The Punch & Judy in Shepway

The Punch and Judy( as was, now does not seem to have a name) reopened today after a ‘refurbishment’. Still grubby, the toilets still stink of urine. Not impressed.

A good place to spend a lazy Sunday afternoon. Very good food with generous portions, good selection of beers, including an own very tasty pilsner.

Hadn't planned to come here for breakfast, but very glad we did. Had the small breakfast and the chicken and waffles - both delicious. Next time we'll come here first!

Great food here for our overnight stay in Folkestone. Friendly service with a smile....thank you.

Amazing atmosphere! Made us feel so relaxed and comfortable! Amazing service and amazing quality of food and drinks, would definitely recommend.

This was a case of "don't judge a book by its cover" as this is a rather charming place from the outside as well as in, and I'd imagine this is a lovely place to enjoy a few drinks. But if you want food, I'd say proceed with caution. We had the PJFC burger (chips were too salty and the burger had some hard bits in it) and the Athenian wrap (actually quite tasty, even if I don't like raw onion, but I would have appreciated a warning about the size - I couldn't finish this by myself). Service was rather patchy too as there only appeared to be one person working and he forgot our drink order almost as soon as I'd made it. I have seen some shining reviews about the food so I'd like to say this was just a bad day in the kitchen, but it wasn't even that busy (in comparison to other places).

Love coming here - the food is amazing, service is always quick and the workers are lovely! The atmosphere is really chilled and makes for a nice relaxing meal. Definitely recommend if you’re ever in the area!

Got a Guinness pulled in one go, 2 part poor always! shocking service

It was a great atmosphere during the day and night. I've only been here during the day for the food but I've seen the nightlife here and it is always packed. The food we got was fresh and extremely tasty, especially for the low price we paid. We got the standard burger, a blue cheese burger, and some loaded hash browns.

Awesome burgers. I had the piggyback with bbq sauce, cheese, bacon, pulled pork and two patties. The brooklyn defender pale ale was very tasty. Nice people. Even cooked us something 20 min before the kitchen closed. I'd go back there any time.

Chasing a dog friendly place we run into The Punch &Judy ,staff was attentive and polite, tried the chef's indian inspired burger flavor which deserves 6 stars. Great job ALL

Omg the vegan menu is so good The burgers and fire fries are so yum. The best thing was the corn fake ribs in sauce and facon. So yummy.

Great burgers and range of craft beers, staff really friendly and helpful

Nice relaxed atmosphere with friendly staff

Terrible food, terrible service. When we got there, we were handed old menus with dishes on they weren't even serving anymore! (didnt find that out til after we ordered though...) when the food arrived it was barely lukewarm & sooo salty it was actually inedible. I'm not someone that complains often, but I had to raise this with the staff as I literally couldn't eat my meal. When I did, the staff member I spoke to refunded it but had an eye rolly attitude about it. The younger staff members were lovely, but the team leader & chefs clearly cba today. When you're sitting down eating there, if you want a drink, you have to get up from your meal to go order one at the bar?! Seems dumb seeing as most people find that a counter productive thing to do, as your food will just be sat there getting cold whilst you're at the bar, so just won't bother (which then loses the place extra money). It was dead in there this Sunday afternoon too, so it wouldn't of hurt a server to just bring a couple beers over. The place needs to decide whether it's gonna be a bar or a restaurant, coz its clearly incapable of doing both. If they're only serving burgers & chips, they better get their chops up seeing as the lucky chip up the road steam rolls over them in terms of food & service. Definitely won't be coming back here. What a disappointment.

Very nice bar, and friendly staff. But Estrella lager at £7.00 a pint? Be warned.

The positives - the decor is nice and food is tasty, and on a good day the staff are very friendly. Now for the negatives.... The music is often too loud for the staff to take correct food and drink orders, or maybe they aren't paying attention. On multiple occasions my group has received incorrect meals and mixed up drinks orders, the staff can be very moody and not even been able to confirm what items they are bringing to the table. The portions of fries are too much for anyone to finish so they must be wasting a lot of food. It's all very disorganised, and the two tiny toilets often leave long queues.

Had the food delivered, was really quick! The burgers are absolutely amazing! For someone that’s not keen on burgers, they were delicious. And their meat gravy…. Well that’s just something else. Everything was lovely!

Terrible, overly greasy. Burgers were mushy and the bun was soggy. The chips tasted like they were left in the chip pan for a week. Had to get my own sauce as waitress didn’t ask if I wanted any condiments. Mediocre and over priced. Will never go back again.

Really friendly and welcoming staff and a cosy spot to eat. Burgers were very tasty and they had a great vegan menu. Looking forward to visiting again!

Very poor waitress absolutely useless had no idea what she was doing and the food not great very tasteless and they wasn't even busy.

