The Bishops Finger in Canterbury - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Not tried any food they do have bar snacks, good atmosphere reasonably priced.

This was our favorite pub in Canterbury. Just outside of the main gate. Lovely beer selection, nice garden. But the food was so much better than "pub grub". All the usual were on the menu, but the chef had more up hus sleeve including pulled duck and even a spicy vegetarian "duck" plate. We had the aged picanha steak and the bishop finger pie. Both dishes were outstanding. Veg cooked beautifully. Lovely peppercorn sauce for the steak along with pickled shallots. The pie was beautifully done. Gr8 pastry, rich filling, nice potatoes. We really enjoyed speaking with the bar keeps. Good place to watch football.

Wonderful pub with such cool atmosphere. Serving very nice ales as well as food and other stuff. Staff is very much friendly and always ready to help you. This place is heaven for sports lovers because of big screens to enjoy sports. If you around then give it a go as I did for my first drink 😉

Went here to listen to live music whilst on holiday in Canterbury great service and the band were great

Had a wonderful steak and stilton sandwich with excellent chips and a pint of Whitstable Pale Ale (my favourite beer). Although pub quiet food first class.

Popped in for a pint, great service and a lovely atmosphere.

Nice little bar, we didn't have food but it was the Christmas season so the bar was busy but service was very good.

A very friendly pub near the West Railway station, watched live football on Saturday and the staff were magnificent, busy day but they maintained a very fast service at the bar, excellent beer, many thanks to the hardworking staff (girls)

Had one of the best Sunday roasts ever.......went for half roast chicken, which came with 5 large roast potatoes, homemade Yorkshire pudding, yummy honey glazed carrots and parsnips, side plate of red cabbage green beans and swed mash....and the gravy was to die for all homemade, so flavoursome 😋even brought out extra gravy. Then had to try the pudding (shared as was so full) and went for triple choc brownie with clotted vanilla ice cream 😋. The staff were attentive and price was reasonable, especially for being in the centre of Canterbury. Will definitely be returning very soon.

I visited with my son tonight hoping to find somewhere to eat on a Sunday eve We were in luck Veggie roast was totally delicious home made feel , loads of veg and all the trimmings Really sweet and friendly service Thoroughly enjoyed , only wish I had time for pudding Would recommend to anyone passing top quality all round thank you team xxx

Great atmosphere for the rugby, friendly staff

I used to frequent the Bishops Finger pub in the early 1970s so it was not a difficult choice to have lunch there. We were very impressed by the menu and in particular the fish options, which turned out to be excellent. The staff were friendly and as it was so quiet, were attentive to my recollections of a bygone era. It took longer than we expected to receive our food (we were hungry!), but it was worth it. Haddock, chips, mushy peas and a pint made for a great lunch. Very reasonably priced too. This was a case of ‘simple things done well’.

Nice pub. Group of 5 had lunch and it was good.

After a hard day's work, it's great on the odd occasion to unwind and watch football with friends in pleasant surroundings. This is one of those places. Nice bar, great staff. Great selection of wines, spirits, and beers. Good food, too.

One in a million. Good bands, good booze, good people

Only a few people in the bar but still had to wait for service.

Apart from one incident where one of the barmaids was swearing profusely because age had broken the ice machine, we spent most of our 5 night break here when we wanted a drink. Good value compared to the other pubs.

Love this pub, quite possibly the worst charcuterie board i have ever had. They obviously just took the meats out of the packet and put it on the plate, still all stuck together..

Pretty good pub centrally located. Nice selection of beers and ciders. Food was good but a little on the more expensive side. Pub garden is lovely and they were showing the football which is great. Unfortunately no baby changing facilities which makes it tough as a small family. We probably would revisit.

We hadden hier de grootste fish and chips. Eigenlijk zelfs een beetje te groot. Maar daar kun je niet over klagen. Vriendelijk personeel en een prima prijs.

