CULLENS YARD Pubs of Dover

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Paul Skelton

Earliest June 2001

Cullin's Yard

Still open

11 Cambridge Road

Web site:- http://www.cullinsyard.co.uk/

Cullin's Yard frontage, 2009.

Cullin's Yard garden, 2009.

Cullin's Yard interior, 2009.

Really a restaurant that sells beer, but of late gained some very good reviews in the CAMRA magazines.

I just got to add this one to the list, but I don't think Barry Smith would approve.

From the Dover Mercury, 24 January 2002.

Restaurant makes splash with independent observer.

FISH in season have tickled the palates of some very, very demanding customers to Cullin's Yard, Fish Restaurant, De Bradelei Wharf, Dover.

Up to five extra-discerning diners were evaluating the restaurant opened by Michael Frajt just 18 months ago and now he has learned they've placed it as one of the top 50 in the whole country.

Mr Frajt whose designs for restaurants can be found worldwide from New York to Barcelona, London to California, learned this week of the prestige rating which will appear in The Independent newspaper this Saturday.

He said: "It's tremendous for the restaurant but also for Dover itself because this is a national recognition of something very positive.

"They never announced who they were but they were judging the quality not just of food but the ambience and the design.

"This had been an old marine engineer's warehouse and when I retired from my design company I decided to open my own restaurant because of my passion for food."

It's a passion shared not only with the food critics of the Independent, Michael and head chef Ian Cocker regularly welcome customers from across Kent.

Cullin's Yard is open seven days a week between noon and 11pm.

TASTY TREAT: Chefs Ian Cocker and Jamie McGregor with owner Michael Frajt

From the Dover Express, 16 May, 2002.

Sitting at the dock.

AT CULLlN'S Yard wine bar and bistro at Wellington Dock, Dover, guests can dine on superb food while enjoying wonderful views across the water.

Voted among the top 10 seafood restaurants on the coast and the top 50 in the entire UK, the ambience at this super venue is relaxed and informal.

Cullin's Yard is nautically themed and set in a converted marine engineering warehouse.

Pop in for a refreshing drink and a light "snack on the large waterfront verandah gardens or a feast of local food from sea and land in the bistro.

As you would expect from its idyllic waterfront location, the frequently changing menu includes fish landed the same morning and Cullin's Yard is justifiably famous for freshly caught mussels. For non-fish lovers the restaurant also has a wide selection of meat, poultry and vegetarian dishes - served with mouth-watering sauces, dressings and accompaniments.

All of the food is freshly prepared and cooked to order. You could be tempted by duck liver pate or prawn bisque with rouille and croutons for your starter. For your main course you could sample genuine Dover sole or special bangers and mash - delicious.

Relax with friends and listen to live jazz by candlelight every Thursday evening and Sunday lunchtime while watching the yachts sail by.

Open from noon to 11 pm every day, Cullin's Yard is well worth discovering. For further information please call 01304 211666.

Received from Email 15 July 2011.

Above pictures taken in May 2011 kindly sent by Alvin & Esther Harder from Chilliwack B.C. Canada who say the following:- "We really enjoyed the fish and chips as well as the music. We have recommended it to others who are travelling to Dover."

There is rumour that the premises is going to start brewing its own beer. (April 2011)

This has now been deemed to be true and they started brewing in January 2012. Their plant being seen in the picture below:-

Latest news being that the brewery is going to be called "Tir Dhá Ghlas" Brewery. Pronounced "Terryglass." Yes! I know, why not spell it that way?

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