Cullins Yard, Dover

Official site of Cullins Yard - www.cullinsyard.co.uk

Official site of Cullins Yard - www.cullinsyard.co.uk

Restaurant and bar at the west end of the De Bradlei Wharf shopping area, with an extensive patio / grassed beer garden overlooking the old harbour. The main dining areas are housed within a single-storey extension, but the bar has a higher ceiling to accommodate all sorts of nautical memorabilia. The Tir Dha Ghlas brewery is also on site, with the regular Jimmy's Riddle (£3.80, but sadly indifferent) available when I visited, along with Adnams Southwold as a guest, from two of the three handpumps.

A very well conceived bistro, brewery tap and bar near the marina and popular with shoppers from the nearby retail outlet. They brew their own beer on the premises in a microbrewery which can be seen through windows in the adjacent building. The furniture and décor present a nautical bric-a-brac style, even going so far as to use 2 converted boats as bar counters. There is a 1950s style jukebox which was mercifully mute. There is outside seating in the courtyard for the rare occasions when Dover's weather allows. The staff were a little aloof, surprisingly, while the majority of the customers were dining. There were three ales on draft, Adnams Broadside and two of their own brews, Jimmy's Riddle and Pig's Ear. The beer was excellent, but somehow this didn't seem like a place I'd want to spend a whole evening.