Wed–Sun · From 5pm · Margate harbour
Naturalwine.Smallplates.Margate.
A short menu, an honest list, and a view over the old town. The kitchen leans Mediterranean. The cellar leans low intervention. Booking opens fourteen days out — walk-ins welcome at the bar.
Tonight · Menu lands 7 July
The plates.
All in £ · service not included
- £9
Anchovies on toast, fennel butter
Cantabrian anchovies · Sourdough · Fennel pollen
- £12
Burrata, peach, pink peppercorn
Apulian burrata · White peach · Pink peppercorn
- £14
Cuttlefish, ink, charred lemon
Cuttlefish · Cuttlefish ink · Charred lemon
- £16
Lamb belly, harissa, mint yogurt
Romney Marsh lamb · Harissa · Sheep yogurt
- £15
Beef tartare, sourdough, smoked oil
Sirloin · Smoked rapeseed oil · Capers
- £18
Trottole, brown crab, chilli
Trottole · Whitstable brown crab · Dried chilli
The menu changes Tuesdays. We're a small kitchen — please tell us about allergies when you book.
On the list this week
A short pour.
220 bottles · available at the bar
A handful by the glass, around 220 by the bottle. Tell us when you book if you want something special — we'll have it open.
The full list →Coming up
Suppliers, growers, and the odd late one.
Once a quarter we close the room to do something better. A grower flies in, a chef takes over, or we just open the cellar. Limited covers, longer menus, one sitting.
See the next one →
- Reserve →
Thu 26 Jun · 19:00
Suppliers' supper · Tillingham
5 courses, 5 wines, 1 night only. Ben Walgate cooks with us; the cellar opens early.
- Reserve →
Wed 09 Jul · 18:30
Slovenian orange wine tasting
With Mlečnik in the room. Six wines, light plates, two hours.
- Coming soon
Thu 24 Jul · 17:00
Pét-nat & oysters
Whitstable rocks, half a dozen ways. Walk-in or book — opens early.
The room
An old fishmonger's shop, looking out at the harbour.
We took over the lease in early 2024. Most of the original tiling is still there, and the fish counter — too good to take out — is now the bar. The room seats 28, with another six at the counter.
The kitchen is run by Ines, who came over from Brawn after eight years. The cellar is mine. We met at a tasting in 2019 and worked out the idea over the next four winters.
— Tomás, May 2024
By the numbers
- Opened
- 2024
- Seats
- 28 + 6 bar
- Bottles on the list
- 220
- Suppliers within 30 miles
- 14
- Wednesday menus
- 104 since opening
What's been written
- The Observer
- ★★★★ — 'Quiet ambition'
- Code Hospitality
- Top 10 wine bars · 2025
- Noble Rot
- Featured · Spring 2025
- Vittles
- 'Margate finally has its room.'
Visit
Open Wed through
Sunday, from five.
Book online (most nights are full a fortnight ahead) or walk in for the bar. The kitchen closes at 22:00, the bar at 23:30.
Address
14 Marine Drive
Margate, CT9 1BS
Hours
Wed–Sat · 17:00–23:30
Sun · 13:00–21:00
Closed Mon & Tue
Reservations
+44 1843 220 711
Train
Margate station
8 mins walk