Echo alot of the above comments. Avoid the harbour restaurant as over priced with so so food, nothing like how it used to be. Jojos is great if you like tapas style food and bringing your own bottle is a bonus. Had a couple of lovely meals in Samphire which coincidently is next to wheelers famous oyster bar. Wheelers is great for fresh seafood but having become so popular with celebrities and DFL's usually requires weeks if not months in advance booking.
Whitstable has a very strong "shop local" ethic and is one of the few towns left in England with locally owned and independent butchers, bakers, greengrocers etc at the heart of the community and the locals protect this asset fiercely. They regard Tesco as the devil incarnate set on destroying their local community and replacing it with the same sad litter strewn high-streets containing nothing more than yobs,empty charity shops and estate agents that you see elsewhere in the country.
Croydon addick, before you drive back, if you have time and are still hungry, go down to the Blue Marlin in Swalecliffe, best fishshop in the area IMHO. Enjoy!
Wheeler's is still the finest for seafood but very tough to get into (tiny) and not great for romantic ambiance.
Jojo's in Tankerton is just 1 mile outside the centre of Whitstable and is very good (and the cheapest) for seafood/tapas/fusion food with great location on the slopes overlooking the sea. Need to book ahead and they only take bookings two weeks in advance.
Take your own wine but Tesco's products are banned for obvious reasons.
Sportsman is Michelin starred, expensive and exclusive to the DFLs these days.
If that fails Samphire, Lobster Shack or Hotel Continental.
JoJos - my in laws live in Westcliffe, so we've been to a lot of restaurants in the area, and Jojos is the best restaurant in the whole area, you can't go wrong. Blinding. Bring your own booze, (no Tescos) they cool it for you and don't charge you corkage either.
The only downside with JoJo's is they stop serving food early and start geeing up the punters to leave from about 10.30, just ignore them, don't feel pressured out, we left at 12.30.
Croydon addick, before you drive back, if you have time and are still hungry, go down to the Blue Marlin in Swalecliffe, best fishshop in the area IMHO. Enjoy!
The best fish and chip shop in my opinion is The Seven Seas Fish Bar and Restaurant on Canterbury Road at the other end of town.
It was good but it doesn't have the reputation it used to have. It had an awful write up in The Telegraph a few years ago. However, it still seems to be popular with tourists and visitors.
Well, I went twice in 2012 and both times I was delighted. Maybe I got carried away by the oysters, which I guess are down to the area more than the restaurant, but they are the best I've had anywhere. All I can say is it sounds like there's a brilliant choice down there, and I envy you all who can get there easily. Another great thread about nothing to do with footie.
It was good but it doesn't have the reputation it used to have. It had an awful write up in The Telegraph a few years ago. However, it still seems to be popular with tourists and visitors.
Well, I went twice in 2012 and both times I was delighted. Maybe I got carried away by the oysters, which I guess are down to the area more than the restaurant, but they are the best I've had anywhere. All I can say is it sounds like there's a brilliant choice down there, and I envy you all who can get there easily. Another great thread about nothing to do with footie.
And that's before we've even mentioned.my favourite - Krishna, best Indian I've ever been to, the food is superb.
Judging by the comments on this thread, I must have been lucky to get a table at Wheeler's when I rocked up with a ladyfriend without booking a couple of years ago. The tiny back room, very old-fashioned, is like a domestic dining room. Anyone else remember the Wheeler's in Soho, regular haunt of Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud?
Judging by the comments on this thread, I must have been lucky to get a table at Wheeler's when I rocked up with a ladyfriend without booking a couple of years ago. The tiny back room, very old-fashioned, is like a domestic dining room. Anyone else remember the Wheeler's in Soho, regular haunt of Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud?
Oh yes, back in the long gone days of ad agency four hour lunches :-) Are they related?
Whereabouts mate? Looking with the Mrs at the moment - moved from Whitstable to Canterbury a couple of years ago but now looking to buy back in Whitstable, lovely place.
Beltinge.Needed to get my Daughter into a school in Canterbury as she has special needs and Bexley have nothing to offer her at 19 whereas Canterbury offers her plenty.Its a big move as ive never been outside Barnehurst area but have been looking for about 6 months now around Whitstable,Chestfield,Herne Bay areas.
Killer Kish there are some really nice places to eat in Herne Bay aswell. Lovely little noodle bar called the coconut tree I went to recently and for the best fish and chips go to Shakey Shakey in the high street. Have lived in Whitstable all my life and moving to Herne Bay in June so any questions feel free to ask and i'll do my best to reply.
We moved from bromley to chestfield in Jan Have been trying a few of these places . We have been impressed with Pearsons and the lobster shack. The oyster co was only so so. Keep meaning to try JoJo's as reports are good. Good thing though the Valley express goes from the bottom of the road
Cheers. Hopefully won't be that long as the way house prices are it'll be an extra £10k!!
Don't know too much about Beltinge, but you'll love the area, a lot more relaxed than Bexley way - I moved from Bexleyheath to Canterbury and then Whitstable (and back to Canterbury) 12 years ago and love it.
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go down to the Blue Marlin in Swalecliffe, best fishshop in the area
IMHO. Enjoy!
Jojo's was hit and miss for me - good food, terrible service and attitude when we went.
Heard very good things about Wheelers and the echo the above about the Whitstable Oyster Company - trade on reputation now, not decent food.
Good thing though the Valley express goes from the bottom of the road
Don't know too much about Beltinge, but you'll love the area, a lot more relaxed than Bexley way - I moved from Bexleyheath to Canterbury and then Whitstable (and back to Canterbury) 12 years ago and love it.
And Jojo's was lovely food. I didn't like the service but could have been an off day - great views if you can get a window seat near sunset, too.