The hotel is very olde worldy with fabulous staff. The location in central Canterbury is ideal with everything you might want to visit being easily accessible. Breakfast is served either in your room or in one of two small dining rooms. The continental breakfast that comes as standard with your booking is fine or you can upgrade at an additional cost to a full English breakfast. The building itself is rather "wonky" which is charming and given the age of the building, probably to be expected. If traveling to Canterbury by car, don't forget to buy discounted parking via the hotel. The hotel has many more rooms than it appears to from it's facade and includes a lounge area, outdoor patio area and licensed bar. Our room, although not large, was clean and comfortable as was the en suite. Loved the super white, fluffy towels! The addition of a fierce free standing fan was very much appreciated during the current heat wave. Staff were friendly and very helpful.

We initially drove right past the hotel as part of the hotel and Cathedral gate has scafolding on it at the moment. Directions were not as good as they could have been and we would have appreciated an explaination of how the drop down bollards work and that if driving to drop off luggage, there is a need to go through them.

The hotel is literally attached to the Christ Church Gate of Canterbury Cathedral. Rod (Ron?) checked me in and was so kind as to offer me my choice of rooms. I stayed in Joy - aptly named because of the postcard-perfect view of the Cathedral immediately outside the window. The room has a full bathroom with a tub but no shower, which turned out to be a blessing for long soaks after full days of walking. The included continental breakfast is excellent, served in a room overlooking the square. Another review described the room layout at higgledy piggledy and that is spot on and part of this wonderful property's charm!

I loved everything! One detail to know about, there are a lot of stairs and very tight staircases. The staff handles your luggage!

The Breakfast dining room was beautifully situated above Precinct Square so morning tea and breakfast were entertaining as we watched the city wake up.. Cathedral Gate Hotel is right by the Cathedral which I visited 4 times in one day. The beds are comfy and the tea things in the room include cream (something that is not found everywhere. Parking was a snap once you knew who to call (the desk). Welcoming staff told us about important events and sites nearby.

We had noise from the street which died out after 10 pm. Not the fault of staff or amenities, just a condition of stay.

Staff were friendly and exceptionally helpful - certainly felt like a valued guest. Breakfast was fantastic and plenty of it - nothing too much trouble. Great communal areas so didn’t have to sit in your room all the time. Bar a great bonus - could have a relaxing drink before and after going out. Parking quite close and reduced parking cost through hotel

Our room was on the pedestrian walkway - noise of pedestrians was ok - expect that - but the street light was right outside our window and lit up the room over top of curtains which resulted in a slightly disturbed sleep - waking up thinking it was daylight -suggest black out blind on the window which would stop light coming over curtains possibly

An excellent located hotel right in the middle of the City and beside the cathedral gate. The staff were welcoming and obliging. The rooms are comfortable and well appointed. There are steep stairs which is my only cautionary comment, however, the staff volunteered to help with cases if necessary. I had to move room and that was conducted with minimum effort and my new room gave me a view of the Cathedral. I would stay again.

Perhaps the breakfast yoghurt might be better presented in bowl rather than than the Tesco carton! Not a big deal

The staff was so generous and helpful. Breakfast is in a charming room with beautiful bow windows. The service was incredibly thoughtful. Everyone wanted to make me as happy as possible. Just remarkable. My single room was tiny but charming. I even had a view! The historic stairs are very narrow and my room was at the top. Normally this wouldn’t have been a problem, but I’m having some hip trouble, so it was a bit tricky this time. They were very kind about carrying up my luggage!

Without a doubt, the best thing about this hotel is the location. You literally cannot get any better location-wise. The guest lounge, heated towel rail, nice shower and continental breakfast were, again, major plus points.

Unfortunately, the room was stifling with no ability to open a window so we had to sleep uncovered on top of the beds rather than get in bed. Staff did try their best by offering to loan us a fan but both fans available sounded like a low flying helicopter which we didn't feel was appropriate to use as it was inconsiderate to other guests on account of the noise level. However, the building is part of Canterbury Cathedral and, as such, I'm unsure if the owners would be allowed to install air conditioning etc. Also, the distinct lack of Internet access was a big issue for us. Seemingly, the law states that nothing is to be built of greater height than the Cathedral so it's hard for the City to install things like Internet masts etc.

Monica offered us a very warm welcome and guided us to our room. We loved the character filled rooms, the comfortable common areas, the included breakfast, and the amazing location. It was loud on the Saturday summer evening in a room facing the street, but we used the ear plugs provided and turned on the fan. A secondary set of translucent curtains would have been helpful as we were visible to people on the street unless we drew the blackout curtains.

The noise as described above was a little annoying. And if we had larger bags it would have been a struggle to navigate the stairs.

The room was cozy and very clean and the Hotel is located perfectly to explore the attractions of Canterbury. The continental breakfast included in our stay exceeded my expectations and was more than sufficient before a day of exploring.

The room did not feel as private owing to a street facing window, but did allow for great people watching and being able to feel a part of Canterbury. The noise from the street in the early morning did wake me, however the hotel provided ear plugs.

Location: Wonderful, easy to reach everywhere, just next to the Cathedral. Breakfast: Continental, good for us. Room: Spotless clean, we had everything we need Water machine near reception: Free spring and sparkle water anytime you can reach Rob,(I hope I can pronounce his name correctly) working at reception, he is friendly, lovely, kind and recommended lots of places to visit. They are giving a parking voucher you can use it for daily parking at the queiningate car park .

I know it's a double bed but it seems a bit small for us :)