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THE BLAZING DONKEY COUNTRY HOTEL

3.0 star property
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Desk, laptop workspace, iron/ironing board, free WiFi
Reception
Exterior
Exterior
Exterior

Reviews

7.2 out of 10

Good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
    Bar
  • 24/7 front desk
    24/7 front desk
  • Breakfast included
    Breakfast included
  • Parking included
    Parking included
  • Pet-friendly
    Pet-friendly
  • Housekeeping
    Housekeeping

Explore the area

Map
HAY HILL, HAM, Deal, England, CT14 0ED
  • Betteshanger Park
    4 min drive
  • Astor Theatre
    8 min drive
  • Royal St George's Golf Club
    12 min drive
  • Lydd (LYX)
    66 min drive

Room options

View all photos for Standard Double or Twin Room, Non Smoking, Garden View

Standard Double or Twin Room, Non Smoking, Garden View

Standard Double or Twin Room, Non Smoking, Garden View

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

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Family Tent, Garden View

Family Tent, Garden View

  • Sleeps 5
  • 1 Double Bed, 1 Twin Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

About the area

Deal

With a stay at THE BLAZING DONKEY COUNTRY HOTEL in Deal, you'll be within a 15-minute drive of Dover Western Docks Cruise Terminal and Betteshanger Park. .This golf hotel is 11.2 mi (18.1 km) from Dover Eastern Docks Ferry Terminal and 13.5 mi (21.7 km) from Canterbury Cathedral.

What's nearby

  • Betteshanger Park - 4 min drive - 4.0 km
  • Deal Pier - 8 min drive - 7.9 km
  • Walmer Castle and Gardens - 9 min drive - 9.5 km
  • Royal St George's Golf Club - 12 min drive - 10.0 km
  • Deal Beach - 21 min drive - 9.2 km

Getting around

  • Sandwich Station - 5 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪The Five Bells - ‬14 min walk
  • ‪Algar Lodge Farm Shop & Cafe - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Ossies fish & chips - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪Time & Tide Taphouse - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪The Quay/Sandwich - ‬6 min drive

About this property

THE BLAZING DONKEY COUNTRY HOTEL

Hotel in Deal with a golf course and free breakfast
THE BLAZING DONKEY COUNTRY HOTEL offers 27 accommodations with private spa tubs and irons/ironing boards. Accommodations offer separate dining areas and include desks. This Deal hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access, with a speed of 100+ Mbps (good for 1–2 people or up to 6 devices). Bathrooms include showers. Housekeeping is provided daily.
Recreational amenities at the hotel include a golf course.

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

Treat yourself to a stay in one of the 27 guestrooms, featuring private spa tubs. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Conveniences include desks and separate sitting areas, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Take advantage of recreation opportunities such as a golf course or take in the view from a terrace and a garden.
At THE BLAZING DONKEY COUNTRY HOTEL, enjoy a satisfying meal at the restaurant. Mingle with other guests at the complimentary reception, held daily. Wrap up your day with a drink at the bar/lounge. A complimentary full breakfast is served daily from 7:00 AM to 10:00 AM.
Featured amenities include a 24-hour front desk and coffee/tea in a common area. Event facilities at this hotel consist of conference space and a meeting room. Free self parking is available onsite.
A complimentary full breakfast is served each morning between 7:00 AM and 10:00 AM. A complimentary manager's reception is offered each day.
THE BLAZING DONKEY COUNTRY HOTEL has a restaurant on site.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • In-room WiFi speed: 100+ Mbps (good for 1–2 people or up to 6 devices)
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free secured self-parking on site
  • Motorhome/coach/lorry parking (free) on site
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available
  • Airport shuttle available
  • Local area shuttle

Food and drink

  • Free full breakfast available daily 7:00 AM–10:00 AM
  • 1 restaurant
  • 1 bar
  • Free daily reception
  • Coffee/tea in a common area

Things to do

  • Golf course

Family friendly

  • Separate dining area

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Daily housekeeping

Business services

  • Conference space
  • A meeting room

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Outdoor furniture
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • This property does not have any lifts
  • No lift (single-level property)
  • Step-free path to entrance
  • Well-lit path to entrance
  • Wheelchair-accessible business centre
  • Wheelchair-accessible lounge
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • 6 on-site accessible parking spaces
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel
  • Wheelchair-accessible restaurant

