Latest reviews from Broadstairs

“Visited in March and most recently on the 13/05/23. The Thirty Nine Steps had been closed during the first year or so of my regular visits to Broadstairs so happy to say it's reopened some time around the start of 2023. Street corner single room (almost) local, there is also a space upstairs at the rear with a few tables. On both my Saturday lunchtime visits the place has been doing a steady trade with a mix of locals and tourists. Only one member of staff on so you have to wait your turn when there's a rush on at the bar but never for more than a few minutes. What is interesting is that they have massively upped their range in-between my visits. On my last visit to the far right of the bar and at a 90 degree angle to the bar I noticed 8 keg lines. I checked with the bar keep and they had indeed been installed in the past two months and they were planning to install some kind of beer board as they are easy to miss. So there is now the best part of 16 beers/ciders on tap pretty much making it a don't miss destination in Broadstairs. 3 ciders from Duddas Tun, some local cask offerings from Pig & Porter and Romney Marsh and the Keg lines included the local-ish Floc and Northdown, plus Pressure Drop, Verdant, Vault City and Deya. Overall well worth a visit.“

Theydon_Bois 396 days ago

“Attractive wine and beer shop and the end of the High street a block behind the beach and seafront. Much of the shelves are occupied by vino, but there's excellent local beer and ale choices in cans and bottle conditioned.“

ManVsBeer 660 days ago

“Converted barn in suburbia north-west of the station around 15 minutes walk. It's a lovely new use for the aged venue with a courtyard that doubles capacity (along as the weather allows) There's also purpose built decked area just inside the iron gates that protect the venue when closed. The interior is small but cosy and serves a dozen real ales and ciders combined, gravity served.“

ManVsBeer 664 days ago

“Corner shop unit formed into a micropub and brewery tap. It's opposite the Albion Inn five minutes or so walk west of the train station. It's in a suburban setting so this is very much a locals place. It has a main room with limited space and ales are served from gravity out of a back room, which you will walk through if you go to the toilet here. Expect a couple of Four Candles brews and a couple of real ciders.“

ManVsBeer 665 days ago

“On the road behind the seafront. This is a vibrant micropub with local ales served from a square bar in the rear corner of this converted shop unit. Picnic tables are available down the side of the building.“

ManVsBeer 666 days ago

“At the traffic junction immediately west of the train station. This is a converted shop unit packing in high tables, and quite a lot of stools. Beer is served from gravity in the same room. It has plenty of real cider and cans of crafted ales - mostly from Time + Tide. It has a modern design.“

ManVsBeer 667 days ago

“Atmospheric wooden heavy pub with a library feel to it given the place is adorned with bookshelves over two floors. The drinking action is downstairs with split-level seating with more real ciders available than the dozen or so cask and keg options put together. It's located at the north end of the road parallel to the beach.“

ManVsBeer 672 days ago

“Railway themed shop unit conversion with split-level seating, although this is limited around the bar on its upper level. Located on the main road close to the station on the town's eastern side it serves gravity poured cask brews from local micros as well as real cider too. The pavement is wide here so there's seating out front too.“

ManVsBeer 674 days ago

“Visited on a Thursday evening in September '21. Classic micropub set up with 2 or 3 gravity beers and a few bladder bag ciders. Friendly staff and punters but the place is a little tired and has a musty/woody smell about it. Beers were fine but a more pedestrian range compared to other micro's in Broadstairs ... think just the 2 on my visit and one was Skinners Betty Stogs which is not what I'm after personally in a Kent micropub ... other wasn't particularly interesting either so I opted for a cider. Overall worth popping in ... it's your first venue of note if you head from the station to the town/seafront ... maybe 3 to 4 minutes from Broadstairs station ... however it's one to miss if you're on a time limit in Broadstairs.“

Theydon_Bois 886 days ago

“Could have sworn I reviewed this venue having added it and visited a few days after its official opening in Sep' 21. A welcome addition to the micropub scene in Broadstairs and just a couple of minutes over the road from the station ... carry on a further 5 minutes away from town and your at the legendary Four Candles. The Royston is a single roomed local with a large chiller type room containing 4 gravity dispense casks allied to maybe 5 or 6 bladder bag ciders ... toss in perhaps a dozen cans of the craftier variety to add more variety. The gravity has always been in top nick on my couple or three visits and always included a Shivering Sands (maybe 2) offering which I've not seen elsewhere. There's a couple of tables out front on the pavement and the interior is bright and airy with a mix of bench style seats with cushions and tall stool type chairs at tables. Also a few half decent wines and gins on offer to keep the non beer/cider crowd happy. Friendly service from the husband and wife team who run it and a good mix of friendly locals on my visits. A top micro pub.“

