Cinque Ports

You're on Marine Terrace with the sea wall at your back and a proper old-school pub in front of you—the kind of place that's been pulling pints while Margate's done its thing around it. Inside, it feels lived-in rather than designed, with the sort of worn comfort that comes from decades of regulars nursing bitter and chatting nonsense. The Cinque Ports does straightforward pub food, respectable enough to justify a visit beyond just the drinking, and they take their beer seriously without being insufferable about it.