Age & Sons

Pared-down simplicity is the name of the game at this tucked-away Victorian wine warehouse, a virtue that applies to the furnishings as well as the seasonally correct menu of locally reared meats & super-fresh fish. It’s pitched perfectly, with a casual café (think smoked salmon & scrambled eggs or Kentish farmhouse sausages with mash & onion gravy) overlooking the open kitchen downstairs & a spacious restaurant above. Here you might order gravadlax with radish salad & dill dressing or opt for brioche with wild greens & poached egg. Alternatively, you could dabble with a plate of tagliatelle & mussels, go on to slow-roast lamb shoulder with sea beet & mashed potatoes, & finish with orange cake with spiced custard.