Theydon_Bois 886 days ago

“Visited just before 1400 on Saturday 19th June 2021. Check hours before visiting as things could be liable to change ... seems its 1200-1400 on Saturdays at present with a 1600 extension for events. Functional brewery taproom in an industrial estate half way between Broadstairs and Ramsgate ... as a marker about a 15 minute walk from the Four Candles micro brewpub then a further 5 to Broadstairs station. 5 cask offerings and 1 keg at the bar plus perhaps another dozen to take out in the forms of bottles and can plus they will fill a growler. Beers were all in good nick and the server was friendly and very knowledgeable on the local beer and food scene. 3 other tables occupied with around 10 folks in total. Tidy little tap room and somewhere I'd head back to ... £5.25 for 2 cask and 1 keg half pints ... whats not to like!“

Theydon_Bois 1096 days ago

“Popped by on Saturday 19th June 2021 around 1500. Micropub feel but in a slightly different setting ... an old stone stable houses 3 or 4 tables and the bar whilst outside in a small courtyard there is both covered and uncovered seating across two levels. Friendly table service with a couple of old locals housed up inside with another 3 or 4 small younger groups in the outside courtyard. 3 cask ales on offer all between a very reasonable £3 and £3.3 a pint ... 2 Kent locals from Tonbridge and a porter from Wantsum allied to DS Hophead. 6 ciders available but at least 4 fruity numbers from the Lilleys camp and a couple from Westons so nothing that interested me. Solid little micro if you're in the area but probably not worth the 15 or so minutes walk from the station to take you the wrong side of town if you are time limited ... that said it's a 15 minute walk to Gadds taproom and 6 or 7 from the Four Candles so you can spin a little crawl in this area of Broadstairs (St Peters).“

Theydon_Bois 1096 days ago

“Visited at opening time on Friday 21/05/21 .... first week of indoor drinking post lockdown.... fingers crossed eh!? One room street corner boozer that seats about 18/20 inside and another dozen or so outdoors. The serving area is through a small door at the back almost like a curiosity shop. 3 of their own beers on offer on my visit, 2 pales and a porter all in descent nick and well priced... add to this 2 Biddenden ciders plus a few less interesting bottles and you have a solid micro (brew) pub formula. Snacks in the form of cheese board, pork pie, crisps, nuts and some excellent pork scratchings that we revisited a couple of times. Service was prompt and very friendly and the place was packed with regulars within half an hour of opening time. Great to be back in a pub and very much looking forward to heading back to this one again. They take card btw.... not always the case in micro pubs but maybe the way forward for most now post covid.“

Theydon_Bois 1125 days ago

“Decent micropub. Nice assortment of British ales on draft. Fair prices, 1/3 pours available. Friendly service. Incredible value on the food. The place itself has seating for about 20-25 people, at most. One of the better options in town.“

Leighton 2839 days ago

“Nice small boozer of a sort still found all over northern Europe but dying out until recently in the UK. Part of the micropub tendency. Feels larger than it is when the yard outside is packed for barbecues and so on. Could do with some decent bottled beers but otherwise nicely atmospheric and full of conversation.“

Tim Webb 3349 days ago

“One block off the seafront, 700 m from the station. More of a small, one-bar pub than a micropub in ethos - for size, opening hours, background music and an AB-InBev keg beer on tap (why?). Enjoyable nonetheless. Could usefully go craftwards with a small bottle stock. The novel The 39 Steps climaxes in Broadstairs - hence the name and movie posters.“

Tim Webb 3349 days ago

“Brilliant little street-corner micropub, 700 metres from the station, with its own tiny brewery in the cellar. Food is a range of six cheeses from a local cheesemaker. Nothing comes from out of county, yet. Great concept, expertly delivered.“

Tim Webb 3349 days ago

“Fantastic micro brewery at the edge of an Industrial Estate. The brewery is small but charming and incredibly organised. I had a wonderful tour from Eddie and he showed me various hops; encouraged me to taste different malts and additionally I received a complete and comprehensive brewing guide. Perfect guidance for novices of brewing and something to cater for to everyone. The shop range was Gadds’ merchandise and whilst volume was not heavy, quality was. T-shirts, mugs, glasses, beers were on offer. They had recently received a good trade so unfortunately stock was low when I was there. This didn’t stop me from buying a really well priced mix-case of beers. Value is second to none. The best feature, however, is the onsite tap and something to pride in. Having their beers fresh on and bang on form was wonderful. Freshly poured beer, three on offer and rotated accordingly. This is fantastic. Hopefully more breweries will do this. All in all an ideal way to spend the afternoon.“

tdtm82 4691 days ago

“Not quite sure why this is in the Places section but while it is... Easy to find on a industrial estate. Friendly service but the one helping me wasn’t very knowledgable. Small selection but interesting stuff from Gadds and de Molen for example.“

jbrus 5470 days ago