The Royston Micropub

The Royston Micropub A warm welcome awaits you at The Royston. CAMRA South East region Pub of the Year 2025 championing cask ale, gravity dispensed from a showpiece chiller cabinet.
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Eclectic decor and the best loo in Thanet!Ciders,wines/spirits & fresh coffee. Dogs welcome. Newly opened in September 2021 but fast becoming a destination pub for locals and visitors alike. An owner managed, family run & community focussed coffee and alehouse with a twist. Classy decor with a mixed theme of victorian, steampunk and Art Deco. Serving well kept, locally and nationally sourced cask ales & real ciders from a state of the art, showpiece chiller cabinet in the middle of the room. A wide range of wines and spirits and amazing espresso using a unique house blend of speciality coffee beans, freshly roasted in Kent.

Voting ends tomorrow!Who will be crowned the Royston's S**test Shirt of 2026?💩🏆
01/10/2026

Voting ends tomorrow!

Who will be crowned the Royston's S**test Shirt of 2026?

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🍻 FLAT CAP FRIDAYS ARE BACK!! 🍻First Friday of every month starting tomorrow (2nd October).Get your flat caps on and joi...
01/10/2026

🍻 FLAT CAP FRIDAYS ARE BACK!! 🍻

First Friday of every month starting tomorrow (2nd October).

Get your flat caps on and join us between 7pm and 9pm to enjoy £1 off all pints or ale and c***r, large w**e measures and all double spirit measures.

You must keep your cap on and discount only applies to those in your party wearing a cap.

Newsboy cap, Ivy cap, Duckbill cap... You choose. Not just limited to the men. Ladies look rather fetching in a cap too 😉

💩🏆 WE HAVE OUR LAST FINALIST... AND IT'S ANOTHER BLOODY KEV! 🏆💩Well, that's it. The fourth and final S**t Shirt Sunday v...
28/09/2026

💩🏆 WE HAVE OUR LAST FINALIST... AND IT'S ANOTHER BLOODY KEV! 🏆💩
Well, that's it. The fourth and final S**t Shirt Sunday vote of 2026 is DONE...
And apparently, if you want to succeed in this competition, it really helps if your parents named you KEVIN. 🤦‍♂️🤣

Massive congratulations to Kev S, who absolutely ROMPED home in the September vote with an impressive 28Massive congratulations to Kev S, who absolutely ROMPED home in the September vote with an impressive 28 votes! 👏💩

Poor Graham and his magnificent mushroom ensemble 🍄 put up the best fight, finishing runner-up with 12 votes, but there was simply no stopping Kev and his gloriously hideous fiesta monstrosity. 😂
Kev bags himself a £20 Royston bar tab 🍺 and, more importantly, takes the fourth and FINAL place in...

💩🏆 THE 2026 TURD TROPHY GRAND FINAL! 🏆💩
After four months of truly appalling fashion choices, our finalists are:
💩 JUNE – Kev B
💩 JULY – Kev & Sarah
💩 AUGUST – Kev B... AGAIN!
💩 SEPTEMBER – Kev S
Four Kev victories out of four months... with a token Sarah thrown in for good measure. 🤦‍♂️🤣
What the actual hell is going on?! 😂
But now the monthly battles are over and it's time to settle the big one...

🏆 WHO WILL BE CROWNED THE ROYSTON'S S**TEST SHIRT OF 2026? 🏆
The four winning entries are pictured above and voting starts NOW!

👍 Simply LIKE the photo of the shirt you think deserves to win.
No complicated rules. No judging panel. No VAR.
Just you lot deciding which fashion crime deserves to take home the most coveted piece of s**t in Broadstairs. 💩🏆🤣

Voting closes at 8pm THIS FRIDAY, which rather conveniently happens to be the return of...

🧢🍺 FLAT CAP FRIDAY! 🍺🧢
Yep, it's back!
On the first Friday of every month, wear your flat cap between 7pm and 9pm and you'll get £1 OFF your drinks! 🍻

So come down, stick your cap on, save yourself a quid a drink and we'll find out who will be crowned our 2026 TURD TROPHY CHAMPION! 💩🏆

LET THE FINAL S**T-FIGHT COMMENCE! 💩🤣

Andy 🍻
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Happy Saturday all!!Melissa and I have been away in France for a few days hence the radio silence and lack of a mystery ...
26/09/2026

Happy Saturday all!!

Melissa and I have been away in France for a few days hence the radio silence and lack of a mystery cask this week. Back to normal now though and it's a rare occasion that we're on shift together... TONIGHT!

Come down, chew the fat and have a few jars in The Royston.

Andy & Melissa 💙❤️

Liam is leaving us!! Please join us this evening to give him a bloody good send off from 19:30.Wishing him the very best...
24/09/2026

Liam is leaving us!!

Please join us this evening to give him a bloody good send off from 19:30.

Wishing him the very best of luck on his cruising adventure.

