Castellum Pizzeria in Canterbury

Have passed Castellum many many times as I live in Whitstable, sad to say last night Friday 15th was the first time that I stepped through the front door. Was out with my Wife and Daughter thought we would give Castellum a go. Absolutely loved it, pizza were amazing so authentic. Staff excellent ,restaurant had a really friendly lively buzz about it. Totally recommend this Pizzeria. Will be back.

Early evening meal with grandkids. Called in at 5pm lovely cosy friendly atmosphere. Restaurant soon filled up. Pizzas were really tasty both the kids and ours. We also tried the carpaccio beef again really tasty and finally tiramisu and kids had Nutella pizza. Enjoyed it so much have booked in a couple of weeks for a family birthday celebration

Walked past and restaurant was busy so assumed that was a good sign. And it was. Friendly, attentive staff and a varied selection of home cooked Italian food on offer. Enjoyed the evening and would definitely recommend as an alternative to the more expensive restaurants in the town that generally were not so busy!

We had the Tiger Prawn for starter then Chivken and mushrooms for main. Everything was well cooked and seasoned. The 2 italian bottled beers were also very tasty. I would highly recommend a meal. The restaurant is cosy and intimate but can work equally well for couples or families

I love Italian food and visit Italy at least once a year every year. The food at this restaurant is the closest I have found to actually eating Italian food in Italy. Fantastic food, lovely staff and not spitefully expensive. When we went it was full and so do phone and reserve a table in advance.

An unexpected find, a small restaurant that we were lucky enough to get a table in. We had a lovely meal, the staff were friendly and professional. Overall, it was a very nice experience.

Highly recommend the Castellum if you like good, fresh Italian food. Smashing restaurant, lovely staff, great food and wine and is really good value. Pizzas are amazing, so are the pasta dishes - the rigatoni al Forno is delicious

Beautiful little Italian giving wonderful customer service and great value for money authentic Italian food. They accommodated our buggy and 5-month-old grandson too. Very laid-back atmosphere. I would highly recommend a visit but call to book your table ahead of your visit as it gets very busy even midweek.

We enjoyed our experience here so much. The atmosphere was great. Our waitress served us quickly, bringing the wine list and advising what was available from the specials list and what had sold out. Our olives were stored in a cool area, so the olive oil they sit in had set (no problem as far as we were concerned) but the chef insisted we didn't pay for them. Struggling to choose which starter, we ended up sharing and enjoyed both - though the meatballs were the winner! Pizzas were served shortly after and they were just delicious. We thought the pricing was fair, especially for such tasty portions! I would definitely go back and would be a regular visitor if we lived closer! Thanks for a lovely evening!

Really great Italian food and friendly and professional service. Best pizza in town? Good wine list and lovely specialls.

Delish pizza , fully booked on a Wednesday night. Great atmosphere.

Very impressed with the food and service in this Italian restaurant. The pizza was amazing the best I have ever had very hot and tasty with great toppings Great value £63 for three course with a drink plus service Will definitely be returning

Excellent food and great service. Menu is extensive with choices that are interesting and varied and also freshly cooked.

Been coming to Castellum for a few years now and it is still our favourite restaurant in Whitstable. Great selection of pizzas, pasta and specials with friendly service at a good price. Always need to book, as you would expect with a popular restaurant and never disappoints.

Ordered 4 pizzas to TAKE AWAY. Got to Tankerton slopes, opened the boxes up, none of them were cut. Why don't you cut pizzas that are to take away? Not everyone takes them home, and neither did we expect to have to take a pizza cutter with us to the beach. Pizzas tasted OK, bases were burnt, wouldn't go again.

The perfect independent Italian restaurant. Lovely starters, pizza and pasta.

Just a great little place, so glad we found it, 3 courses and drinks, all perfect, great service.

Amazing food, service, value and atmosphere. Castellum arranged our birthday meal for 10 people very well. Highly recommend.

Why go anywhere else?! The food is so good here and the service is excellent - friendly and welcoming and very accommodating. The pizzas are amazing and our food always comes out at the same time, fresh and hot. I always have the same mozzarella and avocado salad and it gets better each time! Would highly recommend.

