Guidebook for Burmarsh
Food Scene
Romney Spice
84-88 High StGreat eat-in curries just a few miles down the road.
Coppers
26 Prospect RdLight airy curry restaurant for less mainstream curries.
Half way up the cobbled old high street, a coffee shop that looks like a book shop. A great place to sit and watch people go by.
28 habitants recommandent
Steep Street Coffee House
24 The Old High StHalf way up the cobbled old high street, a coffee shop that looks like a book shop. A great place to sit and watch people go by.
Everest Inn Hythe
32-34 High StFabulous Nepalese cuisine.
Really very good Chinese cuisine. Standard menu, but definitely above-standard ingredients and cooking.
Hong Kong House
166 High StReally very good Chinese cuisine. Standard menu, but definitely above-standard ingredients and cooking.
Transport cafe on the A20 close to the former Ashford Airport. If a fry-up is your thing then this is a great place to get one.
The Airport Cafe
Main RoadTransport cafe on the A20 close to the former Ashford Airport. If a fry-up is your thing then this is a great place to get one.
Self-service Chinese buffet with very good quality food and relaxed atmosphere, on the edge of town.
Kalala
Self-service Chinese buffet with very good quality food and relaxed atmosphere, on the edge of town.
Excellent eat-in pizza restaurant. Genuine huge stone pizza oven at the back, great decor and layout.
27 habitants recommandent
Luben's Pizza
24 Rendezvous StExcellent eat-in pizza restaurant. Genuine huge stone pizza oven at the back, great decor and layout.
Summer only - the harbour arm at Folkestone has great views, great food outlets, great bars and frequent live music.
105 habitants recommandent
Jetée de Folkestone
Harbour Approach RoadSummer only - the harbour arm at Folkestone has great views, great food outlets, great bars and frequent live music.
Big Boys Fine Burger Co.
35 The Old High StFor big boys' burgers!
Googies Restaurant Bar
Burgers galore! Great food and great place to eat.
Quirky (like a lot of Folkestone!) a restaurant and an antique shop have crashed into each other here!
Follies
133 Sandgate RdQuirky (like a lot of Folkestone!) a restaurant and an antique shop have crashed into each other here!
Escondido
28-30 Sandgate RdMexican food their speciality, plus a pretty decent cocktail menu!
Strictly seafood this is a great location overlooking the beach and bay at Hythe. Their best dish is also their simplest - cod and chips!
12 habitants recommandent
Hythe Bay Seafood Restaurant
Strictly seafood this is a great location overlooking the beach and bay at Hythe. Their best dish is also their simplest - cod and chips!
You can eat in, but don't - get fish and chips then walk 100 metres to the beach and eat them there. Please take the wrappers home, bins are inadequate on the promenade!
9 habitants recommandent
Park Road Fish Bar
2A Park RdYou can eat in, but don't - get fish and chips then walk 100 metres to the beach and eat them there. Please take the wrappers home, bins are inadequate on the promenade!
Great Indian food - the usual stuff but more importantly, several dishes you've never heard of.
Green Spice
Great Indian food - the usual stuff but more importantly, several dishes you've never heard of.
Small menu of cracking seafood on the Harbour Arm at Folkestone - summer only and fair weather only! Cockles also have a tiny bar a few metres from the food servery. There is no seating in Cockles it is just a kitchen, but there is inside and outside seating right next to it.
Cockles & Co.
Harbour Approach RoadSmall menu of cracking seafood on the Harbour Arm at Folkestone - summer only and fair weather only! Cockles also have a tiny bar a few metres from the food servery. There is no seating in Cockles it is just a kitchen, but there is inside and outside seating right next to it.
Fine little tapas bar/restaurant in the Old High Street.
17 habitants recommandent
EL CORTADOR Tapas Bar
41 The Old High StFine little tapas bar/restaurant in the Old High Street.
Drinks & Nightlife
A fabulous local pub (no food served) with friendly locals, great beers and relaxed atmosphere. Live music Sunday Evenings. Four miles from our house. Not really suitable for children.
The Three Mariners
37 Windmill StA fabulous local pub (no food served) with friendly locals, great beers and relaxed atmosphere. Live music Sunday Evenings. Four miles from our house. Not really suitable for children.
Cafe by day, bar and music venue by night. With a capacity of around 30 this is a small venue, not really for kids, hosting live acts, poetry, plays and film festivals. There is no charge for live music but the hat is passed around.
8 habitants recommandent
Lime Bar Cafe
Cafe by day, bar and music venue by night. With a capacity of around 30 this is a small venue, not really for kids, hosting live acts, poetry, plays and film festivals. There is no charge for live music but the hat is passed around.
