The Isle of Thanet has a tempting array of places to eat and drink, including award-winning bars, cafes and restaurants. Why not visit for yourself to try them out?
The Good Beer Guide 2025
This is a definitive beer drinker’s guide for those seeking the best pints in the nation’s pubs. Compiled by CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale).
- The Two Halves, Margate
- Ales of the Unexpected, Westbrook Margate
- Mechanical Elephant, Margate
- Four Candles Alehouse, St Peter's Broadstairs
- Magnet, Broadstairs
- Royston Micropub, Broadstairs
- The Montefiore Arms, Ramsgate
- The Artillery Arms, Ramsgate
- Hovelling Boat Inn, Ramsgate
- Pub Ramsgate
- Red Lion, Ramsgate
- Honeysuckle Inn, Ramsgate
The Good Food Guide - 100 Best Local Restaurants 2024
The award celebrating fabulous independent restaurants with winners shortlisted from thousands of votes
- Mori Mori, Margate
The Good Beer Guide 2024
This is a definitive beer drinker’s guide for those seeking the best pints in the nation’s pubs. Compiled by CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale).
- Bake and Alehouse, Westgate-on-Sea
- Fez, Margate
- The Two Halves, Margate
- Mechanical Elephant, Margate
- Magnet, Broadstairs
- Royston Micropub, Broadstairs
- The Montefiore Arms, Ramsgate
- The Artillery Arms, Ramsgate
- Royal Victoria Pavilion (Wetherspoons), Ramsgate
- Hovelling Boat Inn, Ramsgate
- Pub Ramsgate
- Red Lion, Ramsgate
2023 Harden’s Restaurant Guide
Entries based on customer feedback rather than professional inspectors
- Angela's, Margate
- Bottega Caruso, Margate
- Buoy and Oyster, Margate
- Dory's, Margate
- Sargasso, Margate
- Kebbells, Broadstairs
- Posillipo, Broadstairs
- Stark, Broadstairs
The Guide is about empowering diners, helping readers to find the very best places to eat and encouraging restaurants to offer the best possible food, service and experience
- Quince, Westgate
- Angela’s, Margate
- Dory’s, Margate
- Bottega Caruso, Margate
- Sargasso, Margate
- Albarino, Broadstairs
The National Good Food Awards were launched in 2002 and recognise those who strive for culinary excellence within their field.
- Buoy and Oyster, Margate
CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale)
- The Two Halves, Margate - Micropub of the Year and Overall Pub of the Year 2022
- Little Swift, Margate - Cider Pub of the Year 2022
- The Magnet, Broadstairs - Traditional Pub of the Year and Runner-Up Pub of the Year
- The Artillery Arms, Ramsgate - Runner-Up Pub of the Year
- Hair of the Dog, Minster - Runner-Up Pub of the Year
- Stark, Broadstairs - 1 Michelin Star
- Sargasso, Margate - Michelin Bib Gourmand
- Angela's, Margate - Green Star Award
- Bottega Caruso, Margate
- Wyatt and Jones, Broadstairs
Good Food Guide - Platinum List
List of restaurants from across the UK that opened pre- or mid-pandemic, all chosen for their resilience and thriving in the face of the shifting realities of dining out during the pandemic
- Flotsam and Jetsam, Broadstairs
Every pub or bar listed has been carefully selected by volunteers who have visited every one and tasted their beers.
- Old Bay Alehouse, Birchington
- Bake and Alehouse, Westgate-on-Sea
- Fez, Margate
- The Two Halves, Margate
- The Laughing Barrel, Cliftonville, Margate
- Banks Ale and Winehouse, Margate
- White Swan, Broadstairs
- The Four Candles, Broadstairs
- The Montefiore Arms, Ramsgate
- The Artillery Arms, Ramsgate
- Royal Victoria Pavilion (Wetherspoons), Ramsgate
- Hair of the Dog, Minster
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