Rising Sun in Canterbury

The menu is very well thought out. A great range of starters which are great as tapas or just a snack. The owner/chef sources high quality meats. Priced fairly and portion sizes àre generous.Live music on a regular basis which is fun Lovely friendly staff. Overall this pub is winner. It ticks all the boxes.

Fantastic food and great service as always. Our group wanted a walk and a pub lunch on a Bank Holiday and everyone agreed this was the food we wanted and pub we would walk to. We do have a closer to home pub we could have gone to! Well worth the walk. We would definitely recommend a visit. Sunday lunch is also a winner!

Had a couple of decent meals here in the last few weeks. Both the young ladies who served us were great. Can't complain and a total transformation from the last 2 attempts to run it. If you were disappointed by the terrible service and food from the past, fear not and give it a go. It's a different place now. Cheers 👍

Went to the rising sun beltinge food is super wonderful staff nice warm and friendly atmosphere and welcoming nice and clean

Had a family celebration for 20 people. Really well organised and the food was very good.

A great evening had at the Open Mic Night. It was a lot of fun and there was some great musical talent. Really nice venue with very friendly staff and a warm atmosphere!!

Very friendly, relaxed service.perfectly cooked lamb,and delicious desserts.great live band.lovely atmosphere.would recommend

Excellent food, nice friendly service. The lamb was cooked perfectly! Relaxed atmosphere, fair prices, definitely will return!

Had a really nice time for our world wide family reunion and the menu had something for everyone, massive thanks to the staff for looking after us

Went here for a Christmas do, the food was fantastic, the service great, live music was all round a really great evening 😘

Amazing food and good staff. Definitely going back the scotch eggs amazing and the calamari The staff are brilliant really helpful not faults x

Food here is fantastic. Been twice for Sunday lunch and the flavours are rich and full, not the average bland meat served in bulk at other locations. Very friendly service. Portion size just right. All round if you want good fresh food, not just brakes or cash and carry then this is definitely worth visiting.

Popped in randomly Sunday afternoon for a dinner and a pint. Both were lovely. Service was great, very friendly- good village local.

Great food, great price, what's not to like

Vastly improved, excellent food.

Excellent food,the three of us absolutely loved it! The beef brisket was melt in the mouth! Will be going back to try the steak night! Highly recommend this place!

Thursdays steak night at the riser!!. it’s a date for us…2 steak dinners with all the trimmings.. bottle of house wine all in £45 !! Absolute bargain especially as the food is of excellent quality..serve up by lovely friendly staff with smiles on their faces to add to the lovely experience. Thank you we are lucky to have you local to us!! 😊😊😊😊🥂

We popped in yesterday as we were too early in Beltinge. This is a really warm and friendly bar to chill out with a coffee.

Steak night for 2 with a bottle of wine for £45…WOW!!! The food was absolutely amazing, the steak melted in your mouth and the chips were crispy and delicious, really tasty dressing on the salad too! My husband normally refuses to eat steak when we’re out as he is really fussy with it, but he devoured this huge steak with a smile on his face! The atmosphere was really cosy and comfortable, and the staff were friendly and professional. We can’t wait to come back! Highly recommend 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Wow great food and staff very knowledgeable with table service. Will eat and drink again. Many thanks to all there.

Good service and food. Would have preferred contents of the meal on the plate instead of Dish and paper serviette.

Came here for lunch today and were welcomed by friendly staff. The atmosphere and food was lovely. I really enjoyed the minted lamb hotpot which was reasonably priced. Would definitely recommend a visit here xx

The food is gorgeous but when they stop doing deliveries it’s a nightmare as nobody does food like them. I really was in the mood for Sunday Roast. I suffer with a problem in my foot which means I cannot walk to the pub so was relying on just eat or deliveroo only to be told they are not using them today. Please sort this out

Thank you to the team at the Rising Sun for serving an absolutely stunning dinner to celebrate my husband's birthday. The food was sublime and the service was impeccable. It might look like an ordinary pub from the outside, but don't let that fool you. If you haven’t tried the food, then what's stopping you? Highly recommended.

Two of us ordered a dish described on the menu as Paella. What we received was a superb rice dish laden with shellfish. It tasted great but did not resemble the paellas one normally experience in Spain. I hope the restaurant is successful because it is really convenient to have good quality dining in the village.