First visit to this lovely restaurant. We all had pasta which was absolutely delicious. The service was lovely the staff took time to talk us through the menu. We felt it was really good value and had a lovely atmosphere. We saw the pizzas and look looked amazing. Can’t wait to go again.

Delicious food , lovely service and excellent prices. Look forward to visiting again. Pizzas looked incredible. Lovely for families and a lovely cosy atmosphere

Living locally we have been here before but will never go on a Sunday again. We were served pizza when ordered a Calzone, completely different flavour as well! Garlic bread had no garlic and tagliatelle dish (which I have had previously) lacked sauce, seasoning, flavour and was lukewarm. We were then asked to add a gratuity payment for service. Left feeling disappointed and will not be returning

Great popular Italian restaurant - wide range of pasta dishes and pizza varieties. Very reasonably priced. Good value for money. Staff friendly and efficient. We both had pizzas and rated them among some of the best we have had. Also do take away pizzas. Would recommend.

Another delicious dinner at Castellum Pizza. Vegetable pasta which I can’t replicate at home and a delicious glass of house wine. Great atmosphere and service! Doesn’t disappoint!

Great pizza. Thin crust on the inside and airy on the outside. Just the right balance between crispiness and softness. Tasty mozzarella. Fresh toppings.

Authentic Italian great pizza! Friendly, professional and quick service!! Cozy but clean.. Couldn’t be better!! PS: child friendly- offering child size pizzas and a proper high chair.

The service and food here is lovely, but unfortunstely it is massively over priced and the portions don't justify the price either. Just under £13 for a caprise salad, you'd expect fresh herbs and plump tomatoes and mozzarella, however it was dried herbs sprinkled on top of quite thinly sliced tomatoes and mozzarella. The main was also lovely but still left a lot to be desired for the price unfortunately. I think if the prices stay the same there needs to be a little more on offer. Flavours were very nice and it's very clean and cosy inside.

A great place to go for the best italian food. Highly recommended!

Very nice and well furnished place. Italian chef and therefore you eat very well!

Lovely friendly family run restaurant serving fabulous food especially the Pizzas. Great pasta dishes too. Perfect location on the main high street.

Great. Best pizza in the town, you haven't seen Whitstable if you haven't eaten here.

We discovered this little gem at the start of the year. This was our third visit. We took some friends and we weren't disappointed. The food, as always, was excellent and the staff are so attentive and friendly without being intrusive. It's fairly small, so I imagine you would need to book for a special occasion. A must if you enjoy authentic Italian food.

Just had our 3rd visit to this wonderful restaurant Castellum. Food is amazing, staff very friendly, wine beautiful. Sooo looking forward to going back as soon as we can.

This is our go to Italian. They are so friendly and efficient, the food is excellent and authentic. The staff are attentive and knowledgable. They also do good wine at a reasonable price.

They made me feel better today. Fantastic food, very aromatic and tasty. Great customer service- they are interested but not pushy. Accurate prices.

Excellent service from very attentive staff. Both of us were very impressed with the food, very tasty, good size portions and great value. Really enjoyed it.

Amazing food, lovely service, would recommend *****

Lovely food, friendly and efficient staff. Good value, would definitely recommend and am already planning my next visit. Only one small niggle was sharing with a large birthday party. They were having a great time and, due to that, our group of 4 struggled to hear each other speaking. Glad they had fun though.

Had a great meal here with friends. Good food, service and atmosphere at reasonable cost. Shall go again.

Amazing experience, deliciously authentic food and great service!

Came here for dinner on the last night of our holiday. Was really excited to find somewhere with vegan cheese as my mother and I are both lactose intolerant. We were disappointed to find after ordering that there was no vegan cheese, so we ordered pasta with chilli, garlic and parsley sauce which turned out to be utterly tasteless. We paid £50 for a pizza, two pastas and three drinks (two non alcoholic) which was just really disappointing. Such a downer on the end of a nice weekend.

Great food !! Our friends said that it's the best Italian restaurant they have eat in.

