"Room was spotlessly clean, great location, access to the town"
"Hotel was very clean, Good location for station, access to seafront, walking distance of town"
Located 6 km from the medieval St Leonard's Church, the 3-star Wards Hotel & Restaurant Folkestone is just a 5-minute walk from the Church of the Holy Trinity. This hotel also offers Wi-Fi in public areas.
The smoke-free hotel is about 115 km from London City airport and 3.9 km from such cultural venues as the Kent Battle of Britain Museum. The Folkestone Creative Quarter is a few moments from the Wards Hotel & Restaurant, while Grimston Avenue bus stop is around 300 metres away. Nature lovers will appreciate the proximity to Mermaid Beach, which is 18 minutes' walk away. This property is just 1.8 km from Folkestone Harbour Arm.
Wards Hotel & Restaurant has 10 rooms with a seating area. A flat-screen TV with satellite channels along with tea and coffee making equipment are provided. Ironing facilities are featured for guests' comfort. Bathrooms inlude a walk-in shower and a separate toilet, and such fine comforts as a hair dryer and a shower cap.
Gastronomic options include a lounge bar. The bar area includes a lounge. Guests can enjoy European cuisine at Earls Restaurant, situated just a few steps from this Folkestone hotel.
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Free internet access
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Parking
Kitchen features
Electric kettle
Children facilities
Cots
Facilities for disabled guests
Wheelchair access
Room features
Sitting area
Tea and coffee facilities
Dining table
Ironing facilities
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Free toiletries
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Flat-screen TV
AM/FM alarm clock
Decor
Carpeted floor
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Pets allowed
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Folkestone Rugby Club
4593 km
All Souls Cheriton
1839 km
Enbrook Park
1562 km
Sandgate Beach
2318 km
Sandgate Mens Club
1505 km
The American Garden
3017 km
Church of St Martin
2914 km
Airports
London City
112 km
Train stations
Folkestone Central Railway Station
600 m
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Wards Hotel & Restaurant has 10 rooms with a seating area. A flat-screen TV with satellite channels along with tea and coffee making equipment are provided. Ironing facilities are featured for guests' comfort. Bathrooms inlude a walk-in shower and a separate toilet, and such fine comforts as a hair dryer and a shower cap.
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Diana
2024-05-30
8/10
Sensational full English breakfast with a reasonably priced food variety.
James
2024-04-20
7/10
This hotel is quaint and immaculately clean, it has strong Wi-Fi and a Michelin star rated restaurant. The breakfast is satisfactory with a good cooked, endless supply and the sausages, had everything you could imagine.
Martin
2024-03-21
5/10
The suite was relaxing with a 4 poster bed. The location was great and unbeatable, close to centre of Folkestone and the interior design was lovely. The Michelin-starred restaurant served a good choice of well presented food.
The staff was so relaxed.
Nick
2024-02-28
7/10
Friendly place, private parking, amazing staff. Lovely and beautiful rooms combined with fantastic facilities. A wide array of food for the English breakfast. Warm drinks at in-house bar, helpful service. Not to mention very good wifi!
A little tired bathroom.
Jason
2024-02-25
8/10
Liked our stay, had fantastic 3 days overall. The breakfast was excellent and offered plenty of outstanding food. The room we booked was beautifully decorated with a four poster bed. The hotel's location was perfect and decent, just off motorway exit. Besides, a public park was just 1 km away.
Robert
2024-02-03
9/10
Excellent breakfast with endless supply of black coffee was a nice touch. I enjoyed staying here, nothing too much trouble.
Paul
2024-02-02
7/10
Ideal lovely family run property with very amiable staff who is very much hands on working alongside the staff to ensure excellent customer service. Brand-new and immaculate room provided with four poster bed, free water and beautiful new bathroom. Handy, ideal location adjacent to lovely restaurant at pub prices, leafy suburbs and Eurotunnel.
Alan
2024-01-28
9/10
The venue is spacious and clean with a great value and welcoming staff. Magnificent location close to Eurotunnel for an early departure, in the modern area. A wide range of food in the hotel, Michelin-starred restaurant.
Lucy
2024-01-19
7/10
It was reasonably clean and the staff were very amiable, beds were comfortable.
Grace
2024-01-17
8/10
Lovely design of interiors in suite. Satisfactory English breakfast with several hot options.
Andy
2023-12-31
9/10
The location was decent, right by Folkestone at short notice as well as sea front and accessibility to Eurotunnel, in an extra comfy area.
