Lafayette's Margate

Walk into Lafayette's and you've basically stepped into a Parisian neighbourhood spot—the kind where regulars know their table and the staff remembers how you like your steak cooked. It's right there on High Street, in the thick of Margate's restaurant renaissance, but it doesn't feel like it's trying too hard. The room's got that warm, lived-in feel: exposed brick, decent lighting, the sort of place where you actually want to linger over a second glass of wine. You're here for the classics done properly—confit duck, steak frites, moules—nothing experimental, nothing Instagram-baiting. Just bistro food executed with real care, paired with a thoughtful wine list that won't bankrupt you. It's the kind of restaurant that makes you wonder why every high street doesn't have something like this.