Andy, Melissa, James, Mike and Jed ###

PS Careful when docking mate 😉

🍂⚙️ QUIZ NIGHTS ARE BACK AT THE ROYSTON! ⚙️🍂He's been locked away for the summer, oiling his cogs, polishing his gears a...
19/09/2026

🍂⚙️ QUIZ NIGHTS ARE BACK AT THE ROYSTON! ⚙️🍂

He's been locked away for the summer, oiling his cogs, polishing his gears and stuffing his brain with an entirely new batch of useless knowledge... 🤓⚙️

But Quizmaster Chris is BACK! 🍺

Our monthly Quiz Nights return on Wednesday 14th October, and from now on they'll take place on the SECOND WEDNESDAY of every month (unless otherwise advertised).

If you've joined us before, you know the drill. If you haven't... have you been hiding under a rock?! 🤷🏼‍♂️

🗓️ Wednesday 14th October
🧠 Teams of 2–5 people
💷 £5 per person – CASH ONLY
⏰ Arrive 6:30pm for 7pm start
💰 Cash Jackpot for the winning team
🎟️ Charity Raffle, with all proceeds going to our friends at Broadstairs Town Shed ❤️

And, of course, Chris will be back behind the wheel with his usual mixture of general knowledge, obscure nonsense and the usual bonkers music round 🎶🤪

⚠️ BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL!

We're only a little pub with 28 seats, and Quiz Nights have a habit of filling up quickly. Payment secures your seats, so pop into the pub with your £5s to get your team booked in.

🎁 RAFFLE PRIZE DONATIONS PLEASE!

As always, we'd be hugely grateful for any prizes you lovely lot can donate to the raffle. Bottles, chocolates, unwanted gifts, vouchers... anything you think somebody would be happy to win! Just drop them into the pub anytime before Quiz Night and we'll add them to the prize haul.

Once the jackpot money is taken out, the rest goes into the charity pot along with every penny raised from the raffle, which all goes to the Shed. The raffle usually makes more than the entrance fees, so the more prizes we have, the more money we can hopefully raise for them. ❤️

Dust off those brains, assemble your cleverest mates (or at least the ones who think they're clever) and get ready...

Bookings are open, so get yourself down to The Royston and book your team in (a good excuse for a cheeky pint too! 😉)

Cheers, Andy 🍻



.🎉 Firkin Congratulations to Daryl Hubbard on FB and on Insta for being the first to correctly identify this week's Mys...
18/09/2026

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🎉 Firkin Congratulations to Daryl Hubbard on FB and on Insta for being the first to correctly identify this week's Mystery Cask 👍 Come and grab your free pints gentlemen 🍺

It is of course, Rooster's Brewing Co. 'Easy-Going Assassin'. A scaled down 4.3% version of their flagship IPA, Baby-Faced Assassin. Brewed with 100% Citra hops, Easy-Going Assassin is an easy-drinking, yet punchy session IPA with notes of mandarin orange, mango, apricot and a juicy grapefruit bitterness.

Rooster's based in Harrogate have been brewing since 1993 and have always stayed true to cask ale. A perfect choice for this week's mystery cask brewer 🍻 Check out their latest post celebrating

https://tinyurl.com/4xeakurm

Have a great weekend all and make sure to celebrate Cask Ale Week with a fresh pint (or three 😉) in The Royston 🍻

Andy

🍺❤️ HAPPY FIRKIN FRIDAY... AND HAPPY CASK ALE WEEK! ❤️🍺Yesterday marked the start of Cask Ale Week 2026, ten glorious da...
18/09/2026

🍺❤️ HAPPY FIRKIN FRIDAY... AND HAPPY CASK ALE WEEK! ❤️🍺

Yesterday marked the start of Cask Ale Week 2026, ten glorious days celebrating something rather close to our hearts here at The Royston...

PROPER CASK ALE! 🍺

Cask has been at the heart of The Royston since the day we opened. No keg lines, no permanent b**rs... just four constantly rotating casks, served fresh and changing faster than some of you can drink them.

And then, of course, every Friday we squeeze in a mysterious FIFTH for FIRKIN FRIDAY! 🕵️‍♂️🍺

So with Cask Ale Week running from 17th–27th September, choosing this week's mystery cask required a little more thought than usual.

It seemed only right to pick a brewery that shares our passion for the stuff and is a staunch supporter of cask ale. ❤️🍺

And that brings us to today's mystery...

👀 WHAT'S THE FIFTH CASK?

Everything you need to identify both the brewery AND b**r is hidden somewhere in today's picture.

Some clues are rather more obvious than others...

And there's one in particular you might not even realise is a clue. 😏

Be the first person to correctly identify the BREWERY AND B**R NAME in the comments below and the FREE PINT is yours! 🍺

PLEASE READ THE RULES:
🍺 Competition runs on Facebook and Instagram – please only enter on one platform.
🍺 Can't collect a prize? Add JFF (Just For Fun) to your answer.
🍺 If you won last week, your entry won't count.
🍺 Competition closes at 12pm, when we open.
🍺 Prize is one pint from the mystery cask, while it lasts – no substitutions.
🍺 Non-transferable. You win it, you drink it.

I'm on the early shift today, so I'll reveal the answer and announce the winner once I've poured the first pint.

Have a great Firkin Friday!

