Azouma in Canterbury

Lovely meal, birthday celebration, starters, mains and dessert all very tasty. We had calamari and mixed starters, tagines and shawarma, both lamb and chicken. My son had Arabic coffee.

We were really looking forward to coming back to Azouma having eaten here many times before and we hadn’t been in quite a few years, however it has clearly changed hands and unfortunately gone massively downhill. We visited on a Saturday evening and the restaurant was half empty with no atmosphere. It was extremely run down and there was even a big patch of black mould on the ceiling above tables which is really off putting and unhygienic in a restaurant environment.

First time visiting here,won’t be the last! Absolutely gorgeous tasty food, lovely decor and nice waitress. Very impressed.

First time here ,after reading the reviews and our previous favourite Moroccan restaurant having closed down we were hoping for a special treat. Unfortunately this was not the case. There is absolutely no ambiance in the restaurant, with harsh lighting and being very poorly appointed.and cold. The waitress ,although pleasant, has obviously not been given any training with us having to ask at each course for cutlery and napkins etc and at no time were we asked if everything was OK. First red flag was no beer on tap being available,despite having two on display, to remedy this we were offered two bottles of Peroni for the price of a draft pint, a very suitable substitute. We ordered two set meals, the mix Mezz and although tasty were very small portions consisting of a lamb samosa, a meat pasty and a cheese roll on a thin layer of humour. The home made bread was very thin and dissolved into crumbs when broken. Two tangines were ordered the vegetarian, which was very tasty and wholesome and a Lamb which was not so. The lamb although tender tasted just of lamb with no seasoning,or evidence of being cooked in spices, the sauce was thin and watery with the main flavour appearing to be cinnamon. Strangely the Tangine contained potatoes,carrots and swede, with a very few pieces of fruit. So all in all it resembled a lamb stew.The rice that came with it was fine. Coffee and tea and baclava came as a desert which apart from having again having to ask for forks were OK. So to summarise, the restaurant is more cafe than cosy, the place could do with refurbishment especially the toilets. The food that we had was generally ok, but did not match the standard of other reviews for this restaurant. Would we go back, probably not.

We came here for a friend's 40th birthday meal. It was mid week and we were a party of 4 with nobody else in the restaurant. The starters and main meal were ok but the fudge cake was stale and should not have been served. The restaurant could do with an update with a wonky curtain pole, dirty looking curtains and wall fixtures fallen on the floor. Service was very slow considering the restaurant was empty. Food was ok but I wouldn't return.

Wonderful weekend lunchtime buffet. Huge range of very tasty dishes at extremely reasonable price. Only thing missing was couscous or something other than bread to soak up all the delicious sauces.

Had a lovely set lunch with my daughter. Food was delicious and the waitress was lovely

Me and my friend went There yesterday We enjoy The food friendly service tasty lamb tagine.

Me and friend went there yesterday we enjoyed the food friendly service tasty lamb tagine we also hade the Azouma mix mezzo for starters very delicious food

This was one of my favorite restaurants for many years, I have been many many times....however today's lunch was a extremely disappointing experience and has let a bad taste in the mouth!! It seems ownership has changed and there is a distinct lack of care or even customer service. The place as empty.We were left waiting 20mins before someone even took a drink order. The dishes were tasteless with the lamb tagine meat being really tough. Unfortunately the fudge cake was stale and was so rock hard could have bounced it! No apology offered by waitress and no manager even came over to address the issue. To top it off, there were crumbs all on the floor under our table and 2 chairs stained, yet we were the first and only customers in for lunch. I'm sadden to see how this place has declined and previously owner who was so proud of his business would be upset to see it now!!

The place as empty.We were left waiting 20mins before someone even took a drink order. The dishes were tasteless with the lamb tagine meat being really tough. Unfortunately the fudge cake was stale and was so rock hard could have bounced it! No apology offered by waitress and no manager even came over to address the issue. To top it off, there were crumbs all on the floor under our table and 2 chairs stained, yet we were the first and only customers in for lunch. I'm sadden to see how this place has declined and previously owner who was so proud of his business would be upset to see it now!!