Gary
2023-12-26
7/10
Efficient service, even though a few employees were appalling. The bedroom was spotless and new-fashioned. Plus it had an excellent view over garden.
Andrew
2023-12-23
7/10
The place was nicely decorated, with its incredibly attentive staff who is very much hands on working alongside the staff to ensure excellent customer service. Hotel's full English breakfast had something for everyone.
Laura
2023-12-21
7/10
Nothing too much trouble, I greatly enjoyed my stay. The hotel was exceptionally comfortable and absolutely fabulous in general, had exceptional staff who is very much hands on working alongside the staff to ensure excellent customer service. The property was in a very central setting very close to the Eurotunnel terminal. Also, it was 10 minutes walk away from Madame Tussauds Blackpool Wax Museum which I wanted to visit. The bedroom was perfectly clean and newly remodelled.
Derek
2023-12-09
8/10
Overall had really good stay for a wedding. The room was upgraded because the battery was going in the fire alarm and available with shower. The location was very central, absolutely perfect to the Tunnel terminal.
Rosie
2023-12-01
9/10
Genuinely helpful staff and handy location within walking distance of everything, everything was very good. Brand-new room, that also was great modern with enough electrical sockets. I had a microwave and an electric kettle. Tbh, had a pleasant overnight stay for a night.
John
2023-11-22
9/10
Quaint hotel, it offers very good services and decent location really close to Folkestone Central railway station and sea front in pleasant tree lined road. The Michelin star rated restaurant with full bar is what you need.
Barry
2023-11-02
7/10
We had a large bedroom. This location was perfect and magnificent, close enough to Folkestone in Kent, a very well-run establishment, and the train station, town and football club. Also, the hotel was situated near an art gallery.
Owen
2023-10-26
7/10
The setting is perfect and handy, adjacent to Folkestone at short notice as well as the Leas cliffs. The rooms are tastefully decorated and well-appointed and have excellent view of the sea.
Mary
2023-10-14
7/10
The location was marvellous and unbeatable, in a very nice area of Folkestone-wide roads with lovely Edwardian buildings, and the bed lovely. Plus, it was approx 25 mins walk from Mermaid Beach. The rooms were lovely and beautiful and included coffee and an iron etc.
Patrick
2023-10-06
8/10
Reasonably clean accommodation, caring and amazingly attentive staff who is very much hands on working alongside the staff to ensure excellent customer service. Beautifully maintained unit with a nice decor. The location unbeatable and perfect in a quiet neighborhood. Also - right by the nearest shops / bars / restaurants, the Tunnel terminal and the train station, town and football club.
Victoria
2023-09-15
8/10
Comfortable accommodation with pleasant staff who is very much hands on working alongside the staff to ensure excellent customer service. Reasonably priced, huge room with free water, four poster bed, for instance.
Shaun
2023-09-04
8/10
Modern area, very central location close enough to the garden. New-fashioned suite, exceptionally comfortable beds.
Ella
2023-08-18
9/10
The hotel is exceptionally comfortable with exceptional employees who is very much hands on working alongside the staff to ensure excellent customer service. Pleasant and magnificent location in Folkestone, just next door to Folkestone at short notice on a Wednesday night in early December, the shops, and leafy suburbs. Also, close to the seafront.
Kevin
2023-08-14
8/10
All in all everything was fantastic, had a very very good stay for a night. Enjoyed the way our nice modern and well-maintained room with tea, coffee and biscuits was arranged. The staff was caring, amazingly attentive, and responded promptly to requests.
Philip
2023-08-14
8/10
The breakfast at the hotel was good with tasty ingredients. Pleasant very central location near to town, Sandgate Road shops and the resturant.
Bill
2023-08-13
8/10
The breakfast meal was very very good with endless supply of black coffee and a good cooked or continental option, for instance. The room was fashionable & lovely modern with extra large comfortable four poster bed. Our hotel was in an ideal location near the Eurotunnel.
John
2023-08-12
7/10
Spotlessly clean hotel, enjoyed to be so close to sea front with plenty of historical features, the restaurant on both nights and Easy to find plenty of space in the car park easy walk into the local area for sea views thanks to excellent location. All of the staff members were helpful and well-mannered. It was really enjoyable stay, I didn't feel like leaving and would go back in flash.
Johnny
2023-08-11
7/10
Great place for 3 nights with extremely helpful and caring staff who is very much hands on working alongside the staff to ensure excellent customer service.
