Windy Corner Café & Stores

Windy Corner Café & Stores is a licensed café and general store at 110 Nelson Road in Whitstable, where dogs are welcome inside alongside locals and visitors. Open daily from 8am, it serves speciality coffee, breakfast, brunch, lunch and afternoon tea made with locally sourced ingredients, alongside a general store stocking artisan produce, wine, local artwork, books, cards and gifts from Kent makers — plus a dedicated section for four-legged friends.

The relaxed indoor atmosphere means you can settle in for a full cooked breakfast, grab a quick flat white or browse the shelves while your dog keeps a hopeful eye on proceedings. Lunch runs from 12pm to 2.30pm, with table reservations available Monday to Friday; weekends and bank holidays are mostly walk-in. The Windy Corner Book Nook adds a quiet corner of coastal reads for anyone who needs a reason to linger.

Just a short stroll from the beach, it works equally well as a post-walk warm-up or a rainy-day retreat — and with dogs welcome inside, nobody has to do the pavement-waiting shuffle.