I had a lovely, tasty homemade pizza at this restaurant. The dough the pizza was made from was absolutely delicious, the first time in the UK I have eaten such a good pizza! The staff and atmosphere were delightful. The meal was good value too. Would definitely recommend to anyone I know.

I’ve been recommended to castellum by various friends but as I live in folkestone I thought it too far to go but it is definitely worth the travel. I must say the pizza here is the best I have eaten, my friend had chicken with veg and potatoes with a fantastic white wine sauce which he really enjoyed. The staff are very friendly great atmosphere and I look forward to going back to try different dishes.

I’m not a pizza person but my husband is and he really wanted to try Castellum. Well, now I am a pizza person. Or more specifically a Della Casa girl. A must try!

Our 1st visit. Food was amazing. ❤ Staff so welcoming, friendly and lovely atmosphere.🤩 Can't wait to go back.💯 Highly recommend. 👌

Delicious Italian food! I had the pollo picante for main and my friend had the pollopasta (both delicious) and we shared a garlic bread. For dessert I had the tiramisu and she had the brownie. The brownie looked really impressive! Wine was delicious and service was impeccable. Thank you!

We dined here yesterday lunchtime for the first time, as someone recommended Castellum to us. The food was excellent, with hearty portions of superb quality. The service was attentive and polite. I recommend trying the Beef meatball starter and the excellent main of Spaghetti Bolognese. We will visit again soon, thanks!

This is a lovely little restaurant, and because of that you must book in advance. The food is delightful, authentic Italian. The service is very good, and prices are reasonable. Try it yourself

Really enjoyed our meal here. Staff were brilliant and attentive, food was served promptly and fresh. Our second time here and will definitely be back.

This is our favourite place to eat. The pizza is the best bar none, we're torn between telling everyone how great it is and keeping it a little secret. Would absolutely recommend, one of the best restaurants around. I meant to take a photo of the entire pizza, but it smelt too good and I was already 3/4 through it before I thought about it.

Wonderful Sunday lunch with the family. Excellent authentic Italian food. Everything was so tasty. The pizzas were perfect 😋. Love the Aglianico wine. Excellent attentive service and a warm atmosphere. Can't wait to go back.

Great food, authentic restaurant and very pleasant service

Brilliant food and Waitress was super nice

Fantastic food, fantastic service. The pizzas are to die for, the pasta dishes are outstanding. Already looking forward to our next visit

Lovely place, highly recommend. Staff were amazing and the food was so tasty. Def coming back.

This is our favourite restaurant in Whitstable. We come here regularly. Very cosy atmosphere, fantastic warm and friendly service and fabulous food. The pizzas are some of the best I have tasted outside of Italy, and they very kindly make a pre-ordered salad for my wife (they should put it on the menu!) I would thoroughly recommend.

Service with a smile! Food a little lacking in discernable flavour.

Delicious pasta dishes and attentive staff. It lacked atmosphere, which may have been down to the white tiles

Small Italian restaurant with good service & great food... expect @ £50 pH with a drink... Try to get a table away from the door...

Bill for 3 of us starters, mains and drinks was £99, food was delicious and the staff were friendly and helpful. Will definitely visit again. Sat in the garden, which in the hot weather of late was most pleasant!

A great gem in Whitstable! Excellent food, especially the Frutti di Mare pasta. Super friendly service. Only very small, so it's better to reserve.

Perfect as always - great food and great service - we were really looked after. Will be back!

First time going there , it was a great experience. Amazing food and lovely staff . Will definitely be returning when can

Friday is not good. Too busy. We waited for too long for our main while they served a table for 10, we were only a couple. Very loud.

