Reviews of The Wishful Thinker
Lenham Heath Road, Kent, ME17 2HY, United Kingdom

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Reviewed: 29 August 2025 · Stayed in August 2025
Verified reviewlocation was very good staff very friendly and helpful food very good
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Reviewed: 28 August 2025 · Stayed in August 2025
Verified reviewReviewed: 27 August 2025 · Stayed in August 2025
Verified reviewThank you for your kind feedback! We hope to welcome you again soon!
Reviewed: 27 August 2025 · Stayed in August 2025
Verified reviewThe staff, the venue and the quantity and quality of food.
Breakfast was not included, which was a bit of a let down
Thank you for taking the time to leave your feedback! We are so pleased you enjoyed your stay, and we will be sure to pass your comments on!
Reviewed: 26 August 2025 · Stayed in August 2025
Verified reviewBeautiful decor, rooms were cozy, restaurant/bar area were so pretty
Room was a little warm wish our room wasn’t all the way in the back
Thank you for leaving feedback! We are pleased that you had a great time with us, we hope to see you again soon :)
Reviewed: 25 August 2025 · Stayed in August 2025
Verified reviewLovely clean cosy room, dinner and breakfast wonderful and amazing staff
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Thank you for your kind words! We are so pleased that you had a lovely experience with us, we hope to see you again soon :)
Reviewed: 21 August 2025 · Stayed in August 2025
Verified reviewFriendly staff and a nice sized room, the bed was a little small but comfortable. The food in the restaraunt was good as was the breakfast.
Nothing to dislike.
Thank you for your lovely feedback 😊
Reviewed: 18 August 2025 · Stayed in August 2025
Verified reviewExcellent breakfast quality products well cooked and presented. Large clean comfortable room Great restaurant menu. Really impressed by the choice of wines from the local vineyard.
Price should include breakfast when booking
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Reviewed: 15 August 2025 · Stayed in August 2025
Verified reviewNice room, comfortable bed, good,shower
Music noise from bar downstairs Very slow service Not particularly welcoming staff
Thank you for taking the time to leave feedback, as this will help us improve in the future. I have reached out regarding this review
Reviewed: 11 August 2025 · Stayed in August 2025
Verified reviewClose to where I needed to be
It was clean and fresh
Thank you for the feedback :)
Reviewed: 11 August 2025 · Stayed in August 2025
Verified reviewReviewed: 10 August 2025 · Stayed in August 2025
Verified reviewLocally sourced fresh food, absolutely flawless, I would stay here over! and over again. Beautiful location.
The train
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Reviewed: 8 August 2025 · Stayed in July 2025
Verified reviewReviewed: 5 August 2025 · Stayed in August 2025
Verified reviewRoom was wonderful, very tastefully decorated, clean and spacious.
Room did get very warm, nobody on site overnight, checked ourselves out as no breakfast served on a Monday for some reason.
Thank you for your feedback! We are so pleased that your enjoyed your stay with us, we will be sure to take your feedback onboard :)
Reviewed: 2 August 2025 · Stayed in August 2025
Verified reviewReviewed: 28 July 2025 · Stayed in July 2025
Verified reviewExcellent compliments to the 👨🍳 table service outstanding,very prompt service and so friendly.
Coffee machine in bedroom was a challenge to operate.
Thank you for your feedback, there are instructions in the room for the coffee machine but we will look into this!
Reviewed: 27 July 2025 · Stayed in July 2025
Verified reviewClean , fashionable, chic on point
Room was close to the air con unit which was on all night so noisy
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Reviewed: 17 July 2025 · Stayed in July 2025
Verified reviewReviewed: 12 July 2025 · Stayed in July 2025
Verified reviewThe whole property has been decorated to a very high standard. Everywhere was spotlessly clean. Staff were very friendly and helpful. Restaurant had a wide and varied menu, from pub classics to Lamb Kofta's, with generous portions and reasonable prices. Beautifully decorated throughout giving a nice and relaxing ambience. Plenty of parking.
Due to the hot weather we had to sleep with the windows open and there was quite a bit of traffic noise from the M20 and what sounded like an extractor fan from the kitchen
Thank you for taking the time to leave feedback! We are so pleased that you enjoyed your time with us, and that you enjoyed the food as much as we do. We hope to see you again soon :)
Reviewed: 5 July 2025 · Stayed in June 2025
Verified reviewThe room was very spacious and nicely decorated, with a huge TV on the wall! Dinner was very nice but the breakfast was exceptional with plenty of choice and superb quality food - and all the waiting and bar staff were charming and helpful.
We procrastinated over our booking and ended up spending a lot more on our room than we had seen initially - our fault but something to be aware of. One minor issue was that sometime around or after midnight we could suddenly hear loud music playing. This only lasted for around 15 minutes so we didn't feel the need to complain. Perhaps the staff were playing music on the sound system whilst clearing up / cleaning, unaware of the music noise affecting the bedrooms above? If so, suggest this is brought to their attention to prevent others having their sleep disturbed.
Thank you for taking the time to leave feedback! We are pleased that you enjoyed your time with us, we have passed your feedback to the Operational Team to ensure that this does not happen again :)
Reviewed: 4 July 2025 · Stayed in June 2025
Verified reviewBreakfast was lovely. Dinner was okay. Only spent one night
Thank you for your kind words! It is great that you enjoyed your stay with us, we hope to see you again soon :)
Reviewed: 15 June 2025 · Stayed in June 2025
Verified reviewThe room and bathroom are large, clean and well laid out. The parking is ample and the setting is pretty. The bed was comfortable.
The room was hot (a fan was provided which we used) but we had to have the the window open so we had the trains rushing past until late, music from the restaurant downstairs and the noise from the guests on the patio outside below us. We had dinner with friends in the restaurant and the service and food were terrible. One of our guests had an allergy which she informed the waiting staff about, and the kitchen ignored the information. Far from ideal. Our second stay here but we won’t be back. The location is too remote if you’re not eating at the restaurant.
Thank you for your feedback! Please contact me at Charlotte@elitepubs.com so we can discuss this further.
Reviewed: 12 June 2025 · Stayed in May 2025
Verified reviewBeautifully decorated in a contemporary boho style with comfortable spacious rooms and staff were friendly and helpful
Bar space was limited and restaurant whilst food was pricey.
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Reviewed: 10 June 2025 · Stayed in May 2025
Verified reviewQuirky and lovely rooms and bar area.
Nothing ideal and well priced.
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