Cinque Port Arms — Restaurant in Dover

A lovely building, friendly staff and a good selection of drinks. Why one star then? Because they served the very worst food I've ever had in my life. It was appalling. I started with a prawn cocktail. I'm a fan of prawn cocktails and I always enjoy them, except here. I didn't think it was possible to take such a basic dish (prawns, some salad and some sauce in a bowl) and ruin it but, somehow, they managed it. The prawns hadn't been defrosted properly and were hard in the middle. A couple still had bits of ice clinging to them! The salad was tired and soggy and the sauce was sludgy and tasted awful. I made the mistake of ordering starters and a main course at the same time. That was a ploughman's lunch. I won't go into details on this one, but it was another incredibly basic recipe that they managed to ruin. It didn't even have the right ingredients to be a ploughman's lunch! Anywhere selling food would be a better choice than here. Pop into a service station and buy a couple of discounted three day old sandwiches and you'll still have a...

We simply couldn't get here. Due to construction, walking from the cruise ships into Dover swings me by here but on an elevated pedestrian walkway. Due to the historic and weathered nature, I wondered if it was actually open and may not have been as I started my walk fairly early in the morning. I would have loved to have wandered in...

Well worth the stop, especially if you are trekking back to the cruise ship another 10 minutes walk away. Barmaid friendly and helpful. Great local bunch in having a drink and a laff, adding...