My family and I have been regulars of Castellum since they opened, singing their praises to everyone we know. The waitress took our order, including my daughters request for an Ortolana pizza without cheese as she doesn’t like it. The waitress said ‘so no mozzarella then’, only for us to remind her there was Parmesan on an Ortolana as well. When our food eventually arrived, a different waitress brought her a Diavola with cheese. Obviously not what a vegetarian person who doesn’t like cheese would order. After telling her it was the wrong pizza, the owner came over to tell us that we had ordered a Diavola with cheese, that the waitress had checked the order, and that she should eat it. Alternatively, we would have to wait for everyone else in the restaurant to receive their orders before my daughter would receive her original order. All four of us were stunned, particularly as we were being blamed for the waitress’s mistake - and the rudeness of the owner was absolutely shocking. We were told that if we weren’t happy with the Diavola, we should just leave. Lovely to be treated so well, particularly as a loyal long-term customer. A real shame, but there are plenty of great food options in Whitstable where you won’t be treated so rudely.

Love this place great food not overpriced staff very good and attractive.

Fantastic service, great pizzas, our go to place

Excellent Gluten Free Pizza. Tasted and looked standard pizza. Excellent attentive service. Recommended

Lovely place ,worth a pizza visit

They were very nice in there - my girlfriend Rosa Very yummy I had a marinara pizza which was so good becasuse i dont like cheese. Well im vegan Also my girlfriend had bolognaise and she sstill talks about it DAYS after so you Know its good

Service was fine however the food wasn’t. The price really doesn’t reflect the food here… it’s very bland and expensive. There are many better options locally. £9 for a Moretti? Have a day off.

Sticky tables and cramped seating, service was lovely but food was very expensive and either small portions or burnt and bland also power cut out 5 times

3rd December 2022 I had 1 starter and 3 mains. - Starter Melanzane alla Parmigiana - £8.95 This was amazing. Very delicious. Only negative is the portion is tiny, so you don't get to enjoy much of it. Order 2 perhaps? It's that good. Perhaps expensive for what you get though portion wise. 5/5 Strong start. - Main 1 Penne Al Pomodoro - £10.95 Was OK. Not much sauce, pasta was cooked with the tiniest bit of bite which was nice. I hate al dente, but this wasn't that. So pasta was cooked well, but not much sauce, and it wasn't that flavoursome. OK portion size. 3/5 Dissapointed somewhat. - Main 2 Pollo Funghi - £15.95 This was amazing. Chicken was tender. Tomatoes tasted incredible as did the mushrooms. Sauce is thin but tasty. Roasted potatoes are very good. Not many of them though. Spinach sadly was undercooked and could do with a little more garlic (my personal taste preference). Tasted like quality ingredients were used. Despite the spinach, this dish is a 5/5. They just have to make sure the spinach is properly cooked. I was in heaven eating this. - Main 3 Rigatoni Forno - £12.95 This was utterly disappointing. The dish is not rich as described in the menu, and lacks flavour. Not much meat. Pasta on top was dry. Horrible. Cheese was sticky, sticking to my fork, and just had a weird texture that was chewy. This was my last dish so my dining experience sadly ended with a bad dish. The dish needs significant improvement. 1/5 Very very dissapointing end to my meal. Staff were friendly. Interior is decent. It is however a pretty small restaurant. Portion sizes are small, which is why I had to order 'so much'. At great cost. Bill came to £51.05 There's ingredients for sale but only the pasta had price marks on them. Or... At least I'm assuming they were for sale. If so, it might be a good idea to have a legible menu with prices somewhere on the wall or something as I couldn't make out the price on the stickers as its far up on shelves. I didn't take photos of the starter and first main as I was too hungry. Will go back to try other dishes at some point. This town needs good restaurants, and it's still missing a good Mexican restaurant. But seems we finally have a decent Italian with hit or miss dishes as it stands.

Great food and excellent service. Good selection of beers as well! Recommended

We had a great experience in this restaurant. Was our first time in Whitstable and we fancied Italian and we truly made a great choice. The starters were excellent. For the main we had a bit of issue as my husband wanted to remove salame from the calzone but that was not possible which was a bit disappointing, but on the end we both had a great dish which we enjoyed very much. The prices were a bit higher but still was worth it.

I've been there several times. Always a good experience. Excellent Italian pizzas, good service and friendly cheerful atmosphere.

