The Old Cigar & Olive Music Bar

Head down to Rendezvous Street and you'll find yourself in a proper watering hole that actually gets what makes a bar tick. The Old Cigar & Olive does the whole sophisticated-but-not-stuffy thing brilliantly—think craft drinks, a soundtrack that matters, and enough character in the walls to remind you why Folkestone's waterfront quarter keeps getting better. It's the kind of place where you can nurse a decent cocktail without some mate shouting over manufactured beats, where live music feels like an event rather than background noise. You get the sense the owners actually care about who walks through the door and what they're listening to.