Friendly service and great food at a reasonable price. I highly recommend the Cottage Pie,really delicious

Sind bei unserem Spaziergang durch Canterbury zufällig auf diesen Pub gestoßen. Sehr schön zu verweilen und etwas zu trinken. … und das Bier von der eigenen Brauerei war sehr lecker.

We sat down in an empty room and waited 20 minutes before they came to take the order. It took them 40 minutes to make 4 sandwiches and one portion of chicken wings. The chicken in the club sandwich was as dry as a Timberland boot whereas the so called applewood cheese sandwich was nothing more than two slices of bread (not toasted) with cold cheese inside. The beer was ok (not the dark one) and atmosphere was nice. Moreover, the bill was quite expensive for what we got, how we got it and when we got it. Hoping we just had a bad experience…

Came here after a family party. D cent pub with a wide selection of drinks. It’s worth stopping in for a pint or two. Theyce got enough room to accommodate large groups.

The most disgusting food ever served. Shepherds Pie with wilted greens was advertised. Er no, boiled white cabbage with nasty poorly presented burnt Spie. Manager admitted he never ate the food served and took no responsibility as he dosnt eat the pub food. He refused to look at a picture of wilted greens which proved the point. The burger was ok but chips reeking of old oil were disgusting. Young man behind bar charming. He did refund but thats irrelevant. They need new chef and manager. Dont bother going in. Plenty of great places to go. His attitude made it worse. Chef Said he was happy with it but why would you tell boss anything else?

Friendly atmosphere. Had a lovely cottage pie and chicken sandwich. Food quality and presentation was excellent. Very accommodating and friendly manager who put on state of origin game for home sick Aussies. Fantastic beer garden which also has screens for viewing. Would highly recommend this pub for people visiting Canterbury. Have visited this pub on 3 occasions during our stay in Canterbury. Has live music on Friday nights and lots of screens for sports.

It's was by chance that we came across The Bishops finger, we had walked all around the high street. The staff were brilliant, it was a moden style pub, but had the old school values where the staff take time to talk to you and make you feel welcome. The food was outstanding wish I was staying longer so I could try the whole menu. So if your in the area pop your head in you won't be disappointed.

Went in to watch the football on Saturday lunchtime. The team was friendly but long wait on food, which to be was fair was explained. The chicken sandwich I ordered wasn't great, ok, but £11.50 was expensive. Had better visits to this pub.

Beau pub. Un jardin très agréable. Diffusé les matchs de foot.

This place is handy for Canterbury West but feels tired and frankly didn't smell very good. Beers are ok but I'm not really a fan of shepherd neame beers. Still, 3 of us enjoyed sitting in the front window and there's also a garden out back. Bar staff very friendly and offered a taster which is always a good trait, thank you

Lovely pub in a good location. Good spread of local beers with a large beer garden.

A very warm welcome, personable service, well kept beer and, so I'm told, great food and a super garden (which we'll check out next time).

Lovely and I got a free Bramble and Tonic. Superb

Nice place, well kept but £6.15 for a pint is robbery for a sh17 and scream pub.

100% amazing! Real pub with a authentic vibe , good drinks, live music . What can be cooler than that!? Cheers

Really friendly staff, very accommodating. Lovely food, great choice on the menu. Will defo visit again. Great atmosphere.

I’ve got to have some beautiful memories,

Very friendly staff and good choice and range of drinks

Busy, popular little pub. Staff friendly and nice atmosphere.

It is a lovely place with good beer, good food and nice people. Also the place has tradition.

Really enjoyed it in here on Friday and Saturday. Food was tasty and well priced. The Guinness was good and has a banging selection of snacks. Loads of screen for the football and boxing. And the manager was really sound, seemed like he really cared, very friendly! Gets busy, and can see why.

It's ok! Prices reasonable, good garden, great for love sport on TV. Staff a bit abrupt.

Great town centre pub, good choice of beers and there is a sizable covered beer garden plus some pavement tables. Food is excellent too. Plenty of TV screens for football as well.

The place to be in Canterbury on friday and saturday night.

Great english pub feeling. Everything we had was tasty. Tables a bit in the sticky side. Welcome staff, I would surely go back again.

