Mast & Rigging

You'll find yourself on Gillingham Gate Road, where the Mast & Rigging sits with the kind of unpretentious charm that's increasingly rare around Chatham's waterfront. Walk in and you're met with the sort of pub that doesn't need to try too hard—exposed brick, decent lighting, the hum of actual conversation rather than canned music drowning everyone out. The menu sticks to what pubs do well: proper pies, fish and chips that don't feel like they're phoning it in, and the sort of Sunday roast that'll have you coming back regularly. Real ales rotate through, and the bar staff actually know what they're talking about. It's the kind of place where you can have a quiet pint on a Tuesday or find yourself in proper Friday night chaos.