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The Five Bells

Kent · United Kingdom

The Cross Lower Street EastryView location

9.2/10Excellent95 Reviews
Cleanliness9.4/109.4
Service9.6/109.6
Comfort8.8/108.8
Condition8.8/108.8
Neighborhood8.6/108.6
Amenities8.6/108.6
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About The Five Bells

With a stay at The Five Bells in Sandwich, you'll be within a 15-minute drive of Wingham Wildlife Park and Dover Beach. This inn is 9. 9 mi (15. 9 km) from Dover Castle and 10. 7 mi (17. 3 km) from White Cliffs of Dover.

Take in the views from a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless Internet access and barbecue grills. Featured amenities include a business center and dry cleaning/laundry services. Free self parking is available onsite. Enjoy a meal at the restaurant or snacks in the inn's coffee shop/café.

Wrap up your day with a drink at the bar/lounge. English breakfasts are available daily for a fee. Make yourself at home in one of the 3 guestrooms. Complimentary wireless Internet access is available to keep you connected. Bathrooms feature showers, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers.

Housekeeping is provided daily, and both irons/ironing boards and cribs/infant beds (complimentary) are available on request.

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Located in Sandwich, The Five Bells is within a 5-minute drive of St. Mary the Blessed Virgin Church and Barnsole Vineyard. This inn is 3 mi (4.9 km) from Sandwich Guildhall Museum and 3.2 mi (5.1 km) from White Mill Rural Heritage Centre.

Make yourself at home in one of the 3 guestrooms. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Bathrooms feature showers, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. Conveniences include electric kettles, housekeeping is provided daily, and irons/ironing boards can be requested. Free self parking is available onsite.

Popular amenities

Free WiFi
Parking available
Dining services
Laundry
Entertainment
Non-smoking
Accessible facilities

Check-in and check-out

Check-in from 3:00 PM
Check-in until 9:00 PM
Check-out until 10:00 AM
Minimum check-in age 18

Hotel policies

No rollaway/extra beds available No elevators No front desk Guests will receive an email with special check-in instructions Guest will receive an email before arrival 24 hours Professional property host/manager Property does not offer onsite COVID-19 testing Property does not require health documentation at check-in Pets not allowed

Cleaning and safety

Sanitization
Contactless check-out is available Cashless transactions are available

Important information

  • You need to know
    • Cashless payment methods are available for all transactions.
    • Contactless check-out is available.
  • Special Instructions
    There is no front desk at this property. Guests will receive an email within 24 hours before arrival with check-in instructions. The host will greet guests on arrival. Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools.
  • Instructions
    • 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, debit cards, and cash
    • Cashless transactions are available
    • Safety features at this property include a carbon monoxide detector, a fire extinguisher, a smoke detector, a security system, and a first aid kit
  • Minimal age
    18
  • Optional fees
    • Crib (infant bed) fee: GBP 5.0 per stay

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

  • Spoken Language

    English

Nearby attractions

St. Mary the Blessed Virgin Church 2.1 km / 1.3 mi
Barnsole Vineyard 4 km / 2.5 mi
Sandwich Guildhall Museum 4.6 km / 2.8 mi
Secret Gardens of Sandwich 4.7 km / 2.9 mi
Betteshanger Park 4.9 km / 3 mi
White Mill Rural Heritage Centre 5.1 km / 3.2 mi
Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory Trust 6.8 km / 4.2 mi
Deal Beach 8 km / 5 mi
Sandwich Bay Beach 8.2 km / 5.1 mi
Royal St George's Golf Club 8.7 km / 5.4 mi
Deal Castle 8.7 km / 5.4 mi
Astor Theatre 9 km / 5.6 mi
Deal Pier 9 km / 5.6 mi
Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club 9.4 km / 5.9 mi
Prince's Golf Club 9.6 km / 6 mi

Hotel facilities & services

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  • Total number of rooms: 3
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  • Check-out hour
  • Wi-fi
  • Garden
  • Clothes dryer
  • Grill/BBQ
  • Café
  • Bar
  • Restaurant
  • Meeting room
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  • Business centre
  • Non-smoking establishment
  • Minimum check-in age: 18
  • Billiards
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  • TWIN STANDARDTWIN • STANDARDTWN.ST

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    Guests: 1–4 • Adults: max. 4 • Children: max. 3
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    TWIN STANDARD

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    Room code: TWN.ST

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  • FAMILY ROOM WITH DOUBLE BEDFAMILY ROOM • WITH DOUBLE BEDFAM.DB

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    Guests: 1–8 • Adults: max. 8 • Children: max. 5
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    WITH DOUBLE BED

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    FAMILY ROOM WITH DOUBLE BED

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    Guests: 1–8 • Adults: max. 8 • Children: max. 5
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    WITH DOUBLE BED