Bar, coffee shop, restaurant, night club and live music venue all rolled into one! Thursday night is live music night downstairs. Friday and Saturday night are usually DJ nights - again this is not really a kids' venue. The coffee shop at street level is open every day. Open mic night on the second Friday of each month in the coffee shop from 8pm.
14 habitants recommandent
The Beer Shop
Cheriton PlaceBar, coffee shop, restaurant, night club and live music venue all rolled into one! Thursday night is live music night downstairs. Friday and Saturday night are usually DJ nights - again this is not really a kids' venue. The coffee shop at street level is open every day. Open mic night on the second Friday of each month in the coffee shop from 8pm.
A terrific little bar in Folkestone with a good range of beers, great friendly atmosphere and frequently live music on Sunday afternoons.
15 habitants recommandent
Kipps' Alehouse
11-15 The Old High StA terrific little bar in Folkestone with a good range of beers, great friendly atmosphere and frequently live music on Sunday afternoons.
The View Hotel Folkestone
30-32 Clifton RdUpmarket bar in a boutique hotel. very nice.
Great pub, also serving very good quality food at sensible prices.
32 habitants recommandent
The Pullman
7-9 Church StGreat pub, also serving very good quality food at sensible prices.
Our local pub. A small, quiet village pub with friendly and sometimes eccentric locals - you might even bump into Phil the Poacher! Good, home-cooked food with locally-sourced ingredients, small restaurant, good quality and constantly-changing selection of beers. Dogs welcome (not in the restaurant!).
Shepherd & Crook
Shear WayOur local pub. A small, quiet village pub with friendly and sometimes eccentric locals - you might even bump into Phil the Poacher! Good, home-cooked food with locally-sourced ingredients, small restaurant, good quality and constantly-changing selection of beers. Dogs welcome (not in the restaurant!).
Decent little bar with restaurant. Open mic on the first and third Thursday of each month from 8pm.
7 habitants recommandent
The Butt Of Sherry
132 High StDecent little bar with restaurant. Open mic on the first and third Thursday of each month from 8pm.
Parks & Nature
Visible from the back of our house, this is a safari-type park wth a variety of animals.
104 habitants recommandent
Cottage Girafe de la Réserve Port Lympne
Aldington RoadVisible from the back of our house, this is a safari-type park wth a variety of animals.
Lovely walks along the Royal Military Canal. Suitable for cycling, walking, dogs.
7 habitants recommandent
Royal Military Canal
Lovely walks along the Royal Military Canal. Suitable for cycling, walking, dogs.
Sand dunes to explore, vast beach (at low tide), watch the kitesurfers and kite buggies darting around arpund half a mile to the East (but keep your distance - these are extreme sports and can be dangerous). A couple of nice cafes or the Gallivant restaurant or something a bit more up-market.
310 habitants recommandent
Camber Sands
Sand dunes to explore, vast beach (at low tide), watch the kitesurfers and kite buggies darting around arpund half a mile to the East (but keep your distance - these are extreme sports and can be dangerous). A couple of nice cafes or the Gallivant restaurant or something a bit more up-market.
Shopping
Lots of little antique and bric-a-brac shops in Rye plus many-an-independent cafe and the marvellous Grammar School Records for the vinyl lover!
388 habitants recommandent
Rye
Lots of little antique and bric-a-brac shops in Rye plus many-an-independent cafe and the marvellous Grammar School Records for the vinyl lover!
Getting Around
Running from Hythe to Dungeness and back, a real miniature steam train that really ought to be rubbish, but is great fun!
37 habitants recommandent
Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Railway
Running from Hythe to Dungeness and back, a real miniature steam train that really ought to be rubbish, but is great fun!
Sightseeing
Only a year or so ago this place was derelict! Since then it has developed into a thriving art community with independent shops, coffee shops and galleries galore.
7 habitants recommandent
The Old High Street
The Old High StreetOnly a year or so ago this place was derelict! Since then it has developed into a thriving art community with independent shops, coffee shops and galleries galore.
Entertainment & Activities
A couple of hundred metres from my house Lathe Barn is a tea room and children's farm with a small fun fair on site. The farm/play areas are really aimed at pre-secondary school children but the tea room is suitable for everyone and is particularly popular among the older generation.
Lathe Barn
Donkey StreetA couple of hundred metres from my house Lathe Barn is a tea room and children's farm with a small fun fair on site. The farm/play areas are really aimed at pre-secondary school children but the tea room is suitable for everyone and is particularly popular among the older generation.