Nice enough staff but the food was disappointing. Served in a little basket the small portion of chips and sloppy burger might be what you'd expect at a greasy spoon. The only flavour came through was from the sugary BBQ sauce. For the money there are much better dining options in Folkestone.

Espresso martini was great, also not a bad deal at £8.50 on special. Burger and fries were good, though a bit messy. I’d prefer if they came on a plate instead of just a basket which was a bit awkward to use. Poutine was really good, as a Canadian I really wanted to try it. Portion was massive, I wish they did a half portion. Or, more common in Canada, if you get a burger and fries you can pay an extra $2 for gravy and cheese exudes on the fries. Would really like that option so I can have both my poutine and burger. Seating here is a bit awkward. One side booth the other side backless stools which I knew would cause back pain for me. We tried to sit in a normal chair but we didn’t fit 🥲 oops, not made for men with a dump truck of an a$$. At least there was a booth bench we could share. We found somewhere to sit and Overall, food was good I would go back again.

Delicious food, polite staff and big portions. Lots if vegan options. Lovely decor and atmosphere. Reasonable price.

Too expensive for what you have to eat

Nicely decorated and laid out space. Drinks were good. Music was a little too loud though

Delicious food. Will definitely visit again

Came in for a meal to celebrate my partners birthday (her favourite guilty pleasure). I'll start the bar, good selection of beers, ciders, spirits and cocktail, with a barman that knows his stuff and can recommend the right drink based on limited information. Although there is no table service that doesn't matter much when the bar staff are as friendly as that. Now to the juicy bits, and by juicy I mean everything. The burgers and chicken, both succulent, clearly made fresh and seasoned beautifully, and I personally would recommend the piggy back, and a portion of the chicken fries for the table. Plenty of choices for a fussy three year old to boot, with a heap of chocolate ice cream with whipped cream that comes as standard from the kids menu. To boot it was clearly a busy night and the head chef deliver our food personally, wishing the birthday girl a happy birthday in the process. Friendly staff, mouth watering food that has you eating long past being full and a menu that caters to everyone that wants a guilty night of naughty food. I will warn that this isn't a place to go if you want to diet, and that you might need to after a sitting in this joint. A must try if you're looking for something smothered in delicious naughtiness.. Ps. Although no vegans where present for our meal, i have it under good authority that the vegan dishes are to die for aswell.

Good beer and food is good too.

Love this place, relaxed, friendly, great selection of drinks

Not a bad venue, but something feels like it's missing here and I'm unsure as to what

Came in at opening time for breakfast. We had a full English and a chicken with waffles. Food freshly cooked. The full English was huge, and the sausages were divine. Staff really friendly. Would definitely recommend

Very poor. I ordered my food 2 hours ago and am still waiting for it to be delivered. After MANY attempts of contact, I am told there is an issue with the grill and my order will be sent out within 5-10 minutes, here I am 30 mins later with nothing. I am trying to call back but I am now getting no answer. Extremely poor service. We have ordered before and numerous times we have no received our full order and had to call back to request our full order which was delivered later. I have rated this 1 out of 5 because there is no lower option. Will not be ordering again nor would I advise anyone to do so.

Staff was very friendly and helpful. Has a special vegan menu and the vegan burger (with vegan bacon!) I had was terrific! Fast service and clean with nice decor. If this information was helpful, I would appreciate a quick like or follow. Thank you! 😀

Lovely space, friendly service. Unfortunately I was too late for the kitchen so I can't rate their vegan options. I would happily return.

10/10 service from bar staff J for his hospitality and all the chefs for the amazing food, along side the service from Liam in Lubens and Stu for saving the day in Pullman when we left our bags in the Punch and Judy coming and opening the shop after hours.

Clean, buzzing, good sounds, food and amazing service made it a great Friday night out. No problem parking

Food was nice, wasn't too expensive, staff friendly.

Been here a few times over the past few weeks with my husband and we love it. The staff are always friendly, the decor is relaxed and the food is amazing. We've been for breakfast, lunch and dinner! Stand outs would have to be the corn ribs which were covered in tasty seasoning, the banana waffles were amazing and the loaded fries with chicken were delicious! Would highly recommend :)

Lovely place, friendly service, good food and good amount of food, especially kids menu (drink, cheeseburger+fries+corn rib, 2 scoops of icecream all this for 6.95)

Nice bar with a cool atmosphere

We had lunch here on Friday the 21st of October. If you’re looking for somewhere great to eat before the Eurotunnel this is a great place to stop. We were absolutely stuffed, and the food was amazing, really tasty and came out in a decent time. Very messy though mind, ask for extra napkins! Thanks guys.

