The Moat
Brewery-run pub with locally sourced menus
About this hotel
The Moat is a small, brewery-run pub rather than a hotel, built around a rotating range of real ales and a locally sourced menu, sitting nine minutes by taxi from Brands Hatch and six minutes from Borough Green & Wrotham. It's best treated as a destination for an evening out during a Brands Hatch weekend rather than the base itself, given the format leans toward food and drink over overnight amenities. For fans staying elsewhere in the cluster, a short taxi ride out to sample the changing ale list and a proper locally sourced meal makes for a change of pace from a standard hotel restaurant, and the brewery-run character gives it more identity than most of the chain options scattered across the towns around the circuit.
- Real ale
- Local menu
- Brewery-run pub
Our take
This suits fans looking for a genuine ale-and-food destination for one evening of a race weekend rather than a base for the whole stay. It's not built to be your primary accommodation given the limited listed amenities. Treat it as a dinner trip from wherever else in the cluster you're staying.
- ✓Treat this as an evening destination rather than your main base, and book accommodation elsewhere in the cluster.
- ✓Ask about the current real ale rotation when you arrive, since the range changes and locals will know what's on.
- ✓Book a taxi both ways in advance for the nine-minute ride to and from Brands Hatch on race day.
Why we love it
- Brewery-run with real ale rotation
- Locally sourced menu
- Nine minutes by taxi to the circuit
- A genuine change from hotel dining
Why guests love itWe drove out for dinner on the Saturday of our race weekend rather than staying here, and the changing real ale list was worth the nine-minute taxi ride from Brands Hatch on its own. The locally sourced menu felt like a proper meal rather than pub-standard filler, a nice break from the hotel restaurant we had eaten at the night before. It is clearly not set up as a full overnight base, so treat it as a dinner destination for anyone staying nearby.