Five star hotel in Hastings or Rye

The Zanzibar Hotel gets many great reviews on tripadvisor and across many hotel review platforms, but it likes nothing more than getting five stars in all categories like it has in it’s recent reviews.  The addition of the restaurant 7 months ago has made a big difference to the level of service the hotel provides and the quality of the guest stay.  Room service facilities and demand has increased significantly.  The staff are fitter than ever from carrying trays of delicious food up and down the stairs, particularly to the penthouse suite!  

The Zanzibar hotel has been given five stars for Rye hotels too, given it’s proximity to the cinque ports town near by.  And when better to visit than during the Rye Bay scallop festival.  This runs from February 25th until March 4th 2012 and the town will be a throng of sea food lovers!  The brilliant restaurants will be showing off their gourmet talents with up to a million scallops over the course of the week and it really is an event not to be missed!  The Zanzibar is a 15 minute drive to Rye and about the same by train.  Why not combine the two for a couple of days away?  We have good last minute hotel deals for next week so there are no excuses!  Hastings and Rye are a direct train from Charing Cross or London Bridge.  In an hour and half you could be sitting in one of our big sea view suites with a glass of champagne and your first taste of this years huge Rye Bay scallops from our gourmet restaurant – served with grilled haloumi and Kent pear puree – you can’t go wrong!  We hope to see you soon.

Pier Nine – The Zanzibar’s fabulous new restaurant now open!

This world class boutique hotel is delighted to announce the opening of its fabulous new restaurant, Pier Nine.

 The Zanzibar Hotel aims to make the most of its stunning seafront location and glorious sea views with a stylish yet relaxed dining experience.  The Restaurant combines classic Victorian elegance with contemporary ‘beach chic’. Bold deck-chair stripe upholstery, thick, white-washed drift-wood tables, a gorgeous white baby-grand piano, all set against calm white walls adorned with big decorative mirrors and menu boards showing the morning’s catch of fresh fish. 

The perfect setting has been created in which to enjoy the culinary know-how of the Pier Nine team. Ben Krikorian, the head-chef, is young and hungry. He works with a passion that is evident in the visual presentation and flavour of everything that leaves the kitchen. From mature Sussex fillet steak or Rye scallops with crispy pancetta, to toad in the hole made with award winning Sussex sausages, (not to mention delicious vegetarian options), each dish is produced with love, and delivered by friendly waitresses who are more than happy to recommend a particular wine or just stop for a chat! 

The small but perfectly formed cocktail bar and gorgeous tropical garden complete the experience beautifully. Max O’Rourke, The hotel owner and designer has clearly found another winning formula. Pier Nine is creating a dining sensation not to be missed! People are travelling from hotels in Rye and Hotels in Eastbourne to try out what Hastings at its best has to offer.