Nice atmosphere, just felt drinks prices are expensive for folkestone

10/10 Cheesy goodness. Compliments to the chef!

The share platter is great value for money, we really enjoyed the food in here and nice cocktails too 😀

Excellent beers and food in the punch and Judy

Popped for a quick bite at lunchtime and decided to have burgers all round. We had the Cheeseburger, Piggyback and the K Pop and were impressed with the flavours of each. Definitely going to visit again, just to try some of the others!

4 of us going out , having tickets booked for a show starting at 7.30 on Saturday evening. We decide to grab a drink and something to eat at before at Punch and Judy , as none of us tried it before…We order a few rounds of cocktails and we order together the food at the bar, but pay separately. More than 45 mins later, our 2 friends get their orders but not us. So we wait…and wait…and give than another 15 mins until my partner goes to the bar where he is assured that our order is the next to come out. Our friends finish their food and we watch how other people that arrived after us have already been served and eating…so about 10 mins later, after we see at least 3 other food orders coming out, my partner inquires again and he is yet again assured that our order is next. The time is now 7:40 pm and we are already late to the show we have already booked to see. After another 10-15 mins, we decide we will not wait anymore and we go to cancel the order ( which I believe that it never actually went to the kitchen). We don’t even get any apologies, the only reply of the bar staff to our complain was “ I know…” - no explanation, no apologies, no customer service at all. Our spend, that evening in the pub, for all 4 , was over £170. We were late for our show and with an empty belly :( We are extremely disappointed and will never go there again.

we waited around 45 minutes for food to arrive, only 2 other tables had ordered food. I had the £13 tender beef brisket bun - tender pulled beef cooked in bourbon bbq beef gravy with crispy onions in a sesame bun - what i got - 2 very tender dry slices of beef which tasted of nothing much, no evidence of bbq or crispy onions but i did get slices of red chilli. From the kids menu we had cheeseburger with fries & corn - no corn arrived & crispy chicken which we understood to also come with fries and corn but we were told all you get is the chicken - very odd for a childrens menu item - we checked the menu, we were right, there were items missing. i mentioned we had waited ages and perhaps some complimentary fries were in order so we were brought an enormous bowl of salty fries. The food is all served in an unappealing plastic basket with a cup of cutlery to help yourself from. We collected our own condiments - we knew where to go because we had seen staff get them for other customers. Fearing another epic wait we went to the bar to order ice cream for the kids, it arrived relatively promptly but the pitiful excuse for a kids desert looked like it had been scooped with a teaspoon . I am fortunate in that i have looked online for their website & noticed they own 7 venues in total - i now know to avoid all of them. * I can not verify the crispy chicken description on the website as they only have the main menu, drinks menu and brteakfast (sic) menu

Nice spot for drinks in the evening; they had candles out and a very comfy atmosphere. Skip the food though... I got the poutine and the buttermilk fried chicken - both large portions and nice service but really bland food. The poutine had big flavorless hunks of roasted meat on it for no identifiable reason, the gravy was liquidy, the cheese curds were lukewarm at best and not at all melting. Fried chicken looked good but literally 0 seasoning. Add more salt and spices to the batter or the chicken guys, I beg of you!!! Nice menu and atmosphere but perhaps management or somebody can try the food objectively and make some positive changes to the menu items.

Food good had the breakfast although mushroom inedible

Another hit from the team behind Folkestone's best group of pubs - good on opening, feel like it will mature well too

£6.80 for a pint of cider, without warning.

Came along with my friend on a quiet Sunday for a drink....other customers popped in behind me ...35 mins later all the other customers behind me were served I was still waiting....what is wrong with bar staff is your phone more important than paying customers??

Great range of drinks, sat out outside, food also available.

Had burgers, struggled finding drinks as not gin drinkers. Not for me, but can see the attraction for others. Chips were good.

Lovely staff, really efficient and customer focused.

Sehr leckeres Essen. Gemütlich

Sadly arrived too late for food last night but the cocktails were fantastic and the atmosphere super friendly. Highly recommend the passion fruit daiquiri will be back for more of those! Wasn’t a huge fan of the scary clown pictures on the walls, thought Punch...

Lovely pub, dog friendly and the food was fantastic

Really good food and lovely atmosphere 😊 Good vegan options too!

Excellent selection of craft beers, wines and cocktails. The food was excellent (real comfort food, burgers, pulled pork, brisket, different kinds of fries including poutine).The music might be a bit loud for some people

Lovely food, super friendly staff, great drink a brill chilled lunch/brunch

Only stopped for coffee but they were very nice

Really decent food (I had a chilli burger) Loads of great beers, cocktails and well stocked spirits

Great atmosphere, food was really tasty. Nice place to visit.

Cool bar with a good mix of people, friendly, efficient staff, great drinks and food. Loved it. Will be back!