Anne
2023-07-31
9/10
The restaurant was elegant with full bar here, I had very pleasant dishes. The bed was comfortable & the staff was very amiable. The location in an extremely comfortable area was decent and there were the main shopping centre and all the major shops nearby.
Ray
2023-07-30
9/10
Perfectly clean property with caring staff who is very much hands on working alongside the staff to ensure excellent customer service. All in all ideal setting near the Tunnel terminal, lovely restaurant at pub prices and the train station. The Michelin star rated restaurant for Sunday lunch.
Arthur
2023-07-29
9/10
The location was marvellous: the main shopping centre and all the main shops were within walking distance. Had tea and goodies at Mermaids Cafe Bar, nestled 1 km of the hotel.
Susan
2023-07-28
7/10
The rooms were huge and equipped with tea, biscuits and TV.
Tim
2023-07-19
7/10
Relaxing room, lovely bed, best bathroom. A short walk from the beach, marvellous and unbeatable location not far from a local restaurant, the euro tunnel and the town centre, the Leas, Folkestone Central railway station, and the beach.
Charles
2023-07-16
7/10
I had reasonably priced room with a huge 4 poster bed. The location was decent as for me, right by the cliffs, leafy suburbs of Folkestone and a very well-run establishment. What's more, it was 5 mins drive from Mermaid Beach.
Tom
2023-07-10
6/10
This hotel is nice little and incredibly friendly, has amazing employees who is very much hands on working alongside the staff to ensure excellent customer service. The room was relaxing, fantastic and reasonably priced, with four poster bed.
The bed was too firm, unfortunately.
Stephanie
2023-05-26
8/10
It was in an ideal location with very amiable staff. We ate in the elegant restaurant for Sunday lunch which was reasonably priced.
John
2023-05-22
7/10
I ate at a good restaurant with excellent quality food. The location was perfect - only a short distance to everywhere I wanted to go. You could walk to the main shopping centre and all the major shops.
Richard
2023-05-22
8/10
Location - great and unbeatable, close enough to Folkestone or local area, Leas Promenade and Euro Tunnel. Lovely and amazing staff who is very much hands on working alongside the staff to ensure excellent customer service. Lovely and beautiful room, best bathroom with a walk-in shower.
Fiona
2023-05-13
9/10
I was here for 3 nights and ate at Michelin-starred restaurant with more than a 30minute wait for food. The setting was decent, adjacent to sea, the restaurant before the show, and the beaches.
Ben
2023-04-26
8/10
Brand-new unit with enough electrical sockets. Decent location so close to the sea, train station and the downtown area, 15 min walk to train station.
Joseph
2023-04-13
8/10
Coffee and an iron available in the suite. Garden view and exceptional service.
Gareth
2023-04-12
8/10
Everything was clean and perfect. Savoury food, reasonably priced. Easy to get to, perfect location near the restaurant and beach.
Elizabeth
2023-04-09
7/10
The room was beautifully maintained, the location was magnificent very central. The restaurant was good with full bar, I tried very pleasant dishes.
Anthony
2023-04-06
7/10
The hotel had a very central location to the euro tunnel. Besides, it was adjacent to Michelin starred restaurants and the town centre, the Leas, Folkestone Central railway station, and the beach.
John
2023-03-22
7/10
The location was marvellous, close to all amenities! The staff was polite and pleasant, everything was great. We liked rooms for bathroom.
Amanda
2023-02-15
7/10
Everything was simply really good. The place was perfectly clean and quaint, it had extremely helpful and caring staff who is very much hands on working alongside the staff to ensure excellent customer service. The hotel was in an ideal location just off central Folkestone as well as the train station, town and football club for what we wanted it for. There was a Michelin star rated restaurant nearby.
Adam
2023-01-20
5/10
From the bus stop 5 minutes on foot. Units with an excellent duvet.
So relaxed staff!
Charles
2023-01-17
7/10
The location was marvellous and unbeatable, at a short distance from a public park. It was located in a lovely area very close to the attached resturant and Folkestone en route to-or-from France. Besides, parking was available on site.
Chris
2023-01-14
9/10
Breakfast with several hot options, continental option, too much sweet food. Fashionable room with bath and shower and really lovely experience. Knowledgeable staff and unbeatable location adjacent to football club, and Folkestone. Plus, 5 minutes drive from The Village.
James
2023-01-08
9/10
Staff were courteous, room was stylish and tidy. The location was pleasant, for example, The Leas Promenade was within easy walking distance of the hotel.
