcharge).

Free WiFi
Enjoy drinks at the bar/lounge
Cooked-to-order breakfast served daily for a fee
Self parking available for a fee
Services include luggage storage
Guests have great things to say about the breakfast and the location
Steps from Rye Art Gallery and Landgate

The Lookout Rye offers its guests a terrace and express check-out. WiFi is free in public spaces. You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. Limited parking is available for a fee and is offered on a first-come, first-served basis.

This 3-star Rye hotel is smoke free.

For a fee, guests can enjoy cooked-to-order breakfast daily from 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM.

Languages

English, French

Property amenities

Internet

Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

Uncovered self parking on site (GBP 8 per night; includes in/out privileges)
Limited on-site parking

Food and drink

Cooked-to-order breakfast available for a fee daily 8:00 AM–10:00 AM: GBP 14.50 for adults and GBP 14.50 for children
1 bar

Family friendly

Cots/infant beds (surcharge)
Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)

Guest services

Daily housekeeping
Front desk (limited hours)
Luggage storage

Outdoors

Terrace

Accessibility

This property does not have any lifts

Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

Bed sheets
Cots/infant beds (surcharge)
Heating
Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)

Bathroom

Bathroom (partially open)
Free toiletries
Hairdryer
Shower
Towels

Entertainment

22-inch flat-screen TV
Digital channels

Food and drink

Coffee/tea maker
Electric kettle
Free bottled water

Desk
Individually decorated
Individually furnished
Iron/ironing board

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 9:00 PM

Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM

Contactless check-out available

Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 8 AM - 10:00 PM

Guests will receive an email 24 hours before arrival with check-in instructions; front desk staffed during limited hours

This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

No pets allowed, but service animals are welcome

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome.

Kids stay free! One child stays free when using existing bedding.

Rollaway/extra beds are available for GBP 20.0 per day.

Cribs (infant beds) are available for GBP 10.0 per day.

Payment types at the property

Important information

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

Fee for cooked-to-order breakfast: approximately GBP 14.50 for adults and GBP 14.50 for children
Uncovered self parking fee: GBP 8 per night (in/out privileges)
Crib (infant bed) fee: GBP 10.0 per day
Rollaway bed fee: GBP 20.0 per day

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession.

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy

Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges

Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed

This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted

Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a security system, and a first aid kit

The front desk at this property is open daily from 8 AM - 10:00 PM.
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in. Guests will receive an email 24 hours before arrival with check-in information. Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival.

National rating

This establishment has received its official star rating from VisitEngland, the National Tourist Board for England.

Property is also known as

Rye Lodge Hotel

The Lookout Rye Rye

The Lookout Rye Hotel

The Lookout Rye Hotel Rye

The Lookout Rye Reviews

8.6

Excellent

8.8/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

8.2/10

Amenities

7.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

10/10 Excellent

Kathryn

27 Sept 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Loved our stay. Friendly, helpful staff. Great location to walk to all.

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Andre

25 Sept 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Lovely Town Centre Hotel

The Lookout is a great little hotel right in Rye. If its 5* you are looking for it is not, but lovely building in reasonable condition. Huge room with terrace that was nice. Very comfortable bed with lots of soft bed linen and pillows. Bathroom was a little dated but it all worked and lots of toiletries. Breakfast was amazing. Lots of food for all tastes and you can eat what you want, all freshly cooked. Continental food was fresh and tasty. No lunch or evening food so very quiet. Shame because nice bar and outside sitting area. Staff very helpful and nice. Overall a great stay. Thank you.

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Steven

17 Sept 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Excellent bed and room also breakfast

Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Carolyn

16 Sept 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

We have stayed here 2 consecutive years having the same room - very clean and a friendly bunch of staff

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

DAVID

14 Sept 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Impressive

A lovely hotel with a warm welcome from the staff. The room we had was a little tired and in need of some refurbishment, but this in no way detracted from our view of the hotel as a whole as we would gladly return. Breakfast was excellent and we would like to thank the staff for a wonderful stay.

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Avis

Travelled with group

11 Sept 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Evana

Travelled with partner

8 Sept 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Friendly staff and great location next to Rye high street. Private parking in the small hotel carpark, though £8.30 only covers to 1pm the next day (regardless of what time you arrive). There’s not much parking in Rye so this was a great bonus. Room was nice and so was breakfast. All sorts of self-serve coffee options, including decaf and oat milk options (though those with dairy allergy would not be able to use the machine, as the oat milk pours from the same spout as dairy milk). Overall, a great place to spend a few days relaxing and exploring Rye and surrounding areas.

