Best brunch spots in Margate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate

Perhaps the best meal of the week, a good brunch can make you feel like you are winning at life. Luckily, Thanet's brunch game is solid and varied.

Whether you want an old school English breakfast, an eggy classic or something a little more unusual, there's a cafe, greasy spoon or hotel serving the brunch you want. With enough choice to paralyze the indecisive, the question is, where do you want to try today? 

Olympia

Who doesn’t want a full English breakfast, with fried bread, and a tea or a coffee for £10.95 or thereabouts? There’s no doubt an Olympia fry-up is a hefty meal, but you can easily roll yourself to Walpole Bay and into the water from the Ethelbert Crescent caff. Closed Sundays. 
Address: Ethelbert Cres, Cliftonville, Margate, CT9 2DY

Kebbells

Broadstairs’ seafood restaurant mainstay Kebbells, offers brunch for a brief window, Friday to Sunday from 10am to midday, the brunch menu is varied and refined. There’s also fancy versions of mushroom or cheese on toast and a choice of breakfast cocktails, for you to live your best brunch life on. Address: 8 Victoria Parade, Broadstairs, CT10 1QS

The Good Egg

Plating up zippy Middle-Easternish flavour punches, come to The Good Egg for shakshuka, baba French toast and pitas stuffed with briney aubergine, fudgey eggs, salted beef and crunchy falafel. Generally busy, but you don’t have to book.
Address: 49 Northdown Rd, Cliftonville, Margate, CT9 2RN

Curve Roasters

Not everyone thinks toasties are a brunch dish, but the funky, filthy kimchi and cheese toastie (vegan option available) at this cafe is worth a mention for its hangover-curing properties. And also because it might be the best toastie in Thanet, if not the world, regardless. However for brunch purists, you can always also get things like Turkish poached eggs that come in a puddle of spiced yoghurt. Also does good coffee.
Address: 12 The Centre, Margate, CT9 1JG

Ellington Park Cafe

Not just for dogwalkers, Ellington Park Cafe plates up affordable, unfussy breaky dishes like breakfast baps and subs, and full English breakfasts. There’s also toasties and sandwiches too. The drinks selection is also caf fare, with milkshakes and thickshake on offer alongside your standard cafe drinks. Address: Park Road, Ramsgate, CT11 9TL

Forts

Popular for a reason, both Margate and Broadstairs' Forts serves up strong coffees, hefty sarnies, and contemporary eggy riffs. The Margate outpost gets super busy at the weekend but you can't book so be prepared to wait.
Address: 8 Cliff Terrace, Cliftonville, Margate, CT9 1RU
8 Dundonald Road, Broadstairs, CT10 1PE

Giant Ramsgate

One of three Giant cafes, the largest of them in Ramsgate serves up brunch dishes Wednesday to Sunday, 9am-3pm. Expect your classic brunch selection, waffles with berries, breakfast sarnies, smashed avo on toast and various egg, bean, sourdough combinations.  Address: 1 Charlotte Court, Ramsgate, CT11 8HE

Bus Cafe

This high season pop-up right on Main Sands makes life easy with a short but tempting big plate menu alongside a smattering of smaller dishes, which are ideal if you’re brunching with kids or don’t want to risk a food coma. Comes with some outdoor seating, so you don’t need to eat on the top deck. Booking is recommended for this one.
Address: Royal Cres Promenade, Westbrook, Margate, CT9 5AJ

Smiths Town House

You don’t have to be staying at this smart-as Broadstairs boutique hotel to eat in its dining quarters which exudes a quiet drama. Fancy fry-ups are the order of the morning here, from your classic English Breakfast to a veggie-laden vegetarian option. There’s also breakfast toasties and lighter dishes too. Address: 43 Belvedere Rd, Broadstairs, CT10 1PF

Hoffs

Not just for hangovers, but the bacon and egg sarnie made with potato waffles and your choice of hair of the dog really does soothe one. With its low slung couches and Home & Away meets Baywatch vibes, brunch could easily turn into drinks at this all-day eating haunt. Brunch menu is served 11am-3pm Friday - Sunday, look out for pop ups.
Address: 18 Marine Drive, Margate CT9 1DH

