Quayside bar & kitchen

Quayside Bar & Kitchen is a harbour-side pub at 67 Harbour Street in Whitstable where dogs are welcome inside. Sitting close to the seafront, it serves home-cooked pub food made with locally sourced ingredients alongside a good selection of ales — the kind of place where the lead tucks neatly under the table and everyone settles in together.

Food runs from lunch through to early evening most days, with kitchen hours extending to 8pm Wednesday through Saturday and later bar hours on Fridays and Saturdays until 11:30pm. Hours can vary, so a quick check before heading over is always worthwhile. Live music nights and events run regularly, making it a useful stop whether the plan is a quiet lunch after a harbour walk or a livelier evening out.

On Harbour Street there's no shortage of sniff-worthy distractions before you arrive, and this is a practical, dog-friendly choice for keeping the whole group together for food and a drink by the water.