Let us start with the positives: The bed was one of the most comfortable ones we had slept in away from home, the staff was friendly and helpful, the meals we purchased were freshly prepared and excellent. Cleanliness was acceptable, but could be improved.
Now the "niggles": The hotel is clearly in need of refurbishment. The room advertised as "deluxe" clearly was not. Shortcomings ranged from dangerous, such as the lack of a non-slip mat in a slippery bath, to annoying, such as the lack of racks to dry towels.
Here is a short list of other ones: No hooks to hang up potentially wet outdoor clothing, only 5 hangers in a massive wardrobe, no hand towels provided, a non-functioning TV because of a defect aerial connection, old-fashioned bath/ shower mixer taps which dripped and left limescale deposits in the bath.
A negative outside the hotel's control was the location of our room no.10 which faced the Eastchurch main street with a pub directly opposite. Friday night was noisy, Saturday night even more so with loud singing up to 1 a.m. on Sunday morning.
During the hours advertised there was someone on the premises all the time, but the hotel was clearly run on a shoestring and staff were often difficult to find. Another fact worth mentioning is that a continental breakfast was included in the price of the booking, but we were not aware of this fact, nor were the staff when we first asked, until they looked at the booking.
A mixed experience, but overall enjoyable.