Oast

A superb neighbourhood bakery with the nicest staff, and home to perhaps one of the best inventions ever - the croissant loaf. On the counter top, find flakey, buttery croissants, vegan morning buns, and a small but rotating selection of pastries. Savory options include sausage rolls, quiche, sandwiches and loaded flatbreads. Has incredible air con. Address: 68 Northdown Road, Cliftonville, Margate, CT9 2RL

Union

The new incarnation of Union Cafe focuses on vegetarian and vegan dishes that are wholesome and nourishing. Tuck into hearty plates like smokey beans on toast and miso and maple no-grain granola bowl. While breakfast dishes run all day, a lunch menu runs from 11.45am, which is equally virtuous.
Address: 25-27 Queen Street, Ramsgate, CT11 9DZ

Njord

Just out of Ramsgate proper, Njord is an attractive all-day dining spot in Pegwell Bay. From 9am-2pm, the joint runs a breakfast menu which has all your quintessential avocado, eggy and bap-forward brunch culprits.  Address: 123a Saxon Reach, Sandwich Road, Cliffsend, CT12 5JB

Seabird

Originally found on Addington Street in Ramsgate, Seabird is now the new kid on Margate’s sea front. Three menus run across the day, with its breakfast menu boasting a full selection of brunch classics - eggs florentine, benedict and royale, buttermilk pancakes, and fry-ups. Grab a breakfast cocktail while you're at it. The lunch menu kicks in at midday, but you can still hit brunch notes with dishes like the wild mushroom crumpet, asparagus and smoked salmon or the bookmaker sandwich.
Address: 12-13 The Parade, Margate, CT9 1EY

Old Curiosity Shop

A cosy, quirky nook, Broadstairs' Old Curiosity Shop has oodles of charm. A cafe with tea house/caf vibes, fare is nostalgic - beans on toast, crumpets, baps and jacket potatoes. You can get a sausage for your dog. Address: 9 Harbour Street, Broadstairs, CT10 1ET

The House

This charming, high-ceilinged boutique hotel perched upon East Cliff overlooking the sea serves up classic cafe-style brunch dishes in its elegant yet laidback dining room. Come for a full English, or a light smashed avo on toast. You can also get stuck into eggs on toast, done in a number of ways.
Address: Albion House, Albion Place, Ramsgate, CT11 8HQ

Salt

This Broadstairs coffee, açai and wine bar's morning meal options are wholesome and light, with things like avo and kimchi on toast, green fresh juices, açai bowls and vegan baked goods putting a hop in your step.
Address: 127 High Street, Broadstairs, CT10 1NG

Namaka

Sister venue to Salt, Namaka offers the same virtuous start to the day, but just on Stone Bay. Head down for a beach-side acai bowl that is loaded with fresh fruit, granola, acai seeds and various other plant-based healthy bits, as well as pastries, smoothies and super food hot drinks.
Address: Stone Bay Kiosk, Eastern Esplanade, Broadstairs, CT10 1DU

The Royal Albion Hotel 

This hotel has a no-stuffing about menu boasting mainly breakfast baps and hollandaise-drizzled muffins, however you can still get a classic English breakfast or American-style pancakes laden with cream and berries if you want a feast. Baps can be made vegan and you can brunch with beach views if you’re lucky. 
Address: 6-12 Albion Street, Broadstairs, CT10 1AN

Staple Stores

With locations across Thanet, Westgate and Ramsgate's Staple Stores are the roomiest and come with counter tops laden with savoury and sweet pastries and moorish things like focaccia sandwiches, veg and meaty sausage rolls, cruffins, quiche and almond croissants. Staples Ramsgate has outdoor seating in Charlotte Court, and while the Broadstairs outpost is the cosiest, it has all the same baked goods goodness as its sibling bakeries.
Address: 19 St. Mildreds Walk, Westgate-on-Sea, CT8 8FZ
20 York Street, Ramsgate, CT11 9DS
30a Reading Street, Broadstairs, CT10 3AZ