Room amenities

Bathroom

  • Private bathroom
  • Shampoo
  • Shower
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels

Food and drink

  • Dining room

More

  • Desk
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Laptop-friendly workspace
  • Private hot tub
  • Restaurant dining guide
  • Separate sitting area

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Early check-in subject to availability
Early check-in fee: GBP 50
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10:30 AM
Late check-out subject to availability
Late check-out fee: GBP 50

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from midnight - midnight
Guests will receive an email 7 days before arrival with check-in instructions and key retrieval information; front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Access methods

Staffed front desk, key retrieval

Pets

Pets allowed for an extra charge of GBP 25 per accommodation, per day
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees
Welcoming dogs only
An off-leash area is available

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Pet fee: GBP 25 per accommodation, per day
  • Service animals are exempt from fees
  • Early check-in fee: GBP 50 (subject to availability)
  • Late check-out fee: GBP 50 (subject to availability)

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

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 and cash
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
This property caters to LGBTQ+ guests
This property welcomes guests of all sexual orientations and gender identities (LGBTQ+ friendly)

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THE BLAZING DONKEY COUNTRY HOTEL Reviews

Reviews

7.2

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 12 out of 46 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 16 out of 46 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 6 out of 46 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 9 out of 46 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 46 reviews" "

7.6/10

Cleanliness

7.6/10

Staff & service

5.0/10

Amenities

7.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

4/10 Poor

Stella

Travelled with family
Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2021

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children, Travelled with partner, Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very outdated, tatty bedrooms and bedrooms. Well overdue an upgrade.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

2/10 Terrible

Hall, Suffolk

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We rang twice, when booking and on the day to advise that we would be late checking in due to attending a wedding at a nearby function. The first time I was advised that is fine as we have a 24 hour check in and second time, on day at 7pm, that due to a function being held there staff would be on site until1.30 ish if not arrangements would be made for location of key. We arrived at 1 am, hotel was locked. I rang and I was advised that I was too late and I would have to wait in my car until 2.30 am to 3 am until someone could be there. I explained that we had advised twice already we were going to be late and was retorted with that’s tough really madam. Husband and I then went back to our car to bed down for the night. However someone did then arrive about 15 mins later. We also had no lights working in bathroom, main light and shaver light and had to swap bulbs around. Therefore do not book this venue if you will be arriving late. Please note I’m not one to give bad reviews, in fact this is the first but was appalled by this situation having already paid in full. On a positive note breakfast was very good.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

2/10 Terrible

Sumair

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
No
The hotel has no where nice near it to eat, there was no hot water, one of us was ill after consuming the breakfast. There were dead bugs in the rooms. Disgusting!!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Michael

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness
Pleasant, but not for arachnophobes.
One night stay. It’s a pleasant & peaceful spot. The room was nice enough & the food in the restaurant was pleasant but not spectacular. It’s a lovely, cosy bar/restaurant with a good atmosphere. The only problem was the number of spiders in the room, I’m afraid. Girlfriend not impressed!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

4/10 Poor

Emma, Ramsgate

Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property is set in some lovely grounds and the restaurant area is quite rustic and welcoming. Unfortunately, that’s where the positives end. Check in was so fast it was almost abrupt, our room was small, very hot (we had the boiler in our bathroom which was noisy and made the room very stuffy), the bathroom light didn’t work, the hot tap was dripping all night and the toiletries were the absolute bare minimum. The room itself was quite dated and these factors combined made the price unreasonable. The food was good but serving hours were 8-9pm making it difficult to plan dinner and the staff seemed all quite new so didn’t know answers to basic questions and had no knowledge of drinks. Quite a disappointing stay overall.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
it was lovely looking out over the Kentish fields. Property was a bit difficult to find
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

