The Laughing Barrel Micro Pub

You'll find yourself on Summerfield Road in Cliftonville, pushing through the door of what looks like someone's living room—because that's essentially what a micro pub is. The Laughing Barrel gets it right: compact, unpretentious, the sort of place where regulars outnumber tourists and conversation flows as freely as the beer. There's no fancy cocktail list or craft spirits nonsense here. What you get is genuinely good ale, a welcoming crowd, and the kind of atmosphere that makes you forget the chain bars exist. It's become exactly what Margate needed: a proper local's pub that doesn't try too hard, doesn't charge the earth, and serves people who actually live here.