Stayed in the "Repose" room, a generous double for our anniversary. Love the sense of history in this place, it's very quirky with many beautiful original features. We were well looked after and loved the fact that breakfast was even brought to our room in the morning! Shared shower facilities were fine as we were expecting this, and it meant... More

We booked & paid for a room in this hell hole in March 2013 for 1 night at the cost of £112.50 without seeing the room first, on arrival when we were shown to our room ( called 'JOY') what a [--] small & looked like had been furnished out of a junk shop & with no propper shower just... More

Filthy, smelly and vile. Zero customer service. My wife wouldn't venture into the shower it was so grimy like the room. One of the most expensive rooms we've stayed in but far the worst. Sleeping in the car is probably a better idea.

Didn't enjoy at all! All the building and especially the room were too old not maintained and very dirty. Not clean and let all the furniture get old is not vintage is disgusting. The bed was almost falling apart all the time you were sitting on it and the mattress absolutely uncomfortable, I woke up with a bed back pain.... More

Good Lord, the worst hotel I ever seen in my life, it's a shame that a city like Canterbury has an appalling hostel like this. The room was filthy, filthy, filthy my dog won't like to stay there. The breakfast was cereal, cheap croissants, juice, jam ??? One has to pay extra for full English breakfast and to book it... More

The so called Cathedral gate hotel is no more than a terrible & run down hostel! I paid above a hundred pounds for a room with torn carpets, no heating and terrible noise nighttime, I found no staff at 1 am to complain. Unless it was one night, I would complain to the trade standard agency, the council.

The worst 'hotel' I've ever seen! Everything about it was disappointing from the staff to the rooms. The mattresses are as old as the actual hotel. Bedding smelled musty as though they had not been changed. Breakfast consists of mainly stale pastries. Wifi only available in certain parts, I had to go down to 'reception' to use the internet although... More

Great location right next to the cathedral...but that is the only thing good about this hotel...rooms terrible...carpets worn through...hence felt dirty..had to park car some distance away in council car park...this place needs to invest some money into decoration instead of living in the past trying to sell this hotel to you on its history and location..

We went to Canterbury for a last minute weekend away and found most centrally located hotels fully booked, so we had to stay here at Cathedral Gate. It's very central and conveniently located in a pedestrianised square right next to the Cathedral entrance. I appreciate it is a very old building and therefore have sloping and creaky floors but there... More