6/10 Okay

Teresa

Liked: Staff & service
staff excellent
Service and staff were excellent but room within the main house had several problems. Staff did offer to move us but as we had already had one night there we chose not to have the bother of moving Problems included noisy boiler in the en suite, décor in en suit poor and not the cleanest around skirting boards, hot tap extremely hard to turn off and cold tap extremely hard to turn on
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities
Check in was ok as lady in front desk was nice. Was not able to use the bar though as there was a wedding. The disappointment was breakfast. Absolutely unpleasant experience altogether. All tables had been used and we had to clean our own table and get cutlery. All pastries had run out and the one guy serving was way overworked and uninterested. The other guests were laughing about the ‘self service’. All could have been redeemed when I spoke to the manager at check out but his passive aggressive responses were unwelcome and unpleasant. He challenged me and I suggested he ask all guests about their breakfast experience upon checkout. My guess would be he didn’t. Such a shame as it’s a beautiful little place and could have been a lovely spot to return to.
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
It’s trying it’s best but could do better
Lovely staff, they are trying to have things at a high standard but my room was a little tired and worn out, despite turning both knobs off on the radiator the radiator was still on making the room very hot, the shower left a lot to be desired to not very powerful and a pain to get temperature correct. Food was good stake tasted like to much lighter fluid was used on the charcoal grill to light it and that got into the food. Breakfast was good but again let down by the slow pace of the kitchen nearly 40mins from sitting down to eating in a sitting of less than 10 people.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Lee

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent accommodation definitely recommend.
On arrival we immediately felt very welcome, our rooms were in a beautiful courtyard. The restaurant and bar were lovely sitting in front of a very welcoming log fire. The food and service was outstanding we will definitely be going back!
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Nice friendly place for a business stop over
Nice friendly place for a business stop over, although it’d be great if you needed to be in Dover early as a family to get to France. The room I had this time was a little tired it was still clean and comfortable, the evening meal and Breakfast were both excellent.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay.
Really friendly staff nothing was too much trouble, there was a minor issue with the room when I checked in but that was quickly fixed with no fuss at all. Evening meal and breakfast was excellent too.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Laurence

good stay, great breakfast
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

6/10 Okay

nicola

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A bit pricey I'm afraid and not to include breakfast, that was an £9.50.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Sarah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I would recommend staying here
We were in Walmer visiting friends and needed a reasonably priced place to stay! and for room only we had a good deal. Added breakfast there for just £8 per head when we checked in. It was down a few narrow country lanes but the hotel itself was just what we were hoping for. Lovely breakfast. Nice friendly staff, plenty of parking, clean, comfortable and warm. It was only a one night stay and we didn't have an evening meal or anything but all in all we were happy with our choice.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

6/10 Okay

Alan

Sadly somewhat disappointing
My first impression when arriving in the car park were good. Plenty of easy parking and nice looking grounds. Unfortunately, however, it went a bit downhill from there. No member of staff at reception or the bar area an for only a sign pointing guests to head out the back to the marquee where a private wedding was in full flow - I'm sure they were delighted with random guests wandering in looking for staff to get checked in. Service was very slow and the food was OK. Essentially "OK" was the final summary. It has the potential to be really nice but needs considerably better management & organisation. I don't like being too harsh but sadly left disappointed.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2018

8/10 Good

Athol

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good Value and clean tidy and friendly
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
This hotel is only for people attending a wedding
We booked this hotel as it was close to our friends home.on arrival there was one guy who was doing everything. We felt extremely sorry for him as he was trying his best. Door to room was broken, leaky tap. This is purely a wedding venue hotel where they do not have time for any other guests. Breakfast was ok but once again, the same member of staff trying to feed 60 people. Obviously impossible.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

8/10 Good

Elisabeth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Rural gem
Lovely rural get away, peaceful. The highlights are the excellent food and attentative friendly staff. The rooms are converted stables, clean and with some lovely views.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Had family room for 5!
Had nice clean family room for 5, quiet place to stay and close to Dover for ferry. Good parking outside the accommodation. Nice breakfast. Would stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018

10/10 Excellent

Dan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great little spot
Lovely place to stay - very clean, beautiful gardens. Room not too hot despite the really hot weather! The only suggestion I would make is just add a little bit more pressure to your water system so the showers are sufficiently powerful!
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Just overnight
Super cute hotel in the country. Room was very small and crowded for 5 people. Lots of bugs inside the bathroom but overall it was ok
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018