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    Room code: FAM.DB

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  • DOUBLE KING SIZE BEDDOUBLE • KING SIZE BEDDBL.KG

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    Guests: 1–4 • Adults: max. 4 • Children: max. 3
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    DOUBLE
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    KING SIZE BED

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    DOUBLE KING SIZE BED

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    Guests: 1–4 • Adults: max. 4 • Children: max. 3
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    DOUBLE
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    KING SIZE BED

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    Room code: DBL.KG

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Guest reviews

What other guests saying about The Five Bells

9.2
Excellent
95 Reviews
Cleanliness
9.4 /10
Service
9.6 /10
Comfort
8.8 /10
Condition
8.8 /10
Neighborhood
8.6 /10
Amenities
8.6 /10
50 reviews shown
10/10
Exceptional
24 May 2026
Anna
We recently attended a nearby wedding and stayed at The Five Bells, an amazing family-run pub and B&B. The family room was spacious, spotless, and well-equipped, with complimentary toiletries that were especially appreciated as we’d forgotten ours at home.

Mary and her daughters were incredibly warm and welcoming, making our stay even more enjoyable. We would highly recommend this lovely place.
Partner
10/10
Exceptional
16 Mar 2026
Brian
Parking was available outside the Five Bells and in a couple of spaces reserved for B&B Guests.
Partner
10/10
Exceptional
12 Oct 2025
Tim
Friendly staff, parking limited, food excellent. The family room was spacious, clean and comfortable. Games room with pool and billiard tables, dart board and more.
Friends_and_family Family
10/10
Exceptional
17 Aug 2025
Alan

Lovely Olde World stopover.

Lovely olde world pub-restaurant. Excellent food, both breakfasts and evening meals.This is a real heart of the community pub, with lots going on, including a Petanque match, when we were there. Check-in at the bar was easy. The service was very friendly and excellent throughout. A well stocked bar, including a local beer, 'Gem' by name and 'Gem' by nature. The en-suite double room was clean and comfortablebut you are better off relaxing in the bars downstairs, where there was two dining lounges and a dedicated sports TV room.Sitiuated in the historic, lovely village of Eastry, just over 10 miles from Dover.
Partner
10/10
Exceptional
03 Aug 2025
Jamie M R

Home away from home vibes

We've have never stayed somewhere that's made us feel more welcome.

The food is good.

The staff are lovely and go well out of their way to help and make you feel at home.

The locals are friendly.

What more could you want?
Partner
10/10
Exceptional
10 Jul 2025
Christopher
Right from Check-in, Mary and her staff made me feel very welcome. Mary was very helpful at every turn even going above and beyond. The room was very good size and very clean. Perfect place to stay!
Leisure Self
10/10
Exceptional
02 Jun 2025
Nick
It was a lovely location and friendly staff and locals, who were easy to talk to and very engaging.
Business
8/10
Excellent
22 May 2025
Daniel

Friendly pub, cosy room

Check in was professional and friendly, bar staff showed me my room and explained everything well.
Room and bathroom are tired, but adequate. The bed was really comfortable. Overall cosy room. Pub is nice with lots of friendly locals and tourists. I stayed on curry night which was greay value for money. Nice home made style curries. Only shame was no TNT sports to watch the football.

In the morning breakfast was a good english breakfast. Only bug bear was the weak coffee. I had a flat white the evening before and it was dish water from a machine.
I would certainly stay again, food was good and staff are great.
Business
10/10
Exceptional
21 May 2025
Verified traveler

Warm welcome at the Five Bells

I received a warm welcome throughout my two day stay; service was consistently excellent and friendly. My room (the family room) was extremely spacious, comfortable and spotlessly clean, equipped with everything I needed. I heartily recommend.
Business
10/10
Exceptional
20 Mar 2025
Daniel

Excellent

Fantastic hotel, very friendly staff. Understanding owners who bent over backwards to accommodate my changing dates due to work commitments.
Business
10/10
Exceptional
11 Mar 2025
Mindy

Visiting Dover

Another room found on the fly based on reviews and was a great find! Room was clean and comfortable. And although the bathroom was shared, they provide robes for your comfort. Breakfast is included & was cooked perfectly! Staff is friendly. Recommend staying here if you’re sightseeing around the Dover area.
Self
10/10
Exceptional
07 Mar 2025
Ian

Excellent pub and accommodation

Accommodation, food, wine choice, staff were all excellent. Our room met our requirements. One small thing that we appreciated was that the bottom sash window had not been painted shut like so many others we've visted. Eastry is an excellent place to park your car and use public transport to visit Deal, Sandwich, Dover and Canterbury relieving the need to drive and find parking
Partner
10/10
Exceptional
15 Jan 2025
Sam
Warm hosts and clean. Great food and pub atmosphere. Perfect for a one night stay
Leisure
8/10
Excellent
02 Jan 2025
Angelique

Classic local, in a lovely village.

