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Harden's says

Taking over the old Brewery Tap in Folkestone's 'Creative Quarter', a second branch of Margate's Pomus, with a sharp focus on locally caught fish and Kent produce. Founder Ryan Jacovides is a former senior exec with the Jamie Oliver group.

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Summary

In Summer 2025, Ryan Jacovides launched a sibling to his Margate yearling with this takeover of the old Brewery Tap pub site on Tontine Street – incorporating 50 covers inside and a further 30 on outside terrace. Open seven days a week, it offers a list of bar snacks and sharing plates, akin to its older Margate sibling, with a day-time sandwich and deli counter. Reports please!

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53 Tontine Street, Folkestone, CT20 1JR

What the Newspaper Critics are saying

The Daily Telegraph

Also on the south coast, William Sitwell was full of praise for Ryan Jacovides’s warm and beautifully lighted restaurant which, along with the stylish London & Paris Hotel nearby, is “doing [its] best to smarten up this ancient coastal town on the English Channel”.

The menu at Pomus takes culinary inspiration from across the globe, with touches of France and Spain as well as glimpses of Asia and Africa – “quite reasonably, just lots of tasty stuff that the owner and chef reckon will keep your taste buds alert while you pile on through an interesting wine list”.

The only fault William found was that some of the spicier dishes – marinated courgettes, chicken hearts in peri peri sauce, cassoulet – would have benefitted from a stronger kick. His dish of the night was a beautifully cooked plaice “in a rich buttery sauce, strewn with samphire and cockles”.

William Sitwell - 2026-01-18
53 Tontine Street, Folkestone, CT20 1JR

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