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

graham

Travelled with partner

5 Sept 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Excellent location , and staff very helpful with our bike storage. Our room was excellent

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Devika

Travelled with family

4 Sept 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Great hotel and location for centre of Rye and its surrounding attractions via the bus station - 313 bus to Rye Harbour, 10 minutes and Stop B for Camber Sands, 15 minutes. Hotel was lovely and staff friendly and helpful. Room No1 was very spacious for 2. Great tea/coffee facilities, hairdryer and ironing board/iron if you so wished. The room itself needed updating and redecorating and the curtain was torn. The furniture was damaged and dated. The dressing gowns and cushions needed a dry clean as they had a musty smell and the carpet a deep clean. However, the bed was comfortable and clean. A good size SmartTV which was welcoming. The cooked breakfast was good along with the continental breakfast.

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

2/10 Terrible

Lisa

Travelled with family

31 Aug 2024

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

The room was dirty, bedding and towels stained.parking was a nightmare,facilities shut at 10pm so not able to get any drinks after this time.

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Deborah

Travelled with partner

27 Aug 2024

Liked: Staff & service

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

Very tired regarding decor. We had a king room which was large but in need of an update. Carpet had seen it's day, grubby and worn. Room had a large balcony overlooking car park but exterior window and balcony woodwork was rotten and it real need of repairing and painting and decking boards needed a lot of TLC. Walls in room had areas that needed attention. Bathroom was clean but wooden bath panelling should be replaced as looked bad along with missing and broken beading around the edge. Wooden room furniture was old fashioned and tired. Top of wardrobe hadn't been dusted. It is nowhere near as good as pictures show. On a positvie note, breakfast was very good. Lovely clean bedding and plush towels were provided and the added touch of dressing gowns. Overall disappointed.

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Gary

Travelled with partner

20 Aug 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Staff were extremely helpful. Room was clean with a nice view. Very well situated for the harbour, shops, pubs and restaurants.

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

20 Aug 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Central location.

Very central location. Comfortable and clean room but decor and furniture a bit tired. Pipes from plumbing rather noisy throughout day and night. Staff were very nice. A problem with a broken hot drinks machine at breakfast so no teas or coffees. (No suggestion of a kettle being boiled to rectify the problem but when I asked they did let us take milk, teabags etc to our room to make our own hot drinks to have after breakfast)

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Arno

3 Aug 2024

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

20 Jul 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Great, but no air conditioning or fan

The hotel was great but I came on the hottest day of the year and the hotel has no air conditioning or fan system so it was quite stuffy. Otherwise, an excellent experience.

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

4/10 Poor

Raymond

Travelled with partner

15 Jul 2024

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Needs complete renovation. Don’t believe artists impressions through windows. You need to ask to get room serviced. With towels left outside door in corridor

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

MARINA, Westlake Village

Travelled with partner

4 Jul 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

When I first walked in the bedroom, I literally laughed out loud - The room was tiny !! Which isn’t a problem, but compared to pictures online the bedroom looked nothing like it did in reality. A small double bed, tiny chair in corner, beside cabinets & a thin dresser. No patio doors as all the double rooms show in pictures - just an old windows that rattled al night. I looked through every photo on their webpages & didn’t see my room. Any room that was similar to mine looked as if it had patio doors leading or 2 double chairs to make it look like you had a sitting area. Just remember the standard double room is 215ft - that is small!! The best thing about this hotel is the location & go into town. It’s very close to the Castle & mermaid street which is off high Street. The hotel has parking at back, a little tricky to get to, but reception will give you a map. £8.50 a day pay on line. From outside, the hotel looks a bit tired & as you climb the stairs to the room the carpets are very worn & some area’s definitely need maintenance & paint. They have an outside area on the front. Room is very clean. Modern. No where to put large cases, except behind the door. Lovely bathroom One thing - no handle on inside of the door. I’d stay here again but only due to its walking location. I really do hate being deceived - in regards the pictures on their site of rooms & them not looking anything like the room we were in. For this reason I’m marking lower scores..

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Paul

27 Jun 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Great staff. Excellent breakfast. The decor in the property needs updating. Bedrooms kept nice and clean. Good shower. My only recommendation is for the hotel to not play music during breakfast - it is unnecessary in my opinion.

Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jérémie

Travelled with partner

21 Jun 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Amazing staff, amazing hotel, close to everything.

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

8/10 Good

Julie

Travelled with group

13 Jun 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great accommodation option in Rye

Very friendly, helpful & efficient staff. Lovely, comfortable hotel with excellent sun terrace. Excellent breakfast. Hotel updating some rooms, some done - very nicely. Excellent location with shops and restaurants nearby - we went to Webbe, a fish restaurant less than 5 mins from the Lookout. Gusbourne vineyard 15 minute taxi ride away - highly recommended.

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Grant, Los Angeles

Travelled with group

5 Jun 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Loved this place! Rooms were great. Liked it so much I'm going back again in August with family!

Stayed 1 night in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Katie

28 May 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Karen, Grand Forks

Travelled with partner

12 May 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Really friendly comfortable hotel. Easy walking for the old town

Stayed 1 night in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Peter

28 Apr 2024

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Sarah

22 Apr 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Great service . Nice comfortable room . Some of the upstairs decor looked a little tired leading to the rooms . Great breakfast best had in a long time.

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024