The menu had a good choice of food,Staff were very friendly, good atmosphere as there was a band playing.

Nice pub busy weekend sos band on Saturday

Amazing place, Great live music, fantastic food and brilliant staff.

Not a lot of atmosphere, a big room with bright light and white walls. No local beer, but the London Pride and Ghost Ship were well kept. Service was friendly and efficient. Didn't eat there so can't comment on food.

Great little pub, the food here is very delicious, staff are jolly and very helpful too.

Great customer service and excellent food especially the roast beef

Food was very nice - went for Steak Night - £45 for 2 steaks and bottle of wine. Service was good and food good.

Feel like when ever I write a review for this place I can never fault it..Thursday night Steak night .. most amazing T-bone your ever likely to get especially for the money.. done to perfection with lovely chunky chips peas large chargrilled tomato and they even put finely chopped salad on as well.. we are lucky to have this place as our local !! Well done rising sun 😊

Had lunch at the Rising Sun in Beltinge yesterday, such a lovely experience. We had a nice, friendly, professional waitress who certainly knew her stuff, as she was able to anwer all our questions regarding the food and made recommendations. The service was outstanding and the food 5 star quality. Some of had the Breaded Camembert, cooked to perfection. Some had the salmon main course with mussels and said so nice, my mother in law had the lamb and it was amazing. I had another starter prawn and crayfish cocktail and so many prawns felt like a main course. I never have desert but the waitress recommended the dark chocolate delice with raspberry sorbet - it was so light and delightful. Others has the lemon tart and again said it was the best they had eaten. Overall such an outstanding lunch, in a great atmosphere, with attentative staff and even the manager came over to check we were happy with everything - we were more than happy and I cannot wait to go back, thank you.

As soon as you step foot into the newly refurbed pub it’s amazing, the bar staff are warm welcoming, the locals are also welcoming, as your carry on round to the restaurant area passing by a lovely log burner. Met by welcoming table staff. Help you find a suitable table for our needs (2Adults&3Kids including pushchair). The drinks was well presented as soon as order. Lovely reading thought the vast variety of food on offer. The food is a different story, absolutely out of this would, you could tell straight away all home cooked with love. Tasted amazing pulled pork my favourite. But the other smoked meats the rest of the family had was incredible too. Then desert after just WOW, delicious mouth watering. For a family of 4 eating anyways the price was perfect, if any cheaper the food wouldn’t be worth eating. I hope them all the best and we will be returning again.

The staff were pleasant but the interior was tired especially the back dining area, I was sat facing some tired net curtains and a couple of child seats . Our chairs were very old and tatty. The biggest disappointment for us was the food, it was well below average and not worth the money . We were hoping after reading the reviews to have a good dining experience at a pub local to us , so this review give us no pleasure . Maybe it was an off night but we will not be returning any time soon.

Busy pub. Lovely food. Service with a smile. Reasonable prices. If eating, recommend booking first.

I had the Greek souvlaki skewers it was one off the best iv had a family member told me about the food and sed I had to give it a go it was 5 star for me

Really wonderful food ! Amazing Oysters!! Wonderful steak and ale pie and lots of other choice. Staff always kind and helpful with my dad with dementia in wheelchair. Sad didn’t realise this was on our doorstep before- think new ownership made it loads better

Lovely pub and delicious food 😋

We had outside catering for a private garden BBQ by Smokin’ Flavour, which is run by owners of The Rising Sun. The food was amazing and the staff were professional and efficient and very helpful. I would not hesitate to recommend Smokin’ Flavour for any...

Had a great meal. Shared the meat platter for 2, tasty assortment of ribs and other meats. Staff were friendly and attentive.

Needs updating and brought into this century ,could look lovely such a shame and get rid of awful blue colour outside ,not inviting at all !they do have good live bands though and the staff are friendly so after a few I guess it doesn't matter what the decor is like !

Let’s get this out of the way right now - the food was very good and the service friendly and attentive. Prices, we thought, were reasonable. You may sense that there’s a ‘buy’ and you wouldn’t be wrong. For a Saturday night the restaurant was...

