The best restaurants in Capel-le-Ferne Dover South East

Lovely food great friendly staff great food lovely to have a pint in here

We stopped at The Royal Oak for lunch with 4 adults and 2 children. They managed to fit us in next to a roaring fire, The staff were very friendly and polite. The food was tasty and very reasonable. We dont usually have a pudding but all 6 of us did and it was enjoyed by all. The carpark is small and behind the pub. Very popular.

Needs a bit of a spruce up, but very clean, polite staff and a great location for the ferries

Location is good, as we were staying in the Premier Inn next door, before an early morning start on the Euroshuttle. Thankfully we'd had the foresight to book a table online on the morning we were due to arrive, as we were informed at check-in that the Beefeater was fully booked that evening (which would have put a spanner in the works after the long drive!) - if like us, you'd banked on a meal there, I would advise to pre-book. We were served by Theresa, who was excellent. Both of the meals were good. Would definitely book again if staying in the Premier Inn.

We decided to go here for coffee and cake on our way home. It is clear millions of pounds has been spent on the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Visitor Centre, and it is in a stunning location with fabulous sea views. It was a beautiful warm sunny day in the school Summer holidays, and should have been full, but I can see why no one would want to return to the Cockpit Cafe, given the dismal range of cheap bought in cakes they had on offer. There were 3 full cakes on display, 2 were gluten free and 1 was vegan, the plastic wrapped Bakewell tarts were also gluten free. Now given that this probably represents probably less than 5-10% of the population, it begs the question why these were the only cakes on offer? There were 3 staff behind the counter who seemed to have nothing much to do, why not bake a couple of fresh cakes and some scones every day, then the place might become more popular and get repeat visitors. Ask each customer if they would choose vegan or gluten free options to give them an idea of how in demand they actually are. The coffee was also very poor, a definite non repeat, though we did enjoy wondering around the Battle of Memorial Flight grounds in the sunshine.