The Royal Hotel takes private dinners, celebrations, drinks receptions, buffets, meetings and small conferences for up to 40 guests in two function rooms on the seafront at Deal, on the Kent coast. The Reading Room seats 16 and the Map Room about 40 for a sit-down meal; the two can be hired together for a drinks reception or a buffet.
Seminars and company events
The hotel offers its rooms for business meetings and conferences, with wi-fi throughout. The Reading Room suits a board meeting or a working lunch for a small team, and the Map Room a training session, a client dinner or a company celebration. For a day with a working session and a dinner, a team can meet in one room and eat in the other, or move into the Quarterdeck restaurant. The team discusses each request by phone or email and adapts the set-up to the event.
Weddings and receptions
The site does not present a wedding offer. Its function rooms do host birthdays, anniversaries and other private celebrations, and joining the two rooms gives the most space for a drinks reception or a buffet party.
Rooms and capacities
The Reading Room is the more private of the two, with seats for up to 16 people. The Map Room comfortably takes around 40 guests for a seated meal. Hired together, the two rooms form a larger space for a standing reception or a buffet. The hotel publishes a functions brochure with further details.
Accommodation
The bedrooms mix period character with seaside decor. Three feature rooms, Lady Hamilton, Wellington and Nelson, have private balconies with sea views and roll-top baths. Superior, double, twin, family and single rooms complete the offer, so a group can stay the night after an event.
Catering
Dishes are built on locally sourced produce, and the Quarterdeck restaurant specializes in fresh seafood from the nearby coast. The wine list mixes local and international bottles, and the beers come from Shepherd Neame, brewed a few miles away. Festive menus run in December, which suits an end-of-year team dinner.
History and setting
The Royal Hotel is an early 18th-century Georgian building that sits about as close to the sea as a hotel in Deal can. The town's naval past runs through the bar and the themed bedrooms, and Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton were frequent visitors. The hotel follows the town motto "Befriend a stranger" and remains a meeting point for locals and visitors on the seafront.
Getting there
The hotel is on Beach Street, on the seafront in the center of Deal, in East Kent. Deal railway station is a short walk away, and the town is reached by road through Kent, with Canterbury and Dover close by.