Friendly service and tasty baklava. Would be lovely to try main meals here when back in Canterbury.

Lovely authentic rooms . Comfortable seating. Felt like I was un Morocco. The food was amazing. Taste buds overload. Reminded me of having a meal in the mountains of Morocco.

We had an amazing dining experience at this restaurant! The tabbouleh, hummus, and foul madame starters were bursting with flavor, while the lamb and chicken tagine, lentil soup, and heavenly homemade bread left us completely satisfied. The blend of Morrocan and Middle Eastern cuisine created a delightful fusion. The lovely service from the girl and the charming Moroccan atmosphere added to the overall enjoyment. Highly recommend this gem!

The only restaurant opened on Christmas day. Very friendly and helpful staff. Freeflow feshly baked flat bread was the highlight. Lentil soup, hummus, lamb targine were delicious. Highly recommended.

I usually don’t write reviews for restaurants but this restaurant was really gave us an amazing experience and i feel compelled to write this review Firstly;; just wanna state that this restaurant is SEVERELY UNDERRATED. When we entered the restaurant, there was nobody else dining here. Starting off with the pricing of the food. The prices of food here is relatively cheaper than everywhere else in the city and for the quality of the food that they serve, it’s a price for great value. Next, foods. There’s not that many options for food here but it doesn’t matter because the food here is AMAZING and i do not say that lightly. They serve a 3 course meal for £14 with foods you will probably not find anywhere else in Canterbury. The food was succulent and was delivered relatively quickly; they even made sure to serve us after we’d finish our starters ->> more on this in the service section later but the foods, from starter to main course and dessert were simply sensational. I would highly recommend for everyone to try. Lastly, service. Where do i even start- the service was simply put: amazing. There were constant checkins on whether the food was okay, whether we needed anything— water refills; more bread (complimentary btw!) or anything. Extremely friendly service and I can see the dedication in the waiter’s eyes as well. Thats all~

Best and the tastiest food in Canterbury, and best service

A lot of good and delicious food and a nice place

Went here middle of October, food was cold, most of the deserts in the self service were off and nothing about the food aside from a couple of salads was especially Lebanese. It seems it was mostly run by North Africans selling mostly Moroccan and Indian food.

My husband and I went there today, we enjoyed the food and the service. Very homely and after eating we can literally sleep in the sofa haha. We are so stuffed. Thank you.. lovely and delicious food and oh desserts as well 🤤.

Average food Absolutely amazing service Girl who looked after me was very professional and helpful.

DONT waste your money. Having eaten here a couple of years ago we thought to revisit, what a mistake that was. The food was tasteless and soulless. The “ taglines “ were just chunks of meat swimming in a tasteless liquid , which was warm at best. There was one rice, vegetable biryani and some other vegetable dishes again floating in some non descriptive liquid. I can only assume looking back to the Azouma’s of days long gone that they have had a management change, I’m certain the chef/cook has never tasted his/her own dishes???

The food was excellent and the atmosphere was top tier. 10/10, definitely coming back.

buffet was very great best experience for the lowest price i went with my girlfriend it was really good

Buffet was really good Me and my friend really enjoyed the food and the buffet ravines are perfect for this weather I would definitely visit again.

delicious food and lovely staff i went for a date with my girlfriend. Buffet have alot of options and very cheap. it was Actually the cheapest yet tasty buffet i ever had

Very disappointed. Food choice was limited, cold and poorly presented Restaurant was cold and draughty The young girl seemed disinterested- no drinks orders taken Cutbacks on choice and quality - but with an increase in price - have taken their toll Won’t be visiting again

So sad to see, what was once a lovely restaurant, has let itself go! Have visited here many times but have never had such an appalling experience as this time!! How on earth it has a 4 star food review, I will never know... in my opinion, it only deserves 2. Service was non existent. There was a poor choice of buffet (most were virtually empty and not topped up during our meal) and what was available was minimal, watered down and no hotter than lukewarm!!. Dessert's were dry and tasteless (no choice of cream, yoghurt or ice cream to help it go down). It certainly was not worth £15 We will not be returning and DEFINITELY will not be recommending anymore.

