Playden Oasts Hotel

A weekend break away in the Playden Oasts Inn was a lovely chance to get away and see some of Sussex. From when we arrived until we left after a weekend break the whole experience was wonderful. We stayed in a round room with the quaintness of the bath/shower behind a screen but the Inn had all the amenities that you would expect to find in a larger hotel. Nothing was too much and we enjoyed the restaurant for a large sized portion of inviting food with plenty of choice. The stand out for us in this inn was the service, the Inn team worked hard to make you feel welcome and both dinner and breakfast was as we would expect made even better by the chatty, friendly staff. Much of the original kilns can still be seen and we were fortunate enough to see behind the scenes one of the large kilns. I read some of the previous reviews but would say that our experience for the 6 of us was as good as we would want. Thank you Playden Oasts Inn, I would recommend you.

The lady who served us in the evening was fantastic. The meal dissapponting. The room was clean but dated. Bed uncomfortable and noisy. Not enough pillows Breakfast was very poor and the service terrible. Same lady as clearing rooms, then serving and I know she didn't have time to wash her hands!!!

Stayed here so we could explore Rye in the afternoon then return to the Oast House for dinner and drinks in the cozy bar. This was not possible as you have to be seated and ordered by 19.30 (too early for me) the reason for this shut off time is, the scruffy, inhospitable manager wants go home before 22.00 at the very latest, so he can save money on the bus…His words!You also need to let him know that you wish to eat by 17.30. When he leaves he shuts the bar. So on a Saturday night no bar after 21.30ish. I expressed my disbelief to the manager, he simply did not care, was just interested in getting away from the so called hotel. Bedroom very basic. Bed very hard. Terrible shower pressure. Bedroom/bathroom clean enough but bathroom tiles painted over and paint peeling away. Very shoddy bodge job. Breakfast not great so perhaps a blessing that we didn’t have dinner in the restaurant. Will definitely not return!