Good place nice outdoor seating

Pub grub with very good service.

Spent a week long staycation in Canterbury and fell upon the Bishops Finger by pure chance and so glad we did. Service was great. They even did table service on drinks. Of the week long stay, we visited the Bishops Finger around 5 times for drinks. We didn't eat there, so cannot comment but the food that was coming out looked very nice and big portions.

Friendly staff who helped me out when my phone's card wouldn't work.

If you're in Canterbury do yourself a favour and head to the Bishops Finger pub! Beautiful old building and stunning interior. Very friendly and helpful staff, service was superb. Excellent food menu - went for dinner two nights in a row and was not disappointed! Very good range of beers and drinks. Will certainly be going again!

1st time to the Bishops finger and definitely the last, we ordered our drinks and went and sat outside in the garden, the waitress came over and said she’d give us a few minutes to decide what we wanted to eat from the menu, 10mins went past without seeing her, then she appeared only to sit next to our table on her break smoking like a trooper with her friend, she got up went inside came out again and brought drinks to another table. My wife decided to go inside and order our meals, 2xBurgers, 1 salt beef sandwich, and 1 kids meal, 40mins later the the food arrived and well the salt beef sandwich was on stale bread and had hardly any filling inside, I’d say they made it and left it while they were cooking the rest of the meal ( I should have said it wasn’t even busy) so a 40min wait for our food was absolutely ridiculous. The Burgers were ok nothing special as was the kids meal. As for the waitress She didn’t even come back over to see if we had ordered, but she did have 2 more smoke breaks before we got our lunch. I’m only giving it ⭐️ ⭐️ Because the burgers were ok otherwise it would be ⭐️. Avoid this place its not worth the money or your time

Great English pub with friendly staff, nice food and live music nights. Plenty of outdoor seating as well. Highly recommended.

All staff very friendly and welcoming great beer will highly recommend

Waren hier um ein kleines Mittagessen zu nehmen. Bedienung ist freundlich und man kann schön hinten im Innenhof/Garten sitzen. Besonders empfehlen kann ich die Burger, hatte einen und der war lecker!

Good food and drink and a friendly atmosphere

Natty n tidy place☘️🙏🏻🙏🏻 Good service with DJ

Great pub lovely food and friendly staff and would recommend it

Great Shepherd and Neame pub with friendly staff, great food and lovely beer. Highly recommend the burgers. The pub does have a beer garden, we didn't use due to it raining. Atmosphere was very chilled out and comfortable. The was very clean. Will definitely return next time we are in Canterbury.

Really nice, well maintained and clean pub. They have a lovely court yard garden. The staff are very friendly. The chicken wings and loaded fries were great, would definitely recommend a visit. Also really good music playlist.

Very friendly waiter. Great fish&chips. Nice beer.

Stopped on a Sunday for an early evening meal and a few drinks with my wife. Service and food were very good. Like that smaller meals are an option, such as burger with or without chips. Seems a well run and friendly pub, also nice to see hand sanitisers still readily available and tables cleaned after use. Would recommend and visit again when in town.

Schönes Pub mit tollem Garten im Hinterhof sowie 3 Tische direkt vor dem Eingang

Day shopping visit to Canterbury. We wanted a spot of lunch just away from the hustle and bustle of the centre. Came across the Bishops finger near the Westgate tower. The atmosphere was great, Elle was extremely helpful and friendly. Went for the burgers as looked a little different to the normal every day . We was not disappointed, They were lovely and would definitely recommend. Complements to the chief Neil. Will be back soon, with some friends.

Good pub to drop in and share a quick drink.

Sports, friendly staff decent garden and really good food. Only thing It was missing was having more space for more people to be able to enjoy it. It's majorly improved in the last couple of years.

Glad to see the Finger hasn't changed too much in the last 35 years! Still fortifying students for the last hurrah before that bloody hill!!

We held my husbands 60th birthday surprise in the Bishops Finger on Saturday 16th April 2022. The buffet food was excellent, the staff were so helpful and really worked hard to make sure everything was done to make the party a success. If anyone has...

