Amazing seafood restaurant. I strongly strongly strongly recommend you Torched oyster. I never seen this much delicious oyster menus. Scallops and mushroom toast were great as well. Dover sole is best sole dish in my life. Moreover, staffs are very friendly!! We enjoyed a lot.
edward marston
Amazing seafood and wine. Staff were also lovely and helpful with recommendations as they were on our previous visits. Best restaurant in
Kaan AKIN
Great place and
Graeme Kelly
Best fish ever tasted!
Emma Clarke
Fabulous food with fresh and inventive ingredients. Superb service too. 2nd visit and will return.
Kyle Kothari
Halibut was the best fish I've ever
David Blair
Delicious, perfectly executed, delivered with confidence and charm.
Yalin Solmaz
Excellent fish dishes and wine at pretty good prices. It’s not cheap by any means but it’s worth every penny. Highlights for us were the scallops, mussels and sea bass with lobster sauce.
向首居
The food is very delicious!The environment is also very elegant!A place I would like to visit a second time!recommend!
Steve Gibson
Delicious food x excellent wine x friendly service.Best meal I’ve eaten this year!
Exceptional ingredients and cooking, with chefs who truly understand how to prepare the freshest produce and bring out its unique flavours and characteristics. The staff are extremely friendly and welcoming. The decor is tasteful, and despite its compact size, the ambiance is outstanding, offering views of Margate's beautiful beachside right from your table.However, I encountered a couple of displeasures during my visit. Firstly, the semi-open kitchen design, coupled with poor ventilation, filled the dining area with cooking odours whenever certain dishes were being prepared. If opting for a semi-open kitchen, more consideration should be given to an effective smoke extraction system.Additionally, a mandatory £1 "donation" per person and a 12.5% service charge were added to our bill without prior consultation. While I'm willing to tip for good service, I believe tipping should be at the customer's discretion, not automatically assumed - especially in a bistro, not a Michelin-starred fine dining establishment.Regarding the donation, I understand the high unemployment rates in Margate and the efforts charities are making to assist newcomers to the culinary field. However, whether to donate should be based on the customer's support for the campaign, not the establishment's. A [direct addition] of a donation to the bill is uncomfortable and kind of rude; it would be preferable to inquire if customers wish to contribute, rather than assuming.I reluctantly leave a one-star rating, hoping the restaurant team realizes that minor details shouldn't mar the excellent food, superb cooking, and front-of-house team's efforts.
Lulu Meng
An absolute must visit. Turbot is exquisite and never thought peppercorn sauce is such a great combination to turbot. They’ve turned down the base with mushroom base so it’s not as heavy to complement the turbot. Every dish is very deliberate and well thought out. The desert rhubarb crumble is a must also and wish I had two of these!Don’t be put off by the tables at the back do the restaurant. I prefer them. More cosy and less traffic.
Linus Peitz
We came based on the recommendation in the Michelin guide and the great reviews. Overall we had a nice dinner experience (good seafood is hard to find despite the many seaside towns in Kent). Especially the mains were amazing (turbot/lemon sole), nicely seasoned and cooked, generous portions. The other courses did not reach this level. The poached oysters were lost under a large amount of hollandaise sauce so that you couldn't taste the main ingredient anymore. The mussels were nice, though you have to order bread as a side if you want to enjoy this starter, which is 50% broth, to its fullest. The dessert, flourless chocolate cake came with a caramel sauce and a dollop of cream cheese, didn't taste of much and was overpriced for that it was (10£). Wines start at 32£ a bottle. We spent £150 for 2 oysters, 1 starter, 2 mains, 1 dessert, 1 bottle of wine. The atmosphere (at least in the front room) was lively, partly due to the open kitchen design. Only drawback, when something got burned in the kitchen they had to open the front window, reducing the temperature in the room from 'just warm enough' to 'better put on a jacket'. Service was ok, friendly. Would recommend it for a light lunch, for a full dinner it wasn't worth the money.
Charlotte B
This is definitely the best meal out we have had some time. The fish is cooked beautifully and the English sparkling wine we had with it was also utterly divine. We recommend everything we ate which was mussels and mackerel starters and the bass bisque and skate wing main course. Great service, amazing food and a really memorable setting- thanks it was worth every penny to eat such perfectly cooked and presented fish- it really was excellent.
loulouBucks_UK
Exceptional - one of the best meals I’ve ever had (coming from someone who enjoys fish but don’t love it and don’t always know what to choose) Tiny place - could only get a 9pm reservation on a Friday when visiting from out of town. The grilled mackerel was so good but the sea bass was stunning. Only downside was we were near door and it was a freezing night so we were a wee bit chilly but otherwise it was perfection and will definitely return if ever back in the area
Amazing seafood restaurant. I strongly strongly strongly recommend you Torched oyster. I never seen this much delicious oyster menus. Scallops and mushroom toast were great as well. Dover sole is best sole dish in my life. Moreover, staffs are very friendly!! We enjoyed a lot.
