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A Kentish country gastropub where the steak list leans on Ightham beef, with côte de boeuf cuts cooked for sharing, and the bar snacks include a venison and nduja Scotch egg that has no business being that good. The menu runs from battered fish and chips to roasted chalk stream trout, all of it grounded firmly in the surrounding countryside. It landed on the Top 50 Gastropubs list, which tracks for a place that manages to feel genuinely local rather than aspirationally rural.
The awards strongest first
- Top 50 Gastropubs 2026 · #90 · Top 50 Gastropubs
One number, weighted & current 79
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
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Baked camembert
“Small plates range from baked camembert with bread and onion chutney to venison and nduja Scotch egg with red pepper mayo, while mains lean confidently into pub classics.”
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Toad in the hole
“Highlights include Whitstable Bay beer battered fish and chips, homemade pie of the day with creamed mash, pig in blanket toad in the hole, and roasted chalk stream trout with lentils, samphire and red pepper purée.”
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Roasted chalk stream trout
“Highlights include Whitstable Bay beer battered fish and chips, homemade pie of the day with creamed mash, pig in blanket toad in the hole, and roasted chalk stream trout with lentils, samphire and red pepper purée.”
Top 50 Gastropubs, 2026
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- Shwen Shwen Eat · 90
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