Food was good service on drinks was good was just the shear time we waited for food

very good beers and simply tasty food good service comfortable table easy to book also at the last moment

Great atmosphere bear and food very friendly staff 👌

We popped in for a pint and popped back again a couple of hours later! Very nice pub with wonderful Hurlamans

Nice pub friendly and helpful staff clean bar and toilets but a little bit over priced for what it is but then you expect That when you go to a tourist spot

Ihan parhaita pubeja reissun aikana

Fabulous. Good range of gin and tonic and the staff were really helpful. Lovely building too.

Came here for a family meal as a group of 8 plus a pooch and it was fabulous. Lovely food and super friendly staff. They evening had a puppy ice cream for our furry family member!

Excellent town centre pub where you can feel the history

Good pub, could actually order a beer at the bar!

Great pub, Steve the manager was very helpful as we're his staff, highly recommended

Enjoyed a meal and drinks at the Bishops Finger before a night at the theatre. Welcoming, friendly staff made for an enjoyable meal. Varied menu and beers. I really enjoyed my Cuban burger washed down with a great pint of Guiness. Many thanks for a...

Great pub and good service. Made to feel very welcome.

Fantastic pub , friendly atmosphere, great Bar staff.great evening,

Took my wife and kids here last Sunday as we were looking for a nice pub to watch the rugby. All round great pub with friendly staff and good selection of fresh ales as well as snacks including Pipers crisps. Nice external area at the rear too which is covered. Will definitely return in the future

Great pub. Super friendly staff. Ribs were by far best pub meal I've had in ages. Always look forward to coming.

Lovely staff, cosy atmosphere & delicious pub food! Loved it!

Been here 3 times for lunch on a saturday and sunday. The food is absolutley fanatastic, and the prices are incredible! you wont find a better burger for a cheaper price anywhere in Canterbury! The staff are very friendly and the service is incredibly swift!...

Nice pub. Didn't have the chance to yet the food but pub staff seemed friendly and predicted were reasonable

Elle has to be the best barmaid every going, she always greets us as if we are friends and always provides the best service ❤️

In Canterbury for a short break, this was the first pub we visited, table service only , friendly staff. This is a sports bar so good if you want to watch sport. Did not eat here.

My fiance and I visited the Bishops Finger several times while we were in Canterbury for my 40th birthday .Service was great by Elleanor, Jamie ,Stuart and Riley .Fantastic customer service very warm and welcoming thank you guys would definitely recommend a visit to this...

Canterbury is the kind of place that’s primed for a pub crawl. And yet, locals and visitors alike tend to find a favourite and stick to it – like the Bishops Finger. The Bishops Finger is head and shoulders above the competition, one of the area’s most in-favour drinking holes thanks to a huge range of craft ales and great accompanying grub. In summer, the doors are flung open and punters spill on to the street. Staff are enthusiastic and eager to ensure if you have a great time. It’s small enough and busy enough to encourage table reservations.

Perfectly OK. Nice trad interior. Staff were a bit tense, unfriendly, but maybe they were concerned about Covid's latest surge.

Delicious roast dinner lovely large portion s thanks

The staff have been great when it's very busy, I recommend it to everyone

Friendly staff, lovely atmosphere and plenty of drink options - not forgetting the lovely garden at the back and big TV's for sport

For the price your paying for the food and drinks. it is truly worth it the owner is constantly checking in on everyone and he has trained the staff well

Nice Pub, handy for the station, with well kept Shepherd Neame beers and very nice food. Very friendly staff who made me feel very welcome too.

Super cozy place and good place to hangout with buddies!!

Really nice friendly pub. Sensibly priced tasty food. Local beers as well. Veggie curry awesome. Will eat here again for sure.

Popped in for a drink and lunch Jamie and Stuart where great host food was amazing great pub will be back soon

We had roast beef with all the trimmings and it was so good. Highly recommended, the portions are very large so if your hungry you won’t be disappointed at all. The manager and staff are very friendly and helpful.