Tel: 01843 841196
Email: enquiries@theacornbirchington.co.uk
6 Park Lane, Birchington on Sea, Kent CT7 0AW
Welcome to The Acorn Inn and Restaurant, Birchington on Sea
The Acorn Inn is a friendly, family run pub located in the heart of the seaside village of Birchington on Sea, Thanet, Kent. Your hosts Peter and Cath offer you a warm welcome to a pub which has existed as The Acorn since 1748.
The Acorn is open daily serving a range of fresh home cooked dishes to accompany the cask ales and lagers, fine wines and spirits from the well kept bar. Seating is available for 40 in the beautifully refurbished area of the inn, which incorporates the earliest part of the building, dating back to the 1400's.
There is a car park alongside the pub, and with our location minutes from the beautiful beaches of Minnis Bay and Westgate and the Thanet Way, The Acorn is an ideal watering hole during your visit to Thanet.
Beers and Drinks
With the prestitigious recognition of being a CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) pub in Kent, we are proud to offer a range of well kept beers, wines, spirits and soft drinks. We often have a guest ale available.
The Acorn currently serves:
- Master Brew Kentish Ale from Shepherd Neame
- London Pride from Fullers
- Kronenbourg 1664
- Amstel
- Fosters
Food
Our fresh home cooked food is available daily for lunch and dinner (except Monday), including our menu and specials on the board. We also offer a two for the price of one dinner menu! Our full menus are available by following the links to the right of this page.
The restaurant accommodates up to forty diners.
Kind comments and reviews
"The Acorn Inn offers good restaurant food at pub prices...... The Acorn Inn is a little pub with a lovely, friendly and comfortable atmosphere......."
“a little oasis”
"This is a quaint little country pub with a friendly proprietor, delicious food with a lovely sunny garden."
“A nice surprise”
"One of those pubs which you can't really tell what it's like from the outside but inside it's very nice and welcoming. The landlord is very friendly and they serve an excellent pint, including a selection of real ales. There's a restaurant area at the back which serves good quality pub food. Look out for the 2 for 1 offer which makes eating there excellent value."
“Nice honest pub food”
"We really enjoyed our meal here. Inside the restaurant and menu is nothing fancy just a good honest pub restaurant. Reasonably priced and hearty home cooked food. Great for a family meal."
“Good food, Excellent ambience.”
"It is best if you book your table as it is only a small dining area and very busy. We have visited many times this last year, either with friends or just the two of us and have always been highly satisfied with whatever dishes we have ordered. When friends are visiting us they always ask "have you booked the Acorn for a meal" and generally the answer is Yes!. We don't normally recommend restaurants as the food can be variable from one visit to another. We have found this isn't so with the Acorn."
About The Acorn Inn
The inn, known by the name and sign of the Acorn, was built in 1748, but incorporated into a much older dwelling. That dwelling house dates back to the late 1400's when it was a tied cottage belonging to the estate of Edward Cotone. Early occupants are unrecorded but in 1500 "Joseph Quested, woollen draypa" was in residence, along with his wife Martha and five children. The house stayed in the Cotone family for the remainder of the 16th century, who seem to have held title to it long after they ceased to live there. In 1611 it was occupied by Widow Lambe, a milliner who paid a peppercorn rent to Charles Henry Cotone, landowner of Birchington.
Some years later the house was acquired by Isaac Oliphant, a brewer of Birchington. He lived in the house for some time, probably brewing home made beverages, but by 1748 the building had been extended considerably. In that same year a licence to sell ales from the premises was granted, under the name of "The Acorn Ale House".
In 1838 the Acorn was bought by Edward Neame, farmer and brewer and member of the Neame Brewery family who lived in Birchington. Edward Neame ran the house until 1866 by which time the breweries of Shepherd and Neame had merged and the Acorn was in their control. The Acorn remained under the brewery's management until 2000 at which time it became a Free House. The inn was completely refurbished with the addition of a new kitchen and 40-seater restaurant dining area.
A more complete history of The Acorn is available at the inn.
Food Menu
Opening Times
- Bar open:
Mon - Sat: 11:00am - 11:00pm
Sun: 12.00pm - 10.30pm - Lunch served:
Tues - Sat 12.00pm - 2.30pm
(Sunday until 4.30pm) - Dinner served:
Tues - Sat 5.30pm - 8.30pm
(Fri & Sat until 9.00pm)
Pub Quiz
Come and join our fun quiz night, first Sunday of every month.
Just £3 per person (includes light buffet).
First prize:
Sunday roast dinner for four.
All proceeds to Kent Air Ambulance
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