Friendly pub with darts, pool, karaoke, jukebox, large TV screen for sports…read more Outside seating for smokers. Beer garden.

Excellent Pub with friendly atmosphere and great staff. Garden at rear with Heated smoking area,…read morealso seating outside front. This Pub offers darts, karaoke, pool, large TV screen for sporting events.The staff are always friendly and polite and make sure you feel very welcome.One of the best pubs in Margate. 10/10

Cute little bar situated on the end of the harbour in Margate. There was a open fire blazing, lots…read moreof sofas as well as your standard tables and chairs to cosy up on, the decor was nice - exposed wood, nice fabrics, good colour scheme etc. The major plus point here are the massive windows affording great views of the sea and the Margate coastline. The glass of red we stopped for wasn't the best but it was a good place to escape the icy winds for half an hour. They also do a good selection of tapas although I didn't partake on this occasion. I probably won't be rushing back to Margate in a hurry but if I do find myself here again, the Lighthouse Bar will definitely be worth a second visit.

Cute bar along the sea. They advise you on the typical England beer to drink as French. There are…read moresofas next to a little fire which warm up the bar. The ambiance music gives a good mood to everybody enjoing his drinks.

Cute little pub , with a lot of quirky decoration and adornment ! A lot of things to look around …read more It's pretty crowded all the time , so you might have to stand around for awhile before you get a seat. They have some very good deal with beer. Host is very helpful and friendly . People like to make friends and talk to each other in the pub too . Recommended !

Friendly, eclectic, eccentric micropub. You'll find something to like in the selection and come…read moreaway with at least one anecdote. Recommended.

The lifeboat is a pub in Margate Old Town, near the "Main Sands" area. It is affiliated with…read moreBrewdog and offers a fairly comprehensive selection of their real ales, all on tap and in great condition. Prices however are steep(!), and for beers above 6% ABV you can't even get a full pint - instead you can order a 2/3 pint, but the price is higher than for a "regular" full pint elsewhere. It's true though that Brewdog ales aren't cheap anywhere. Definitely not a place to binge. ;) There is a small outside seating area, but the benches are so creaky I had to change my position twice because I was afraid that I would break them.

Margate can be bewildering for the first-time visitor arriving by train. The blurb on Margate all…read moretrades off its past as the premier sea resort of Kent (apparently it was the first 'bathing beach' in England, launched in 1736). The picture on Margate's Wikipedia entry, with its old clock tower in the foreground and sandy beach in the background is vaguely evocative of the Dunkirk beaches from the film Atonement. The sight that greets rail arrivals brutally exposes the camera's lie. A grey, imposing tower block is the first thing that catches your eye. Then, a little further back, the jaw-droppingly old, recently reopened, theme park rather disbelievably called 'Dreamland', housed in sixties red brick. When one reaches the beach, one is bluntly told "Do not bathe here" while the tackiness of the shops on the sea front itself suggest that Margate has fallen a long way from its past glories. One might conclude that the Margate experience is awash with encroaching tat and tack. Head for the Lifeboat! No, really, head for the Lifeboat. The first reason to head to the Lifeboat is that it's located in Margate's Old Town. Rather like in Hastings, Margate's Old Town is filled with interesting old buildings (including a Tudor house.. right next to a demolished building. Only in Margate) and classier restaurants, cafes, shops and pubs. In short, enough to discover the cooler and classier side to Margate. The second reason is the atmosphere of the Lifeboat itself. Unlike the seafront bars, there's no Carling or Sky Sports here, just an excellent range of local, dirt-cheap (3 pounds a pint!) ale and cider. Sure, there's Meantime too, but it's noticeably more expensive and let's be honest, inferior. The interior is wooden, with sawdust on the floor. The service is friendly and one might say earthy. And, best of all, they were playing Bohemian Rhapsody for most of my time there. Class. I'm not a fan of painful punnery, but it's no exaggeration to say that the Lifeboat saved my Margate experience.

Opened in the Summer of 2008, this regenerated piece of historic Maragate, is now home to the…read morerelocated IOTA gallery. The fishermans huts have been transformed to host a bar, refreshments and artists workshops. Future plans are for several boutiques to open soon.

Harbour Arms is a micropub in Margate that offers a very small selection (When I was there in…read moreAugust of 2017, there were but 3!) of well-kept real ales on tap at moderate prices. The location is great - in good weather you can sit outside and have a full view of Margate Harbour. I would not recommend the pub in bad weather though, since the inside is really tiny and not very pretty. But it's the beer that matters, and even if the range is very small indeed, it qualifies as a short stop for real ale lovers on a pub crawl.

OMG this just describes Margate . The Mechanical Elephant is probably the worst Weatherspoons its…read moreeven got a clapped out fluorescent sign . Its full of no hopers and even worse the beer was not good . I usually rely on the big W when I am in a beer desert but today I was let down :( !!!!

Typical wetherspoons pub in the heart of margate sea front. its what you'ld expect from a spoons…read morepub, typical menu of reasonable priced and ranged food, with a good selection of beers. Its worth a visit if you fancy a cheap meal that isnt mcdonalds. At night at the weekend they get rid of the tables and turn on the music, not my cup of tea but a reasonable place to start the night if you are going onto the Punch or Esc.

This place was so nice, I can not even remmeber how many drinks I had....You should visit!!read more

Cold food, cold service, cold restaurant. What food that was edible and not sent back wasn't nice…read more It was as if they just bought it all frozen from Brake Brothers and dished it out as finer dining. You're better off going to the chippy and sitting on the beach. It will be better food, warm, cheaper and it will be warmer on the beach! Ph not forgetting the 12.5% service charge!! Not the place it used to be. They've really taken their eye off the ball here.

The attention to detail in the decor, service and cuisine are notable. Each dish arrived looking…read morelike a work of art and tasting like the Chef is striving toward a Michelin star. The halibut with cockles, kale and fluffy cauliflower puree had exquisite flavor and balance. The skin on the halibut was perfectly crisp in contrast to the flakiness of the halibut. The wine list has been carefully chosen, too! We're planning to return in the summer with our family.

excellent pub, nice and relaxed atmosphere during the week, opening up to a great venue for live…read morebands at the weekend. On of the few places in margate to offer this and get little trouble as its right on margate police stations door step! A nice beer garden with kiddies play area and a sunken family bar help to encourage families in, along with a reasonably priced menu of pub grub. BBQs in the summer and regular GOOD local bands help keep this place going, and is always first port of call if on a night out in margate.

Cool pub, popular to the foreign language students that study in the area. Close to the local…read morePolice station, so not a lot of trouble.

Great night at bang to rights nice venue friendly bar staff great seeing lil John , unite' and Sam…read morebumble on 12th September awesome