Brunch in Medway: The Best Breakfast and Brunch Spots

The brunch places most Medway people land on are Café Nucleus, with an all-day brunch menu at its Chatham and Rainham cafés; the Cannon Café inside Fort Amherst, where eggs Benedict is £8.50; No.64 Coffee & Brunch on Chatham High Street; and the Saturday bottomless brunches at Oliver’s in Rochester. Every entry was checked against the venue’s own website or social page on 27 October 2026.

We have not eaten at these places for this guide, and none of this is a review. Each entry gives what the café, pub or restaurant says about its breakfast and brunch and what it publishes about prices, times and booking. We have added the Food Standards Agency hygiene rating, and we say where any other fact comes from. Prices are as shown on the venues’ menus on 27 October and change often.

Brunch cafés

Café Nucleus, Chatham

Café Nucleus Chatham sits off the High Street in Kentstone Court, and its site calls it “the only jungle oasis you will see when you look down the side alleys”, a garden of palm trees and tree ferns. The all-day brunch menu runs from shakshuka at £13.50 and smashed avocado on sourdough at £12 to a full English at £17, with eggs Benedict, Royale, Hebridean or California at £14.50, waffles from £13 and a buttermilk pancake stack at £13.50. A 12% service charge is added. A bottomless brunch is £40 a head on Fridays and Saturdays; book ahead. The café says dogs are welcome. Open Monday to Friday 9.30am to 3.30pm, Saturday 9.30am to 5pm. Call 01634 406971. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 26 February 2026). 272 High Street, ME4 4BP.

Café Nucleus, Rainham

The newest of the Café Nucleus group’s cafés is in the Langton Studios on Rainham High Street, which its site describes as “modern and trendy”. On Sundays its roasts and brunch menu carries the same brunch dishes and prices as Chatham, from smashed avocado at £12 to the full English at £17, with a 12% service charge. Bottomless brunch is £32 a head Monday to Friday until 6pm and £52 on Saturdays, with wine, mimosas or passionfruit martinis. Dogs are welcome. Open Sunday to Thursday 9.15am to 5pm, Friday and Saturday 9.15am to 10pm. Book through its site. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 21 January 2026). 35a High Street, ME8 7HS.

The group’s Rochester café on the High Street is closed: its site says it “is currently closed due to a fire”, with no reopening date yet.

The Cannon Café, Fort Amherst

The Cannon Café is inside Fort Amherst, the Georgian fortification above Chatham run by the Fort Amherst Heritage Trust. Its current menu has a breakfast and brunch section: poached eggs on toast £6, eggs Benedict with Kentish ham £8.50, eggs Royale £9.50, three buttermilk pancakes with bacon and maple syrup or fruit and cream £9, a small breakfast £7.50 and a large one with two Kentish sausages, two rashers, two eggs and two hash browns at £10.50. Gluten-free bread and vegan cheese are available. The menu says the kitchen is open every day from 10am to 3pm. Reserve online through the fort’s site or call 01634 847747. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 28 January 2025). Dock Road, ME4 4UB.

No.64 Coffee & Brunch, Chatham

No.64 is an independent café on the pedestrianised part of Chatham High Street. Visit Medway calls it “the prime location for all things brunch” and points to its avocado on toast and Buddha bowls. The café has no website; its Instagram page gives its hours as Monday to Friday 8am to 3pm, sit in or takeaway, and in October 2026 it moved on to homemade soups for the autumn alongside the breakfast menu. It does not publish prices online. It is closed at weekends. Call 01634 786080. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 19 February 2025). 64 High Street, ME4 4DS.

Full English and the big breakfast

Oasis Café, Gillingham

Oasis Café is in Britton Farm Mall, just off Gillingham High Street, and publishes its full menu with prices. An English breakfast of egg, bacon, sausage, hash browns and beans is £5.50. Most set breakfasts come with tea, coffee or juice: the Mini Breakfast is £7, the Oasis Breakfast £13 and the Mega Breakfast, with four rashers and bubble, £16. There is a halal breakfast with turkey rashers and chicken sausages at £13, a Mediterranean breakfast with halloumi and spicy sausage at £12.20, two vegetarian breakfasts at £9.70, and eggs on toast from £4. The café lists opening from 7.30am every day, closing at 4.45pm. Call 01634 572123. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 26 November 2024). Unit 2, Britton Farm Mall, High Street, ME7 1AL. Our listing.