Very disappointed. Having eaten there many times over the last 12 years with previously brilliant experience, this time having not visited for a couple of years there was very limited choice on the buffet. It seems that they have squeezed more chairs in as a...

This was a recommendation by our hotel. It was quiet and not right on the beaten path. The buffet had many choices in a comfortable environment. We enjoyed our meal and the environment.

Had dinner here midweek. Lovely relaxed feel to the restaurant. Staff very friendly and food is wonderful. Fairly priced as well.

Food was great. Staff was very rude and aggressive

Vegetarian Tagine mit leckerem Couscous dazu einen einfachen Pinot Grigio.Nettes Restaurant im levantinischem Stil mit freundlichem Service und guter Atmosphäre. Angemessene Preise

Two of us dined there for our wedding anniversary, having eaten several times before. The food was excellent and so plentiful that some was taken home. Well cooked and presented. Service was also very good, friendly and professional. In conversation we disclosed it was an...

Food good but not as much variety as it once had

Awful spot, not many food options and it was an underwhelming lunch time buffet. The food wasn't hot, all the options were very watery and no flavour there were no flat breads etc to compliment the Hummus also the desert options were rubbish, all the...

Good food, relaxed atmosphere and super helpful staff

Really nice aesthetic and delicious Middle Eastern food. Will be back in the future for sure!

I have been wanting to eat here for over 15 years. Came for the Saturday Buffet. The choice was limited and l found the food very bland and not hot. I was extremely disappointed. The cocktail was not enjoyable and the deserts cakes dry. However...

Sehr freundliches Personal. Das Essen war sehr gut und authentisch. Wir würden jederzeit wieder kommen. Trinkgeld kann nur in bar gegeben werden.

We planned a visit to the Canterbury Cathdral all the way from London we googled the nearest best restaurant and found Azouma..we ordered Chicken tagine and Vegetarian moussaka..The food was watery mo taste and none of the vegetables on the menu were added to our food..Chicken was hard and uncooked moussaka had French beans and stale carrots and there was no bechamel sauce..The whole food was below standard and not fit for human consumption..We didn't eat the food sent the bill of £69.50 and we were only given a discount if £9..You eat there at your own risk..Never ever will I go back there..Got home and I had a terrible stomachache..disgusting

The place is very unclean and it also smells unclean. The tables weren’t properly cleaned either, but the food is amazing! The food comes in generous portions and is delicious.

Food was good, quite tasty. Had the seafood tagine.

Lovely food, good friendly service

Lunch Buffet was not worth for money. No variety

Great middle eastern restaurant. Quite a few dishes are vegetarian naturally so it was a great choice for us veges The mixed vegetarian starter was great. We ended up sharing a main of a vegetable tagine. The meat choices looked good. The home cooked flat bread was fantastic with the Baba Ghanoush dip. Middle eastern music and decor added to the atmosphere.

The food was lovely and freshly cooked. Good value for money and friendly staff. Lamb melted in my mouth.

Very lovely place and the food test great a los staff are very helpful and friendly highly recommend it

Food was average, not as authentic as expected Calm place to have dinner

It was a quiet service but we were 6 so made our own atmosphere. Food and service was great, no complaints, portions were good, no-one managed a desert. All the meat dishes we had were very well favoured as were the seafood tagine.

Won't be going back and wouldn't recommend the lunch buffet, by the time I got up there to get food half of it was empty and didn't have any left of what I wanted, 15 minutes later still not refilled and ended up getting the bill and leaving, 6 of us and all 6 said we wouldn't go back.

O restaurante é muito bonito. Por fora, uma construção secular, por dentro uma bela decoração de inspiração árabe. O sistema...