Superb pizzas of high quality and extremely delicious. The accompanying wine was also very good. The service of the personnel was excellent and they were all very friendly. Delicious food and excellent service; what do you need more?

100% Recommendation. Absolutely amazing all round. Fabulous, authentic italian food coupled with an intimate yet warm and welcoming atmosphere. Service is top class; friendly, helpful, respectful and appreciative-- on our first visit it felt like we've been going there for years. Full marks in every category without a doubt. Seafood was fresh, wine was cold & top class authentic italian pizza.

Really nice. Bit pricey, but that's Whitstable for you. We are local, and it's our first visit (tend to avoid these "made for Londoners" places, of which there are a few in town). But bit the bullet. Bill was more than we'd paid at a little family run Italian in Soho few weeks back. Still, food and service was great.

excellent food and service , especially when dealing with a large party of 12 ( Inc 3 kids ) , very impressed do not hesitate to recommend , will definitely use again *****

Great experience with excellent food : small space and has the tiled wall decor of a morgue or gent's toilet. However food more than made up for that

Lovely Italian, Staff very friendly and inviting, Food was delicious the best pizza ever ! Really good value for money.

Divine food - authentic Italian, with a menu that left us spoilt for choice. Service was excellent. Honestly try this wonderful Italian restaurant and you won’t be disappointed. First class - we shall return, for pizza next time!

Whenever I have pizza, it better be worth the extra calories. This restaurant is definitely worth your calorie surplus! Pizzas are served with excellent quality ingredients and are made with doughy texture (which Neapolitan/sourdough pizzas are known for). This little restaurant is intimate, and conveniently located on the Whitstable High Street. I usually have the “Capricciosa” pizza, and swop out the salami for basil. ♥️

The sourdough pizza is soooooo good. Margherita to Diavola, all are delicious!

Me and my partner went for a meal here on a Saturday evening, everything was great. The service was amazing however the food portions let it down for us. We had the meat board for starters that was lovely. For our main we both had a pizza. I asked for extra prawns on my pizza that added on £3.50 extra that was fine however when the pizza came out it had three prawns on it!! Not even enough for one prawn per slice. So to anyone visiting we wouldn’t recommend adding the extra fish portion to your pizza! 😂

Two of us ate here on a Friday night. Really good service, friendly staff and value for money.

This is a lovely little restaurant. The food was excellent! The staff were friendly, and the service was perfect. 5*

The most delicious pizzas and desserts. Quick, friendly service too. Definitely will visit again. Best pizzas in Whitstable.

Fantastic food. Superb service.

One of those rare Italian places where both quality and ambience is top notch. Staff are lovely and accommodating ! A quaint place with the most delicious vegetarian options as well. We had the ortolano pizza and risotto which were mouth watering. Had a great time and would definitely get back the next time we’re here. Can’t wait and thank you for your hospitality !

Very tasty! Went with my two children, very accommodating. Great service and a nice size menu! Would certainly recommend

Great little place. Accommodating and friendly staff. Recommend the pork belly for sure

The best pizza I've ever had. Friendly, attentive service and a nice but not too noisy atmosphere.

Delicious pizza and really lovely waitress.

Excellent staff, very friendly and efficient. Chef very pleasant and obliging. A small but lovely restaurant. The food was excellent. I don't often eat pizza as I usually find it stoggy and never get enough topping (my favourites capers and anchovies were in abundance). Congrats to everyone and look forward to returning to try the pasta next time.

Top quality authentic Italian sourdough pizza. I always enjoy getting delicious takeaway pizza from Castellum. Always top of my list. Recent eat-in visit was a real highlight, with the owner Kasia offering us a complimentary glass of limoncello after our lovely fresh pizza and a glass of pleasant well-chosen house white and red (Aglianico Sannio red from Campania, Ombra sangiovese white from Tuscany).

Delicious authentic Italian pizza. Friendly service. Always stop here for a meal when in the area. Make a visit don't miss out!

Yummy pasta at Castellum Pizzeria. An authentic Italian experience with traditional dishes and Italian music. House Red was delicious. If you want decent Italian food go here, not to the chains. Staff very friendly and professional too.