Amazing seafood and wine. Staff were also lovely and helpful with recommendations as they were on our previous visits. Best restaurant in
Great place and
Best fish ever tasted!
Fabulous food with fresh and inventive ingredients. Superb service too. 2nd visit and will return.
Halibut was the best fish I've ever
Delicious, perfectly executed, delivered with confidence and charm.
Excellent fish dishes and wine at pretty good prices. It’s not cheap by any means but it’s worth every penny. Highlights for us were the scallops, mussels and sea bass with lobster sauce.
The food is very delicious!The environment is also very elegant!A place I would like to visit a second time!recommend!
Delicious food x excellent wine x friendly service.Best meal I’ve eaten this year!
Restaurantji Recommends
Exceptional ingredients and cooking, with chefs who truly understand how to prepare the freshest produce and bring out its unique flavours and characteristics. The staff are extremely friendly and welcoming. The decor is tasteful, and despite its compact size, the ambiance is outstanding, offering views of Margate's beautiful beachside right from your table.However, I encountered a couple of displeasures during my visit. Firstly, the semi-open kitchen design, coupled with poor ventilation, filled the dining area with cooking odours whenever certain dishes were being prepared. If opting for a semi-open kitchen, more consideration should be given to an effective smoke extraction system.Additionally, a mandatory £1 "donation" per person and a 12.5% service charge were added to our bill without prior consultation. While I'm willing to tip for good service, I believe tipping should be at the customer's discretion, not automatically assumed - especially in a bistro, not a Michelin-starred fine dining establishment.Regarding the donation, I understand the high unemployment rates in Margate and the efforts charities are making to assist newcomers to the culinary field. However, whether to donate should be based on the customer's support for the campaign, not the establishment's. A [direct addition] of a donation to the bill is uncomfortable and kind of rude; it would be preferable to inquire if customers wish to contribute, rather than assuming.I reluctantly leave a one-star rating, hoping the restaurant team realizes that minor details shouldn't mar the excellent food, superb cooking, and front-of-house team's efforts.
An absolute must visit. Turbot is exquisite and never thought peppercorn sauce is such a great combination to turbot. They’ve turned down the base with mushroom base so it’s not as heavy to complement the turbot. Every dish is very deliberate and well thought out. The desert rhubarb crumble is a must also and wish I had two of these!Don’t be put off by the tables at the back do the restaurant. I prefer them. More cosy and less traffic.
We came based on the recommendation in the Michelin guide and the great reviews. Overall we had a nice dinner experience (good seafood is hard to find despite the many seaside towns in Kent). Especially the mains were amazing (turbot/lemon sole), nicely seasoned and cooked, generous portions. The other courses did not reach this level. The poached oysters were lost under a large amount of hollandaise sauce so that you couldn't taste the main ingredient anymore. The mussels were nice, though you have to order bread as a side if you want to enjoy this starter, which is 50% broth, to its fullest. The dessert, flourless chocolate cake came with a caramel sauce and a dollop of cream cheese, didn't taste of much and was overpriced for that it was (10£). Wines start at 32£ a bottle. We spent £150 for 2 oysters, 1 starter, 2 mains, 1 dessert, 1 bottle of wine. The atmosphere (at least in the front room) was lively, partly due to the open kitchen design. Only drawback, when something got burned in the kitchen they had to open the front window, reducing the temperature in the room from 'just warm enough' to 'better put on a jacket'. Service was ok, friendly. Would recommend it for a light lunch, for a full dinner it wasn't worth the money.
This is definitely the best meal out we have had some time. The fish is cooked beautifully and the English sparkling wine we had with it was also utterly divine. We recommend everything we ate which was mussels and mackerel starters and the bass bisque and skate wing main course. Great service, amazing food and a really memorable setting- thanks it was worth every penny to eat such perfectly cooked and presented fish- it really was excellent.
Exceptional - one of the best meals I’ve ever had (coming from someone who enjoys fish but don’t love it and don’t always know what to choose) Tiny place - could only get a 9pm reservation on a Friday when visiting from out of town. The grilled mackerel was so good but the sea bass was stunning. Only downside was we were near door and it was a freezing night so we were a wee bit chilly but otherwise it was perfection and will definitely return if ever back in the area