This is a busy pub now much improved with new owners good dog friendly friendly pub

I came here with my brother for lunch. We both thoroughly enjoyed our food. Brilliant service from friendly staff. As well as a good selection of beer and wines, they have a cocktail menu! Well worth a visit

Went for a charity quiz night. Friendly service and good fun. It's a short drive so won't be our regular drinking bar but we will try the food some time soon

Lovely staff and lovely food. Generous portions and at a decent price. The hoisin duck wrap I had today was delicious.

Lovely food, attentive staff with a clean and comfortable atmosphere.

Our second visit for lunch since the reopening. The food really is very good indeed, some of it quite different to the usual pub dishes. Prices reasonable too. Only snag today was that they were a bit short of beer!

From the outside this pub looks like you should give it a miss - don't. The food was more than excellent and it was genuinely the best pint of Ghost Ship I've ever had. The staff were lovely, and helpful. The interior is slightly sparse, but that somehow adds to the charm. We will definitely go back next time we're in Beltinge.

Staff were really polite and friendly. Clean and looked after pub.

Great pub , friendly atmosphere and now serving great food !. Johnny the land lord has really turned this pub around since he has been running it from early 2023 . Most weekends they have live music especially on Saturday evenings . Come along ..you won’t be disappointed!

Book early. Very popular unless you fancy a nut roast. Loved the pub. Proper pub. Wonderful staff. We will be back.

Quite simply the best food in Herne Bay. Polite staff with great service 👍🏻 Will definitely be coming back

First class meals friendly staff excellent atmosphere

Another very nice evening in the Rising sun.. again food excellent and very good value.. this place is getting better by the day. Staff very attentive great time had by all.. thank you 😊

What a relief it is to have such a fantastic eatery pub in Beltinge. A fantastic, reasonably-priced, menu, including tapas, friendly helpful staff and well-kept ales make it a real pleasure. Already very popular with the locals. Wishing every success for the future.

New management has transformed this pub. Great atmosphere, good food, helpful and courteous staff. Service could be a little quicker! Recommended

Excellent food. Everything was delicious. Will definitely be going back. Decor needs some work but the food and service make up for it. I suspect, having just taken over the pub, the owners are working on upgrading

Went with family, which we hadn't seen in ages, So it was a special treat, the Tapas menu was excellent. Would definitely recommend the Tapas

After recently being taken over this pub has blossomed, a very effective and efficient team behind the bar and craftsmen in the kitchen. The food was spectacular and well presented. The portions sizes were perfect, and the food was Delicious!! 110% recommend!!!

Having had great experiences lunchtime midweek, I had no trouble recommending a Sunday lunch to my family. I booked for 9 adults 2pm yesterday. Because of knowledge of portion sizes, I advised against a starter, this was a mistake. We had to wait over and...

Sunday lunch on 16th April very disappointing, family get together so we were nine and a toddler, staff really nice but food wasn't very good, meagre vegetables ( three green beans and 1 carrot and a teaspoon of cabbage) Yorkshire puds burnt, although a friendly...

Wow , Thankyou Rising Sun Team Jonny Cara & team catered for our anniversary garden party this weekend and the food and staff were faultless . Our vegan guests were very impressed with their meals. The grazing cheeseboard was spectacular & the guys serving were...

Nicest tastiest meat they smoke it meals you can't fault it

Had a wonderful evening listening to Brad Pittance and the Pirates live music 👍🎸🥁🎺🎹🎵🍻🍷

We had heard great things about the food, but was left underwhelmed

Delicious food, friendly staff. Lovely village pub.

Wow! Had take away Pigeon breast and rack of robs with a couple of sides, this was simply above restaurant grade!! Plus great selection of drinks and the staff are so friendly!! 110% recommend for either food or a casual drink! Amazing pub, by far the best in Herne bay!

Taken over recently. More busy than before so must be good. 2 lovely girls, tash & charli are working there now so have lots of faith in them ❤️

Fantastic evening was had here. the food is outstanding and the staff and management were so accommodating. We were a large group who needed feeding and watering at very short notice. Once again many thanks to the Rising Sun for helping us all to have...

Had an amazing meal here with friends. Fitted us in last minute when another venue shut down. Menu was varied, quality of food was out of this world. Can tell they’ve really put effort into sourcing the best food and chefs. Very friendly and welcoming,...

Had a night out with a group of lady friends last night at the Rising Sun. It was really excellent. The food, atmosphere and service could not be faulted. The staff couldn’t have been more helpful and made the evening a lovely and convivial night....

