Fish Cafe, 17 Tower Street, Rye, TN31 7AT

The Fish Café is a versatile, well-positioned lively and vibrant restaurant and cookery school set in a four-storey converted brick warehouse with open plan kitchen area where you can view your meal in its creation. Two further function rooms and top floor fully equipped commercial kitchen.

Rye is an affluent and attractive coastal town in East Sussex, situated approximately 19 miles southwest of Ashford and 12 miles east of Hastings. London is 62 miles to the northwest. Road communications are good with the A259 / A2070 linking onto the M20 at Junction 10 (Ashford). Rye railway station provides direct services to Ashford International, Hastings and Eastbourne.

Rye has a long history that stretches back to the Roman times as well as being home to smugglers in the 18th Century. The town is popular with tourists and visitors attracted by the ancient buildings, cobbled streets and alleyways which provide a wonderfully eclectic mix of specialist shops and stores.

Ground floor - entrance into the main reception area with customer stairs.

52 cover air-conditioned acoustic ceiling panel restaurant with bar servery and open plan kitchen with dumbwaiter. Customer toilets.

Auxiliary area with linen storage service, stairs and goods lift.

First floor - private 52 cover dining room with bar servery and customer toilets.

Second floor - 60 cover function room currently used as a cookery school with purpose built kitchen and bar servery, storage room.

Third floor - staff toilets and locker room. Fully equipped commercial kitchen with full extraction, walk-in fridge and freezer, dry store, pot wash area and office.

All trade fixtures and fittings will be included in the sale, and our clients will provide a trade inventory.

Parking for two cars. Two outbuildings attached to the main building housing the wine cellar and store room. Auxiliary bin store.

The current owner has operated the business for many years and is now looking to sell in order to focus on other ventures, offering a great opportunity for a new operator to take full advantage of its location and late licence.

We thoroughly recommend a viewing to fully appreciate this opportunity.

The business is predominantly owner operated with a complement of full time and part time casual staff.

Trading information year ending 30 September 2024 shows net turnover in excess of £783,000 with an adjusted net profit in excess £132,000.

Full trading information will be supplied following a formal viewing.

The business operates six days a week:

Closed on Tuesday
Monday to Thursday: 12-2pm & 6-9pm
Friday & Saturday: 12-2pm & 6pm-9.30pm
Sunday: 12-2pm & 6pm-9pm

Current rateable value (1 April 2023 to present) is £26,500.

This is the rateable value for the property. It is not what you pay in business rates or rent. Your local council uses the rateable value to calculate the business rates bill.

Premises Licence.