Andy 🍻

🎉🏆 WE HAVE A WINNER!!! 🏆🎉Well... that got a bit bloody competitive towards the end! 😂After several days of voting, and a...
18/09/2026

🎉🏆 WE HAVE A WINNER!!! 🏆🎉

Well... that got a bit bloody competitive towards the end! 😂

After several days of voting, and a final afternoon that saw our two front-runners Sarah and Emma neck and neck, the votes kept piling in right up to the finish.

But a late surge eventually pushed one of them clear...

🌊🧶 CONGRATULATIONS EMMA! 🧶🌊

With an incredible 91 votes, Emma and her magnificent wearable marine ecosystem have been crowned the winners of the FIRST EVER ROY-STCOAT AWARD, bagging a £50 ROYSTON BAR TAB! 🍺🏆

And we really can't argue with that one!

Emma didn't simply decorate a waistcoat. She created the whole thing herself, complete with waves of different colours, shells, starfish, sea creatures and what appeared to be several miles of dangling seaweed. 😂🌊🐚

And because apparently THAT wasn't enough...

She accessorised the whole ensemble with a PIRATE SHIP HANDBAG! 🏴‍☠️🤣

The photos never quite did this one justice. The amount of work that went into it was remarkable, and when Emma walked around with all that seaweed swaying about, it looked absolutely brilliant.

Completely bonkers. Exactly what Wacky Waistcoats was supposed to be about. 👏❤️

Emma used to be our neighbour in the flats next door and, although she's since moved away, she still comes back to visit us with her daughter Robyn from time to time. So it was particularly lovely to have them both back celebrating our fifth anniversary with us. ❤️

But there was another waistcoat snapping at Emma's seaweed-covered heels...

❤️🧵 SARAH — RUNNER-UP WITH 72 VOTES! 🧵❤️

Sarah and Emma were battling it out for much of the final day, and there was no way we could let Sarah walk away empty-handed after receiving a fantastic 72 votes.

So we've decided there's a £20 ROYSTON BAR TAB waiting for our runner-up too! 🍺❤️

Sarah's handmade waistcoat was a wonderful little celebration of five years of The Royston, packed with references and memories from our journey so far.

And the detail on the back made it particularly special to us — an embroidered recreation of a photograph of Melissa and me celebrating our CAMRA South East Regional Pub of the Year win. 🥹❤️

Sarah and Kev are weekly regulars and very much part of the Royston furniture these days. We absolutely adore the pair of them, so seeing so many people appreciate the thought and work Sarah put into hers was bloody lovely.

And finally, a MASSIVE THANK YOU to everyone who voted. 👍

And, of course, another huge thank you to ALL SIX of our finalists — Sarah, Sue, Mollie, Emma, Dan and The Harrops — and everybody else who got involved and made a Wacky Waistcoat for our anniversary.

When James first came up with this ridiculous idea, I don't think any of us expected you lot to take it quite so seriously. 😂

But you did, and you helped make our fifth anniversary one we'll remember for a very long time. ❤️

So raise a glass to our inaugural champion...

🏆🌊 EMMA — WINNER OF THE 2026 ROY-STCOAT AWARD! 🌊🏆

£50 behind the bar for Emma and £20 for our brilliant runner-up Sarah! 🍺🍺

Congratulations ladies. Thoroughly deserved. ❤️👏

UP THE ROYSTON! 🍻

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💩👕 THE FINAL S**T SHIRT SUNDAY VOTE OF 2026! 👕💩Well, September's turnout was a little thinner on the ground than usual.....
17/09/2026

💩👕 THE FINAL S**T SHIRT SUNDAY VOTE OF 2026! 👕💩

Well, September's turnout was a little thinner on the ground than usual... apparently half of Broadstairs decided to bu**er off on holiday! 😂☀️✈️

But we still managed to round up 8 willing victims for our fourth and FINAL S**t Shirt Sunday of the year, and now it's time for you lot to decide who takes the last place in the 2026 TURD TROPHY GRAND FINAL! 💩🏆

As always, voting couldn't be simpler...

👍 Just head over to the pinned post on our page and LIKE the photo of your favourite... or rather, LEAST favourite shirt!

With Kev B conveniently off on his cruise after already bagging two spots in the final, somebody else finally has a chance! 🤣

The winner gets a £20 Royston bar tab 🍺 and joins our previous monthly winners in the Grand Final.

Voting closes at 8pm on Friday 25th September, then our four finalists will go head-to-head in one final vote to find out who'll lift the coveted Turd Trophy and be crowned The Royston's S**test Shirt of 2026! 💩🏆

So get voting!

And while S**t Shirt Sundays may now be finished for another year, summer coming to an end means a couple of old Royston favourites are making their return...

🧢 FLAT CAP FRIDAYS ARE BACK!

The first Friday of every month, get your flat cap on and enjoy £1 off between 7pm and 9pm. 🍺

🧠 QUIZ NIGHTS ARE BACK TOO!

Big Liam's heading off to sea for a new adventure, so Chris is back in the seat as our resident Quizmaster! 🎤🧠

The summer may be over...

But the warmth and fun at The Royston certainly isn't 🙏🍻

Andy 🍻


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