Marine Lodge Guest House (Bed and Breakfast) Accommodation Whitstable (01227 273707)
SOME OF OUR FAVOURITE LOCAL RESTAURANTS
We strongly recommend you advance book your table once you have chosen your restaurant:
Easy walking distance:
Jojo's, 209 Tankerton Road, Whitstable (01227) 274591
* Closed from Sunday 12th February until May 2006 *
Mediterranean atmosphere casual meze, meat and fish bar with some covered seating outside. Just round the corner from here, opened 2004. Received rave reviews in the Daily Telegraph Weekend Section (read article). Take your own beer and wine (£l corkage). You must must book!
Web site: go to Jojo's web site
Beau Rivage, 101 Tankerton Road, Whitstable (01227 272056)
About 10 minutes walk from here there is a small intimate restaurant offering traditional french cuisine. Owned for 20 years by husband and wife Gina and Neil Evans, Neil having worked at the hotels Ritz and Sheraton Park Tower in London. Open Tuesday to Saturday throughout the year.
Web site: go to Beau Rivage web site
Yantze Peking, Szechuan and Cantonese Restaurant, 144 Tankerton Road, Whitstable (01227 771786)
Wide selection of authentic Chinese cuisine. Cabaret some weekends.
Crab and Winkle Restaurant, The Harbour, Whitstable (01227 779377)
The seafood restaurant right on the quayside. Wonderful position overlooking the busy harbour. Plenty for children to watch if their parents want to take their time over their meal. Very friendly accommodating staff.
Web site: go to Crab and Winkle web site
Wheelers, 8 High St, Whitstable (01227 273311)
Unique, tiny seafood restaurant and bar with just 3 tables! Often standing room only in the bar. Lobster, crabs the lot! Must book.
Web site: go to Wheelers web site
Birdies, Harbour St, Whitstable (01227 265337)
Cosy, relaxed continental atmosphere. Excellent food serving local dishes such as oyster and crispy bacon salad as first course then baked halibut with pesto and cream, and many others.
Web site: go to Birdies web site
Pearson's Crab and Oyster House, (01227 272005)
Virtually on the beach at the Horsebridge with fine sea views. Extensive menu specialising in sea food, fresh fish, steaks and fine wines. Vegetarian options. Children welcome.
East Quay Shellfish Bar, the end of East Quay, Whitstable (01227 280280)
Passing Bretts quarry works at the end of East Quay the atmosphere suddenly changes inside this unusual self-service seafood restaurant located in an old shed (head for the rusty corrugated roof at the end of the harbour wall)! Daily menus with an abundance of shellfish and salads. Eat in or take away.
Whitstable Oyster Fishery Restaurant, Horsebridge, Whitstable (01227 276856)
Featured in Rick Stein's ‘Food Heroes' series of favourite seafood restaurants. “The Whitstable Oyster Fishery Restaurant is the kind of beachside eatery you dream of but seldom find on Britain's gastronomically undistinquished coastline” The Independent.
Web site: go to Oyster Fisheries web site
Little Mexican bistro frequented by locals and students, with lots of tequila on offer.
Giovanni's, 49 Canterbury Road, Whitstable (01227 273034)
Extensive a la carte menu of French and Italian cuisine.
Web site: go to Giovanni's web site