My lamb tagine was amazing. I eat in many places ( countries) different types of food, but this was excellent made. I don't usually drink cocktails but from time to time I will try something new. The same very good cocktails. The baklava at the end very good.

We ordered the buffet and were taken on a guided tour of the hot plates. What was on offer didn't resemble the online menu, it was seriously lacking in variety. Everything was bland, tired, dried up as though it had been out for a while....

Very good series and the food is delicious best decision ever Nice and cozy interior very clean Loved everything..!! Will come again ❤️

We had chosen this restaurant because of the high rating but it was a very big mistake:/Terrible food and such a dirty place especially toilet.

It's wonderful restaurant and staff Is fantastic

Parked opposite in the car park. Waitress directed us Ordered mezze and tagine coffee and baklave We absolutely loved the food Perfect Tasty Waitress was such a good girl very friendly and helpful Place could do with a GOOD clean!

Came here on Saturday eve after reading the reviews and was not disappointed food was delicious had the fava bean starter with bread followed by the lamb Tagine and chicken shawarma which we shared the food was so tasty and the lamb was so tender...

Not authentic and just not good food. Very nice ambience in this restaurant so I had high expectations especially with its high rating. Our main dishes came out hot but the flavours were so very bland. Was extremely let down by the mezze with a watery tzatziki and no bread for dipping. Everything overpriced, veggie ingredients looked like they came from bags of frozen. I will not be visiting again.

Three of us had dinner as all have done before. The service by the young woman was first class, faultless. The food for two of us was good, plentiful and as described. One disappointment was the other person's veg tagine that was stated to contain...

One of the best restaurants in Canterbury I have been dining here regularly for many years excellent food and service and good value for money. I read an article here by someone referring to rats, having looked at the film on camera that day the...

Fantastic evening with wonderful food.

I love the food here, the mixed grill was so delicious! Definitely would recommend, I certainly will be returning.

Honestly the food was amazing, went to Morocco last summer and wanted to rexperience it by trying some Moroccan food, it was an exact replica and tasted great, the service was great and the atmosphere was like a trip down memory lane

All the group had a loveley lunch, we had a choices of nice cold and hot starter, the tagines were amazing, ithe staff are helpful , we had the best lunch in long time., every dish we tried a tested fresh. I will recommend this...

I been there for lunch buffet with my friends, there was lots of choices of different types of food. It was absolutely amazing and testy.

It was an amazing lunch, the family loved the options. I especially liked the meatball tagine. It was all very traditional and gave you a sense of how the Moroccan cuisine really tastes. Would recommend, I will definitely be taking the family back again.

Excellent buffet. Food was all very delicious and desserts were amazing. Very nice restaurant , clean and located in a nice area of town. The staff were all really polite and helpful. Highly recommend going here.

Great experience. I am really glad the lunch buffet is back.Lamb tagine was delicious and traditional. The staff were very nice and professional. As for the restaurant it self, it was very clean, tidy and had a nice atmosphere along with some nice music playing...

Excellent buffet that was amazing for the price normally don’t like buffets but this one was nice and clean went there with some friends, great polite customer service and great selection of food.

The buffet was fantastic , very friendly staff and spot on, the price is reasonable. I will recommend. The chicken tagine is delicious.

Went for a birthday meal at dinner time with a table of 6. First of all, food took a very long time considering we were the only customers in there and they gave one of the guest the wrong meal. In good faith and knowing how long they took to prepare the meals, we didn't complain but then saw a large RAT emerge from inside the restaurant which came near our table (near the front door) so we know it did not come from outside! Told employee who started giggling and said he doesn't know where it went. Spoke to the owner and instead of apologizing, asked what we wanted him to do about it, did not understand why we were upset and expected us to pay the full bill. Seems like they are very used to seeing rats on the premises and seems the rats are clearly comfortable wandering around the restaurant! Where there is one, there's always more! Got told that we were apparently making excuses to get cheaper food, that if we had asked 'nicely' they would have considered a discount, despite not considering how upset we were from realizing we had eaten food on a premise where there were rats. Throughout this argument with the owner, employee was staring us down, making snarky comments and kept coming back to argue eventhough the owner himself told him to go away, which also caused a dispute between them. Absolutely APPALLING and SHOCKING behaviour from staff, I will never go here again and recommend that others stay away if you don't want to risk eating food that may have been contaminated by rodents!