The Six Bells, Cliffe

The Six Bells is a 16th-century pub, restaurant and B&B beside St Helen’s Church in Cliffe. Its breakfast menu, dated March 2026, is served from 9am to 12pm. A full English with two sausages, two rashers and two hash browns is £12, a small one £10, and vegetarian and vegan breakfasts £11 each. The pub’s “Hangover Cure”, three of everything with toast, bread and a fried slice, is £20. Omelettes are £8.50 and something on toast £7. Breakfasts can be ordered by phone to take away. Call 01634 221459. Hygiene rating 4 (FSA, 14 July 2026). 181 Church Street, ME3 7QD.

The Ship and Trades, Chatham Maritime

The Ship and Trades is a Shepherd Neame pub and hotel overlooking a yacht basin of the former Royal Naval Dockyard. Its site says its “special brunches are available 9 to 11am every day”, with breakfast classics, light bites and breakfast baps, and vegetarian and vegan options. It does not publish brunch prices online, so ask when you book. The pub lists itself as dog friendly. Call 01634 895200. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 21 October 2025). Maritime Way, ME4 3ER. Our listing.

Bottomless brunch

Oliver’s, Rochester High Street

Oliver’s is a bar and restaurant at 186 High Street, Rochester, and its events and brunches page lists themed bottomless brunches on Saturday afternoons from 2pm at £35 a head: 90 minutes of bottomless cocktails and prosecco with burgers and fries. The next are a Halloween drag brunch on 31 October, an 80s brunch on 7 November and Old Skool Bangers brunches on 21 and 28 November, with dates already set into May 2027; the country brunch on 9 January is £40. Book by phone on 01634 847629, by WhatsApp on 07547 483093 or at info@oliversrochester.com. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 10 August 2024). 186 High Street, ME1 1EY. Our listing.

The Command House, Chatham

The Command House is a pub on Dock Road beside Riverside Gardens, which its site says relaunches under new management on Sunday 1 November. It has two ticketed bottomless brunches before Christmas: Reggae and Rum on Sunday 15 November, £34.95 for a Caribbean-inspired main and 90 minutes of bottomless drinks, and a Christmas party brunch on Saturday 5 December at £39.95, with three festive dishes between two. Tickets are sold through Eventbrite and food must be pre-ordered. The pub does not serve a regular breakfast. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 23 February 2026). Dock Road, ME4 4TX. Our listing.

How we chose

We started with the Medway cafés and pubs that come up again and again when people look for breakfast and brunch, in Visit Medway’s café list, booking listings and local guides. We kept only those whose own websites or social pages publish a breakfast or brunch menu, times or booking details, so each entry could be checked. Café Lounge on Rochester High Street was left out because its website was down when we checked, and Café Nucleus Rochester because it is closed after a fire. Every place here has a Food Standards Agency hygiene rating of 4 or 5 on the FSA register, checked on 27 October 2026.

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For more places to eat and drink, see our guides to Medway restaurants, Sunday roasts in Medway and Medway pubs. For days out with children, try Medway playgrounds, walks near Medway, things to do in Medway and what’s on in Medway this month, or browse the cafés in our Medway business directory.

Frequently asked questions

Where can I get a bottomless brunch in Medway?

Café Nucleus runs bottomless brunches at Chatham (£40 a head, Fridays and Saturdays) and Rainham (£32 on weekdays until 6pm, £52 on Saturdays). Oliver’s on Rochester High Street holds themed bottomless brunches on Saturday afternoons at £35 a head, and the Command House at Chatham has two ticketed brunches before Christmas, at £34.95 and £39.95.

Which Medway brunch places are open on a Sunday?

The Cannon Café at Fort Amherst serves its breakfast and brunch menu every day, the Ship and Trades at Chatham Maritime says its brunches run from 9am to 11am every day, Oasis Café in Gillingham opens from 7.30am on Sundays, and Café Nucleus Rainham serves a brunch menu alongside its Sunday roasts. No.64 in Chatham is open Monday to Friday only.

What is the cheapest breakfast in this guide?

Oasis Café in Gillingham lists an English breakfast of egg, bacon, sausage, hash browns and beans at £5.50, and set breakfasts with a hot drink from £7. The Cannon Café at Fort Amherst has a small breakfast at £7.50 and the Six Bells at Cliffe a small full English at £10.