Ian
2022-12-19
9/10
The hotel's location was very central, close to town centre. Most staff were affable and efficient, immaculate rooms. The full English breakfast was sensational with several hot options.
Alan
2022-12-08
8/10
Booked a suite with an iron and ironing board, coffee and tea making equipment, and a multi-channel TV.
Jim
2022-12-03
9/10
The breakfasts are sensational with lots of options. The rooms are huge with the windows open, so that guests have essentials. Our hotel is set in a central location adjacent to sea, shops, restaurants, bars and train station, and the restaurant.
Brian
2022-11-19
9/10
Huge, exceptional units provided with the four poster bed-bathroom and extra large comfortable four poster bed plus bath. Efficient and accommodating staff, unbeatable location in the attached resturant.
Martyn
2022-11-03
7/10
The hotel was nicely decorated and pleasant with accommodating stuff members and a lounge bar. The rooms with good bed, a full size TV, for instance. Peaceful location not far from the restaurant, town centre, and the seafront, and very good service.
Paul
2022-10-22
9/10
The staff were knowledgeable at all times, the rooms was stylish. The location was peaceful and pleasant, just a short walk away from The Leas Bandstand.
Leonard
2022-10-18
9/10
Had good sleep at the suite. All the necessary was there, including bathroom with a bath.
Sarah
2022-10-14
9/10
The location of the hotel was marvellous and pleasant - within easy walking distance of Zig Zag Path Park.
Peter
2022-10-12
7/10
The full English breakfast was sensational and with several hot options. The location for Folkestone was magnificent, just next door to the centre, Folkestone and Wards.
Robert
2022-10-12
7/10
The room we stayed in was huge and new-fashioned with a very nice shower, lovely breakfast, as for instance. The venue was set in the central position just next door to Eurotunnel, a beautiful promenade, restaurants.
Andy
2022-09-30
8/10
The bed was comfortable and it was great having a microwave, central heating, tea and coffee making equipment. The staff was efficient and we loved the lounge bar. The venue's position was central.
Rory
2022-09-22
8/10
Pleasant small place, it has unbeatable location next to Folkestone and local bars. Coffee/tea making machines and a refrigerator are a nice touch.
John
2022-07-26
9/10
Its reasonably spacious small hotel, everything is perfect here. The location is very central. Besides, St Peter's Church is 5 minutes' drive away. Have a drink at the lounge bar.
Archibald
2022-03-10
8/10
We loved staying here, the breakfast was hearty. Central location, at walking distance from the leas promenade. Our suite was immaculate, warm. Hotel was spotless and the service was very good.
Mervyn
2022-01-18
9/10
All good - I loved my stay - food was great and my bed was very comfy. Helpfulness of hotel staff. Moreover, it was easy to park onsite.
Jim
2022-01-18
8/10
It's small place to stay 1 km away from a public park. Unbeatable very central location and welcoming staff.
John
2022-01-04
9/10
It is a great place to stay in Folkestone, I enjoyed its staff and location. A short walk to the sandy beach.
Jamie
2021-12-22
9/10
Staff and location are fab, I enjoyed staying here. The room is reasonably priced.
Heather
2021-12-19
8/10
Rooms were practical and the staff were not rude! I had cheese, muffins, bakery, fresh fruit and scrambled eggs for breakfast. Efficient location, 10 minutes' walk to leas promenade. About 5 minutes walk to bus stop. Interesting interior, pleasant restaurant.
Matthew
2021-08-13
8/10
this accommodation was exquisite and spotlessly clean, it had first class stuff and location.
Samuel
2021-06-23
8/10
Pretty much what I expected: proper hotel, reasonably priced. Clean enough place accompanied by amicable staff. The bedrooms were good-sized, and the beds were comfortable enough. Decor was smart. Plus, I was able to park my car onsite.
Charlie
2021-05-11
9/10
Perfect location to explore Folkestone and admirable service. Hotel was spotless. Lounge bar was inviting!
Cyril
2020-11-16
7/10
I liked that we had a TV set and a radio in the room. Breakfast was FRESHLY PREPARED there, satisfied.
William
2020-10-10
7/10
Nothing beats being in Wards Hotel & Restaurant. The venue was very clean & good sized. Within short walking distance of Conchitas, where you can have lunch.
The shower had no pressure in the bathroom.
James
2020-04-04
8/10
We would recommend, maybe to friends. We loved wards. We recommend you to eat at The Grand, that is set 600 metres away. Even the London Southend airport was not so far.