Went for a “ quick “ bite to eat and a few drinks with friends and our children. Was honestly blown away with how good the food was! Ordered one of everything off the tapas menu and was so surprised at how good it all...

Had the most amazing Sunday lunch with my partner and good friend. Definitely need to book in advance as gets very busy week by week! 5* review! The beef brisket or cote de beouf! Lively gastro pub and very welcoming staff 🙌

New landlords are 100% what the British pub industry is lacking so badly - a real credit. I felt like I was a guest and they were my hosts. Six stars out of five.

Lovely little pub/restaurant and the most incredible tasting food. Brisket quesadillas were amazing and the potato wedges were the best I have ever tasted. The barmaid/waitress was very helpful and friendly. Would love to come back in the future!

Came in on a quiet evening after they'd stopped serving food. Stopped in for a pint and they were nice enough to heat up some stew for us. Very friendly owners and nice atmosphere. (Not sure about the country theme but it's executed as well as it can be.) Restored my father's faith in pubs. Would definitely come again next time I'm in Herne village.

Had Sunday lunch here today and it was so delicious , despite being really busy ( which was great to see) the service was great , very nice staff . Bumped into a couple of old friends which made the afternoon really special . Thank you We will be returning

Under new management. Friendly staff and lovely atmosphere. Roast was 10/10 highly recommended.

Great venue under new management. Love music was brilliant. X

New Management is so welcoming and down to earth, food is proper stodgy flavoured food, cooked so well, lovely local atmosphere, good beers and ciders.

Lovely little pub for a drink we had a wake there food was fantastic plenty of it to

Lovely pub lovely staff didn't eat will do next visit

Lovely staff friendly quite little pub,nice food

Only had one drink and didn't eat, maybe next time. Seemed a nice 'local' pub

Lovely people lovely pub would recommend

Great pub, great atmosphere and friendly staff. Will definitely be back!

New owners ... Will return when they start selling food

We rang last minute and they gave us a table straight away. The food was good and the service was quick and friendly (a dog friendly pub).

New people running the pub. They worked hard to make sure we enjoyed the lunch. And we did. Thankyou.

Nice to pub great staff new manager trying hard to make pub work

Didn't have much choice from the menu, delivery problems , Shame as we only live up the road .

I telephoned the pub to make sure I didn't have to book a table for a drink only. A lady called Hayley answered & said no it would be fine to come to the pub. Only reason I telephoned was the weather was heavy rain I didn't want to walk half a mile with my umbrella. When I arrived with my partner was a very nice welcome. Service was very attentive. If your staying at a chain hotel nearby I would highly recommend the half mile walk. Only takes 15 minutes. A pleasant evening with draught ales if you like them. Not often I give 5 stars. I do not know the proprietor. I only came to Kent for 6 days 2 days in herne bay. Thank you for a nice evening. Keep up the good work.

The pub has recently opened again after the pandemic, but the new owners seem very unprofessional.They closed quite often unnecessarily when you were allowed to eat and drink outside which was inconvenient to myself and others.Since being allowed inside you get to see the staff in the background and what I assume is the owner seems to lake the necessities to be a business owner.They have recently updated their business hours on Facebook but there is a large number of inconsistencies within, minor things such as half of the time being a 24 hour time frame and others now (for example Thursday they are open 12-10 which is impossible). Then there’s the fact they apparently open at 03:00 on a Tuesday which again I find highly impossible.One positive is we did feel quite welcomed by a barmaid, can’t quite remember her name, I believe it was Catherine but may be thinking of somewhere else.Due to not really knowing if the pub will be open and the lack of professionalism, I doubt I will return until someone else takes over or I am proven wrong and they take the advice on board.

Fantastic food, would recommend the Sunday Dinner especially the roast beef.

Top pub with brilliant food and great beer

We are staying in the area and we’re advised to try the takeaway Sunday lunch roast dinner’s at The Rising Sun. We certainly wasn’t disappointed huge portions beautifully cooked lots of meat, we had lamb and pink beef. The best mashed potatoes I’ve ever tasted. Great price and friendly Covid safe service. Will definitely return.

So glad to have the pub back and in good hands again. A safe and welcoming space, super-good on social distancing, well trained and friendly staff, and a cracking Sunday roast. Our first pub outing since February and we loved it.