It was a very clean, cosy room, and tastefully decorated. The hospitality tray was nicely displayed. While the bathroom (very clean and roomy) was private it is not ensuite; it required going into the hallway a short distance and up a step. Not a problem unless one needs night time visits. Luckily the light switch for the hallway was easily at hand.

The staff was very friendly, very together as a unit, and the whole pub is truly local and buzzing. Surprisingly, the pub noise did not filter upstairs, which felt very private.
Self
8/10
Excellent
22 Oct 2024
Lester

All good but no Wi-Fi

I have nothing to complain about apart from the Wi-Fi there is not any and it wasn’t me as I was travelling with colleagues.
When you’re on business away from Home, this is absolute necessary part of your stay.
Business
8/10
Excellent
10 Sep 2024
Mary
Lovely, friendly welcome and service. A bit faded glory in our bedroom with uneven flooring. We did find the separate bathroom a bit inconvenient during the night. Otherwise good food and good value.
Partner
10/10
Exceptional
22 Aug 2024
Sharon
The area and the pub b&b was lovely the staff were extremely friendly and professional the locals who used the pub were very friendly and helpful would highly recommend a stay there thank you so much
Leisure Family
8/10
Excellent
11 Jun 2024
Alex
Genuine old pub realky good food and pleasent place to stay.
8/10
Excellent
17 Oct 2023
Charles
Friendly place. Made me relaxed.
Unfortunately very limited parking and WiFi not great.
Business
10/10
Exceptional
26 Aug 2023
RICHARD
Really lovely stay with great food and service. Highly recommended.
Friends_and_family Family
10/10
Exceptional
24 Aug 2023
William

Fantastic stay!

Fantastic stay! Parked out front, nice room, very comfy bed, no noise after pub hours, staff friendly as you could ever want!
Had a great sleep and woke up to a fantastic full English included. Great gas/boiler shower in a separate bathroom a few feet away (only the twin I believe has a separate bathroom), and even gowns provided.
Food was great, and very happy they had some 0% beers and cider and gin, as I’ve given up booze lol. A real gem of a place.
Business
10/10
Exceptional
05 Jul 2023
Gordon

Exellent Accommodation First Class Staff.

Superb well run pub great helpful staff good food and drinks very clean and comfortable bed good Wi-Fi.
Business
4/10
Poor
12 Mar 2023
Gordon

Basic accommodation

Very basic accommodation.Bed was not very comfortable. Duvet too small so kept on falling off in the night.Bathroom was a short walk down the hall which is not great late a night. I usually do my homework on places to stay when I am working away from home but this got past me. I received an invitation to review the place before the Hotels.com review invitation came through and received a phone call from the owner to question my review and offering an upgrade the next time I stayed. Never experienced that before.
Business
10/10
Exceptional
15 Oct 2022
Nigel

Convenient for Dover

We stayed at The Five Bells as a last minute arrangement to avoid queues at Dover Ferry Terminal. It was a great choice, easy access to Dover and a really warm welcome from the staff and landlady. We had a nice evening meal and breakfast too.
Partner
10/10
Exceptional
29 May 2022
sean

Would we stay here again? - Yes

If you want perfect this isn’t it, but if you want to stay in a historical traditional village pub with wonky floors, low door to bump your head then this is it. The checkin on arrival was very good, welcoming and easy. We were shown our double room which wasn’t grand but ideal for us and had everything we needed. The bed was comfortable and the shower was great. Although we could hear noise from the pub below until closing time it soon became very quiet - we had two excellent sleeps. The landlady Mary made us feel welcome and cooked us a great English breakfast on both days and Sam was an excellent member of staff at check in, behind the bar and serving our dinner. Being a local pub it was kitted out for many social activities. The menu for dinner was varied and on both nights we had excellent cooked meals. Parking was limited onsite but free parking is nearby. We would definitely stay here again.
Partner
10/10
Exceptional
22 Oct 2021
Leo
Lovely place to stay if you are ever in the area... Mary does a great job of pampering her guests... Having traveled the globe , i would highly recommend this establishment
Leisure Self
10/10
Exceptional
19 Oct 2021
Jonathan
Lovely country pub, comfortable stay, friendly and helpful staff, good food, quiet. Couldn't be happier.
Leisure Self
8/10
Excellent
26 Aug 2021
Jerry

Pub with character

Excellent venue & friendly service.
Business
10/10
Exceptional
26 Aug 2021
Lee

Businss Trip

Fantastic overnight stay while on business in the area, friendly staff, good nights sleep and excellent food and drink.
Business
4/10
Poor
10 Aug 2020
Verified traveler

