KentRestaurants

Restaurants in Kent

  1. A

    Blake's of Dover

    This snug but stylish English restaurant has an intimate cellar bar with fine wines, malt whiskies and microbrewed ales, or you can stay above ground for the sophisticated wood-panelled restaurant, serving locally caught fish dishes on candlelit tables.

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  2. B

    Dino's

    Over a hundred bottles hang from the ceiling - their corks forming an arch and decorating the front desk - of this wonderfully authentic family-run Italian restaurant. What it lacks in natural light, it makes up for with delicious freshly made pasta.

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  3. C

    Green Room

    When only a comfy couch and a strong dose of caffeine will do, this funky coffee shop offers both in abundance. Contemporary design and a mellow modern soundtrack preserve the serene atmosphere even when busy, which it almost always is.

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  4. Whitstable Oyster Fishery Company

    Enjoy all kinds of seafood in the refurbished company HQ with great sea views. Have your oysters with champagne, of course.

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  5. Wheelers Oyster Bar

    This tiny place is a favourite with locals, with delicious fresh Whitstable oysters.

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  6. Wheeler's Oyster Bar

    Squeeze onto a stool by the bar or into the Victorian four-table dining room of this baby-blue and pink restaurant, choose from a seasonal menu and enjoy the best seafood in Whitstable. They know their stuff – they've been serving oysters since 1856. Bookings highly recommended unless you're travelling solo.

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  7. Surin Restaurant

    Ramsgate is an unlikely spot to eat some of the best Thai, Cambodian and Laotian food this side of the Hindu Kush, but sure enough, the tasty menu in this restaurant delivers. The restaurant is a dumpling's throw from the seafront and even serves its own label of microbrewed beers.

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  8. D

    La Salle Verte

    Much-loved coffee or lunch halt with fascinating black and white images of old Dover lining the walls, a rockin' jukebox and friendly proprietors. Fills at lunch even on winter Wednesdays.

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  9. Eddie Gilbert's

    Indulge in England's favourite aroma (battered fish and chips) at Thanet's best seafood and gourmet fish and chips restaurant above a traditional fishmonger's. The beamed dining space decorated with lobster cages, fish nets and sea charts is the ideal setting for platters of locally caught fish prepared in some very inventive ways by a Michelin-trained chef. There's plenty to choose from even if fish is not your dish.

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  10. Crab & Winkle

    Sitting above the Whitstable Fish Market in a black clapboard house, this bright restaurant has large windows overlooking the harbour, a buzzing vibe and excellent seafood with a few options for meat lovers thrown in.

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  12. Bon Appetit

    Arguably Thanet's top nosh is plated up by head chef Mark May in the simple dining room or out on the pavement. Ingredients on the menu of Bon Appetit are of the seasonal and local-sourced ilk, with finely crafted dishes, such as pan-fried Kentish pheasant, line-caught sea bass and lamb rump with rosemary and red-currant preserve, which attracts national attention.

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  13. E

    Allotment

    Dover's best dining spot plates up local fish and meat from around Canterbury, seasoned with herbs from the tranquil garden out back, in a relaxed, understated setting. Swab the decks with a Kentish wine as you admire the view of the Maison Dieu directly opposite through the exquisite stained glass frontage.

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