The George in Rye

Rye, East Sussex

Facilities

  • Eccentric yet smart room decor – sourced from design houses, antique shops, flea markets, reclamation yards

  • Original features like roll-top bathtubs and sloping floors – the bar ceiling is made from 16th century ship masts

  • Marble-topped bathroooms, some with walk-in shower rooms or old-fashioned tubs for two

  • Tivoli radios, flat-screen LCD-TVs, DVD players and broadband access in all rooms

  • Cosy oak-panelled sitting room with fireplace for reading or afternoon tea

  • Plant-filled courtyard patio with gas heaters

  • Elegant Georgian ballroom that seats up to 100 guests and is licensed for civil wedding ceremonies

  • Jovial bar, the Tap, that serves Harveys Sussex ale, Bibendum organic cider and wines from vineyards in Kent and East Sussex

  • Private dining room for 10-35 people, also equipped with a projector and surround sound for film screenings and conferences

Social Responsibility


The George in Rye supports The Memorial Care Centre in Rye. The charity helps thousands of people of all ages by giving health and community care. It is unusual in that the whole hospital is owned for the community by a registered charity.

When to go?

The George is cosy in the winter although Rye is very quiet, summer means more tourists but also warmer weather for sand dune frolicking

Features include:

  • Restaurant
  • Room service
  • Bar
  • Vegetarian menu
  • Walk to restaurants (offsite)
  • Garden
  • Guest lounge
  • Internet access
  • Wedding license
  • Meeting rooms
  • Function facilities
  • Airport Transfers
Save to favouritesPrintMailThe George in Rye"It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition." Henry James may have been thinking of The George – or indeed drinking in The George – when he wrote this. It was established at least 300 years before the author settled here in 1898, and its bar has always drawn local custom. But the hotel itself had become a neglected, and it took the keen eye of film set designer Katie Clarke and her husband Alex to spot the diamond beneath the dust. Now, after two years of renovations, The George has a healthy glow – fresh-scrubbed [r:UK013:bedrooms] with crisp linen, gleaming bathrooms, clean and creamy walls throughout. New and old rub shoulders with flair: psychedelic prints in the reception, log fires in the lounge. Staff are young and courteous; the [i!http://www.i-escape.com/hotel.php?section=eating&hotel_key=UK013!restaurant] serves top-notch seafood and local lamb in an unstuffy style. And the cosy bar has real ales and organic cider. After an afternoon's traipse around cobbled streets, these contemporary comforts are a godsend. A fine hotel, in the best tradition – Henry would have approved.

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