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Visit Thanet Logo (3) Visit Thanet
Destinations
  • Margate
  • Insider's Guide to Margate Cliftonville
  • Broadstairs
  • Ramsgate
  • Villages
  • Seasonal Coast
  • Green & Sustainable Thanet
  • Our Coast
  • Beaches and Bays Active Coast Calm Coast Curious Coast Family Fun Coast Beach Information
  • Coastal Explorers
  • Coastal Education Resources
  • Beach Group Visits
  • History and Heritage
  • Margate History Broadstairs History Ramsgate History Village History Heritage and Architecture Frontline Thanet Ramsgate: The Heart of the Dunkirk Little Ships
  • Literary Heroes
  • Railway 200
Things to Do
  • See and Do
  • Latest Attraction Opening Hours
  • Find Attractions
  • Entertainment
  • Arts and Culture
  • Galleries and Studios Turner and Margate Kent’s Creative Isle of Margate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate
  • Shopping and Markets
  • Family Fun
  • Escape Rooms
  • Experiences
  • Active and Outdoors
  • Cycling at the Coast Walking the Isle of Thanet It’s all about the Golf Sightseeing Boat and Fishing Trips Sea Swimming and Saunas
  • Coastal Wellness
  • Yoga
  • Parks
  • Seasonal Coast
  • Make a Digital Discovery
  • Audio Thanet
  • Did You Know
  • Creative Isle Community Rail Partnership
  • Wedding Venues
Stay & Eat
  • Places to Stay
  • Find Accommodation
  • Eating and Drinking
  • Ice Cream Parlours Thanet's Micro Pubs Afternoon Tea Award Winning Places to Eat Cocktails Galore Vegetarian & Vegan Options Local Produce Roast by the Coast Bottomless Brunch
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  • What's On in Thanet
  • Find Events
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Buoy and Oyster

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Food & Drink

* Open daily 12pm-9pm *

Buoy and Oyster is a family run restaurant and seafood bar overlooking the main beach in Margate, Kent.

Guests can be sure to enjoy great quality food and drinks in a relaxed and stylish seaside setting.

With an open-plan theatre kitchen, you can meet the chefs and enjoy watching them freshly prepare your meals in front of you, while dining in the modern dining space, the all-day seafood bar, or outside on the beach-view terrace.
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With a seafood-focused menu, expect to see day boat fish and chips, local specials and seafood platters. There is always a variety of meat and vegetarian options and the restaurant offers a vegan menu and a family friendly "little sailors" menu

  • Oyster Happy Hour - 2-for-1 oysters Monday - Friday 4pm-5pm 
  • Mussel Wednesdays - Unlimited mussel refills on all main course mussels (£17.50)
  • Thanet Thursdays - 20% off table's total food bill (CT7-CT12 postcodes, must be booked in advance & must mention Thanet Thursdays in booking notes. Excludes Light Lunch menus)
  • Just Drinks? The Seafood Bar is the perfect spot to enjoy a drink with friends - why not try an amazing Bloody Mary?
  • Beach Buoys - Beach-front take-away/cafe, offers seafood, vegan, and gluten-free choices from a bright pink chippy by the sea! 

Awards Won

  • 2AA The Rosette Award for Culinary Excellence 2024/25
  • Good Food Award 2020 and 2021
  • Kent Diversification Highly Commended award at Taste of Kent Awards 2022
  • Muddy Stilettos 2022 Awards - Best Restaurant 
  • Good Food Awards 2023 

Fully wheelchair accessible from the High Street entrance

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Address

Buoy and Oyster 44 High Street, Margate
Kent

CT9 1DS

Contact

reservations@buoyandoyster.co.uk 01843 446631

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Opening Times

Open daily 12pm-9pm

Credit cards accepted
Free wi-fi
Groups welcome
Guide Dogs, Hearing Dogs and Registered Assistance Dogs welcome
Locally produced food
Restaurant / Cafe / Tea shop
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