Rat on floor in restaurant. Once we told employees they blamed us for being annoyed, rather than apologising for the fact a rat just appeared next to our table the waiter serving us pointed out the fact I was drinking alcohol (2 single drinks), as if this had any relation to seeing a rat in the restaurant - waiter also stood over the table staring at paying customers trying to make me feel awkward when talking with owner about the rat situation, overall felt awkward and uncomfortable - paid £20 each as a table of 6 but would of been in our right to walk out not paying anything. - would avoid at all costs.

Stumbled upon this restaurant by chance and went for the lunch buffet Good value and good choice The food could have been kept a higher/hotter temperature Would have loved to have had foul in the buffet

Excellent buffet, excellent choice for meat eaters and vegetarians like myself. The food was superb and for 14.95 the value for money for a Saturday buffet was wonderful highly recommended. Authentic flavours.

We visited last week for my birthday. With three children in tow, I always feel self-conscious, but not here. Excellent food and always a nice service to be had. The chef made a change to my husband's dish even though they don't usually do it. This was very much appreciated.

Amazing food & service the waitress was very nice and helpful !

Brilliant as ever.. Been visiting since it opened & never disappointed. Excellent buffet lunch & mint tea. Thanks

Best middle Eastern food in Kent.

Great food, family run, lovely atmosphere. Something different compared with all the chains.

First visit yesterday since the return of the lunch time buffet. No unctuous roast lamb any more, no fresh bread, no ice cream machine, massively scaled down choices and an extra £3 per person just because it was Saturday..I understand the restaurant has changed hands-...

Most enjoyable evening,food amazing definitely be back

Amazing day 💐🌺🌸Food was superb and staff very attentive will return again can’t wait to taste the buffet which will start today Thank you

Great food, lovely, warm, hospitable hosts.

Not bad, very filling but not as spicy as I'd like. Authentic North African food should be spiced well.

Real Moroccan experience, great seasoning and very friendly staff. Excellent service

The three of us had entirely different dishes, all of which tasted bland. The vegetable moussaka was a flavourless gloup with mozarella cheese. I wouldn't normally complain but at around £18 a dish it was not acceptable. The vegetable tagine was an equally flavourless eclectic...

Amazing food as always and service brilliant, thank you

Beautiful atmospheric restaurant. The starters were nice. Unfortunately the lamb strips was very tough. Been here before so was a tad disappointed by the main course

Cosy place very clean and friendly staff. Grilled lamb and kofta are delicious fresh and melting in mouth. Me and family were very impressed by the service offered by Mo. Sure we will go there when visiting Canterbury again.

Lovely food, nice decor, friendly staff.

We love Middle Eastern food and found this place online when planning a quick(ish) lunch during a trip to Canterbury. From the outside it’s rather unassuming, but warm and welcoming on the inside with typical Middle Eastern decor and some traditional background music, which set...

Very good food, wonderful tastes! Second time I visited and both times the experience was memorable!

Chose this place as it was close to our hotel and the heavy snow still falling. Does not look great for the outside and made up of a number of different room. Service was good, but the food was great -lentil soup was the standout...

Delicious food with quite a good atmosphere. The restaurant was cold so take an extra jumper. The staff were lovely.

Good place to eat...very generous portions if you go for the set menu...you need to be hungry!!

Actually very nice. Giving it a score was difficult. Really it is around 4.5. The only area they should look at is the Turkish coffee which tastes too thin. Overall, we liked it.

Good menu options, good service and friendly efficient service

This was our first Moroccan restaurant and we fell in love. We had lunch. The food was excellent and the staff amazing.