Good places for Breakfast in Kent

[Oldred_V8S]

Anybody got any recommendations for a hearty breakfast in Kent?

Many thanks.

[Dalto123]

Gotta be the Oakdene near Wrotham. Proper greasy spoon cafe, and does a cracking post hoon breakfast

[HughG]

Going to TJs American diner in Maidstone Sunday morning. I'll let you know if us any good.

[Roo]

HughG said:

Going to TJs American diner in Maidstone Sunday morning. I'll let you know if us any good.

Never heard of the place so had a quick look at their website.

Not in the best location, website links don't work and some of the text is awful.

TJs American Diner is to become the newest and unique eccentricity in Maidstone

one of those must visit places that make people travel for miles to the city

[MarshPhantom]

The little cafe on the seafront in Tankerton is very good, also the one at the end of pier in Deal.

[Stinkfoot]

Roo said:

HughG said:

Going to TJs American diner in Maidstone Sunday morning. I'll let you know if us any good.

Never heard of the place so had a quick look at their website.

Not in the best location, website links don't work and some of the text is awful.

TJs American Diner is to become the newest and unique eccentricity in Maidstone

one of those must visit places that make people travel for miles to the city

Never known an American Diner that has zero parking ! Earl St is the lair of the Maidstone traffic wardens. I will stick with Oakdene !

Edited by Stinkfoot on Sunday 15th February 08:49

[Carbon Based]

You may find some overlap with this thread: Good quality farm shops of Kent and Essex

[Brew]

Another vote for Oakdene but be very very careful driving into the car park, there are some massive pot holes.

[zeduffman]

Oakdene does good food, but you better not be averse to hearing a load of effing and blinding the whole time you're there. I'm not easily offended, it just got grating after 10 minutes of it.

[HughG]

Roo said:

HughG said:

Going to TJs American diner in Maidstone Sunday morning. I'll let you know if us any good.

Never heard of the place so had a quick look at their website.

Not in the best location, website links don't work and some of the text is awful.

TJs American Diner is to become the newest and unique eccentricity in Maidstone

one of those must visit places that make people travel for miles to the city

And the verdict - it looks a bit odd from outside, but the food was good. Thankfully just a walk into town for us as others have said no parking outside, but Fremlin walk car park only a 2 minute walk away.

[Type R Tom]

Ramsgate Cafe near Westwood Cross
Cafe Solo in Canterbury

[rijmij99]

Is that the one that used to be part bookies part caff?

[Red Devil]

Brew said:

Another vote for Oakdene but be very very careful driving into the car park, there are some massive pot holes.

+1

Colourful language is not the issue. It's a biker's meeting place so very busy.
You'll be standing in a queue for quite a while unless you time it just right.

I know it's not Kent, but Rye is very close to the border so these are worth a look.
Especially as some of the best roads are not far away

Cafe on the Quay - http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g18...
Bosun's Bite at Rye Harbour - http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g18...

[MarshPhantom]

Red Devil said:

+1

Colourful language is not the issue. It's a biker's meeting place so very busy.
You'll be standing in a queue for quite a while unless you time it just right.

I know it's not Kent, but Rye is very close to the border so these are worth a look.
Especially as some of the best roads are not far away

Cafe on the Quay - http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g18...
Bosun's Bite at Rye Harbour - http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g18...

Roads down to Dungeness then on to Rye are pretty good.

[Zedboy1200]

Mickey's halfway up Bluebell Hill (A229) isn't bad, but the best is also back in Maidstone - the Living Cafe in Earl Street. Totally worth all the aggro parking. Stuff of legends!

[vikingaero]

I like the Big Breakfast(?) at the Railway Cafe in Dungeness. The cooking there seems to be better than the sister branches at Hythe or New Romney.

Also a nice cafe next to the Reculver Tower although the breakfast needs a little bolstering with additional items to be a true Full English.

[Squawk1066]

Quite a nice cafe by the Traffic lights in Hawkhurst.

[Sticks.]

Red Devil said:

+1

I know it's not Kent, but Rye is very close to the border so these are worth a look.
Especially as some of the best roads are not far away

Cafe on the Quay - http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g18...
Bosun's Bite at Rye Harbour - http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g18...

We regularly use Gasparutti's in Market Rd. Very good, sausages etc sourced from the butcher rather than frozen. You have to walk in to get to it, that's all.

Lots of bikers in Rye at B Hols particularly. Plod will do speed cameras along the Military Rd (probably others) I'm told.

[greengreenwood7]

blimey, wouldn't rate the Oakdene myself, yes big portions, but quality is average at best.

Riverside Cafe at Yalding, between the 2 locks is good fare and they have a garden.
Hawkhurst fisheries - tidy grub
Deal pier
the Oasis Cafe on the New Romney rd ( better quality than the one by the Harbour in Rye imho)

[Red Devil]

+1 for Hawkhurst Fisheries. Can't beat sitting outside by the lake on a sunny morning.
The car park can get crowded though and the trench just inside the entrance gate is a killer if your ground clearance is low.