Best old fashioned in town, maybe in the county, what more can I say except lovely atmosphere and caring staff.

Friendly staff, great choice of drinks though sorely lacking in non alcoholic choices. Let down by disgusting toilets.

Nice food and beers, good service. Well decorated. My only issue and the reason I won't give it 5 stars is that 2 pints of lervig house party cost me £16.50... I know its a nice beer but common £8.25 a pint.

Popped in here about 10pm the ither night, no beer left and no cocktails, depsite being busy. The manager was moody and quite.clearly wanted to lock.up and go home.10pm, really.. wont be going back.

Loved it here, the party atmosphere didn't intrude on our desire for a few quiet drinks. Decent range of beers and some excellent gins. Staff were brilliant on both nights we visited, Zoe being particularly awesome.

v poor quality vegan chicken burger which was burnt. bun fell apart in hand . Service v good .

Good experience - lovely friendly staff and great atmosphere

After having a lovely morning out with the kids over at Brockhill park. We drove back to Folkestone and came into Punch and Judy for a drink and lunch. Being a street food menu is brilliant as am a foodie person I had the blue...

After having a lovely morning out with the kids over at Brockhill park. We drove back to Folkestone and came into Punch and Judy for a drink and lunch. Being a street food menu is brilliant as am a foodie person I had the blue cheese burger and a pint of Hacker which was lovely. The price of both the food and drink was decent Whilst sitting in the place I did feel like I was in a bar in london but not paying the prices lol The staff were absolutely brilliant and couldn’t be more accommodating. I would really recommend this place not just for food but a good afternoon out

There were five or six staff doing nothing at the bar when we arrived and all of the them studiously ignored us for a few minutes as we tried to get served. Our food arrived very quickly and tasted ok but also tasted as if...

The best vegan food of my life, we came back two nights in a row, loved it!

Welcoming and friendly staff. Lovely ambience and music. We chose vegan options from the menu which we thoroughly enjoyed. We will definitely return.

Excellent burgers and brilliant service from friendly, chatty staff. We'll definitely be coming back

Great food amazing atmosphere and more than helpful staff. We absolutely loved our time here

Absolutely phenomenal experience. The staff go above and beyond and are experienced enough to make a decent drink that isn't even on the menu. Really cosy atmosphere and even though the venue has changed hands quite a few times in the last few years, they managed to give it a fresh take and a modern and hip aesthetic. Delicious burgers and exciting menu with weird and wonderful cocktails. That all look super delicious. Definitely worth booking in a tasting session! My one and only gripe, was the fact that the ice cubes used in my old fashioned were the same type of ice cubes that McDonald's uses and watered down my drink way too quickly 😅

We were so exited to come here today after seeing great reviews online, when we entered the ambiance was beautiful with music plying too, looked really cosey with the candles and decor. We walked up to the counter and asked if we could just take a seat the girl replied “yeah” didn’t ask if we wanted drinks or a menu or say take a seat and someone will be with you shortly, we sat down and got completely ignored with girls walking past our table to clean other tables for a very long time, not in any rush and completely unaware of the customers, after a while we wondered if it was maybe bar service so returned to the bar where they said it was table service but again not over friendly, we asked for the breakfasts but due to our own fault we were to late, the lady just said no they’ve stopped, not no did you want some drinks or could I get you drinks while you take a look at the menu, sadly we left because if there was so little enthusiasm for the service it put us off completely, we thought well if they don’t care about the service they probably won’t care about the food, the menu was really different and we were really looking forward to and will hopefully try again. If the staff were more attentive or at least aware and half a smile it would have made so much difference and would have stayed even if we had to wait. Sadly there were a couple more people in there with us who had been in there longer and nobody had served them either.

Wanted to give the new guise of this restaurant a go. Wont be back. Indifferent staff, slow service for what was just a grilled sandwich and loaded fries. Took an age to be told items we ordered initially werent availablle. Topped off with being asked...

Lovely lunch today with friends. Great atmosphere amazing beef brisket best chips in Folkestone also lovely choice of beers & great bar

Great food and good atmosphere. Will be coming back!

Food was amazing, staff were super friendly. One of the best cocktails I've ever had "apple and raspberry sour". No where else like this in folkestone 10/10 will be going again!

Came here on a staff night out and the service was impeccable and a vast options to drink on the menu. The atmosphere was brilliant up there at being the best in Folkestone reminds me of a London or even a Canterbury night out! Would...

Came here on a staff night out and the service was impeccable and a vast options to drink on the menu. The atmosphere was brilliant up there at being the best in Folkestone reminds me of a London or even a Canterbury night out! Would recommend to all and thank you for the brilliant hospitality. We will be attending again soon.