insideKENT Magazine Issue 155 - March 2025 | Page 90

FOOD + DRINK

LOCAL LOVE IN LAID-BACK LUXURY : MARLEYS ,

FOLKESTONE

IN THE HEART OF FOLKESTONE ’ S BUZZING FOOD SCENE , MARLEYS STANDS AS PROMINENTLY AS THE NEIGHBOURING HARBOUR ’ S LIGHTHOUSE AS A BEACON OF LOCAL LOVE AND CULINARY CRAFTSMANSHIP . OWNERS MARK AND CHARLY HAVE BUILT SOMETHING SPECIAL ; A WELCOMING NEIGHBOURHOOD EATERY WITH AN UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO PROVENANCE , WHERE EVERYTHING ( BAR MAYBE THE BEANS !) IS MADE IN-HOUSE , FROM THEIR SILKY HUMMUS TO MOREISH TRUFFLE BUTTER AND EVEN THEIR ( FRANKLY INCREDIBLE ) DAILY CRUMPETS . AS EVENING FALLS THOUGH , THE LIVELY DAYTIME CAFÉ VIBES MELLOW INTO AN INVITING DINNER SPOT , SPACIOUSLY SET ACROSS THREE INTERCONNECTING DINING AREAS , SOFTLY LIT AND SOUNDTRACKED BY A RELAXED PLAYLIST , MAKING IT A PERFECT DESTINATION FOR EVERYTHING FROM CASUAL CATCH-UPS TO INTIMATE MEALS . BY SAMANTHA READY
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