Breakfast & Lunches

Monday - Saturday (7am to 5pm)
Sunday (8am to 4pm)

Tel: 01843 446646

259 Northdown Road
Cliftonville, Margate, Kent, CT9 2PN

About Gloria's Lounge & Cafe

The Chef

Chef and Owner Ben owned his reputation through working in high end restaurants in London for almost 2 decades such as, Bluebird Restaurant at Chelsea, 100 Wardour Street at Soho, National Gallery and Boisdale at Canary Wharf.
Ben moved to Margate from London, since has started his new project Gloria's Lounge & Cafe which instantly was a huge success!
...visit our gallery that showcases in detail our work...

Our Confession!

Even though I was attracted to gastronomy from very young age, it was only when I moved to London that I got exposed to professional cooking. Instantly felt at home, I trained and engaged in classic British cooking and based on arose foundations of basic and advanced techniques and gastronomic principals, worked and learned highly critical criteria of traditional & historic dishes.
Pastry and baking has been passion of mine and a huge part of my career and I must add, I have been fortunate to earn a living through my true passion! Fundamentally 2 decades in the kitchen has taught me so much about myself, my style and how to share this excitement with my guests.
Each new project shows me that there is absolutely nothing else I would rather do!

Our Lounge & Cafe

Gloria's Lounge & Cafe is an a traditional cozy British cafe/restaurant style, with 1950s American retro interior.
Our 30 seat restaurant with a stunning garden patio at rear, offers an a large menu selection from coffees, breakfasts, lunches, ice-creams, milk shakes and afternoon teas.
Select from our extensive menu or choose from our home-baked patisseries and cakes on display with a cup of freshly ground Kent coffee.
Our menu concentrates on simple dishes beautifully prepared. We choose fresh natural, local ingredients for our handmade products that offer uncompromising quality!
We specialise on celebration cake making also, trained by top chefs in London Ben our chef has so much to offer, and is privileged to share his passion with our customers.
Our pledge to our customers! "Expect nothing but irresistible, memorable freshly produced food"

Postcard from Cliftonville!

We opened our doors on November 2015, situated on fashionable Northdown Road Cliftonville once-elite of holiday destination to the Victorian and Edwardian era, somewhat its reputation has been tarnished over the years...
But the tide is turning, now Margate is starting to take a new course. Spurred on by the opening of its Turner Contemporary Gallery in 2011, investment in its transport and leisure offerings and a new wave of independent shops and trendy cafes alike our establishment are uplifting the town.