Overnight stay

Very friendly and helpful staff and good procedures in place to adhere to Covid-19 regulations. However, the room was basic and very shabby with paper and paint peeling off the walls (despite the literature stating that the place had recently undergone a refurb). Breakfast good. We expected a bit more for the price we paid.
Partner
10/10
Exceptional
28 Feb 2020
Verified traveler
Friendly & helpful staff. Lovely well stocked bar with great beer! Excellent evening meal & breakfast!
Business Self
10/10
Exceptional
18 Feb 2020
Verified traveler
It’s the village pub with just 3 rooms. Comfy and old but with plenty of character. Slept above the bar but wasn’t disturbed.
Business Self
10/10
Exceptional
01 Jan 2020
Robert

Highly recommended

very comfortable and an extremely friendly and helpful welcome.
Self
8/10
Excellent
17 Dec 2019
Rosemary

Old pub with comfortable rooms a great breakfast.

Although it is a very old pub, it had a nice atmosphere, the service was very good and the staff very friendly. Our double room was clean, comfortable and had everything we needed for our three night stay. The breakfasts were very good.
As it is in the next village to our daughter we would definitely stay there again.
Partner
8/10
Excellent
09 Dec 2019
Verified traveler
Nice location, very tradition pub, great food served and busy, rooms very basic, comfortable beds, for the price cant complain.
Friends_and_family Family
10/10
Exceptional
05 Dec 2019
Richard

Superb stay near Deal

Our three night stay at The Five Bells was superb. I would recommend it to anyone planning to stay in the Deal area.
Partner
10/10
Exceptional
18 Oct 2019
Verified traveler

Grea value for money!

Really lovely little inn with a great breakfast!
Self
8/10
Excellent
13 Sep 2019
Verified traveler
Wonderful staff, very homely, Excellent position in the midde of the village. It was lovely to have a game of Darts ans poil
Leisure
10/10
Exceptional
17 Jul 2019
Verified traveler
Very friendly helpful staff. Great breakfast. A proper old fashioned pub in the middle of the village.
Leisure
8/10
Excellent
06 May 2019
Verified traveler
Nice friendly pub close to Sandwich great for an overnight stay if in the area.
Leisure Partner
10/10
Exceptional
29 Apr 2019
Verified traveler
Accommodation,food and staff were excellent. What's not to like?
Friends_and_family Partner
10/10
Exceptional
15 Apr 2019
Freddie

Thank you

Lovely place, lovely atmosphere.
Friends
10/10
Exceptional
14 Apr 2019
William
A very warm welcome, nothing was too much trouble for the staff. Good value, worth a stay
Partner
10/10
Exceptional
17 Nov 2018
Kenneth

Highly recommended

Nice warm welcome clean & comfortable, lovely breakfast cooked to order, great place to stay.
Family
10/10
Exceptional
15 Oct 2018
Mark

Awesome pub with accomodation

The pub was built in 1675, it's got stacks of history and a lovely landlady Mary. Very clean rooms and bathroom, full and tasty breakfast. Staff are super attentive.
10/10
Exceptional
14 Oct 2018
Maureen
We had a lovely time, hospitality, food and room was all to our satisfaction. We really enjoyed our stay.
Partner
8/10
Excellent
02 Sep 2018
Verified traveler

I\nThe Five Bells

very helpful staff and a great location to explore the area
10/10
Exceptional
31 Aug 2018
Jackie

Five bells

Friendly welcome at the 5 bells staff and locals friendly.
Old building with wonky floors which add character room nicely decorated and a comfy bed. Like all places i stayes this week the pillows were a bit flat but a good sleep was had so nothing much of a problem, A little obsevation. You cant fill the ketle in the sink in the bathroom sink is too small! you have to use a glass. Tea tray well stocked but with cups and mugs dint need both but was nice to have a mug.
Breakfast was very nice well cooked and fresh and plenty of it thank you all at the 5 bells
8/10
Excellent
14 Aug 2018
Gordon

The freindly Five Bells

This is a little pub with three rooms. I've stayed twice now and for my visit, it is convenient and great value.

The rooms have been clean and comfortable although the showers can be a bit tricky with their temperature controls and can get very hot. There is a warning about this but I'd be careful with your kids in them!

There is some parking out the front and wifi in the pub via the Cloud service but I had little use as the system was poor. There was a good 3G/4G signal so I managed with that.

The menu is typical pub fare with big portions at very reasonable prices. It isn't the most inspiring choice though! However, it was nicely cooked and tasty.

You get a very warm and welcoming greeting on arrival and it's a pleasant place to stay with some good beers on tap.
8/10
Excellent
23 Jul 2018
Verified traveler

Five Bells B&B

Good hearty freshly cooked breakfast. Great shower. Although next to the road it was quiet without much traffic noise. Did not eat there in the evening. Good position to travel north and south. Nice cycling area.
Partner

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The Five Bells
The Cross Lower Street Eastry, Sandwich, United Kingdom

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