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'It's a village pub you want to keep returning to time after time'

04 February 2022
'It's a village pub you want to keep returning to time after time'

I'm hooked! Secret Drinker calls in for a pint and a fish finger sandwich at the Tickled Trout.

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'The landlord was having a much-needed snooze in an armchair'

28 January 2022
'The landlord was having a much-needed snooze in an armchair'

Secret Drinker heads to Whitstable for a slumber party with a difference.

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Meet the busiest bartender in town - and the most argumentative punter

21 January 2022
Meet the busiest bartender in town - and the most argumentative punter

Supersonic staff but there's a very mixed response from the punters in Bunters to our Secret Drinker.

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Feel the love! 'This could be the most welcoming pub I’ve ever visited'

14 January 2022
Feel the love! 'This could be the most welcoming pub I’ve ever visited'

Secret Drinker paid a visit to a historic family pub at the very heart of its community.

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'Most plates were sent back with enough food left to feed the Towie cast'

07 January 2022
'Most plates were sent back with enough food left to feed the Towie cast'

Plate expectations: If value for money when you're eating out matters to you in 2022, Secret Drinker has just the pub.

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Secret Drinker finds a fireside seat

31 December 2021
Secret Drinker finds a fireside seat

Enjoying a pint while pulled up to a roaring fire is a great, British pleasure, our Secret Drinker shares a few of his favourite Kent firesides.

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Flushed with love: 'Spectacular and the highlight of my year reviewing pub toilets'

24 December 2021
Flushed with love: 'Spectacular and the highlight of my year reviewing pub toilets'

A smitten Secret Drinker finds love in the loos on his latest pub mission.

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Love it or hate it? The weird, wacky pubs in the most Marmite place in Kent

17 December 2021
Love it or hate it? The weird, wacky pubs in the most Marmite place in Kent

Secret Drinker has a mingle on the shingle as he heads to 'the end of the world'

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'A pint costs 99p and the food arrives faster than a Big Mac'

09 December 2021
'A pint costs 99p and the food arrives faster than a Big Mac'

Cherry shots, crazy carpets and plenty of change - Secret Drinker takes a break from the shopping in a Wetherspoon

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'The new manageress was soon pulling crystals from her bra'

03 December 2021
'The new manageress was soon pulling crystals from her bra'

Secret Drinker finds plenty of festive sparkle on his latest pub visit... but only after paying £1 to park.

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Sacre bleu! Secret Drinker's culinary calamity

26 November 2021
Sacre bleu! Secret Drinker's culinary calamity

The phone says France, but the food was anything but haute cuisine in Kent's closest pub to mainland Europe

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Secret Drinker and two slippery little customers

19 November 2021
Secret Drinker and two slippery little customers

The barmaid made me do it! Our undercover spy ends up well pickled on his latest pub visit.

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Sockless metrosexuals and Bilbo Baggins at gastro pub with buzz

12 November 2021
Sockless metrosexuals and Bilbo Baggins at gastro pub with buzz

Our resident pub reviewer was in a new part of town, and fancied a liquid lunch at the local gastro pub.

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Threatened by the Krays in pub loo during liquid lunch

05 November 2021
Threatened by the Krays in pub loo during liquid lunch

Secret Drinker had a very warm welcome at a pub where regulars, and newcomers, are treated like part of the family – and even sing along together.

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Two very horny hounds and the axe-wielding barmaid

29 October 2021
Two very horny hounds and the axe-wielding barmaid

Trick or treat? Secret Drinker calls in at one of Kent's most famous inns as it prepares for Halloween.

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The pub that's taking over the whole street

22 October 2021
The pub that's taking over the whole street

Secret Drinker turns back the clock to explore a town centre pub that just can't stop getting bigger.

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‘It's a barren desert without a single boozer worth visiting'

15 October 2021
‘It's a barren desert without a single boozer worth visiting'

It's a sobering experience as Secret Drinker makes his first foray to a Kent high street.

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Secret Drinker, the footie team and a pub of two halves

08 October 2021
Secret Drinker, the footie team and a pub of two halves

Secret Drinker visits a pub of two halves and rubs shoulders with a football team with questionable music taste before stumbling upon a real gem.

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'It was like I had just walked into someone's front room, not a pub!'

01 October 2021
'It was like I had just walked into someone's front room, not a pub!'

Silent Witness on the gogglebox, cuppas on the couch - but has Secret Drinker hit the jackpot?

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Secret Drinker at the super-sized pub in the middle of nowhere

24 September 2021
Secret Drinker at the super-sized pub in the middle of nowhere

Is bigger always better? Our pub spy heads along Kent's leafy lanes to find out.

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